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LAURELS: Maisha Winn Elected to National Academy of Education

 

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  • Maisha Winn, School of Education
  • Harris Lewin, College of Biological Sciences
  • Custodial Services, Facilities Management
  • Amy Oleynik, Student Affairs
  • Joseph Villegas, Student Affairs

Professor Maisha Winn has been elected to the National Academy of Education, among 18 members of the class of 2023. The academy comprises U.S. members and international associates recognized for outstanding scholarship or leadership.

Maisha Winn headshot, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty
Maisha Winn

With her election, the School of Education now boasts two members of the academy, the other being Professor Michal Kurlaender, who was elected in 2020.

Members serve on study panels that address pressing issues in education and are also involved in the academy鈥檚 professional development fellowship programs. 

Winn is a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis graduate, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 (English major and African and African American studies minor). She received single-subject and multiple-subject teaching credentials from California State University, Sacramento, in 1995. She holds a Master of Arts degree and Ph.D. in language, literacy and culture, the M.A. from Stanford University and the doctorate from 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley.

She returned to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis in 2016, joining the School of Education as a Chancellor鈥檚 Leadership Professor. She is the co-founder and co-director of the .

In her research, she examines the ways in which teachers and/or adult allies for youth in schools and in out-of-school contexts practice 鈥渏ustice鈥 in the teaching of literacy. 


Harris Lewin headshot, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty
Harris Lewin

Harris Lewin, distinguished professor emeritus of evolution and ecology, College of Biological Sciences, and former vice chancellor of research, has been named the recipient of a Beijing Science and Technology Award, specifically the Zhongguancun Award for International Cooperation, given by the municipal government of Beijing.

He will travel to China in November to receive the award and give lectures.

Lewin has been collaborating with Chinese scientists since his first visit to the country in 1995. He serves as an expert advisor to the Beijing-based China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, providing critical advice on the use of genomic information in biodiversity conservation.

Lewin is the co-founder and chair of the executive working group of the Earth BioGenome Project, an international effort to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic life on Earth.


Custodian dusts around whiteboards
Custodial Services鈥 Rosemary Evans dusts around chalkboards in a lecture hall. (Anjie Cook/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

 

Custodial Services at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis has become the first and only 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 custodial team to achieve certification in the 鈥済reen building with honors鈥 program run by ISSA, originally known as the National Sanitary Supply Association and later the International Sanitary Supply Association.

鈥淐leaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building,鈥 or CIMS-GB, demonstrates an organization鈥檚 capability to assist customers in achieving points toward LEED designation, referring to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a program of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Certification helps define the actions custodial staff take to reduce the level of chemical use, increase indoor air quality, improve the reuse of materials, minimize waste and more.

鈥淥ur campus鈥檚 participation in this rigorous program further supports our leadership in sustainability,鈥 said David Swindle, training manager in Custodial Services, part of Facilities Management. 鈥淚t demonstrates our commitment to healthier buildings that support occupant well-being.鈥 


Joseph Villegas and Amy Oleynik, cropped from group photo, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Orientation staff
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Joseph Villages and Amy Oleynik posed for a group photo with orientation staff from other universities and colleges during the NODA Region II conference, March 3-5, at California State University, Fresno.

 

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Orientation鈥檚 Amy Oleynik and Joseph Villegas recently earned an innovation award for their involvement in developing two programs: 鈥淗ealth, Wellness and You鈥 and 鈥淭ransfer Networking Time.鈥

Oleynik, lead orientation program coordinator, and Villegas, orientation program coordinator, received the Innovation in Transition Program Award at the Region II conference the Association for Orientation, Transition and Retention in Higher Education, also known as NODA, which originally stood for National Orientation Directors Association.

The award recognizes programs or unique approaches to challenging situations or specific campus needs.

Regional winners are automatically considered for national awards, to be given out at the national NODA conference, to be held this year in Minneapolis, Oct. 15-18.


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