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Welcome to Connections! This month's edition of our faculty, staff and student newsletter contains features on professor Ladi Semali, a recent presentation by black psychology pioneer Joe White, and profiles of the College's two most recent Distinguished Alumni, Eda Machado and Kirby Yung. If you have an interesting item for Connections, send it to Suzanne Wayne at EdRelations@psu.edu. (Above, professor Glen Blume works with secondary education students in a mathematics education course. The Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning has been re-funded by the National Science Foundation).

Quick Links: Ladi Semali Profile, Dean's Message, New Faculty/Staff , MAC-MTL, Joe White, Fall Teacher Job Fair, HESA Brown Bags, INSYS Faculty in Journal, Eda Machado, Kirby Yung, Distinguished Professor Nominees, EdLion Classroom Management, Presentations, etc., Congratulations

PROGRESSIVE PROFILE: LADISLAUS SEMALI

From a view of Mount Kilimanjaro to a view of Mount Nittany, Ladi Semali bears great respect for the knowledge produced and handed down by indigenous people.

DEAN'S MESSAGE

Dean Monk shares news from this week's Institute of Education Sciences panel, which is discussing a new federal research study directed toward professional teacher preparation.

JOE WHITE SAYS EDUCATION IS THE MESSAGE

In a presentation to faculty, staff and students, black psychology pioneer Joe White said society needs to pull the Black community together with one message—education.

COLLEGE WELCOMES 7 NEW FACULTY THIS FALL

Please welcome our newest colleagues who move the College forward in science education, educational leadership, workforce education, special education, and preservice teacher experiences.

COLLEGE RECOMMENDS TWO AS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS

A faculty committee has recommended to Penn State's Board of Trustees that M. Kathleen Heid and Patrick T. Terenzini be named distinguished professors.

MAC-MTL IN FINAL YEAR OF FIRST FIVE-YEAR PHASE

The Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning is in the final year of the first phase of a National Science Foundation-funded effort to improve mathematics education infrastructure and research.

INSYS FACULTY COEDIT JOURNAL'S SPECIAL ISSUE

Ali Carr-Chellman and Christopher Hoadley coedited a special issue of the journal Education Technology, which focused on the relationship between the learning sciences and instructional systems. The issue also featured an article by faculty member Brian Smith.

Fall Teacher Job Fair set for November 3.

EdLion offers course in Classroom Management.

HESA Brown Bag Lunch discusses the decline of the humanities in higher education (plus a full HESA Brown Bag calendar).

Education graduates Kirby Yung and Eda Machado de Souza of Taiwan and Brazil respectively are named Penn State Distinguished Alumni.

 

Congratulations to Jeff Hayes and James Johnson and Ladi Semali for their recent honors.

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

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