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Message
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Negatives and the Relevant Standard of Evidence for Education Research
College
News
College
Receives Two Alumni Gifts Totaling $300,000
The
L. Jean Spagnolo
Scholarship and the Joan and David Cotterill Dean's Excellence Fund
will support scholarships and program initiatives.
Cycle-thon
Ready to Roll Next Month
Join
your fellow faculty, staff, students, and alumni for the second annual
event that benefits SCOPE.
New
Name, New Office for Multicultural Services Group
Check
out the spacious new digs at 123 Chambers Building.
Dean
Monk Authors Article on Education Policy in Rural Areas
Monk
focuses on the challenges involved in recruiting and retaining qualified
educators in rural schools.
$1.8
Million Grant to Improve Writing Skills in Students with Behavior Disorders
Linda
Mason and Rick Kubina are heading up the study in collaboration with
several high schools throughout Pennsylvania.
Race/Walk
to Benefit Cure Autism Now Foundation
College
of Education faculty and staff are involved in the event's planning.
Faculty
and Staff News
David
Saxe Is Cover Feature of Chronicle of Higher Education
Saxe
and the College's FICE Center recently were profiled in the publication.
Don
Heller Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee
The
hearing was part of the subcommittee's agenda focusing on America’s
Workers and Education for the 21st Century.
Murry
Nelson Named Fulbright Scholar
Nelson
will serve as the László Országh Chair in American
Studies at
Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.
Charlie
Hughes Receives Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant
Hughes
will spend a month at the Stockholm Institute of Education, presenting
lectures, seminars, and workshops.
Edgar
Farmer Reappointed as Department Head
Farmer
will continue to lead the Department of Learning and Performance Systems.
James
DiPerna Named Harry and Marion Eberly Faculty Fellow
DiPerna
will assume the fellowship for a three-year term beginning July 1.
Elias
Mpofu Named NCRE Researcher of the Year
Mpofu
was honored for his extensive work related to rehabilitation services.
Karen
Murphy Wins 2007 Cotterill Award
Murphy
was selected for her display of leadership in the College.
Brian
Smith Named Faculty Advisor of IST Institute
The
Solutions Institute provides assistance
in issues related to technology-assisted education and training.
Congratulations
Faculty and Staff
Recent
achievements of Jeff Hayes, Andrew Jackson, Kim Powell, Michael Moore,
David Baker, Gerald LeTendre, Tineke Cunning, and Skip Niles.
Faculty/Staff
Research
Review
the latest faculty/staff presentations, publications, grants, and grant
proposals.
Student
News
Wachovia
Scholarships for Student Teachers at Penn State Berks
The
new Wachovia Urban Education Scholars program will be granting ten awards
averaging $1,000 each over the next five years.
Kelly
Blasko Wins Dissertation Grant
The
$1,000 Roy Scrivner Research Grant will help support Blasko’s
research.
Eugenio
Longoria Sáenz Wins Holmes Scholar Award
The
award recognizes Sáenz for academic excellence, leadership, scholarship,
collaboration, and mentoring.
Research
Project Joins Graduate Students with Parents and Staff of Literacy Program
Graduate
students in Esther Prins' Adult Literacy course examined how parents
benefited in an Even Start parents council.
Medal
of Honor Awarded to Mike Crandall's Father
Maj. Crandall's daring rescue
operation amid fierce enemy gunfire in Vietnam inspired the 2002 movie
We Were Soldiers.
Four
Education Students Dance 46 Hours to Beat Pediatric Cancer
Laura
Minneci, Allison Renaut, Jess Toepher, and Megan Zegari helped the SPSEA
raise $12,000 for THON.
