ANNOUNCEMENTS
SOE Building Inspection
Please be aware that on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 the UNCG Office of Safety will conduct a safety inspection of the School of Education Building.
Please remember the following listed items are not allowed and should be removed from ALL SOEB offices/rooms: coffee makers & single cup coffee makers, water warmers, fans, portable heaters, candles/candle warmers, extension cords, extension cords feeding power strips, six splits feeding power strips, “piggy-backing” power strips, toasters and/or toaster ovens, tables and/or chairs in the hallway outside of faculty offices, and any items that sit on high selves and/or bookcases that are within 2 feet of the ceiling tiles – plus any items hanging from ceiling tiles.
Alumni Awards Update: Now Anyone May Nominate a Deserving Candidate Online
This year, we are opening up Alumni Awards nominations not only to our faculty, but to students, alumni, community members, and anyone who knows an alumna or alumnus who is deserving of one of our four awards. The form will be open until March 4 and the winners will be invited to the School of Education’s Commencement on Friday, May 6. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Caroline Spell at lcspell@uncg.edu. The nomination form can be found here.
Linda Arnold Carlisle Distinguished Excellence Professorship in Women’s and Gender Studies
Deadline extended to 3/31
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Women’s and Gender Studies Program invites applications for a professorship in Women’s and Gender Studies. The professorship will be awarded for a period of four academic years beginning in August 2016. Candidates must be full professors at UNCG when they take up the appointment. Candidates whose promotion to full professor is pending must supply their letter from the UNCG Board of Trustees confirming their promotion. Final appointment to the professorship for candidates undergoing promotion review is contingent upon promotion approval at all levels (i.e., the UNC Board of Governors).
Recommendation of a candidate for the professorship will be made by the Dean, in consultation with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, to the Provost, who with the Chancellor will recommend appointment by the University’s Board of Trustees.
The successful candidate will normally be selected from faculty members who have contributed to the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Candidates in all disciplines and departments are invited to apply.
Criteria to be used in recommending and appointing the candidate to the professorship include the following:
- the applicant’s scholarly or creative achievement related to women or gender issues
- importance of the work
- potential to enhance the interdisciplinary field of women’s and gender studies, specifically the WGS program at UNCG and its place in the community
The professor is expected to engage both with the WGS program and the broader community through activities such as symposia, programs, community-engaged scholarship or public exhibitions or performances. A public presentation by the professor must be an integral part of each year’s work (e.g., colloquium, lecture, presentation of essays or creative work in progress). The professor will also be asked, as funds are available, to invite annually to campus a nationally recognized speaker whose work relates to the professor’s scholarly or creative activity. This visiting scholar is expected to participate in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program through lectures, seminars, performances or other similar activities.
The professor will receive a salary supplement of $5000 annually, and research support of $12,000 per year will be made available to support the professor’s work. Candidates are asked to specify a two-year budget that has been approved by the appropriate department head or dean as part of the application process. At the end of two years a budget for the final two years will be required. The budget may include such items as release time, research assistance, books, equipment and supplies, and travel. Application forms are available on line at http://wgs.uncg.edu.
The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday, March 31, 2016. Please send your application to Isabell Moore and Sarah Hamrick, Women’s and Gender Studies Program Administrators (wgs@uncg.edu). Questions may be addressed to Karen L. Kilcup, Committee Chair (klkilcup@uncg.edu).
UNCG Young Writers’ Camp Registration Now Open
Registration deadline: June 1, 2016
Registration before April 1, 2016 is $225.00
Registration on or after April 1, 2016 is $250.00.
We will celebrate students’ published work at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro on the evening of Friday, July 22.
Tuition includes all materials, snacks, drinks, and a camp T-shirt.
For more information and registration form, please visit www.youngwriterscampuncg.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
Specialized Education Services K-12 Graduate Open House
February 4 at 5:30 p.m. in SOEB 401
The Tournes Festival
February 8-25
Edip Yuksel visit
February 15
3rd Annual Assistant Principal Conference
“Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Assistant Principals”
March 10-11
The Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department at UNCG is proud to present the 3rd Annual Assistant Principal Conference. The theme for the conference this year is “Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Assistant Principals”. The challenges of the principalship are many, and the transition from assistant principal to principal can be a difficult one. While there is a considerable amount of research about new principals and the challenges of the principalship, there is relatively little literature that has been focused on the assistant principalship and how to best prepare those professionals for their entrance into the world of the principalship. It is the goal of this conference to provide professional development for assistant principals who aspire to make this transition.
Throughout the conference, opportunities for reflection, collaboration, and networking will be provided. The North Carolina Assistant Principal of the Year will open the conference with a keynote address. Three general sessions and two breakout sessions are highlights of the conference. All of the sessions provide information for participants that will enhance their professional growth as future principals. Each year, the most popular segment of the conference tends to be the Superintendent Panel. Six superintendents will be available to answer questions and give insights into how their school systems engage their administrators.
UNCG Global Engagement Faculty Learning Group
Tuesday, March 22 from 3-4 p.m. in the Faculty Center
Refreshments will be provided
Presentations:
Global Literacies in the 21st-Century U. S. Classroom
Professor Christian Moraru, UNCG, Dept. of English
Christian Moraru is Class of 1952 Distinguished Professor of English at University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He specializes in contemporary American fiction, critical theory, as well as comparative literature with emphasis on history of ideas, postmodernism, and the relations between globalism and culture. He is the author and editor of a number of books. His recent publications are the monographs Cosmodernism: American Narrative, Late Globalization, and the New Cultural Imaginary (University of Michigan Press, 2011) and Reading for the Planet: Toward a Geomethodology (University of Michigan Press, 2015) and essay collections such as Postcommunism, Postmodernism, and the Global Imagination (Columbia University Press / EEM Series, 2009) and The Planetary Turn: Relationality and Geoaesthetics in the Twenty-First Century (Northwestern University Press, 2015, with Amy J. Elias).
The Teaching of Literature in Post-Cold War Romania: Globalization and Its Challenges
Professor Andrei Terian, Lucian Blaga Univ., Sibiu, Romania
Andrei Terian is a professor of Romanian literature in the Department of Romance Studies of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and a senior researcher with the G. Călinescu Institute of Literary History and Theory of the Romanian Academy. His specialties are twentieth- and twenty-first century Romanian literature, cultural theory, the history of modern criticism, and comparative and world literature. He has published numerous essays in Romanian and international journals such as Slovo, CLCWeb – Comparative Literature and Culture, World Literature Studies, Interlitteraria, ALEA: Estudos Neolatinos, Primerjalna književnost, and Transylvania. His latest books include the monographs G. Călinescu: The Fifth Essence (2009) and Exporting Criticism: Theories, Contexts, Ideologies (2013), as well as the coedited reference series General Dictionary of the Romanian Literature (7 volumes, 2004-2009) and Chronology of Romanian Literary Life: 1944-1964 (10 volumes, 2010- 2013).
Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education: Dr. Paola Sztajn
Monday, March 21
The TEHE Mathematics Education Faculty are delighted to welcome Dr. Paola Sztajn to UNCG on Monday, March 21, 2016. She will give two talks as part of the Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education — a research talk (11 am – 12:30 pm) and a connecting-research-and-practice talk (5 – 6:30 pm). The afternoon talk is intended for the broader community so please invite interested educators from the community. Details about the talks are included in the flyer.
We hope that you will be able to join us for these events!
Vicki Jacobs, Kerri Richardson, and Holt Wilson
Triad Teacher Researcher Conference
April 27 from 5:30-9 p.m.
Proposals are due on February 20 at midnight.
For more information, visit our website: http://triadteacherresearcher.weebly.com/
TECHNOLOGY
Upcoming Technology Training
- There are new times and sign ups for SOE Instructional Technology and Canvas Training for Spring 2016: http://goo.gl/forms/QGMEcwwo87
- This link has been added to the SOE Instructional Technology webpage under Training, Guides and Tutorials: http://intech.uncg.edu/guides-tutorials/
- A Google Calendar of workshop dates has been added to this page for convenience.
- One new session on Canvas Communication has been added, while we are also offering the same advanced Canvas sessions on Visuals and Multimedia, Assessment, Quizzes, SoftChalk, and Instructional Technology Tools. For an overview of Canvas, please email Samantha Harlow or sign up for individual training through this form. The form gives you options for workshops, individual tutorials, and/or self directed training.
6-Tech Tips: Protect Yourself Against Phishing
http://itsnews.uncg.edu/2013/12/16/6-tech-tips-protect-yourself-against-phishing/
Classroom Technology Support
Contact classroom technical support at 334-5207 for technical and training assistance in UNCG classrooms and conference rooms.
Easier Now to Schedule and Reserve a “Meet Me” Conference Line
http://itsnews.uncg.edu/2015/11/16/easier-now-to-schedule-and-reserve-a-meet-me-conference-line/
STUDENT/ALUMNI/FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Kelly King, a first year doctoral student in CED, has been selected as one of two Grand Prize winners in the Graduate Student Essay Competition conducted by the American Counseling Association (ACA). Kelly’s essay, a discussion of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies, will be published in ACA’s Counseling Today magazine later this year. Kelly also will receive a $1,000 grant and free registration for the upcoming ACA conference in Montreal.
A group of 12 visiting international students from China and South Korea successfully completed the short-term education program at UNCG and received their certificates of completion! This program is designed for teacher candidates from teacher education programs in partnering institutions overseas. Through this program, participants obtained an overview of the K-16 educational system in the United States, enhanced their knowledge of American culture, developed skills to integrate various cultural elements in classroom instruction, and shared their cultural and educational backgrounds with K-12 students and teachers in the United States. During the program, participants attended university courses, participated in field experiences in K-12 local schools, worked on collaborative projects in the SELF design studio, and participated in cultural site visits including a trip to Washington DC. UNCG faculty members served as instructors and supervisors for the participants and selected teacher candidates from teacher education programs served as peer mentors. Both international participants and US participants were excited about the cultural exchange activities through this program and explored ways to further internationalize teacher education and K-12 education through such intercultural learning opportunities.
DEVELOPMENT UPDATES
We would like to thank Jennifer Smith Hooks ’76 and Jacob Hooks for their gift of $20,000. $10,000 will go to their already established, Carrie Perkins Davis and Katherine Davis Smith Scholarship in Education. This fund is to support undergrads majoring in education and was established to honor Jennifer’s aunt and mother. The other $10,000 will be added to the 21st Century Fund in Education which will be used at the discretion of the Dean to meet the greatest needs of the School of Ed.
We would also like to thank Mr. Thomas Haggai and the Haggai and Associates Foundation for their gift of $27,500 to support the School of Education to help alleviate the national shortage of classroom teachers by providing financial assistance to adult early elementary education students who are committed to the teaching profession.
We thank Sarah Cole Jordan ’56 and the Honorable Robert Jordan III for their gift of $50,000 to add to the endowed fund established in 1998 – The Sarah Cole Jordan UNCG Teaching Fellows Endowment. Because of Sarah Cole Jordan’s desire to make a gift that impacts all Teacher Education Fellows, The Sarah Cole Jordan Teaching Fellows Endowment Fund provides for co-curricular educational activities (enrichment, seminars, travel, leadership) for students who are UNCG
Teacher Education Fellows.