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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 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 UNDERWAY
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.
PORTER BLDG. WIRELESS NETWORK
For security reasons, effective October 8 and continuing until further notice, the Porter Building wireless network will become a closed network that can only be accessed by a password. COE faculty and staff members who need the password should contact either Marina McCormack or Cliff Elston.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Carolyn Carter's monograph, Reciprocal Teaching: The Application of a Reading Improvement Strategy on Urban Students in Highland Park, Michigan, 1993-1995, recently was published by the International Bureau of Education as part of the series on "Educational Innovations in Action."
Lizbeth Stevens was quoted at length in a Detroit Free Press article on proposed revisions in the state's special education delivery system.
Rebecca Martusewicz was quoted in articles concerning teacher supply and demand that recently appeared in the Battle Creek Enquirer and several other newspapers in the state.
Effective today, Brian Filipiak joins the "INTIME" project staff. His primary responsibility is for technical support to the six EMU faculty members directly involved in the "INTIME" project, along with support for the COE's other PT3 projects. He has previously worked in EMU's academic computing and as a K-12 representative supporting Apple Corp.
Thomas Gwaltney recently completed the Apple Teacher Institute, learning new software and means of using technology in the classroom.
Jerry Robbins, Carolyn Finch, Barbara Gorenflo, Don Staub, Alane Starko, Lynne Rocklage, and Jackie Tracy participated in one or more of last Friday's DARTEP, MACTE, and MATE joint Fall Conference held at WSU.
Peggy Moore-Hart's "Writer's Camp," which this past summer focused on the Ann Arbor airport, was written up in the weekly newspaper of the East Michigan Hub, an aviation periodical.
Decky Alexander (CTA) and Joanne Caniglia (Mathematics) each received awards from the Michigan Campus Compact. Alexander will use the funds to support a troupe from the Drama/Theatre for the Young program that will visit area middle schools to present a production on social- and health-education needs of this age group. Caniglia and her students in MATH 109 are working with the mathematics related to house building, in connection with Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley.
SPONSORED PROJECTS
As of the end of September, COE faculty members had submitted 16 proposals for external funding in the amount of $1,249,070. Both these figures represent a substantial increase over the same time last year. To date, there have been four awards in the amount of $223,466.
Ellen Hoffman, with Jerry Robbins as codirector, has received $97,639 from Western Illinois University for "The 'CATALISE' Project: Consortium for the Application of Technology and Learning Innovations in Schools of Education: Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (Year 2)."
This partnership with California State University-Los Angeles and Western Illinois University will identify and disseminate information about best practices in teacher preparation in the use of technology and current classroom use of technology to improve student learning. Dissemination will be via web site with the expectation of the development of a virtual learning community.
Stephen McGregor has been awarded $12,700 by LPJ Research, Inc. for the "Study of Acute Effects of Oral 1-Androstenediol on Blood Hormone Concentrations."
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
EMU's observance of International Education Week, October 17-24, will include three noontime brown bag lunch presentations by COE faculty members. For additional information on the COE Project for International and Global Education, contact Don Staub in the COE Office of Collaborative Education at 734.487.1060.
Q.S. Samonte (emeritus) has been invited to be the guest speaker at a special convocation of the Ilocos Norte Provincial High School in The Philippines. He will speak on "Are Teachers Trained in the United States Adequately Prepared to Teach About Developing Countries." Samonte also has been invited to be one of the main speakers at the Centennial Memorial Celebration for Dr. Damaso T. Samonte, a former congressman, governor, member of the cabinet of the Philippine national government, and a former vice president of the World Health Organization. Q.S. Samonte will speak on "A Legacy of Honesty and Integrity in Public Service."
The International Conference on Problems and Prospects of Education in Developing Countries will be held in Barbados on March 25-28. Deadline for proposals is October 31. For additional information, contact ebourne@uwichill.edu.bb
The COE dean's office will support the travel of any one faculty member who will present a paper at the Fourth International Conference on Teacher Education ("Teacher Education as a Social Mission: A Key to the Future"), to be held June 23-27 at the Achva College of Education in Israel. The complete call for proposals may be found at www.conf4.achva.ac.il
ALUMNI NOTES
Robert Boomer '49, '60, age 80, died recently.
His career included science teacher at Burger Junior High School (Garden City), assistant principal of Garden City High School, principal of Burger JHS, and associate principal at the high school. He retired in 1982.
Lee Martin '63, '65 is serving in his second year as the Executive Director of Student Support Services in the Detroit Public Schools. He is the husband of COE faculty member Nora Martin. They met in Boone Hall in 1961.
Von Acker '83, a teacher and swim coach at Willow Run High School, was recently inducted into the Willow Run Hall of Fame.
Michael Ohanian '94 is a seventh grade technology education teacher at Shelby Junior High School in the Utica district. He recently won a Palm IIIxe, awarded by the "Michigan Education Report."
STUDENT NOTES
Members of the local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi will staff the Geddes One Room Schoolhouse on EMU Family Day.
Nominations are sought for the USA Today 2002 All-USA Academic Team. Information is available at allstars.usatoday.com. Nominations are due by November 30.
Starting Winter 2002, course prerequisites will be enforced through the registration system.
Teacher supply/demand information is available through the COE Student Advising Office, as well as on the COE web site.
CREDIT HOURS
As of September 29, COE credit hours for Fall Semester were 6.84% ahead of final figures for Fall Semester 2000. This includes a 14.33% increase for Teacher Education, a 10.82% increase for Student Teaching, a 2.41% increase for HPERD, a 0.59% increase for Leadership and Counseling, and a 2.03% decrease for Special Education. For the fiscal year to date, the COE is running 5.47% ahead of the same time last year.
FROM "THE SCHOOL THAT WENT TO COLLEGE" By Ruth B. MacFarlane
(Continued from previous issues)
Professor Carroll Osborn, who had been with the project since that first Bicentennial Committee meeting [in the '70's], watch dogged the process [of making the Geddes Town Hall ready for public use on the EMU campus]. He held out for restoration, whereby the building would be restored to its original state, instead of being only repaired or remodeled. That turned out to be an expensive proposition, and there had to be compromises. Formerly, the schoolhouse had rested on only a foundation, but a new basement was built to house the administrative offices. The front steps were eliminated and the door widened, to permit access for wheel chairs. At the rear of the classroom, there were two new doors, one leading to a modern restroom, the other to the basement.
A Town Hall School Reunion, held in conjunction with Ypsilanti's Heritage Festival, drew former students from near and far. Others who wanted to come, could not, because of health or economics, but those who did had a great time reminiscing. A float in the weekend parade carried Dean Rockwell, general chairman of the Town Hall Schoolhouse Project, along with Frank B. Norman, former treasurer of the school board. At Homecoming in October, the little schoolhouse was formally dedicated as an education museum.
The One-Room Schoolhouse Committee dissolved, to metamorphose into the Friends of the One Room School, many of the same individuals continuing to work to preserve and utilize the old-new facility. There were continuing needs, such as wrought-iron desks, old text books, and a multitude of other items, as well as continuing maintenance.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
October 9-ORD's "Introduction to the World of Grants," 11:00-11:45 a.m. "Faculty Research/Crea-tive," 2:00-2:45 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 10-ORD's "Professional Writing Tips," 9:00-9:45 a.m. "Developing the Budget," 2:00-2:45 p.m. To enroll, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
October 10-Student Teaching Workshop, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eagle Crest Conference Center; supervisors' luncheon 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., supervisors' workshop from 11:15 to 12:15 p.m.
October 10-COE Council, 2:00 p.m., Porter 301 B/C.
October 11-Basic Programs Committee, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Porter 301 B/C.
October 12-COE ad hoc Diversity Committee, 2:00-3:30 p.m., place to be announced.
October 13-Explore Eastern. Recruitment opportunity. COE activities will be held in the Porter Building.
October 13-Rob Kreger (and others) to be honored by EMU Alumni Association, 9:30 a.m., 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.
October 14-16-Sixth Annual National African American Parent Involvement Day Institute, Crowne Plaza, Romulus. For information, contact Jan Collins-Eaglin.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
October 13-Proposals due for "Stop Surfing-Start Teaching--Teaching and Learning Through the Internet" conference. For information, www.rcce.sc.edu/ssst or confs@gwm.sc.edu.
October 15--Articles due on theme of "creating and sustaining small learning communities" for Principal Leadership. For information, plmag@principals.org.
October 15-Articles due on "the case for teacher education" for Action in Teacher Education.
October 15-proposals for University Spring/Summer Research awards due at department level. New Faculty Research Award proposals due to department heads.
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