Welcome to the School of Education's newsletter, Sigma which you can access online at http://www.soe.umich.edu/sigma/index.html. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to . Deadline for submissions is noon on Wednesday. The next Sigma will be Friday, January 31, 2003.
Sigma Vol. XXXII, No. 02, January 24, 2003
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Index
1. NEW ES CHAIR SELECTED
2. NEW AWARD
3. UPCOMING ORAL DEFENSE
4. DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
5. COPYRIGHT
6. QUICK REFERENCE FOR SENSITIVE DATA
7. TECH SERVICES PROJECT
8. RHODES, MARSHALL, & MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
9. ROOM SCHEDULING CONTACTS
10. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WARNING
11. LIBRARY NEWS
12. FACULTY EXPLORATORY WORKSHOPS
13. CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST
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1. NEW ES CHAIR SELECTED
Dean Karen Wixson recently announced that Professor Ed Silver has agreed to serve as Chair of the Educational Studies Program. He will begin working in this role on June 1 to ensure a smooth transition when Professor Virginia Richardson's five-year term ends on July 15. Professor Silver joined the SOE faculty in the fall of 2000.
2. NEW AWARD
Lesley Rex has received a new $34,500 award from the Spencer Foundation in support of the study entitled, "Who is the 'We'?: A study of racialized discourse and identity politics in classroom literacy teaching and learning."
3. UPCOMING ORAL DEFENSE
Candidate: Matthew Sanger
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 1:00.
Location: Brownlee Room, 2327 SEB
Chair: Professor Gary Fenstermacher
Dissertation Title: "What is Moral about Teaching? A Philosophical Inquiry into the Morally Salient Features of Teaching"
4. DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
Stephen Shepherd Mucher
Professor Gary Fenstermacher (Chair)
Professor Maris Vinovskis (Cognate: History)
Assistant Professor Robert Bain
Professor Jeffrey Mirel
"The Professional Preparation of Secondary Teachers in Michigan, 1879-1928"
Lucretia Pilissa Murphy
Associate Professor Sylvia Hurtado (Chair)
Professor Mary Corcoran (Cognate: Public Policy)
Professor Martha Feldman (Political Science and Public Policy)
Professor Michael Nettles
Assistant Professor Carla O'Connor
"The Evidence of Things Not Seen: College Opportunities for Low-Income, Black Students in the Inner City"
Charlotte C. Ratzlaff
Professor Virginia Richardson (Chair)
Professor Lorraine Gutierrez (Cognate: Psychology)
Associate Professor Helen Harrington
Assistant Professor Lesley Rex
"Educative Experiences: The Role of Student Teaching in Learning to Teach"
Baohui Zhang
Professor Joseph Krajcik (Chair)
Professor Brian Coppola (Cognate: Chemistry)
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Davis
Professor Ronald Marx
Professor Elliot Soloway (Engineering: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
"Middle School Science Students' Computer-Based Modeling Practice and Its Change Over Time"
5. COPYRIGHT
The United States Fair Use for Education doctrine says that making and distributing multiple copies of the same materials without getting the written permission of the legal copyright holder circumvents the spirit of the copyright law. Therefore such copying/distributing is illegal and expensive. The SOE community is urged to remember these legal issues when considering copying materials, or having them copied, for distribution to students.
6. QUICK REFERENCE FOR SENSITIVE DATA
The "Quick Reference for Handling Student, Employee, and Patient Information" is a ready-reference to information and resources on appropriate handling of private/confidential and sensitive data located in the University's administrative data systems. In addition to identifying data elements considered to be of a sensitive nature, it outlines responsibilities when accessing and distributing sensitive data as well as providing available resources to assist in difficult situations. The guide is available on the web at http://www.mais.umich.edu/access/download/ja_access_compliance_101802.doc
7. TECH SERVICES PROJECT
In the next couple of weeks, Tech Services staff will be visiting every office in the building to update the computer and operating system database. This information is necessary to be as accurate as possible in identifying next year's budgetary needs. This should only take a few minutes and Tech staff will do this as unobtrusively as possible.
8. RHODES, MARSHALL, & MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
Information about the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarships will be available at two information sessions:
Date: Monday, February 3
Time: 5:00 - 600 p.m.
Location: Lurie Engineering Center, Johnson Rooms (3rd floor)
Date: Thursday, February 20
Time: 5:00 - 600 p.m.
Location: Michigan Union, Pond Room
Information is also available on the web at http://www.umich.edu/~provost/scholars.
9. ROOM SCHEDULING CONTACTS
*CONFERENCE ROOMS
Contact Patrick Carroll at 615-2534 or soe.facilities@umich.edu for reserving the Deans' Conference Room, Brownlee Room, Whitney Auditorium, Tribute Room, 1316 Conference Room, Student Lounge and/or Courtyard.
IMPORTANT NOTE - Key pick up and drop off is in the Deans' Office. All conference rooms have an overhead transparency projector (except Room 1316). For any additional audio-visual equipment please contact the IRIS Resource Center at 764-5427.
*CLASSROOMS AND SCHORLING AUDITORIUM
Contact Donna Estabrook at 647-2418 or destabro@umich.edu.
*MULTI MEDIA (SEB 2211 and 2229) & WIRELESS CLASSROOMS
Courses: To hold a course in MMC I or II, submit a request to your Program Chair at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the term for which use is requested. Once all these are in, the Program Chairs and Director of Technology Services will meet to coordinate scheduling of these rooms. Single-Activity Use: For a "one-time" use of a MMC or to schedule the Wireless Classroom, contact Donna Estabrook at 647-2418 or destabro@umich.edu.
10. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WARNING
The U-M International Travel Oversight Committee has issued a memo regarding a US State Department Warning for persons traveling to Liberia. Complete information about the travel advisory is available on the web at http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/overseas/travel. Please remember that if you will be traveling internationally on University-related academic work or other business, it is important to register your travel with the U-M International Travel Registry at http://www.umich.edu/~itoc.
11. LIBRARY NEWS
*ProQuest Interface Changes
Some of the features of the latest ProQuest version, available at http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources, include "Search by publication" and "Export Citations."
*Workshops for graduate students
Graduate students interested in honing their skills accessing and managing the wealth of information out there should drop by the University Library's Digital Dissertation web site at http://www.lib.umich.edu/exploratory/digworkshops.php and sign up for free workshops. Open to all but space is limited, so sign up early!
*MIRLYNWeb link
The MIRLYNWeb link now takes you directly to the main MIRLYN screen. The system will check at that point for prior validation.
If you have a suggestion for a book you'd like the library to purchase, a reference question related to education, need further instruction in how to use the library's resources, or if you'd like me to come to a class to talk about the library's resources, please feel free to contact Marija Freeland at mfreelan@umich.edu or 764-5455.
12. FACULTY EXPLORATORY WORKSHOPS
Complete descriptions of the workhops offered at the Faculty Exploratory can be found at http://www.lib.umich.edu/exploratory. To register, please email libworkshops@umich.edu. These workshops are free of charge, and for faculty only, with the exception of EndNote and ProCite workshops, which are open to all.
Tue., Jan. 28, 1:00 - 3:00pm Introduction to NVivo
Thu., Jan. 30, 1:00 - 3:00pm American Factfinder and Census 2000
Thu., Jan. 30, 3:00 - 5:00pm Managing Your Citations with EndNote 6
Fri., Jan. 31, 10:00 - 12:00pm Getting Started with PowerPoint
13. CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST
The following events will be taking place around campus. You may get more information on each event via the listed web site, email or telephone (when available).
"The Development and Prevention of Aggression in Children"
by Dr. Kenneth Dodge, William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
Date: Thursday, February 6
Time: Noon
Location: Schorling Auditorium
Sponsors: School of Social Work, Research Office, Institute of Social Research, and Research Center on Group Dynamics
"Assessing Diagnostic Accuracy in the Absence of a Gold Standard: A Latent Class Approach"
by Dean Mark Becker, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: Noon
Location: SSW Educational Conference Center, Rm. 1850
Sponsors: School of Social Work, Research Office and the NIMH Social Work Research Development Center
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