Notes
of Interest to COE Alumni and Friends
Archived
Alumni
Notes
(April
2001-November
2003)
December
22, 2003
The
Office
for Alumni Relations is currently
accepting nominations
for
the 43rd Annual
Alumni Awards. There are four award
categories:
Outstanding
Young Alumnus/Alumna; Alumnus/Alumna
Achieve-ment;
Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna;
and
the Dr. John W. Porter Distinguished
Service Award.
The
deadline
for nominations
is January
16, 2004. Awards will
be presented
at a dinner
ceremony May 8, 2004,
at
the Ypsilanti
Marriott
at Eagle
Crest. For more information
about the
awards,
and a nomination
form, go to <
a href="http://www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/awards_a.html">www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/awards_a.html
December
15,
2003
Edna
Roush ‘28, ‘33,
aged 97, has written to tell us that
she is ‘thrilled at the progress
[EMU] makes year after year strengthening
undergraduate’s educational opportunities
not only in the College of Education
but throughout the University.’ Ms.
Roush lives in Holland.
Eldon
Lee, with Mary
Gale
Budzisz, developed
the Milwaukee Village School, a Milwaukee
public school. Drawing on his 30 years
teaching regular and special education
children, Lee is a member of numerous
reform groups. Lee and Budzisz are the
authors of Quashing the Rhetoric of Reform:
An Educational Design that Reaches All
Children (Scarecrow Press).
Kristen
Gwaltney ‘91, ‘95 teaches music in the Gwinnett
County (GA) schools. She is a member
of the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Chorus and performed this month with
the Berlin
Philharmonic.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Margaret Muir ‘14, aged 107, died
recently in Brighton. After a six-weeks
course at Michigan Normal School, she
began a 55-year teaching career. In her
early years, she taught in one-room schools
in the Brighton area. However, most of
her career was spent in the Huron Valley
School District, where Muir Middle School
is named after her. She retired in 1966
and then taught for two years, without
pay, at St. Patrick’s School in
Brighton.
December
8,
2003
Gordon
Kennedy is the new
principal of Kennedy Middle School in
the Lake Shore District.
Brad
Bush ‘93, ‘01, until
recently head football coach at Chelsea
High School, has been hired as EMU’s
football recruiting coordinator.
-
- - - - - - - - - -
Joyce
Elaine
Service Ensign ‘64, ‘77,
age 61, died recently, the
victim of cancer. She taught preschool
and kindergarten
in Willow Run for 14 years.
Last
Modified on
January 3, 2004
| 
