The Penn State University. College of Education

February 2006
Welcome to Connections! The semester is well under way, and there continues to be lots of news about our faculty, staff, and students. If you have an interesting item for Connections, send it to Joe Savrock at jts14@psu.edu. (Above, third-grade students at Meadow Woods Elementary School in Orlando, Fla., equipped with Nittany Lion logo items donated by our College of Education, gave it their all during recent field day activities.)

Quick Links: Nancy Crowder, Dean's Message, Cycle-thon, Meadow Woods Elementary, Michael G. Moore, James Johnson, Cyber Gallery, Comparative Education Review, Japanese Symposium, Education Career Day, LPS Posters, Vincent Lunetta, Mary Dupuis, Liza Conyers, Shaun Harper, WFED Faculty Book Chapters, Presentations, etc.

PROGRESSIVE PROFILE: NANCY CROWDER

Nancy brings a calming reassurance to students and faculty of the Instructional Systems program.

DEAN'S MESSAGE

Tips on writing a compelling proposal for a sabbatical leave.

CYCLE-THON 2006 BENEFITS SCOPE

Bikers will be riding for the kids who participate in the College's summer SCOPE program.

MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMPETES FOR THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Equipped with logo items donated by our College, third graders in Orlando, Fla., sweated some familiar blue and white.

MICHAEL G. MOORE IS SUBJECT OF EDUCATIONAL NEWSPAPER FEATURE

New Zealand Education Review calls Moore “the godfather of distance education.”

JAMES JOHNSON TO SPEAK AT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Early childhood education will be the focus of the conference in the Netherlands next month.

 

CYBER GALLERY IS UNIQUE SHOWCASE FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

The first cohort of graduates in the Educational Leadership master's program displayed their projects in a virtual museum.

COMPARATIVE EDUCATION REVIEW TURNS 50

David Post co-edits CER, a reliable source for the analysis of the place of education in countries outside the United States.

JAPANESE SYMPOSIUM

Penn State’s College of Education is co-sponsoring the April event at the University of California at Berkeley.

 

Attention students: Education Career Day is slated for March 27.

More than 60 students from Learning Performance Systems entered the Fall 2005 poster competition.

 

Congratulations to the following faculty and emeriti, recent winners of prestigious awards:

Vincent Lunetta, Cotterill Award

Mary Dupuis, ATE Distinguished Teacher Educator Award

Liza Conyers, NCR Researcher Award

Shaun Harper, ACPA Annuit Coeptis Award

 

Thomas Chermack, David Passmore, and Rose Baker contribute chapters to an award-winning book.

 

Click here for the latest faculty/staff presentations, publications, grants and grant proposals.

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