University of Central Florida Libraries
5/25/2013
http://library.ucf.edu/
The Burnett Honors College and the UCF Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of UCF’s 2013 Information Fluency Award. The prizes were awarded based on each student’s research process and information fluency skills, rewarding Honors students who develop exemplary methodical and scholarly approaches to the research needed for their papers and projects.
Amy Siercks won $500 for her paper, Understanding and Achieving Brain-Based Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: A Qualititative Study of Strategies Used by Teachers. Ms. Roberta Ergle, instructor for the College of Education, is the supervising faculty member. Jolene Winn won $500 for her paper, Honors Thesis Proposal for a Systematic Review Using the Downs and Black checklist and the Pedro scale: The Most Effective Interventions used to Increase Physical Activity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Jennifer Tucker, instructor for the Department of Health Professions, is the supervising faculty member.
Photo: On left, Amy Siercks. On right, Jolene Winn. Both recipients are pictured with Barry Baker and Dr. Alvin Wang.
LibraryScienceList.com selected the University of Central Florida Libraries as a Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly College & University Library for 2013.
Most impressively, UCF ranked third for its presence on Facebook.
The staff at LibraryScienceList.com checked 442 college and university libraries for activity on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus to reach the university community. See the complete list of institutions at http://librarysciencelist.com/100-most-social-media-friendly-college-university-libraries/
LibraryScienceList.com is a social community for new and current librarians around the world. Their mission is to list, inform, and educate students involved in every area of librarianship.
See what contributed to UCF ‘s ranking:
https://www.facebook.com/ucflibrary
https://twitter.com/UCFLibrary
http://www.youtube.com/user/UCFLibrarie
It has been 10 short years for UCF's Undergraduate Research Showcase, filled with remarkable student achievement.
At the 2013 Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, held on Thursday, April 4, Kimberley Schneider and Michael Aldarondo-Jeffries honored the foundational and continuing support for Undergraduate Research given by University Vice President Rick Schell and UCF Librarian Richard Harrison.
Congratulations, Richard, on a job well done.
