GWALTNEY RECEIVES HONOR KEY
Thomas Gwaltney was presented the Honor Key- the highest award of Kappa Delta Pi, An International Honor Society in Education- in ceremonies on March 15. The award was made at a Michigan area conference of KDP chapters held at EMU in connection with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the local chapter.
Gwaltney was honored for the career contributions to the profession and to Kappa Delta Pi. Only about 200 such awards have been made over the past 75 years. The award is made by the Executive Council of Kappa Delta Pi upon nomination by the chapter.
The award was presented by Pi chapter president Kellie Schweihofer. The Executive Council was represented by Jerry Robbins, former Society president.
Gwaltney is a candidate for vice president of the international organization.
THAYER SELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Lou Thayer was recently elected president of the Association for Humanistic Education and Development, a division of the American Association for Counseling and Development.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULED
The fourth of five open budget hearings- this one covering the Academic Affairs Division of EMU- will be on Wednesday, March 18 at 9:00 a.m. in 201 Welch. COE faculty are welcome and invited to attend.
The budget hearings cover "above base budget requests" from the various university units. A high priority for such from Academic Affairs is additional funding to enhance chances of NCATE approval during the next fiscal year.
Jerry Robbins will present requests totaling $769,430 covering the types of expenditures included in these hearings. These include $250,853 for part-time lecturers and other personnel to bring student teaching supervision ratios into compliance for the next year. This request relates to NCATE Criterion 79.
Also, $260,575 is requested for equipment (especially computer-related) to bring internal instructional, research, service, and administrative capabilities in line with NCATE-accredited institutions. This request relates to Criteria 82, 84, and 93.
To support Criteria 41, 42, 44, 47, 78, and 82, $217,602 additional is requested for personnel to perform required functions that cannot now be accomplished or accomplished in an adequate way. An additional $94,400 in SS&M is requested to support the types of activities related to Criteria 63, 64, 82, 84, 93, and 94.
COLLINS-EAGLIN AWARDED KEAL FELLOWSHIP
Jan Collins-Eaglin was recently awarded funding for the completion of current research as a recipient of a 1992 Josephine Nevins Keal Professional Development Fellowship.
POETRY AWARD WON BY LABENNE
Wallace LaBenne won the award of merit certificate for his poem "Firefly." This work will be published in the anthology Our World's favorite Poems later this spring.
WASIK KEYNOTES TITLE IX CONFERENCE
Claudia Wasik was the keynote speaker at the "Title IX Twenty Years Later" conference held recently at Greenhills School. Wasik also assisted with organizing and conducting the event. Jean Cione presented on the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
MARCH 30 OPEN MEETING WITH THE PROVOST
An open meeting with the Provost for College of Education faculty has been scheduled for March 30.
The session is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in Room 31 of Boone Hall. There is no pre-determined agenda.
All faculty are encouraged to attend.
OPPROTUNITES AND EVENTS
Mar 17- Primary Election Day. Exercise your right as a citizen and vote.
Mar 18- Open hearing, budget requests, Academic Affairs, Welch 201, 9:00.
Mar 19- "Teaching Graduate Students"- Maureen McCormack and Ray Hill (Management), Starkweather, 12:00.
Mar 25- Fall Released Time applications due.
Mar 27- Ernest Boyer on campus; several events.
Mar 27- Distinguished Faculty Award Nominations due.
Mar 30- Open meeting with the Provost, Boone 31, 4:00.
Mar 31- Coffee with the Dean, 8:30 Boone; 12:00 Rackham; 4:30 Warner; lounge areas.
Mar 31- COE Council Advisory Committee, 6:30, Faculty Room, McKinney
April 1- Manuscript deadline, JTE theme issue, "The Constructivist Approach to Teacher Education."
June 1- Manuscript deadline, JTE theme issue, "Issues in Teacher Education."
August 1- Manuscript deadline, JTE theme issue, "Teacher Assessment."
October 1- Manuscript deadline, JTE theme issue, "Impact of Accreditation and State Program Approval on Teacher Education Programs."
TELEMARKETING FUNDRAISING SUMMARY
Over the past several mrmonths, 5100 calls to COE alums were made, resulting in 1648 pledges to the COE, including 400 who had never pledged before. After paying the costs, allowing for historical collection rates, and paying off a substantial debt from last year's COE fundraising effort, only a relatively small amount is likely to be realized. However, the COE is now well positioned for 1992-1993.
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