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2008 CASP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO RUSS HODGES
November 14, 2008 by SWH, under Announcements.
Russ Hodges, Ed.D
Russ Hodges, of Texas State University in San Marcos, was unanimously selected by the CASP board to receive the 2008 CASP Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent CASP Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. This award is reserved for those individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of developmental education and/or to the field of learning assistance and have served in one or both sponsoring organizations, TxCRLA and/or TADE. Dr. Hodges, an Associate Professor of Adult and Developmental Education at TSU, is prominent as a leader in developmental education having served in many capacities in the field both inside and outside the classroom.
Dr. Hodges is a member of both TxCRLA and TADE and served as president of the national College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) in 2004 – 2005. Previous to that office, he served as that organization’s treasurer from 1999 until 2002. He and his team have been regular contributors at the annual CASP Conferences, having just presented their highly popular pre-conference institute, “Tutor Training Leadership Institute,” for the eleventh year in a row. Dr. Hodges has collaborated with several colleagues in publishing education books and articles, and he won Outstanding Article for Volume 24 in the Journal of Developmental Education which was presented at the 26th Annual Conference for the National Association for Developmental Education. Dr. Hodges is instrumental in the establishing and on-going leadership of the Technology Institute for Developmental Educators, (TIDE), an intensive 5-day technology workshop specifically designed for developmental educators.
The CASP Lifetime Achievement Award was last presented in 2005 to Janith Stephenson, now retired from the College of the Mainland, Galveston, Texas.