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DEAN'S AWARDS MADE AT FALL CONFERENCE TO SIX
In the first (probably annual) round of Dean's awards, one staff member, one lecturer, and four tenure track faculty members were recognized at the COE Fall Conference last Tuesday. Each received a certificate of commendation and a voucher for $500 in professional travel.
Mary Anne Homann was recognized for her outstanding staff support in connection with the Comer Project in Detroit, with which she has been associated almost from the beginning. Among many other activities, Homann has organized health services for Detroit children and assisted with a variety of field placements.
Richard McInnis received a "distinguished lecturer" award for his outstanding work in the area of student teaching. McInnis not only is highly appreciated by the students he has supervised, but he has contributed substantially to improvements in the entire student teaching program.
Four tenure-track faculty members were recognized using criteria derived from Ernest Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered. The first two awards were presented in absentia.
Pat Pokay was recognized for distinguished contributions to the scholarship of teaching. With various colleagues, Pokay has conducted research and presented peer-reviewed papers at major national professional meetings on matters related to dispositions, assessment, outcomes, etc. drawn from study of our own teacher preparation program.
Mary Bigler was recognized for distinguished contributions to the scholarship of application. Bigler has brought her expertise in literacy/reading to tens of thousands of professionals and parents, assisting them to find local solutions to issues related to teaching all children to read well. She was cited as an "ambassador" from EMU to the remainder of North America.
The award for distinguished contributions to the scholarship of integration was made to Peggy Moore-Hart. With colleagues, especially retired faculty member Barbara Diamond, Moore-Hart has taken the topic of multicultural literacy and developed it in depth in all of her substantial research, her community and professional service, and her teaching, with activities in each area strongly reinforcing activities in each of the others.
Charles M. "Chuck" Achilles received the award for distinguished contributions to the scholarship of discovery. A highly prolific researcher and writer, Achilles has devoted much of his energy in recent years to the effects on learning of small class size-not only as a researcher and writer, but as an advocate for this practice. Drawing heavily on the data base provided by the STAR project in Tennessee, Achilles has forcefully demonstrated the power of small class size, especially in the early grades.
FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
C. M. "Chuck" Achilles (with J.D. Finn, SUNY Buffalo) is the author of the chapter on "Small Classes or Accountability? Using Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Class Size Outcomes, and Other Data to Demonstrate the Necessity of Critique" in Perreault and Lunenburg (eds.), The Changing World of School Administration (Scarecrow Press, 2002).
C. M. "Chuck" Achilles is the author of "Perils in Publications, Pedigogy [sic], and Policy" in the Fall issue of Education Leadership Review.
Irene Allen presented "Cultural Diversity Through Recent Children's Books" at the 19th World Congress on Reading, sponsored by the International Reading Association, and held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
"Chuck" Achilles has been named to the National Advisory Board for the Alliance for Excellent Education.
Gary Banks presented "Athletic Coaching and the Law" in Allen Park; "Legal Issues in Physical Education and Athletic Coaching" in Livonia; and "Athletic Coaching, Competitive Cheerleading and Michigan's Governmental Tort Liability Act" in Grosse Point. Each of the sessions was sponsored by the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
C. M. "Chuck" Achilles was pictured and featured in an article in the Sidney, Australia Sun-Herald. The topic was small class size.
C. M. "Chuck" Achilles provided expert testimony for the prevailing side in Goodwine et al. v. Taft et al., an Ohio case concerning student disciplinary action.
Olga Nelson was a presenter for this year's EMU New Faculty Orientation.
Thumbnail biographies of Joe Bishop, Karen Carney, Nancy Copeland, Sarah Ginsberg, Ethan Lowenstein, and Jacqueline McGinnis, along with Carl Isaacs, Mia Milton, Heather Damon, Amy Dargo, and Akosua Slough, appeared in the September 3 issue of "Focus EMU." Jim Berry, Carolyn Finch, Jaclynn Tracy, and Kathleen Quinn were mentioned as well in the same issue.
The following service anniversaries were noted in the September 3 issue of "Focus EMU": Jack Sheard (39 years); Thomas Gwaltney (38 years); Kathleen Quinn (37 years); Dale Rice and Nora Martin (35 years); Erik Pedersen (34 years); Louis Thayer, Gloria Neve, Betty Barber, George Barach, and Gary Banks (33 years); Gary Navarre and Joe Coyner (32 years); and Martha Kinney-Sedgwick and Helen Ditzhazy (15 years).
Irene Anderson, who recently retired as locker room attendant in HPERD, with 36 years of service, was given a special recognition at the COE Fall Conference.
Leah Adams, emeritus, attended the European Early Childhood Education Research Association conference in Cyprus last month. With Anne Soderman (MSU) she presented on early literacy. She also chaired a conference session on the same topic.
In a role far removed from her work as secretary in Leadership and Counseling, Tina Skeel presented on dysphagia to the nursing staff of Heartland Healthcare Center. The presentation was so well received that she was invited to repeat it for the all-staff meeting the next day.
ALUMNI NOTES
Robert J. Stevenson '46, age 88, was featured recently in the Ann Arbor News. He began teaching at age 18 in a one-room school in Chippewa County. Later he moved to the Foster School in Willow Run and completed his degree at "The Normal" while there. (He later earned a master's degree at UM.) After one year, he became principal of the Spencer School. This was during the World War II era when there was dramatic growth in the Willow Run area. He was in Germany for a year around 1950 to help develop schools on U.S. Army bases. Upon his return, he served as principal of the Foster School, then as assistant superintendent for instruction.
Stevenson was named superintendent of the Willow Run schools in 1962, a position he held until 1968. He then moved to Hawaii, where he was in charge of instruction for schools on military bases throughout the Pacific region. He retired in 1981 and moved to Ypsilanti, where he has lived since.
Cynthia Merritt '95 is now an adviser in EMU's Academic Advising Center. She was formerly at Walsh College.
Amy Gohs '98 is now an adviser in EMU's Academic Advising Center. She was formerly at Hope College.
Olga Nina Schmidtke Nickels '50, age 79, died recently in Chelsea. She was a long time community volunteer in the Manchester area.
Cynthia Dull '98 was killed recently in an automobile accident. She lived in Panama.
STUDENT NOTES
Doctoral student Ricki Chowning is the incoming president of the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL). She is assistant superintendent for technology for the Ottawa Area ISD.
Hillary Glowski, EMU student body president and junior special education major, was featured recently in "Focus EMU." Glowski addressed the incoming freshmen and their parents during orientation last week.
SHORT NOTES
September 9 and September 10 are kick-off meetings for the COE committee for international and global education. It's a brown-bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 307 Porter. For information, contact Don Staub. Everyone is invited.
September 12 is the deadline for application for various AACTE awards. See "Calls for Papers/Proposals" below for additional information.
September 24-26, the Kappa Delta Pi chapter will have a lemonade stand outside the Schoolhouse, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Patronage will be appreciated.
A "Program Review Workshop" will be held on September 27 for the Department of Teacher Education. Members of the faculty are encouraged to attend. The session will be in Halle 300, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Kappa Delta Pi will host a free book fair on September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Schoolhouse. Those that would like to donate books may leave them in a box in Teacher Education or by contacting Tom Gwaltney.
The MACTE Fall Conference will be held on October 4 at the Kellogg Center at MSU.
November 15 is the deadline for applications for the Provost's Research Support Fund for New (1st or 2nd year) Faculty. Awards are typically in the $2,500-$5,000 range.
Awards in the $300-$2,000 range are made monthly through the Graduate School Research Support Fund. All faculty members are eligible.
COE CREDIT HOURS
As of August 28, COE credit hours for Fall were at 35,481, within 0.4% of final figures for last Fall. At that time, Teacher Education was already 2.5% ahead of last Fall's final figure and HPERD was 1.4% above last Fall's final figure. For the fiscal year to date (Summer + Fall) we are already 1.5% ahead of final figures for last (Summer + Fall).
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunties.html)
September 9-COE committee for international and global education, brown-bag lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 307 Porter. For information, donald.staub@emich.edu.
September 10-COE committee for international and global education, brown-bag lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 307 Porter. For information, donald.staub@emich.edu.
September 11-Urban Teacher Program Basic Skills Workshop, Mott Community College, Flint, 4:00-7:00 p.m. For information, regina.george@emich.edu
September 14-Urban Teacher Program Basic Skills Workshop, EMU Detroit-Northwest Activities Center, Detroit, 1:30-4:30 p.m. For information, regina.george@emich.edu
September 15-16-Yom Kippur
September 18-Governor's Education Summit, Lansing.
September 19-College of Education Resource Development Board meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Mott-Manley Conference Room, 310 Porter Building.
September 24-26, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Kappa Delta Pi lemonade stand, near Schoolhouse.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
September 9-deadline for submitting proposals for the Eastern Educational Research Association conference. For information, www.govst.edu/eera.
September 10-deadline for proposals for AERA professional development and training sessions. For information, www.aera.net and click on "Training."
September 12-deadline for numerous AACTE awards.
September 13-deadline for proposals for MACTE conference on "alternative routes to preparing teachers in Michigan. For information, see flyers in each COE department office.
September 15-deadline for Kappa Delta Pi Record articles on motivation in teachers and students.
THEME STATEMENTS
Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED2S) (Initial program)
Eastern Michigan University advanced pro-fessional education programs develop leaders who demonstrate reflective thought and scholarship within the context of a culturally diverse society. In addition, the ___ program _______. (advanced programs)
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