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HELP THE CHILDREN OF NYC
Donations of paper, book bags, notebooks, pens, pencils, and other teacher and classroom supplies for the New York City school children that have been forced to evacuate their schools are sought. Donation drop boxes are located at the south and west entrances of the Porter Building. All donated items will be sent, or possibly personally delivered, by the COE to the schools that are in need. The COE Office of Collaborative Education is coordinating the effort. For additional information, call 734.487.1060.
UNITED WAY DRIVE STARTS
The annual United Way drive is underway at EMU. Participation is strongly encouraged, no matter the size of the gift. Volunteer coordinators for COE units include Merri McClure, all non-department units; Yulanda Woods, HPERD; Lou Thayer, Leadership and Counseling; Karen Garvey, Special Education; and Jennifer McLaughlin, Teacher Education.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Robert D. Kreger has been named to receive the Alumni Association's "Teaching Excellence Award." The award will be presented to Kreger and others in ceremonies on October 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the McKenny Union Ballroom. The public is invited. Tickets for the event are $13 and can be purchased by contacting the EMU Office for Alumni Relations.
Charles M. Achilles (with Charles P. Mitchell, Seton Hall University) is the author of "No Worse Off? Child Poverty and Punitive Policy Challenge Educators" in the recent issue of National Forum of Teacher Education Journal.
John Tonkovich surveyed an outpatient medical rehabilitation facility in Pottsville, PA for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
Suzanne Hobson will serve as the director of research and Kay Woodiel will serve as the director of educational interventions for Project OutReach, an EMU initiative to combat homophobia and hetero-sexism in Michigan's K-12 schools. The project's initial funding has been received from the Gill Foundation.
Elizabeth Broughton has been appointed to the Livingston/Washtenaw Substance Abuse Advisory Council.
Jeff Armstrong has been appointed to the Policy/Environment subcommittee of the Michigan Department of Community Health's Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Strategic Planning Committee. This group is developing a comprehensive plan to address obesity among African-American women.
Gary Banks recently presented "Athletic Coaching and Michigan's Tort Liability Act" to athletic coaches in a workshop at Marysville High School that was sponsored by the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
Jerry Robbins will present "Certification Test Processing" and "National Trends and Issues" at the MACTE Fall Conference at Wayne State University on October 5.
Service anniversaries being celebrated this month include Michael Beebe, 25 years; and Michael Paciorek and Irene Ametrano, 20 years.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
The first meeting of the COE's Global and International Education Project committee was held on September 25, with 12 people present. Among the items discussed was the COE's observance of International Week, October 17-24. Among the activities will be a lunchtime seminar, with brown-bag lunch, on each of several days. With other speakers and topics to be announced, Leah Adams will present on topics discussed at early childhood education conferences in Chile and Switzerland; Dibya Choudhuri will present on adjustment issues for foreign students who study in the U.S.; and Charles Muwonge will present on U.S. higher education from an outsider's perspective.
ALUMNI NOTES
Ben Wright '34, '67, former publisher of This Week magazine and Field and Stream, died at the age of 89 in Colorado Springs, CO.
Dean Rockwell '35 was featured in an article in the EMU Connection magazine. Rockwell's heroic activities are chronicled in D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II by Stephen Ambrose. In later times, Rockwell trained the first American to win an Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. Still more recently, Rockwell was substantially involved in obtaining and moving the Geddes Town Hall School to the EMU campus.
Monday Report has received a lengthy letter from Richard G. Telfer '48, who lives in Las Vegas, NV. He is the owner/consultant of Educational Directions, a firm that works with matters related to public education, driver education, and nuclear energy. He has held a variety of positions in several states, including leadership positions in the Boulder, CO school district and with the Colorado Department of Education. He has also worked in schools in Wisconsin, Colorado, and Michigan and served on the faculty at several higher education institutions. He is a prolific author as well.
Jack H. Marts, age 77, died recently. He lived in Willis, MI and Tucson, AZ. He taught special education in several area schools, retiring from Plymouth-Canton High School in 1976. He also owned and operated the Children's Farm and Riding School in Canton for some years.
Barbara Conder Cottingham '63 has retired from her teaching position with the Houston (TX) Independent School District and now lives in Grosse Point. Her son, Bruce, was recently admitted to the EMU teacher education program.
Carol Brege-Reed '67, '72 is a high school government teacher at Milan High School. Brege-Reed has been a teacher for 35 years, all but one of those spent at Milan.
Gae Revlin Amorose '69, aged 54, died recently in Ann Arbor of rectal cancer. For some years she had been principal of Pattengill Elementary in Ann Arbor and she was slated to be principal of Wines Elementary this year.
Hank DeYoung '69 is retiring after 25 years as regional director of special education services for Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, and Whitmore Lake.
Jean Downey '71, '74 teaches biology at Cardinal Mooney High School in Marine City.
Monica Rodman '74 works for the Northwest Community School District as a media specialist.
Bonnie Brzezinski Wolf '76 is a reading specialist for Round Elementary School in Hartland.
David DuBois '77 teaches fifth grade at Washington Elementary School in Marine City.
Gilda Myles '78, '84 is principal at New Directions, an alternative high school for students, located in the Elizabeth Fletcher School in Ypsilanti.
Steven R. Pardon '84, '92 is a teacher for the Clark County schools in Las Vegas, NV.
Theresa Bitner Spencer '85, '92, '99 is the director of educational technology for the East Detroit public schools.
David Leach '87 is the band director at Ypsilanti High School, where he and his bands have received numerous awards and national recognition. Leach has been nominated for Disney's American Teacher Award and CNN's All USA Teacher Team 2001.
John Seyfarth '88, '93 teaches third grade at Southeast Elementary School in Howell.
Kim Goulding-French '89 is a language arts teacher at Lincoln High School in Warren.
Adams D. Hoskins '92 is a school psychologist for the Monroe County ISD.
Reginald Kirkland '92 is the principal of Monroe's Christiancy Elementary School.
Connie Nagle '92 teaches home economics at Milan Middle School.
Kristy Spann '92 teaches third grade at H.T. Burt Elementary in Ortonville.
Jack Yates '92, '99, who was for many years a custodian in the Brighton schools before becoming a teacher and more recently a principal in that district, was featured in the recent issue of the EMU Connection magazine.
Janalen Riccinto Samson '93, '95 teaches music at Round Elementary in Hartland. The Michigan Music Education Association recently designated Samson as a "rising star."
Robert Frasier '95 has resigned as principal of Dexter High School. He hopes to return to his passion of teaching.
Juan Laucha '95 teaches nutrition at Saline High School. The class started as an after-school club that now has a waiting list and is only offered to juniors and seniors.
Michael F. Ryan '95 was named head football coach for Howell High School. Ryan formerly taught and coached in the Brighton district.
Joyce Lutrey '98 has moved from Saline Middle School principal to superintendent of the Fruitport schools.
The recent issue of the EMU Connection magazine reported that more than 160 men from Michigan State Normal College served in the American Civil War and that 28 died. Fourteen went to the Spanish-American War, and one died. More than 130 from "the Normal" served in World War I, including 11 who were killed. During World War II, 974 persons from MSNC served, including 38 who died. Most of these were prospective teachers.
STUDENT NOTES
The local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi is assisting with the drive for supplies for New York City schools.
Group advising sessions are underway for the Fall Semester. These include 30 sessions for prospective elementary teachers at the undergraduate level, 15 sessions for prospective secondary/K-12 teachers at the undergraduate level, and 13 sessions for prospective teachers at the post-baccalaureate level. See http://www.emich.edu/coe/advising/ for details of time and place.
Jason Owens, a graduate student in the school counseling program and a graduate assistant in the Department of Leadership and Counseling, was awarded the Ann Arbor PFLAG scholarship in ceremonies on Sunday.
CREDIT HOURS
As of September 23, COE credit hours for Fall Semester were 6.29% ahead of final figures for Fall Semester 2000. This includes a 14.21% increase for Teacher Education, a 9.39% increase for Student Teaching, a 1.67% increase for HPERD, a 0.24% increase for Leadership and Counseling, and a 2.39% decrease for Special Education. For the fiscal year to date, the COE is running 5.02% ahead of the same time last year.
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS FOR FALL
This semester there are 3,688 undergraduates enrolled who are majoring in COE programs. These include 2,446 in the Department of Teacher Education, 651 in the Department of Special Education, and 591 in the Department of HPERD. These include:
Elementary Education Intent 966
Three Minors-Elementary 554
Language Arts-Elementary 319
Elementary Science 258
Sports Medicine Intent 227
Physical Education (PE31) 224
Secondary Intent 220
Mentally Impaired 196
Emotionally Impaired 184
Social Studies-Elementary 129
Special Education Undeclared 87
Speech Language Impaired 69
Hearing Impaired 55
Sports Medicine 38
Physically and Otherwise Health Impaired 32
Physical Education (PE01) 28
Therapeutic Recreation 24
Dance 21
Recreation and Park Management-Intent 17
Speech Language Impaired-Clinical 15
Visually Impaired 13
Recreation and Park Management 11
Therapeutic Recreation-Intent 1
COATT AWARD
A stateside announcement is being made today about the receipt of a $2.2 million award to the Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching (COATT) under the federal PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) grant program.
The COE is a charter member of the COATT organization and will participate in the consortium award. The grant is to improve the technology experience students receive during their student teaching assignments, particularly those students who do student teaching in schools serving low-income students.
Ellen Hoffman and Jon Margerum-Lays will be the co-principal investigators for the EMU portion of the consortium activity. This is the third PT3 consortium in which the COE is involved, at least partly because of our prominence in the field.
UNSUNG HEROINE AWARD
The Michigan Women's Commission is soliciting nominations for the first annual Governor's Unsung Heroine Awards. "Education" is one of the eligible categories. For additional information, see www.mdcr.state.mi.us/mwc/
PORTER CHAIR RESIDENCY
Lisa Delpit, the current holder of the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education, had to reschedule her first period of residency on campus, which was to have been in September. Her first period of residency is now scheduled to begin on October 15, with another scheduled to begin on November 28. Delpit will deliver her first lecture on Tuesday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Porter Building. The public is invited.
WORKSHOP ON WRITING FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION
Kenneth Henson, nationally known authority on writing for professional publication, will present his workshop for COE faculty members on November 30 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. There is no cost for COE faculty members to participate.
Henson, currently dean of the School of Education at The Citadel in South Carolina, presented this workshop for COE-related personnel about two years ago to great local acclaim. Henson is a highly prolific writer for educational publications. Contact Carolyn Finch for additional information.
COE COUNCIL MEETING
The College of Education Council met on September 26 with Martha Kinney-Sedgwick presiding. The Basic Programs Committee recommended changes in four political science courses and in three physics courses. These changes were endorsed by the Council. The Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee recommended three changes related to social work courses. These changes were also endorsed by the Council.
Various reports were received. The Council requested that Jerry Robbins draft proposed amendments to the COE governance/input document, based on results from the recent poll of the faculty.
COMER PROJECT
EMU now has 38 partner schools in the Detroit district through the Comer Project. These include one high school, eight middle schools, and the remainder elementary schools. In addition to a change in EMU's leadership to Nora Martin as university coordinator, there have been changes in the DPS structure for the Comer Project as well, with Jessie Franklin as the district coordinator and Sherri Joseph, formerly of the Yale Child Development Center, as head of all school "reform" efforts in Detroit. Alison Harmon is on leave from EMU this year to serve the Skillman Foundation as a senior program officer. The "Comer Kickoff," originally planned for October 13, is likely to be rescheduled for November 17. The Detroit office of the Comer Project is now at the "historic" Beard School building. The COE also houses a Comer Project Regional Training Center. This activity provides technical assistance to two new Comer Projects in Colorado and one in Ohio. Continuing projects include schools in Grand Rapids, Pontiac, and Youngstown, OH.
WEB SITE PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION
In a recent one-month period, the COE web site main page was "hit" 2,160 times. The Teacher Education pages were accessed 1,456 times. Other pages heavily used were those of the COE Office of Academic Services (695), the post-baccalaureate pages (683 and 527), the Leadership and Counseling pages (556), and the Special Education pages (488).
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
October 2-ORD's "Provost's New Faculty Award," 3:30-4:15 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 2-Advanced Programs Committee, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Porter 301 B/C.
October 3-FCIE session on "Sharing Learning Expectations: What Students Want from College Teachers." 12:00-1:30 p.m., 217 Halle.
October 3-ORD's "Provost's New Faculty Award," 3:30-4:15 p.m. "Spring/Summer Awards," 12:15-1:00 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 4-ORD's "The Essential Elements," 9:30-10:15 a.m. "Sabbatical Leave Awards," 3:30-4:15 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 5-ORD's "Overview," 2:00-2:45 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 5-Phi Delta Kappa presents "Bully-Proof Plus: Developing School Policies That Work," with Kathy Gibson, School Health Consultant, Wayne RESA. Alumni Room, McKenny Union, 6:30 p.m. For information, call Curtis Bartz, 734.654.2668.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
October 1-applications due for ATE Distinguished Program in Teacher Education award. For information, jreinhartz@uta.edu.
October 1-Proposals due for Michigan Reading Association. For information, contact wilsonp@wmich.edu.
October 5-proposals due for application to be a speaker at MACUL conference. For information, wmu-programs@wmich.edu. Applications may be completed on the web at www.macul.org.
October 9-Applications/nominations due for AACTE awards: "Build a Future Without AIDS"; Best Practice Awards: Global and International Teacher Education, Innovative Use of Technology; Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Support of Diversity, "Using Technology to Support Accreditation," Women's Leadership Development and Gender Equity. Outstanding Dissertation Award; Outstanding Writing Award; Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education; Lifetime Achievement Award; Advocates for Justice Award; and Gender Equity Architect Award. For information, contact Kristin McCabe at 202.293.2450, ext. 561. Application materials are in each department office.
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