College of Education
Eastern Michigan University
Issue No: 607
June 14, 2004
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learns.
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TRACY SELECTED FOR
L&C HEAD
Jaclynn
C. "Jackie" Tracy, who has served an extended period of time as Interim
Head, Department of Leadership and Counseling, has been recommended by the search
committee and the dean to serve in that position permanently.
Tracy
has been a member of the department faculty since 1992 and she holds the rank
of professor. Prior to joining EMU, she
was the Director of Community Education for the Chelsea
school district. She began her career as
a physical education teacher in the Bedford
schools, where she later served as community school coordinator. She held a Mott Fellowship at EMU in
1977-78.
Tracy
holds bachelor's, masters, and specialist degrees from
EMU. Her doctorate is from MSU.
FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES
Peggy Daisey
has been recognized for a 10-year service anniversary.
Shawn Quilter has been named
to the EMU Community College Relations Advisory Committee.
COE faculty and staff members have
appeared frequently in local-area and institutional print media recently. Among those mentioned are:
Jerry Robbins was featured in
a "Question and Answer" column in the June 6 issue of the Ann Arbor News. An article
about his retirement was the lead article in the June 8 issue of Focus EMU and an article about his
retirement occupied a full page in the Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar, the EMU magazine.
An announcement of Alane Starko's
appointment as Interim Dean appeared on pp. 1, 5 of the June 8 issue of Focus EMU.
Ian Haslam
is slated to become the administrator of the School
of Health Promotion and Human
Performance in the College of Health
and Human Services, effective July 1, as reported
in a story in the June 8 issue of Focus
EMU.
Jenny Clark was quoted in an
article in the Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar
about new equipment in the CATE lab that converts text to Braille.
George Barach,
Alicia Li, and Susan Rink were among those in the photo that
accompanied an article in the Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar that announced the receipt of a gift from the Michigan
Braille Transcribing Fund to the Department of Special Education. EMU is the only institution in the state
that offers programming in education for the blind and visually impaired at the
undergraduate level.
Nora Martin and Porter Chair
holder Joyce Epstein were quoted (and Epstein was in an accompanying
photo) in an article about the COE's winter
conference on "No Child Left Behind" that appeared in the Spring/Summer issue
of Exemplar.
ALUMNI NOTES
An article in the Ann Arbor News on June 5 about
local-area residents who participated in D-day landings prominently featured
(including a photograph) Dean Rockwell '35. Rockwell received the Navy Cross and was
cited by author Stephen E. Ambrose in his book D-Day, June 6, 1944: The
Climactic Battle of World War II. After the War, Rockwell returned to EMU and
to a teaching/coaching career.
Dorthe
Balaskas '54 is retiring after 50 years as a
teacher of physically disabled students at the Lowrey School
in Dearborn. She has been at the Lowrey School-teaching on the same wing of the building--the entire 50 years. For 46 of those years, she was in the same
classroom. Balaskas
is retiring only because of health problems and says she will be back at Lowrey in the fall as a volunteer!
A two-page article in the
Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar on
six couples that met while at EMU included sketches on the late Don Aldrich,
who earned three degrees at EMU; Greta Fulton '58, who retired in 2000
from a 40-year career in teaching; and Rich '71 and Marsha Fulton '72, both of whom have had a career as teachers in the Flint schools.
Hayes Jones '61, the winner
of the Olympic Gold Medal in the 1964 110-meter high hurdles race, was
featured, along with numerous photos, in a six-page article in the
Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar. Jones also won the Bronze Medal in the same
race in the 1960 Olympics. Jones is now
a prominent business and civic leader in Pontiac and a member of the Education
Alumni Hall of Fame.
Gerald "Skip" Lawver '73, '81, '87, director of EMU's Center for Regional and National Security, was
featured, along with the Center's programming, in a six-page article in the
Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar.
Heidi Capraro '89, '94, the 2004-2005 Michigan Teacher of the Year, was featured in an
article, with a photo, in the June 8 issue of Focus EMU.
Jami
Bronson '90 has been named the new principal of Mill
Creek Middle School
in Dexter. Bronson is currently the
assistant principal for both Dexter High
School and Mill
Creek Middle School.
Jonathan Marceau '04, the 2004 recipient of the state Outstanding Student/Intern Teacher of the
Year, was featured in an article, with a photo, in the June 8 issue of Focus EMU. The seven other EMU students who placed in
this competition were also mentioned in the article.
A five-page article in the
Spring/Summer issue of Exemplar
focused on the 100+ superintendents of Michigan
school districts who hold one or more degrees from EMU. Five of those were interviewed in
detail. They are:
James W. Avery '92, '98,
superintendent of the New Haven Community Schools; John S. "Jack" Hewitt '81, superintendent of Summerfield Schools; Arnold A. Kummerow '68, '75, superintendent of Armada Area Schools; Kathy Malnar '88, '91, '97, superintendent of Hudson Area Schools; and John J. Sturock '71, 76, superintendent of the Charlevoix
Public Schools.
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Ford Richardson Bryan '34,
aged 92, died recently in Dearborn. He was principal and science teacher at Port
Hope High School
during 1936-41. He later went to work
for Ford Motor Company. He was a distant
relative of Henry Ford and devoted his retirement years to researching and
writing books related to the Ford family and their various activities.
STUDENT NOTES
The June 8 issue of Focus EMU included a story on the use of
magic by therapeutic recreation students at the Ypsilanti Senior Center.
Toni Hunt is a candidate for
the school board in the Van Buren district.
The following scholarships have been
awarded for the coming year to students through the Department of Teacher
Education:
Harold Boyne Lamport
Scholarship: Lazlo Erdodi, Kimberly Kostepen.
Margaret Esche
Lee Scholarship: Mila Bradley.
Everett Marshall Scholarship: Thomas
Ambrose, Bridget Koledo, Gerald Thompson.
Louisa Palmer Scholarship: Maria
Boles.
Albert Riddering
Scholarship: Jenai Sorrell.
Henry and Flora Tape Scholarship:
Stephanie Haywood, Natalie Tomlih, Sr. Annunciata Wentz.
Otis Williams and Friends
Scholarship: Jenai Sorrell.
Margaret Wise Scholarship: Kimberly Pearch.
The Mary Jane and Ed McEachern Scholarship, the Wade McCree
Scholarship, and the Kenneth and Hazel Olson Scholarships were not awarded this
year, for lack of qualified applicants.
The Mario P. Salinas Scholarship is awaiting approval of an
applicant.
SHORT NOTES
"Institutional Values" award
nominations are due by June 30.
See www.emich.edu/iva/ .
The COE Fall Conference will be held
on August 31, beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the usual format with a
large-group session in the morning, lunch, and department meetings in the
afternoon. All sessions will be held in
the Porter Building.
On September 14, there will
be a career retirement reception honoring Jerry Robbins, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Eagle
Crest Clubhouse. All COE faculty and
staff members are invited.
EXTERNAL REVIEW STATUS
The professional education programs
at Eastern Michigan University are in the status given below, as of this
writing.
National
recognitions. The College of Education at Eastern Michigan is
accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE) through fall 2010. There are two
areas of improvement that must be resolved in the near future. Both have to do with the collection, analysis
of, and use of data to guide program improvement.
The following initial teacher
preparation programs hold national recognition by the relevant specialized
professional organization:
Elementary education, by the
Association for Childhood Education International; computer science, by the
International Society for Technology Education; music education, by the
National Association of Schools of Music; English, by the National Council of
Teachers of English, via the Michigan Department of Education; mathematics, by
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, via the Michigan Department of
Education; technology and design education, by the International Technology
Education Association/Council on Technology Teacher Education; special
education programs in emotional impairment, hearing impairment, cognitive
impairment, physical and other health impairment, and visual impairment, by the
Council for Exceptional Children.
EMU is eligible to apply for, but
does not currently hold, national recognition by the National Council for the
Social Studies and the National Science Teachers Association.
The following advanced professional
educator preparation programs hold national recognition by the relevant
specialized professional organization:
Early childhood education, by the
National Association for the Education of Young Children; educational media and
technology, by the International Society for Technology in Education; middle level education, by the National
Middle School Association, via the Michigan Department of Education; physical
education, by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance/National Association for Sport and Physical Education; reading
specialist, by the International Reading Association; music education, by the National Association of Schools of
Music; speech-language impairment, by the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association and the Council for Exceptional Children; school counseling, by the
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs;
educational leadership, by the Educational Leaders Constituent Council.
State approvals. Eastern Michigan University is approved by the Michigan Department
of Education to offer the programs listed below. Expiration dates range from 2005 to 2011,
depending on program.
Early childhood education, science
group (integrated science-elementary), language arts (elementary), mathematics
(elementary), social studies (elementary), elementary music, English, reading,
biology, chemistry (major only), speech, computer science, earth science,
geography, mathematics (secondary), psychology, social studies
(secondary), physical education,
physical education for special education, elementary music, instrumental music,
vocal music, technology and design
education, emotionally impaired, hearing impaired, cognitively impaired, POHI,
visually impaired, speech-language pathology, school counselor.
The following programs are exempt
from review by the Michigan Department of Education until new standards are
developed: bilingual-bicultural Spanish/English, business education, French,
German, Spanish, marketing education, vocational business education, vocational
education, vocational marketing education, Japanese language & culture,
English as a second language.
The following programs have the
status of "approval pending": health education, economics, history, physics,
political science, chemistry (minor), sociology.
The following program has the status
of "not approvable as presented": art
The following programs were
submitted on February 15, 2003, but no response has been received: arts group
(fine arts), middle level education.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/opportunities.html)
CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
(For a complete list, see http://www.emich.edu/coe/newhome/proposals.html)
June 15-Proposals
due for Conference on Civic Education Research. For information, www.civicedconf.org/research.html.
June 30-proposals due for the
2004 Patterson Research Conference, sponsored by the United Negro College Fund. The conference will celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the UNCF, the 50th anniversary of Brown, and the 40th
anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. For
information, see www.patterson-uncf.org.
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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