RCOE Dean’s Update – 3/03/08
Meetings/Events
| Mar. 3, Mon | - Diverse Faculty Reception. Appalachian House, 5:30-7 |
| Mar. 5, Wed | - AP&P, 224 IG Greer, 3-5 pm |
| Mar. 6, Thurs | - English Language Learning Workshop, 11:30-1:30, 03 |
| Mar. 10-14 | - SPRING BREAK-NO CLASSES |
| Mar. 17, Mon | - RCOE Faculty Development Committee, 10-11, Greene-Oakes |
| Mar. 18, Tues | - RCOE Administrative Council, 10-12, Greene-Oakes |
| Mar. 20, Thurs | - RCOE Diversity Committee, 10-11, Greene-Oakes – RCOE International Committee, 11:30-12:30, Greene-Oakes – University Teacher Ed Council, 3:30-5, 03 |
| Mar. 24-25 | - BREAK-NO CLASSES |
| Mar. 27, Thurs | - ASU Scholars’ Orientation, 5-6, Greene-Oakes |
| Apr. 2, Wed | - AP&P, 3-5 p.m., 214 I.G. Greer |
| Apr. 3, Thurs | - RCOE Diversity Committee, 10-11, Greene-Oakes – International Roundtable, 11:30-1 p.m. 03 |
| Apr. 5-6 | - ASU Scholars’ Weekend, Camp Broadstone |
| Apr. 8, Tues | - RCOE Administrative Council, 10-12, Greene-Oakes |
| Apr. 14, Mon | - RCOE Faculty Development, 10-12:30, Greene-Oakes |
| Apr. 17, Thurs | - RCOE Diversity Committee, 10-11, Greene-Oakes – University Teacher Education Council, 3:30-5, 03 |
Sympathy
The RCOE community extends its sympathy to Donna Brown (LRE) and family at the recent loss of her mother.
The RCOE community extends its sympathy to Dr. Ben Horton, faculty emeritus, whose wife recently passed away.
Congratulations
Academic departments often honor their best students by selecting them to be Marshalls at Commencement . The Sociology department has invited Susan Musilli (LRE) (75 credits completed) to represent them at this year’s Commencement.
Donna Breitenstein (C&I) has been invited to serve on the NC Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on Adolescent Health. The NCIOM was created by the NC General Assembly:The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) is an independent, quasi-state agency that was chartered by the NC General Assembly in 1983 to provide balanced, nonpartisan information on issues of relevance to the health of North Carolina’s population.The NC IOM convenes task forces, or working groups, of knowledgeable and interested individuals to study complex health issues facing the state in order to develop workable solutions to address these issues.
Daisy Waryold (HPC) received the Women of Influence Award at the ASU Women’s Leadership Conference.
Kristin Dickie, a community counseling major, received the 2008 Dr.Mary Thomas Burke Award given to a graduate student who has shown an outstanding commitment to the counseling profession by a willingness to be involved in professional organizations and activities. The award was given by the NC division of the Association of Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC).
The NC ASERVIC, under the leadership of President Geri Miller, received the Most Improved Division Award from the national organization.
Kudos
Many thanks to Linda McCalister, Director of the ASU-Public School Partnership, and others who worked to provide a very successful “meet and greet” session between public school English teachers and faculty from the ASU English Department; the purpose of such sessions is to open dialogue between faculty and teachers on matters related to the teaching of English; approximately 50 people attended.
Many thanks also to Roma Angel, Assistant Dean, and Ethan Dodson, graduate assistant, for their fine hosting of our three visitors from the Universidad Costa Rica; during their visit, an agreement was signed between their institution and ASU with prospects for some student exchanges within the year.
ELL Workshop
Be certain to make time in your schedule to learn more about English Language Learners: The Hispanic Culture, Second Language Acquisition, Implications for Public Schools, and Voices from the Local Hispanic Community. Thursday, March 6th, 11:30am to 1:30pm, in 03 with pizza lunch. This workshop is sponsored by the RCOE Faculty Development Committee in response to a survey of RCOE faculty about what areas they felt would be most helpful in professional development. Linda Pacifici (C&I) is hosting the event. Contact her for more details.
Director of Teaching Fellows
The position description for Director of Teaching Fellows is now posted on our web site; if you know of candidates that would be interested, internally or externally, please encourage them to apply; review of applications will begin March 31 and continue until the position is filled.
DPI Correction
In last week’s Update, I indicated that we had representatives on all of the proposed new program standards committees; in actuality we do not. However, we are grateful to Monica Lambert, Sara Zimmerman, Myra Pennell, Max Dass, Holly Thornton and Patricia Hearron who have arranged their schedules so they can participate in all of the sessions focused on building the new standards in their respective program areas. This is a very important process and having our representatives at the table is very significant.
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“Change is a Journey, not a Destination.”
—M. Fullan
