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NODDINGS NAMED PORTER CHAIR
Based on the strong and unanimous recommendation of the advisory committee, Nel Noddings has been named to hold the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education for the coming year.
Noddings is a former president of both the Philosophy of Education Society and the John Dewey Society. She is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi Laureate chapter and holds many other awards and recognitions. She is the author of some 13 books, as well as numerous chapters and articles.
Noddings is Professor of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
After receiving degrees in mathematics from Montclair State College and Rutgers, she had an extensive career as a public school teacher and administrator. However, after receiving her Ph.D. in educational philosophy and theory at Stanford, and serving brief periods of time on the faculties of Pennsylvania State University and the University of Chicago, she joined the faculty at Stanford in 1977.
At Stanford, she quickly moved up through the ranks, eventually serving as the acting dean of the School of Education. In 1992, she was named the Jacks Professor of Child Education at Stanford, a position she held until she joined Columbia in 1997.
In 2001 she held the A. Lindsay O'Connor Professorship of American Institutions at Colgate University and more recently she held the Libra Professorship at the University of Southern Maine.
Her periods of residency at EMU during the coming year will be announced later.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
John Tonkovich presented a workshop for University of Texas graduate students, faculty members, and clinical practicum supervisors in Austin recently. The day-long event was on "Aphasia Interventions That Facilitate Participation."
Jerry Robbins will be attending the summer meeting of the executive board of the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU) later this week in Fish Camp, CA.
For approximately the next month, Martha Tack will serve as EMU's interim vice president for advancement and executive director of the EMU Foundation.
During the fiscal year just ended, Kaia Skaggs and Pat Pokay were each awarded $1,500 from the Graduate School Research Support fund for "Critical Thinking Dispositions of Teacher Candidates." Doug Briggs was awarded $2,000 from the same source for "Kinematic and Kinetic Analysis of the Otto Bock Microprocessor. Collectively, Jeffrey Schultz, Kay Woodiel, and Chris Karshin were awarded $1,425 for "Assessment of College Students' Decision Making Related to Tatooing." Peggy Moore-Hart received $1,690 for "Illuminating Diversity Through a Preservice Outreach Project."
Robert Kreger has retired after 12 years of service to the Department of Special Education. Sylvia Jones has celebrated 15 years at EMU.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS NAMED
At the most recent meeting of the Board of Regents, the following faculty members were approved for the College of Education. These six join Lidia Lee, audiology, whose appointment and service began in midyear and has been previously announced.
Joe Bishop will join the faculty in Teacher Education this fall. He comes to us from the faculty of Dakota State University. He holds three degrees, including the Ph.D., from the University of Iowa.
Karen Carney will join the faculty in Special Education this fall. Her Ph.D. is anticipated from Arizona State University. She comes to us from the faculty of that institution.
Nancy Copeland, who has worked for us before, will join the faculty in Teacher Education this fall. She has been working for Merit Network, Inc. Her Ph.D. is anticipated from Wayne State University. She also holds a master's degree in business education from EMU.
Sarah Ginsberg will join the tenure-track faculty in Special Education this fall, although she has been serving as a lecturer in that department. Her Ed.D. from EMU is expected soon.
Ethan Lowenstein has been working in recent times at the University of Michigan. He expects his Ph.D. from New York University in the near future. He will be joining the faculty in Teacher Education this fall.
Jacqueline McGinnis comes to us from the Washtenaw County Community Mental Health agency. She holds the Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She will be joining the faculty in Special Education this fall.
SHORT NOTES
The Renaissance Group has announced the competition for two $5,000 faculty fellowships. Applications are due August 1. Information brochures are in each COE department. COE faculty members have held this award the past two years.
AERA proposals are due August 1 or August 2. See "Calls for Papers/Proposals" below for additional information.
The deadline for proposals for the SINO-American Education conference is August 10. Information: http://www.kennesaw.edu/sino-american/
September 12 is the deadline for application for various AACTE awards. See "Calls for Papers/Proposals" below for additional information.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
July 15-deadline for submission of proposals for Distinguished Clinician in Teacher Education Award by the Association of Teacher Educators. For information, jsnyder@coe.wayne.edu.
July 19-deadline line for proposals for AACU conference on "The Courage to Question: Liberal Education in the 21st Century." For information, http://www.aacu.org/meetings/AMCall.cfm#paths.
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