Previous issues of Monday Report are at http://www.emich.edu/coe/monday. Send items and comments to jerry.robbins@emich.edu. Monday Report will not be issued on January 27.

Celebrate the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.-Today and Hereafter!

FACULTY/STAFF NOTES

Sue Stickel attended the International Counseling Conference in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, where she participated in a panel on Social Justice Issues in Counseling.

Shel Levine (with T.J. Birk, WSU; R. D. MacArthur, WSU; and L.M. Lipton) is the author of "Aerobic Exercise Training Fails to Lower Hypertriglyceridemia Levels in Persons with Advanced HIV-1 Infection" in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

Helen Ditzhazy was a reviewer for the 2003 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration.

Ella Burton facilitated the first day of the Comer 101 training for the School Development Program, held in Denver, CO.

Janet Balowski participated in the Clinical Instructor Educators conference and the Athletic Training Education seminar, both held in Montgomery, TX. The meetings were presented by NATABOC and the NATA Research Foundation.

Jerry Robbins was an invited speaker on teacher preparation issues, in Lansing, for leadership of the Michigan Association of School Boards.

Ella Burton will facilitate District School Development Team-Building later this week for the Pinckney schools.

Eboni Zamani is one of the speakers for this morning's "Step, Song, Speech and Breakfast" session as part of the MLK Day observances.

Dibya Choudhuri presented on "Culture Shock" during the New International Student orientation events. She also gave a panel presentation later on "My Feminism Ain't Your Feminism."

COE IN THE MEDIA

The entertainment section of the Ann Arbor News provided a lengthy preview last week of this past weekend's performance of "DanceOrations!"

The Winter 2003 issue of EMU's Continuing Education publication, "Directions," contained articles on the online autism endorsement consortium of which the COE is a prominent member, the two COE graduate students who are recipients of the Dahl Scholarship, and the COE's Urban Teacher Program in Detroit and Flint.

Dance students Amanda Iannitti, Kristin Frak, and Kelly Kissner were pictured on the home page of EMU's web site last week.

ALUMNI NOTES

James Grady Baker, Jr., age 73, died recently. He had a 33-year career as a special education teacher that began at Maxey Boys Training School (Green Oak Center).

Lois Jensen, age 96, died recently in Arizona. She began her teaching career after her husband died, serving as a third and fifth grade teacher at Starkweather and Bird elementary schools in the Plymouth-Canton district and as librarian at the Bird school.

Arthur May, age 78, died recently. He coached many sports at Hamtramck High School and led the St. Ladislaus High Greyhounds to their baseball prominence in 1954. He was director of athletics at Hamtramck High for 18 years.

STUDENT NOTES

Jane Ellen Teska will defend her dissertation "The Superintendency: Effective Leadership Through Communication" on January 28, 10:00 a.m., Porter 301 B/C. Helen Ditzhazy is the chairperson. The public is invited.

Mike Amstutz, a student in the masters program in education leadership, will undertake an internship in Seaforth, Queensland, Australia. He will be working with the principal of Seaforth Academy (an elementary school).

Redhwan Abdulhabeeb Ahmed, a Fulbright scholar from Yemen, will begin course work toward a masters degree in educational media and technology as soon as visa matters have been completely processed.

The faculty members and graduate students associated with the social foundations program enjoyed a potluck dinner at the home of Maureen McCormack recently.

Megan Papke, a freshman EMU Presidential Scholar from Allen Park, and a prospective special education teacher, was featured in the January 14 issue of "Focus EMU."

SPONSORED PROJECTS

Ellen Hoffman, with Nancy Copeland as co-director, has received $17,453 from Spring Arbor University for "Developing an Ecology for Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology, Year 2."

This continuing project will develop an ecology for preparing teacher candidates who teach excellently with technology. The candidates will be teamed with cooperating teachers and university supervisors. An increasing number of the teams will involve school districts that are technologically under-served.

UG TEACHING MAJORS, WINTER 03

Data from Records and Registration for Winter 2003 indicate that 1,743 undergraduate students preparing to be teachers are enrolled. By teaching field, these include:

(Elementary-998). Three minors, 427; language arts, 210; science, 151; mathematics, 113; social studies, 78; and reading, 19.

(Secondary and K-12-730). English, 174; social studies and history, 72 each; physical education, 71; mathematics, 60; art, 41; speech and music (instrumental), 26 each; general science and biology, 21 each; earth science, 20; business education, 18; Spanish, 15; French, 13; industrial technology, 12; marketing education, 10; music (vocal), 9; geography, 8; psychology and physics, 6 each; technology and design and computer science, 5 each; political science and chemistry, 4 each; vocational education, sociology, music (undecided), Japanese language and culture and German, 2 each; and economics, 1.

(Special education-401). Mentally impaired, 142; emotionally impaired, 127; speech/language impaired, 46; POHI, 38; hearing impaired, 33; and visually impaired, 15.

DANCEORATIONS! PERFORMED THREE TIMES THIS PAST WEEKEND

The Dance program presented "DanceOrations!" three times this past weekend. The program included choreography by Julianne O'Brien Pedersen, Joann McNamara, and Sherry Jerome, as well as by five guest artists. Original music by Tamara Wilcox (a duo for cello and piano) was also included. Five of the 10 dances received their premiere performance on Friday night.

Guest artists included Diane Winder (Music), 'cello, and five dancers from the MoreDances Contemporary Dance Company. Wilcox also performed on piano on two pieces.

Students who danced in one or more of the 10 selections included Shannon McHale, Meghan Collins, LeMichael Curry, Kristen Frak, Courtney Garrett, Sarah LeRoy, Sara Rzeppa, Lauren Sabo, Chejuana Stewart, Tamara Wilcox, Elise Edwards, Tia Garcia, Amanda Iannitti, Kelly Kissner, Tamara Pogue, Michelle Behrens, Lily Elgincolin, Erin Quellhorst, Chris Hughey, Crystal Trongo, Rebecca Evans, and Amanda Melzak.

COE CREDIT HOURS

As of January 12, COE credit hours for Winter were 6.45% ahead of final COE credit hours for Winter 2002. This includes an 11.5% increase for Teacher Education. For the fiscal year to date, COE credit hours are 7.2% ahead of final figures for the first three terms of last fiscal year. This includes a 9.5% increase for Teacher Education, a 7.5% increase for HPERD, a 7.0% increase for Leadership and Counseling, a 5.3% increase for Special Education, and a 2.9% increase for Student Teaching.

With additional credit hours anticipated for Winter and with Spring term yet to go, the COE is within 5% of last fiscal year's total for the entire year. In fact, we are currently (with Spring remaining) within about 7,800 credit hours of our all-time high number of credit hours (set in 1990-91)-and we usually generate 9,000-10,000 credit hours in the Spring term.

SHORT NOTES

A retirement reception for Merri McClure will be held on January 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in Porter 301A. All COE faculty and staff members are cordially invited.

Martha Townsend (University of Missouri) will present sessions on February 3 on "Writing in the College Classroom." These include "Writing in the Major" (9:00 a.m., Tower Room), "Writing from the Student Perspective panel (9:00 a.m., Main Lounge), "First-Year Writing" (10:00 a.m., Tower Room), "Graduate Writing (10:00 a.m., Main Lounge), and "Writing in General Education" (11:00 a.m., Main Lounge). For additional information jblumner@emich.edu, or cschoolma@emich.edu.

The COE's membership in the SINO-American Education Consortium makes faculty and staff members and students eligible to participate in the "Education Trip to China" of that organization (May 31 to June 15). Application must be received by February 15. For information, ywan@kennesaw.edu.

February 17 is the deadline for submitting proposals to the fifth International Conference of the Athens Institute for Education and Research in Greece. For information, atiner@otenet.gr.

MDE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SOUGHT

The Michigan Department of Education is seeking members for eight committees to plan Michigan's response to the "No Child Left Behind" Act. The committees are expected to meet once a month, February through June. Nomination forms and additional information are available in each COE office. Nominations (which can include self-nominations) are due on the prescribed form by January 30.

The committees are: school improvement/school climate; standards, assessment, and accountability; educator quality; communications/collaboration; education technology; parent/family/community involvement; data management and reporting; and research and evaluation. For additional information, mincemoyern@michigan.gov.

COE CLINICAL SUITE PLANS CONFERENCE ON APD

The COE Clinical Suite will host a national conference, in three parts, on "Auditory Processing Disorders: The Hidden Disability." Sessions will be held all day on February 21-22, March 21-22, and April 11-12. The keynote speaker will be Jay Lucker of Washington, D.C. The registration deadline date is February 14. The cost is $175 for each two-day session or $475 for all three sessions. For additional information, contact JoAnna DeCamp at 734.487.4790.

OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS

(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)

January 22-Office of Collaborative Education conference on "The End of Europe? What Does Turkey's Entry into the European Union Mean for Europe-and the Rest of the World?" Porter 202, Discussions: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Reception: 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. For information, donald.staub@emich.edu. COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m.

January 23-ORD's "The Review Process," 11:00-11:45 a.m. For information and registration, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.

January 28- Satellite/Web CATALISE conference, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., on "Why We're Here: Preparing Tech-Able Teacher Candidates." Program panel members include Karla Krueger (UNI), Paul Wirtz (EKU), Jean Jones (Nebraska Department of Education). For additional information, contact bfilipiak@online.emich.edu. ORD's "Introduction to the World of Grants," 2:00-2:45 p.m. For information and registration, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.

January 30-"Coffee With the Dean," 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Porter 3^rd floor, Staff/Faculty Lounge. Retirement reception for Merri McClure, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (Presentations at 3:00 p.m.) Porter 301A. For information, contact Norma Taylor-Bishop. ORD's "Identifying Funding Sources," 2:00-2:45 p.m. For information and registration, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.

CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS

(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)

January 30-deadline for nominations for Michigan Department of Education committees concerning "No Child Left Behind." For information, mincemoyern@michigan.gov.

February 1-deadline for The Educational Forum on "rural education today." Deadline for Journal of Teacher Education issue on teaching from the heart. Educational Testing Service Postdoctoral Fellowship Award applications due. ETS Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students applications due. For information, http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships/fel00-post.html.

THEME STATEMENTS

Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED²S) (Initial program)

Inquiry, advocacy, and leadership in education for a diverse and democratic society. (Advanced programs)

Previous Report | EMU College of Education Home Page | Index