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, February 7, 2003.
Sigma Vol. XXXII, No. 04, January 31, 2003
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CALENDAR
** LUCY "IMAGES OF THE POSSIBLE" SEMINAR/INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
"Effective Pedagogy for Community Engagement"
Speakers: Renee Bayer and Michelle Dunlap
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 6:00- 8:00 p.m.
Location: Schorling Auditorium
**CPEP COLLOQUIUM
"The SAT: What's right and what's wrong with it"
Date: Wednesday, February 12
Time: 12:10 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: 2346 SEB
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Index
1. RICHARDSON WINS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2. NEW AWARDS
3. UPCOMING ORAL DEFENSE
4. SPRING COMMENCEMENT STUDENT SPEAKER SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT
5. GUARD YOUR BELONGINGS
6. DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
7. VIRUSBUSTERS WEB SITE
8. FACULTY PHOTOS AVAILABLE DIGITALLY
9. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WARNING
10. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
11. CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST
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1. RICHARDSON WINS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SOE Professor Virginia Richardson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) during its annual meeting Monday. Commenting on the award, President Mary Sue Coleman said, "I commend AACTE for selecting Dr. Richardson. For more than 40 years, she has provided thoughtful insight and leadership in an area crucial to the well being of our country: the education of our children. As a scholar and teacher, she has my deepest regard for her distinguished work and leadership in teacher education."
Dean Karen Wixson noted in her nomination letter, "While others agonize over–or ignore–connections between theory and practice, for her, they are fundamentally intertwined."
2. NEW AWARDS
==Carla O'Connor has received an award from the William T. Grant Foundation in the amount of $323,404 for her project entitled "Black Identity, School Performance and the Transition in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Analysis."
==Valerie Lee and David Burkam have received an award from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $34,770 for the project entitled "Optimal Educational Contexts for Low-Income Young Children: Interim Support."
==Stella Raudenbush has received an award from the University of North Carolina/Corporation for National Service in the amount of $6,271 for her project entitled "Literacy Action Network."
3. UPCOMING ORAL DEFENSE
Candidate: Mengli Song
Date: Wednesday, February 5
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Brownlee Room, 2327 SEB
Chair: Cecil G. Miskel
"Influence in the Reading Policy Domain: A Cross-State Social Network Analysis"
4. SPRING COMMENCEMENT STUDENT SPEAKER SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT
The Office of University and Development Events is seeking submissions for the 2003 Spring Commencement student speaker from students who will receive a bachelor's degree during winter or summer term 2003. Drafts and audiocassettes of speeches will be accepted through Wednesday, March 5 and must include the following:
Typed draft of speech (less than 5 minutes long)
Audiocassette tape or CD of author reading speech
Curriculum vitae or resume highlighting U-M scholarship and campus leadership
Packets should be delivered to the Office of the Vice President for Communications, 2040 Fleming, ATTN: Student Speaker Entries. For more information call Julie Ashley at 647.6974.
5. GUARD YOUR BELONGINGS
Another purse was stolen from a first floor office suite this past week, so please be careful and when you leave your work area, make sure your personal belongings are secure in a locked office, file cabinet or drawer.
6. DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
Matthew Greg Sanger
Professor Gary Fenstermacher (Chair)
Professor Stephen Darwall (Cognate: Philosophy)
Associate Professor Helen Harrington
Professor Virginia Richardson
"What Is Moral about Teaching? A Philosophical Inquiry into the Morally Salient Features of Teaching Practice"
Zhengxu Wang
Professor Marvin Peterson (Co-Chair)
Professor Ronald Inglehart (Co-Chair: Political Science)
Assistant Professor Mary Gallagher (Political Science)
Associate Professor Janet Lawrence
Professor Mark Tessler (Political Science)
"Value Change, Liberty Aspiration, and Democracy in East Asia: At the Turn of the Century"
7. VIRUSBUSTERS WEB SITE
If you receive a suspicious email message, especially one with an attachment, before opening it, do a quick check at http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters. This is also information is also available on the SOE web site at http://www.soe.umich.edu/students/index.html.
8. FACULTY PHOTOS AVAILABLE DIGITALLY
If you've had your photo taken through the SOE Communications Office, we have digital copies of them. If you need a photo for publication, please contact our office at and we will send an electronic copy to you, a publisher, conference, etc.
9. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WARNING
The U-M International Travel Oversight Committee has issued a memo regarding a US State Department Warning for persons traveling to Zimbabwe. 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.
10. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
Two sets of minutes are included in this issue. Full minutes are available from Becki Spangler in the Dean's Office.
==December 10, 2002 Meeting
*Announcements/Updates
Danielle Smith, the Dean's new assistant and Cheryl Simpson, the GSCO student representative were introduced and welcomed.
Dean Wixson reported that the recent meetings she, Associate Dean Dey, and Fran Houchard had with staff about personnel changes, budget concerns, School morale, and other staff issues and concerns were very productive and indicated that additional meetings like this will be held in the future.
*Update of Promotion/Tenure Review Process
The PTC has requested more time to review the three promotion and/or tenure candidates and now plan to have recommendation letters to the candidates by January 10, with the Executive Committee review occurring at the February 4 meeting.
*Preparation for December 19 Faculty Meeting
Associate Dean Dey asked the Executive Committee to review and comment on a draft budget presentation. The Committee discussed the presentation and suggested some changes that would make the presentation more useful for the faculty meeting.
==December 17, 2002 Meeting
*This meeting was devoted to the review of the Promotion & Tenure Committee's recommendations for the 4th year review candidates. Professor Lampert reviewed the process the 4th year candidates had been through and explained the guidelines the PTC had used in reviewing candidates' teaching, mentoring, and scholarship. Following questions about the methods used to evaluate teaching and selected external reviewers, she noted that there is not a clear expectation for program Chairs to seek student and faculty letters about candidates' teaching. It was also explained that each candidate and their respective department Chair submit a list of eight possible external reviewers, and the PTC seeks response from two of these. The Executive Committee went into Executive Session to discuss these personnel matters.
11. 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 Ford School of Public Policy Annenberg Speaker Series
"The No Child Left Behind Act: A Lever for School Reform?"
by Joseph Johnson, special assistant to the State of Ohio Superintendent of Instruction and former US DOE Director of Student Achievement and Student Accountability
Date: Friday, February 7
Time: Noon
Location: Whitney Auditorium
**Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series
The seminar provides a forum for the discussion of research and theory about organizations and organizational processes. In keeping with its interdisciplinary character, the seminar will consider both macro and micro processes and their intersection.
"Dissertation Poster Session"
Posters by doctoral students at all stages of progress on organization-related dissertation. Food plus faculty feedback
Date: Friday, February 7
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: School of Information, Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall, 4th Floor
**Sociology Department Colloquium Series
"Neither Class Nor Citizen: The Roots of Labor Rebellion in Reform China"
by Ching Kwan Lee
Date: Friday, February 14
Time: Noon
Location: LSA Building, Rm. 4050
**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 at 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.
Monday, February 3, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., "Getting Started With Dreamweaver MX: Creating Your Pages"
Tuesday, February 4, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., "Managing Your Citations with ProCite"
Thursday, February 6, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., "Introduction to Geolytics"
Friday, February 7, 10:00 - 12:00 p.m., "Getting Started with Photoshop 7"
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