College of Education
Eastern Michigan University
Issue No: 608
June 21, 2004
We impact the way America
learns.
Previous issues of Monday Report are at http://www.emich.edu/coe/monday.
Send items and comments to jerry.robbins@emich.edu.
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Emeritus Jim Palasek died June 14. He served in the Department of Special Education from 1966 until his retirement in 1998. All three of his degrees were in speech pathology, from WMU in 1557, Purdue in 1960, and Syracuse in 1970. Prior to joining the EMU faculty, he was a speech/language pathologist for Oceana schools in Hart (MI) and for Glenbrook HIgh School in Northbrook (IL). He was a member of the Council for Exceptional Children and the Michigan Speech and Hearing Association.
Services were held last Friday at Holy Trinity Chapel with burial in Saugatuck today. Memorial gifts may be made to the EMU Foundation, Department of Special Education or to St. Joseph Mercy Hospice.
FACULTY AND STAFF NOTES
Shawn Quilter will be at
Harvard this week and next week, having been selected for the Harvard
Management Development Seminar.
Barbara Gorenflo
participated in a Teacher Quality Conference in Nashville, TN this past
week.
EMU faculty and staff members are
leading professional development training for Detroit
teachers in the use of laptops with sixth or seventh grade students. Those participating include Ellen Hoffman, Jon Margerum-Leys, Nancy Copeland, and Toni Jones,
along with Pat Morgenstern and Catherine Hoffman of the COATT
office. The workshops are for three
weeks and started June 12.
Elizabeth Broughton and Linda
Lewis-White will receive COE
Faculty Advising Awards during the COE Fall
Conference.
An extended announcement of Alane Starko's
appointment as interim dean appeared in the June 2 issue of the Echo.
Professor Emeritus Marvin Pasch is now living in a retirement community in Lincoln,
CA, close to his grandchildren.
With our extended family: Samuel
Kirkpatrick (EMU president) has resigned from the presidency effective July 31, 2004.
Russell Olwell (History and Philosophy) published "Schools and Universities: A New Social
Contract" in the June 16 issue of Education
Week.
ALUMNI NOTES
Marv
Dick ('70, '74) is the new superintendent for Ida
Public Schools.
Joseph Pius '84 has been
named superintendent of the Crestwood District (Dearborn
Heights). Pius
is currently the personnel director for South Lake Schools (St.
Claire Shores).
Heidi Capraro '89, the 2004-2005 state Teacher of the Year, was featured in an article in the
June 15 issue of the Echo.
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Marcia Ann Petrulio '78, who taught English
in the Sand Creek Public Schools for more than 20 years, died
recently.
STUDENT NOTES
For Winter
2004, 1,023 College of Education
students were named to the Deans List.
This included 124 from HPERD, 191 from Special Education, and 708 from
Teacher Education. Each winter and
spring, Eastern Michigan
University releases its semiannual
Dean's List. Recipients of the honor must carry a minimum of 10 credit hours
and maintain a 3.5 grade point average (out of a possible 4.0).
SHORT NOTES
In order for gifts to the EMU
Foundation to be
credited to the current fiscal year, they must be received by the
Foundation by noon today. If you need information, contact Susan Rink.
"Institutional Values" award
nominations are due by June 30.
See www.emich.edu/iva/ .
New faculty orientation will be held
on August 24-25 in Boone Hall.
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.
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 Frederick D. Patterson
Research Institute of 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.
June 30-applications
due for EMU "Institutional Values Awards. For information, see www.emich.edu/iva/ or call April Flanagan
at7-4998.
June 30-deadline
for submissions for the next issue of the Michigan
Journal of Teacher Education. For information, alber@oakland.edu.
July 1-deadline
for nominations for ATE's Distinguished Dissertation
in Teacher Education. For information, ckelly@mail.uccs.edu.
July 5-deadline
for articles for Principal Leadership on "best practices in school management."
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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