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Welcome to the beginning of the spring 2007 semester. This issue of Transitions provides important updates, and highlights faculty/student collaborative research grants awarded for summer and fall 2006/2007.
COEHS Tech Lab Open House
You are cordially invited to explore, discover, experiment, view, question, and enjoy refreshments at the COEHS Tech Lab Open House
Friday, January 19
12:00-5:00 p.m.
Campus School 6
News and Updates
Congratulations to
- Vicki Snider, Special Education, for being selected as the UW-Eau Claire nominee for the CASE Professor of the Year Award.
- The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department for being selected as the UW-Eau Claire nominee for the Board of Regents’ Outstanding Department Award. The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department also recently received news that they have been awarded a $60,000 Medicaid grant, Facilitating Functional Social-Communication Skills in Adolescents. This grant, co-authored by Kris Retherford and Angie Sterling-Orth, will serve the growing number of children and young adults identified with Asperger’s syndrome and related conditions.
- Sue Mc Intyre, Curriculum and Instruction, and Kate Reynolds, Foreign Languages and Curriculum and Instruction, for having their proposals for sabbatical leave in 2007-2008 selected approved by the Board of Regents at their December meeting.
Welcome to Visiting Professors in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Two Visiting Professors from South Korea will be joining our college community in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction beginning this January. Dr. Mee Kyung Chung, DaeGu University, will be here during the spring semester and Dr. Jonghwa Lee, Jeonju University, will be here until the end of the next academic year.
Please save the dates–for the following outstanding professional development opportunities:
Ø Dr. Allan Johnson, author of Power, Privilege, and Difference and popular university speaker, will present an all-campus presentation at., Monday, February 5, 3:00 p.m. Davies Theater, Dr. Johnson is reportedly particularly effective in relating to undergraduate students on majority-white campuses, so please encourage students to attend as well.
Ø John Perricone, veteran teacher and author of Zen and the Art of Public School Teaching, will give this year’s Mogensen lecture, Why am I a Teacher?: Developing a Philosophical Identity, Tuesday, February 20, 4:30 p.m., Phillips Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center. A reception will follow. Mr. Perricone’s presentation is intended for all students and educators.
Please consult the CoEHS website www.uwec.edu\coehs for the updated spring 2007 College Calendar.
Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grants, 2006-07
Seventeen faculty members representing all six departments across the college have secured faculty- student collaborative research grants from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to engage in scholarly inquiry with a total of 33 student collaborators. Congratulations!
Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Timothy Lippold with students Emily Axelson, Kathryn Borgmann, Rebecca Derrick and Erin Ellis. Phonological Acquisition and Phological Awareness of Children with Cochlear Implants: A Pilot Study.
- Kristine Retherford with students Emily Axelson, Ashley Gordon, Brittany Graves, Emily Krahn and Adie Presto. Comprehension and Production of Linguistic Forms: Hmong Children and Kinship Terms.
- Larry Solberg with students Maureen Sondreal and Akiko Watanabe. The Effects of Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Unilateral Facial Weakness Secondary to Stroke.
Curriculum and Instruction
- Tamara Lindsey with student Colleen Bender. Teachers Tending Children through Crisis: Classroom Experiences in the Aftermath of Katrina.
- Sherry Macaul with students Kara Lor, Michelle Olson and Khoua Vang. Exploring Classroom Management: Approaches that Ensure Success for Student Teachers While Enhancing Student Learning in the Classroom.
- Susan McIntyre with student Mike Slowinski. Reading, Writing, and Study Skills for Native American High School Students.
- Sue McIntyre and Robin Umber with students Shane Leonard, Michael Wendland and Jesse Wetzel. Boys and Reading.
- Deb Pattee with student Kendra Congdon. Teaching and Learning about Southeast Asia.
- Deb Pattee (with Pamela Forman, Sociology, and Winnie Morse, Adult Health Nursing) and students Brittany Bernier, Michelle Curci, Trina Dong, Hannah Jones, Amanda Lonsdorf and Anne Marie Wilhelmy. Adventure Girls: A Holistic After School Program for Vulnerable Pre-Adolescent Girls.
Foundations of Education
- Mark Clark with student Nicole Jaeger. Japan-U.S. Teacher Education Clearing House.
- Jill Prushiek with student Kathryn Stevens. Identifying the Needs of Student Teachers Using the Wisconsin Teacher Standards.
Kinesiology
- Lance Dalleck with students Erica Borresen and Jeanna Wallenta. Identifying the Optimal Energy Expenditure Requirements of Postmenopausal Women.
- Jeff Janot and Mary LaRue with student Stephanie Lopez. Burnout in Athletic Training Students.
Social Work
- La Vonne Cornell-Swanson (with Analisa De Grave, Latin American Studies) and student Marcy Reynolds. Examining Latin American/Latino Community Interactions with Social Service Providers.
Special Education
- Rose Battalio and Todd Stephens with student Lauren Vandoorn. Double Jeopardy: Adolescents with Disabilities- Teachers' Perceptions and Strategies.
We wish you an excellent start to the spring semester, as we move from the relative darkness of winter to the welcome light of springtime. |
