PROGRESSIVE
PROFILE: DAVID BAKER
"Sprechen
Sie Deutsch?" "Ja," David Baker can reply after numerous
visits to Germany, including a Fulbright scholarship last year.
DEAN'S
MESSAGE
While
participating on a study of the assessment of teacher effectiveness,
the question of whom to hire as teachers arises.
HIGHER
EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
As
state investments in higher education falter and public perception turns
toward higher education as a private benefit rather than a public good,
Penn State hosts a symposium on the future of research universities
as part of its own sesquicentennial.
CLOVERBUDS
OFFERS HELP FOR STUDENTS/PARENTS
A
pilot literacy program is helping to bring parents together with students
in Somerset County.
ALUMNUS
NAMED PRESIDENT OF NCTM
Francis
"Skip" Fennell will begin a two-year term in April 2006 after
being elected last year.
LINDSAY'S
RALPH BUNCHE EXHIBIT AT SMITHSONIAN
Beverly
Lindsay has been working to highlight the astounding career of African
American activist and scholar Ralph Bunche. Her Bunche exhibit is now
on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History.
CARTER
APPOINTED TO COLLEGE STUDENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM
Art
Carter has been appointed as an affiliate associate professor in the
College's new College Student Affairs program.
PEPP
PROGRAM WELCOMES NEW MANAGER
The
Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) is pleased to welcome
Guadalupe Rivera as a program manager at the Penn State Berks campus.
ISAL
TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
The
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy celebrates its anniversary
even as it fights budget cutbacks in programs like Even Start proposed
by the Bush Administration.
