College of Education
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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
Jim Berry is currently at the University of Veracruzana in Mexico as part of his American Council on Education Fellowship.
Susan McCarthy has had a research article accepted for the Journal of American College Health.
Nancy Halmhuber recently attended the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) national conference in New York. Halmhuber represented the Council for Educational Diagnostic Services (CEDS) on the CEC knowledge and skills subcommittee, which is responsible for writing the standards for beginning professionals in special education. She has served as the CEDS Professional Standards chair and representative to the knowledge and skills subcommittee for the past three years. She attended training sessions to become a university program reviewer for CEC/NCATE. Halmhuber was elected vice president of CEDS-a six-year commitment as vice president, president, and past president.
Gary Navarre also attended the CEC national conference. While there, he attended a full-day workshop on preparing CEC/NCATE folios.
Bill Cupples was in Washington, D.C. recently, chairing a meeting of the Council for Clinical Specialty Recognition. This Council monitors advanced clinical specialization in speech-language pathology and audiology and provides input to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association regarding the development of the speech and hearing professions.
Jerry Ricciardo presented "An Examination of Variables Distinguishing Accredited from Nonaccredited Park, Recreation and Leisure Services Programs" at the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium in Bolton Landing, New York.
Jerry Robbins has been a member of the State Board of Education's Task Force on "Ensuring Excellent Educators." Immediately following presentation of the task force report to the Board, six actions were adopted as policy.
Lynne Rocklage is at the Ingham ISD headquarters today, participating in a meeting of the Autism Collaborative Program.
Lidia Lee recently participated in a seminar on digital hearing and FM systems. As a result, she obtained demonstration units which will be used in the COE Clinical Suites and in Special Education. Lee also attended the "Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment and Management" workshop sponsored by Oakland Schools.
Jerry Robbins was quoted in an article in the April 19 issue of the Ann Arbor News concerning efforts of Washtenaw Community College to bring people into the teaching profession.
Jerry Robbins conducted a concert by the Barnhill Concert Band in Pease Auditorium last Thursday night. Alum Larry Van Oyen '85 '87 conducted the North Central College Concert Winds as a part of the program.
Q.S. Samonte (emeritus) will serve as the master of ceremonies on April 26 for the concluding session of an Asian Studies Seminar at the University of Michigan. The seminar is sponsored by the Southeast Asian Studies Center, the Asian Languages and Cultures program, and the International Institute, all of the University of Michigan.
Jenny Clark and several visually impaired students from the CATE lab recently attended WCC's "Vision Fest Technology Fair."
There will be a memorial service for former faculty member Joseph Gonzalez on Saturday, May 18, 1:00 p.m., Porter 203.
SHORT NOTES
Call for Reviewers. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) has issued a call for reviewers of papers for the 2003 AACTE annual meeting. Forms are available in each COE office or from AACTE Reviews, 1307 New York Ave., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005-4701. The deadline for submission is May 17.
Call for Papers. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) has issued a call for papers for the 2003 annual meeting, to be held in New Orleans, LA. The deadline is June 3. For additional information, see www.aacte.org.
AACTE participation is strongly encouraged. The dean's office will cover the travel expenses to the convention of one person per accepted presentation.
Program Review. As part of the EMU program review process, there are open sessions for interested parties in a series of roundtable discussions. The teacher education programs of each of these departments will be included in the discussions. All sessions are scheduled for Halle 300, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. These include Chemistry, April 23; Psychology, May 14; and HPERD, May 21.
ALUMNI NOTES
William A. Spencer '49, '60, '62, age 83, died recently in Florida. He was retired from the Ann Arbor schools.
Ken Walcott '70, superintendent of the Norton Shores schools, is a candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives.
Letitia Byrd '70, retired teacher from the Ann Arbor schools and civic leader, and Andrew Lindsey '94, '97, '02, award-winner teacher in the Van Buren Public Schools, were featured in the most recent issue of "Focus EMU." Both will receive awards at the April 27 Alumni Awards Dinner.
COE COUNCIL MEETING
The College of Education Council met in a called meeting on April 27, with Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, chair, presiding.
Based on a recommendation from the Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee, the Council approved removing the Plastics major from shelved status, reconfiguring it into the Manufacturing Engineering Technology major, and creating new courses MFG 290 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing and Metrology and MFG 470 Integrated Product and Process Design.
The Council reviewed several draft NCATE-related matrices forwarded by the Basic Programs Committee. Because it had recently been determined that the initial preparation program in "English" did not have to go forward to NCATE/NCTE this fall, review of the materials for English was postponed to a later time. The Council accepted in draft form the materials for "Elementary."
The Council returned the draft materials for "Computer Science" and "Geography" to the originating departments with a request for certain revisions. The Council noted that it would be glad to review revised materials at its May 8 meeting.
The Council reviewed draft NCATE-related matrices forwarded by the Advanced Programs Committee. The Council accepted in draft form the materials for "Reading" and "Educational Leadership." However, the materials for "Early Childhood Education" and "Educational Technology" were returned to the originating departments for additional work, with an indication that the Council would be glad to review revised materials at its May 8 meeting.
HPERD HONORS RECEPTION
The 35th annual HPERD Honors Reception was held on April 14 in the McKenny Union Ballroom. Gary Banks served as master of ceremonies. Vic Chiasson and Jerry Robbins provided welcoming remarks. Student recognitions were made by Michael Paciorek, Shel Levine, Sherry Jerome, Suzanne Zelnik, Susan McCarthy, Jeff Armstrong, Janet Balowski, Sharon Pendleton, Vic Chiasson, and Jodi Johnson. Tory Lindley of Intercollegiate Athletics also presented.
Coleen Cook was recognized as the "Physical Education Major of the Year."
Cory Annett was recognized as the "Exercise Science Major of the Year."
The "Athletic Training Major of the Year" award was named in honor of Gary Strickland and Ron Venis. The recipient of the recognition was Kristen Bretz.
The "Dance Major of the Year" award went to Crystal Trongo.
The Fannie Cheever Burton scholarship was awarded to Kristen Zabalavicius. The Ruth Boughner scholarship was presented to Alicia Brashear and Allison Nichol. Todd Wriska received the Wilbur P. Bowen scholarship.
The Marguerite E. Grills scholarship was awarded to David Browne. The Augusta Harris scholarship was presented to Sara Rzeppa and Kristen Totten. Shawn Heiler received the Paul B. Samson scholarship.
The Chloe Todd & Elton Rynearson scholarship was presented to Scott Oikarinen. The Katherine Maher scholarship was presented to Sarah Jedele, Amanda Tikkanen, and Sara Wasilenko. Erin Quellhorst and Gregory Waltner received the Doris Ewing scholarship.
Academic Excellence Citations were presented to 60 students in the physical education program, to 51 students in the exercise science program, to 16 students in the recreation program, to 32 students in the athletic training program, and to 10 students in the dance program.
STUDENT NOTES
Twelve group advising/information sessions for persons interested in post-baccalaureate teacher certification have been scheduled for the May 7 to August 29 period. For additional information, contact Christine Lancaster at chris.lancaster@emich.edu or call 734.487.0275.
At the COE "Celebration of Excellence," the following students were among those recognized:
2001-2002 Doctoral Graduates: Jill Adamczyk, Ellen Hoffman, Barbara Scheffer, Patricia Taylor, and Meagan VanGelder.
University Fellowship: Paul Battle, Jennifer Bobicz, Leslie Cirino, Lori George, Charles Leister, Sheilah Norman, Monica Raines, Molly Rose, Maurice Stoval.
Graduate Meritorious Scholarship: Holly Ball, Tamela Blaszkowski, Erin Bush, Daniel Guernsey, Amy LaVigne-Benore, Geneva Napolitano, Scott Reding, Christa Schmacher, Carol Sliwka, Karyn Spiteri, Sheilah Norman.
TECHNOLOGY
As a result of the recent "Day in the Life of the College of Education" photographic event, almost 600 digital images and many rolls of film were received. Expect to see displays soon!
Do you have "retired" educational technology (film strips and projectors, slide rules, classroom record players, early computers, etc.) that you would be willing to make available for a display that will run until the end of the Fall semester? If so, contact bfilipiak@online.emich.edu.
The Technology and Teaching Conference has been postponed until the Fall semester.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
The Executive Board of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (Organization Mondiale pour l'Education Préscolaire-OMEP) is meeting in our area, with Leah Adams as host. Members of the Executive Board from Chile, Columbia, Singapore, and Switzerland were guests of the College of Education on Friday for a reception and a tour of the Porter Building.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunties.html)
April 23-Willow Run Community Schools Open House Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Willow Run High School, 235 Spencer Lane, Ypsilanti.
April 24-Minority Achievement, Retention, and Success (MARS) Banquet, McKenny Union, Guild Hall, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
April 25-Basic Programs Committee, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Porter 301 B/C.
April 25-EMU's "Take Our Daughters to Work" Day. For information, contact Joanne Hanse, Halle Library. Registration is due by April 15.
April 25-Official launch of The New Teacher Resource Network, sponsored by Ameritech, noon to 1:00 p.m., 205 Porter Building.
April 26-EMU hosts state convention of Young Educator's Society (YES). General Session, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Ballroom, McKenny Union.
April 26-COE's "Honor an Educator!" recognition. This event has been postponed to the fall.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
May 1-deadline for Kappa Delta Pi Forum articles on "safety in schools." Deadline for Journal of Teacher Education articles for an "open topic" issue.
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