EMU HOSTS MICHIGAN DEANS' COUNCIL
The Michigan Deans' Council met at EMU's Corporate Education Center on January 10. Jerry Robbins, Robbie Johnson, and Donna Schmitt represented the COE at this meeting.
Provost/VP Academic Affairs Ron Collins brought greetings to the group. Later, in his capacity as a member of the Renaissance Group Executive Committee, Collins made a presentation to the group about the work of the Renaissance Group.
Issues associated with mandatory state-wide teacher testing were discussed at length. EMU was one of two institutions that reported no mid-year budget cut.
COE COUNCIL HEADS FOR A MINI-RETREAT
On Friday, January 22, the COE Council will hold a "mini-retreat" from 12:30 (with lunch) to 4. The emphasis will be on information related to the NCATE accreditation process. The "retreat" will be held in Boone 31.
At its January 15 meeting, the COE Council defeated a proposal to expand the elementary education program by adding additional hours in mathematics. Reports were heard and the Council discussed several policy items for future agendas.
ELEMENTARY MAJOR IS AUTHOR
A recent issue of EMU's Honors Program "Honorable Mentions" spotlights Honors Student, author, and elementary education major Sarah Savage.
Savage, 23, is co-author with Diane Molsen, a student at Michigan Tech, of Easy Experiments. To be published by Scholastic Press this spring, the book is a collection of science experiments geared toward children around the ages of six or seven.
Savage has already received a $1500 advance. She will also receive royalties. Her next book? "I want to do by myself--all by myself."
UCTE APPROVES MODIFICATIONS OF SCIENCE TEACHER PROGRAMS
Changes in the programs for preparing earth science and chemistry teachers were endorsed by the University Council on Teacher Education at its January 16 meeting.
If approved at all levels, the intent is to bring all EMU programming for preparing teachers of the sciences into compliance with mandatory guidelines of the National Science Teachers Association.
The earth science proposal adds a structured group minor in general science to a revised major. The chemistry major adds additional science courses to the major.
UCTE is also considering alternative admission requirements to the basic program, the effect of which would be to increase the number of underrepresented groups among the student body.
MAILBAG PRAISE FOR EMU PROGRAMS
EMU faculty and administrators receive many commendations on those prepared to teach by the institution. A recent one, from a high school teacher accustomed to supervising student teachers from another institution, stated that "[the student teacher] is the best prepared, most capable student teacher I have had in over 20 years. He arrived ready to teach.... He cares about students and learning."
A woman recently wrote from California: "EMU has been the institution of my dreams. However, when I graduated from a Texas high school in 1929, my parents could not afford to send me that far away. I still think of what I probably missed."
CALENDAR
January
20: M.L.King events, all day
21: COE Adm'tive Staff, 10:00
22: Provost group on "America 2000," noon
23: DAC consideration of college budget priorities
24: COE Council retreat, 12:30
28: Board of Regents meeting
31: Coffee w/dean, 8:30 (Warner),12 (Boone), 4:30 (Rackham). February
3: COE Community Advisory Committee
7: "Knowledge Base" Workshop, 9-4, Gary Galluzzo, UNC, presenter
FOCUS ON…
KATHLEEN BEAUVAIS
Joining the Teacher Education faculty this fall, Kathleen Beauvais is a former university administrator, fellow in the Bush Program in Child Development and Social Policy, and equity consultant in the Michigan Department of Education.
Her professional interests include male and female gender-role socialization, sex and race equity in education, and the implications of race, sex, and social class on learning and teaching.
Beauvais' personal interests include music (classical, jazz, women's music, old Motown), theater, gardening, jogging, biking, and two "totally-controlling and quite wonderful canines--Chelsea, an English Springer Spaniel and Winslow, an English Cocker."
COE BUILDING AND BUDGET
A standing-room-only crowd greeted Rep. James O'Neill for his appearance last week. After sharing news of the Governor's apparent interest in emphasizing renovation over new construction this year, O'Neill's tour of Boone Hall resulted in his comments that it needed to be replaced.
The EMU Board of Regents has approved an appropriation request for FY93 that is a 7.5% increase over that of FY92. The total budget request represents a 7.7% increase.
COE request priorities will be completed by the COE administrative staff on January 21. These will be presented by the dean to the Dean's Advisory Council on January 23 in rhe process of determining request priorities for Academic Affairs.
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