College of Education
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FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES
Kathleen Conley, national president of Eta Sigma Gamma, presided over the annual board of directors meeting, held at Ball State University February 19-21. Conley and Susan McCarthy represented Eta Sigma Gamma at the 7th annual Health Education Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. this past weekend. Eta Sigma Gamma is the national professional health education honorary.
Ian Haslam has been selected for inclusion in the eighth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
Kay Woodiel presented "The Coordinated School Health Movement: Solutions for Health and Social Problems in Schools" and "Bullying in Schools: Ways for the Health Educator and the Counselor to Work Together to Improve School Climate" at the February 27 meeting of the Association of Michigan School Counselors, held at Oakland College.
Jerry Robbins conducted a concert of the Ypsilanti Community Band at WCC on February 26.
Dibya Choudhuri and Christine Karshin have been named as recipients of a 2003/2004 Josephine Nevins Keal Professional Development Fellowship. The recognition carries with it a cash award for research.
Sylvia Bethea has been selected for participation in the first cohort of Management EMU.
STUDENT NOTES
Madonna Emond, the current Miss Michigan, is featured in a documentary film with 14-year-old Haley Crabtree of Saginaw. Crabtree has cerebral palsy. The 107 minute movie will be shown seven times in March on the local community access television channel (17). Emond and Crabtree were featured in an article about the movie that appeared over the weekend in the Ann Arbor News.
Application materials for the $1000 MACTE scholarship are available in the COE Office of Academic Services. Three from EMU will be selected to participate in the state wide competition. The major criteria are a 3.5 GPA and expect to complete program by June 2004. The award will be presented on April 2 at the MACTE Spring conference, to be held at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Nominations/applications for the Ronald W. And Gerri Collins medals for Excellence in Graduate Assistantship are due to the Graduate School by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 5. For additional information, see the Graduate School web site under graduate student services/financial aid.
The US - China Education and Culture Exchange Center is sponsoring the TESL Summer 2004 trip. Americans travel to China to teach English as Second Language to Chinese elementary, middle, and high school students for several weeks. The cost of the program is $490-$640 ($250 for certified teachers), with Chinese institutions covering transportation, meals, housing, etc. For additional information, see www.uschinaedu.org.
Events for Pi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi for the next few weeks include hosting the regional cluster meeting (March 16), the winter initiation (March 28), Commencement flower sale (April 25), a pizza sale, and a book drive.
A total of 1,030 COE students was named to the Dean's List for Fall 2003. This includes 719 students from Teacher Education, 188 students from Special Education, and 123 students from HPERD.
Registering for co-requisite classes for Spring and Summer must be handled in a special way. Students planning to register for FETE 201, 301, 302, 401, 402; EDPS 322, 340; CURR 304, 305; RDNG 310 must do this in a certain sequence. For information, see your advisor.
The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit is seeking counselors for summer day camp for children in both West Bloomfield and Oak Park. The employment period is June 14-August 13. For information, 248.432.5578, or see jcccamp@jccdet.org.
COE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SYMPOSIUM XXIV
Symposium XXIV, the annual undergraduate research event to be held on March 26, will include presentations by the following COE students:
Lindsay L. Boik (Shel Levine, sponsor), "The Four New Risk Factors for Heart Disease."
Allison M. Nichol (Shel Levine, sponsor), "Exercise and Diabetes Management: Research Implications from the Past 100 Years."
Angela Fileccia (Jeff Armstrong, sponsor), "Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Role of Exercise."
Phyllis Dragun (Margaret Moore-Hart, sponsor), "Integrating Multicultural Literature and the Arts Across the Curriculum."
Tammara Schober (Margaret Moore-Hart, sponsor), "Literacy Education and the English Language Learner/English Second Language Learner."
Melissa Wood (Margaret Moore-Hart, sponsor), "Importance of Writing with Younger Children."
Amanda Melzak (Sherry Jerome, sponsor), "Just Me."
Beth Canfield and Erin Quellhorst (Julianne O'Brien Pedersen, sponsor), "Finding My Other Half."
Nicole Samuel and Mesha Terrell (Shel Levine, sponsor), "Advances in Stress Testing."
Candace Graham and Sara Delaney (Martha Baiyee, sponsor), "Teacher-Made Test for Young Children."
ALUMNI NOTES
Dean Rockwell '35 is the author of Antique Knife Rests. The book is about the history, manufacture, and use of American, English, and continental knife rests in metal, glass, and ceramic. For information, 734.663.4214. Rockwell is also organizing an effort to find an authentic wood stove for the Geddes Town Hall School building on campus.
John DiBiaggio '54, '85, member of the EMU Education Alumni Hall of Fame and former president of Michigan State University and Tufts University, has been named by the University of Colorado to help the school determine whether its embattled athletic department has a culture that encourages mistreatment of women.
James A. Wilsford '70, member of the EMU Education Alumni Hall of Fame, is the author of a software program entitled "Phonics Too." For information, see www.phonicstoo.com.
Sandra Harris '74, '80, '97, interim superintendent of the Lincoln schools, is under consideration for the superintendency position in that district.
John Wilkins '84, is director of bands at Detroit's Mumford High School. He is also director of the University of Michigan Alumni Pep Band. In this capacity, he was featured in a front-page story in the February 23 issue of the Ann Arbor News.
Harry A. Graichen '32, aged 94, died recently in Traverse City. He taught chemistry, physics, mathematics, and astronomy in the Dansville and Trenton districts and at Albion College and at EMU. After his teaching career, he worked as a buyer for Fingerle Lumber Company in Ann Arbor.
Joseph Zawadzki '64, '64, age 67, died recently in Canton. He was a secondary mathematics teacher and wrestling coach in South Redford for 28 years. After retirement, he operated several retail sports apparel stores.
Karen Bogotski Cortis, age 54, of Milford, died recently. She was educational director of the Dorsey Schools, which teach business courses to post-secondary students with locations in Madison Heights, Wayne, Roseville, and Southgate.
SHORT NOTES
The EMU Women's Association program for March 3 (noon to 1:30 p.m., Halle 300) features Gary Evans (CTA) on "Cross Cultural Communications."
Applications for graduate research assistants for FY05 are due by March 15. For information, contact deb.delaski-smith@emich.edu.
The Michigan Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Spring Conference will be held at the Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, on April 2. The topic is "Poverty and Achievement." Because of our institutional membership, all EMU faculty members are welcome to attend at no expense, although pre-registration is required for the free lunch.
AERA is sponsoring four-month (minimum) residencies at NCES or NSF for senior researchers. For information, http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/AERA_fellows/affly.html.
Faculty members who would like to join the Eastern Friday tour, sponsored by the Admissions Office, for prospective students and their parents, get a free lunch! For information, contact andrew.wright@emich.edu.
In a year's time, the COE home page was "hit" about 95,000 times! Most page counters have recently "crashed."
INITIAL PROGRAM ADMISSIONS
Based on admissions through January 2004, admissions to the EMU initial teacher preparation program are estimated to reach 1,522 for this fiscal year-an all-time high.
Projections are that almost 400 men will be admitted-also an all-time high-and the number of students of color admitted will be 181-also an all-time high. The projected number of prospective elementary teachers-684-will also be an all-time high.
Among the high-demand fields, initial program admissions in chemistry, earth/space science, French, mathematics, and physics are all at relatively high levels.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
March 1-ORD's "Introduction to the World of Grants," 2:00-2:45 p.m. For information, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
March 1-Joe Dulin, Principal of Roberto Clemente Student Development Center and founder of National African American Parent Involvement Day, speaks at Ypsilanti Community Library, 7:00 p.m., on "Education and Race."
March 2-ORD's "Essential Elements," 9:30-10:15 a.m. For information, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
March 2-Advanced Programs Committee meeting, 3:30 p.m., Porter 301B.
March 10-ORD's "Writing Tips," 9:00-9:45 a.m. For information, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
March 11-ORD's "Developing the Budget," 2:00-2:45 p.m. For information, donna.noffsinger@emich.edu.
March 11-COE Council meeting, 2:00 p.m., Porter 301B.
March 12--Basic Programs Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., Porter 301B.
March 13-Mathematics Education Conference, sponsored by Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics and EMU, McKenny Union. Prospective elementary teachers and prospective secondary teachers of mathematics are encouraged to attend. For information, contact the Department of Mathematics at 487.1444.
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
March 8-deadline for nominations for MDE "Talent Pool." For information, www.michigan.gov/mde, then Featured Services, Recognition Programs, Talent Pool Link.
March 12-Holman Learning Center deadline for nominations for "Faculty and Tutor Appreciation Day." Nominations accepted in categories of (faculty and lecturers) supplemental instruction, classroom instruction, supporting role outside the classroom; (tutors and supplemental instruction leaders) supplemental instruction, individual assignments. For information, www.tlc.emich.edu.
March 15-deadline for Kappa Delta Pi Record articles on meeting diverse needs.
March 15-proposal deadline for papers for ATE summer conference. For information, johnm@ siu.edu.
THEME STATEMENTS
Caring professional educators for a diverse and democratic society. (CPED2S) (Initial program)
Inquiry, advocacy, and leadership in education for diverse and democratic society. (Advanced programs)
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