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New
Vision for COEHS Lab
Members of
the COEHS Technology Advisory Council, chaired by Lisa LaSalle, surveyed
department members to gather data to inform directions for the COEHS
Technology Lab and Project Studio in Campus School. Drawing on this
input, Carol
Koroghlanian and Katherine Rhoades met with
Andrew Phillips,
Craig Mey, Director of
LTS, and members of his staff to propose a new vision for the lab.
The lab will include group work stations for faculty and students’
use with a focus on new and emerging technology. The proposal was
approved by Interim Provost Steve
Tallant and renovation of the lab, with funding from
Academic Affairs, Lab Modernization grants, and college carryover,
will begin this summer. This move inaugurates a closer working
relationship between COEHS and LTS and promises to serve COEHS
faculty, staff, and student technology needs in a new and improved
setting.
Tech
Buddies to continue
The pilot
program, Tech Buddies,
coordinated by Carol
Koroghlanian, was initiated in January 2006. This program
paired an experienced student employed in the COEHS Technology Lab
with several COEHS department ADAs (formerly Program Assistants) who
worked collaboratively on website updating and other technological
challenges. The pilot was deemed successful, so the program will be
expanded to include all departments who want to participate during
the upcoming academic year.
Faculty/Student
Collaborative Research Winners
Hearty
Congratulations to the following faculty/student collaborative
research winners:
La
Vonne Cornell-Swanson(SW),
William Frankenberger, HDC Director, and undergraduate student
Tessa Root and
graduate student Jennifer
Stroh were invited to display their research poster,
The Use of Stimulant Medication
and Behavioral Interventions for the Treatment of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder: A Survey of Parents’ Knowledge, Attitudes
and Experiences, at the UW Capital Rotunda in April. They
also won the first place award for research posters at the Wisconsin
School Psychology Association’s annual conference.
Bob
Hollon (C&I)
and student research collaborators Erin Quinlan and Phong Xiong won the first place
award in the Business and Professional Studies category and Lisa LaSalle (CSD) and student
research collaborators Jodi
Budd and Rebecca
Zeitler won first place in the Graduate category at the
recent University Research Day.
Department
Updates
Barbara
Erdman (FED)
joined colleagues in the University of Wisconsin System School
Library Education Consortium (UWSSLEC) on a visit to
Edinburgh, Scotland over spring break. The group visited
school, public and university libraries and met with library
professionals in the field. UWSSLEC is a collaboration among
five UW System schools providing on-line coursework leading to
professional certification as school library media
specialists.
Gloria
Fennell, Associate
Professor, Social Work, departs at week’s end to become the director
of the “Wisconsin-in-Scotland” program at Dalkeith for a minimum of
a one-year term.
Carol
Langer (SW),
Associate Professor and new Chair of Social Work, arrived on campus
last week from Arizona. Welcome to the college, university, and the
Wisconsin woodlands!
Deborah
Pattee (CI) was
selected as a 2006-2007 UW-Eau Claire Diversity Fellow. She will
join other faculty on campus to integrate diversity-related issues
into existing courses and activities.
Rob
Reid’s (FED)
latest book Storytime Slam: 15
Lesson Plans for Preschool and Primary Programs was
published March 2006 by Upstart Books. The lesson plans are similar
to the monthly articles Rob writes for LibrarySparks magazine, an
Upstart product. Colleagues should note Rob's book introduction in
which he gives a nod to the folks in the College of Education and
Human Sciences.
Robin
Umber (CI) was
selected as a2006-2007 NET Teaching Scholar. She will join other
faculty on campus to learn about and develop skills related to the
scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
Two
graduate students in CSD won awards or scholarships at the WSHA
conference in April. Laura Hurd
(second year student) won the Nancy McKinley Award and
Sara Halada (first
year student) won the Friends of WSHA Scholarship.
Retirements
and Service Recognition
Farewell,
congratulations, and good cheer to those who are retiring from
COEHS: Patricia M.
Christopherson, Associate Dean Emeritus; David J. Franks, Professor
Emeritus, Special Education; Leonard Gibbs, Professor
Emeritus, Social Work; and, Paul
N. Graber, Professor Emeritus, Kinesiology.
Congratulations
also to those COEHS faculty and staff who were recently honored for
their years of service to UW-Eau Claire at the annual spring
reception sponsored by Human Resources: 35 Years: Sandra Schulner; 30 Years:
MaryEdna Hagen; 20
Years: Linda J.
Carpenter and Vicki
Snider; 10 Years: Linda Brunner, Tamara P. Lindsey, Robert
A. Reid, Katherine A.
Rhoades, and Sean
Yengo.
Faculty
and Staff Learning Opportunities—News from
NET
Dr. Leslie
Wilson to Present Two Half-Day On-campus
Workshops
Dr. Leslie
Wilson, a professor of Education at UW-Stevens Point, will present
two workshops for instructors on May 23,
2006: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Understanding
and Teaching Millennial Students and
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Backward
Course Design. Participants in the morning session will receive a
copy of Millennials
Rising by Howe, Strauss, and Matson;
participants in the afternoon session will receive a copy of Wiggins
and McTighe’s Understanding by
Design.
The
Network for Excellence in
Teaching staff will facilitate their third annual
Faculty
Summer Institute June 6-8,
2006. The topic is Collaborative
Learning: Facilitating Group Work in the Classroom. Participants
will garner information about informal and formal groups as well as
about study teams. They will discuss strategies for designing and
implementing group work, facilitating group learning, addressing
faculty and student concerns, and evaluating group work. In
addition, Dr. Renee Meyers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Communications Professor, will share tips for how to help students
improve their group learning skills. Those interested in
participating should visit the Summer Institute website at http://www.uwec.edu/net/programs/institute.htm
for application information. Applications are due by May 16,
2006.
Workshops
on Student Motivation
On
August 24,
2006, Dr. Stacy Morrone, Executive
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate
Professor of Educational Psychology in the School of Education at
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, will present
two related workshops on student motivation. The morning session
will be from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; the afternoon session will be from
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Watch for more information over the summer about
these workshops and how to register for them.
3rd Annual
Teaching and Learning Symposium
This year’s Teaching and Learning Symposium
will be held on August 28,
2006 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the
Council Fire Room of Davies Center. The event will feature
presentations by participants in NET’s faculty learning communities
and engaging discussions about teaching and learning. All University
community members who have been conducting projects to examine
student learning are invited to present posters of their work. Submit
applications for poster presentations to Catherine Artac in NET by July
15, 2006.
At
semester’s end we extend deep gratitude for all of your
contributions to students, your department, the college, and the
university during this academic year. Embrace the joy of
summer!
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