Sigma Bulletin, October 29 - November 4, 2007

A. DEAN'S UPDATES
B. CALENDAR
C. LOOKING AHEAD

A. DEAN'S UPDATES

Read today's Dean's Updates (Topics include Budget News, All School Meeting, IRB Task Force, Calendars and Time Change) by clicking on this link:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/soe.dean/updates&mode=single

B. CALENDAR

- October 30: Each Tuesday, community members from SoE can join colleagues at Yost Arena's noontime public skating http://www.umich.edu/~yostice/public_skate.htm. All are welcome regardless of skill, grace, or the lack thereof. The cost is $2.00 for admission and $1.00 for skate rentals.

- October 30: CSHPE Faculty Brown Bag Series Fall 2007-Focus: Current Research and Opportunities for Involvement. Presenters: Malinda Matney, John Burkhardt, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Dean's Conference Room (Room 1211).

- October 30: English Language Institute presentation by Professor John Bitchener, School of Languages, AUT University, Auckland, NZ on ?The Efficacy of Written Corrective Feedback: A Ten Month Empirical Investigation,? 12:00 noon - 1:15 pm, 500 East Washington Street (please note the new address), Conference Room A.

- October 31: The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Fall 2007 Seminar Series for graduate students only on ?Using IT to Foster Student Understanding: Creative Uses of PowerPoint and Collaborative Notetaking,? 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, CRLT Seminar Room, 1013 Palmer Commons. To register please visit http://www.crlt.umich.edu, where you will find detailed descriptions of each program (look for Fall Seminars under News and Events). You may also call 764-0505 or email crltseminar at umich.edu to register for any of the events.

- October 31: Combined Program in Education and Psychology: Lionel Howard, Postdoctoral Fellow at UNC on ?Negotiating Identity: Adolescent African American Boys' Response to Gender Scripts,? 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm, Tribute Room (Room 1322).

- October 31: SOE Dissertation Finishing Grant Deadline; Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship Deadline. Detailed procedures for submitting your electronic application can be found on the SOE website as well as deadlines for subsequent rounds of competition. Further questions should be directed to Becki Spangler ( spangler@umich.edu).

- November 1: Dissertation Defense by Yinmei Wan on ?Managing Post-Merger Integration: A Case Study of a Merger in Chinese Higher Education,? 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).

- November 1: Introduction to the IRB: Tips and Techniques for Success, 11:00 pm - 12:00 noon, 232 Dennison Building. For further information contact IRB Behavioral Sciences or IRB Health at 936.0933 or irbhsbs@umich.edu.

- November 1: CRLT North Fall 2007 Engineering Programs for faculty only on ?Student Teams in Engineering,? (facilitated by Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli), 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm, Johnson Rooms of Lurie Engineering Center. Lunch to be provided. For more information and to register, please visit: www.engin.umich.edu/teaching/crltnorth/currentworkshops.html

- November 1: Deadline to submit online request to achieve doctoral candidacy for Winter Term (http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/education.candidacy/home). The online request process is NEW! If you submitted an email requesting advancement in Winter Term 2008, it is not necessary to submit another request online. For more information, please review the Doctoral Candidacy Deadlines 2007-2008 document at http://www.soe.umich.edu/deadlines/index.html). This document describes the process for ES and CSHPE students to follow and the candidacy deadline dates. Please note that CPEP and JPEE students need to contact their program office for candidacy information, requirements, and specific directions. For additional information, please contact Joan McCoy at 4-7569 or ( jemmcoy at umich.edu).

- November 2: Fall 2007 All-School of Education meeting, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Schorling Auditorium. This meeting is open to and designed for faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students in the School. Items will include the budget, programmatic work, priorities for this year, and following up with several of the topics on which we worked at the all-School meeting last April (e.g., research, teaching, engagement with K-12, student support, diversity, teacher education). Please plan to attend and participate in discussing and contributing to key issues in our School.

- November 2: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Room 4212, School of Education . Introduction by David Zhu, Strategy, Ph.D. student--Professor Jerker Denrell, Stanford University on "Learning and Identity Signaling.? Background Reading: (1) "Why Most People Disapprove of Me: Experience Sampling in Impression Formation" (2) "Interdependent Sampling and Social Influence," by Jerker Denrell and Gael le Mens. Web Page: http://gsbapps.stanford.edu/facultybios/biomain.asp?id=05312654 - November 3: Conference, ?Reflexive Research: Ethical Dilemmas of Qualitative Research Relationships in the Social Sciences.? For more information, go to http://www.soe.umich.edu/events/ethics/ or email Amy Carpenter Ford at amycar@umich.edu. To register for this (free) event, go to http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/soe.registration/ethicsregistration.

C. LOOKING AHEAD

- November 6: SOE Staff Development workshop on ?Gossip Stoppers: Managing Negativity in the Workplace,? 9:00 am - 11:30 am, Whitney (Room 1309). Workshop is offered to SOE staff members only. Please RSVP to Bonita Kothe (bkkothe@umich.edu) if you plan to attend.

- November 7: Combined Program in Education and Psychology presents Dr. Reinhard Pekrun, Department of Psychology, University of Munich on ?Emotions in Students' Learning and Achievement,? 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm, Tribute Room, Room 1322.

- November 8: Ed Studies Colloquia: Donald Freeman, Director, Teacher Education on ?Knowledge Architectures, Conceptual Tools and Learning to Teach,? 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).

- November 8: The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Fall 2007 Seminar Series for graduate students only on ?Applying Real-World Multicultural Issues to Promote Problem Solving in STEM Courses,? 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, CRLT Seminar Room, 1013 Palmer Commons. To register please visit http://www.crlt.umich.edu, where you will find detailed descriptions of each program (look for Fall Seminars under News and Events). You may also call 764-0505 or email crltseminar@umich.edu to register for any of the events.

- November 9: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Room 4212, SOE Building. Professor Mitchell Stevens, New York University. Web Page: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Mitchell_Stevens. - November 9: 17th Annual University of Michigan Senate's Davis, Markert, Nickeson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom: Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union and Professor of Law, New York Law School on "Defending Freedom: Even for the Thoughts We Hate," 4:00 pm, Honigman Auditorium, 100 Hutchins Hall, Law School, University of Michigan. Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School has written, lectured and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties and international human rights. In 1991, she was elected President of the American Civil Liberties Union, the first woman to head the nation's largest and oldest civil liberties organization. (Since the ACLU Presidency is non-paid, Strossen continues in her faculty position as well.) The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America's "100 Most Influential Lawyers." Strossen makes approximately 200 public presentations per year, before diverse audiences, and she also comments frequently on legal issues in the national media. Strossen's more than 250 published writings have appeared in many scholarly and general interest publications. For additional information: Web site: www.umich.edu/~aflf or call 734-764-0303.

- November 15: The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Fall 2007 Seminar Series for graduate students only on ?Winter Course Planning: Making Student Presentations Effective,? 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, CRLT Seminar Room, 1013 Palmer Commons. To register please visit http://www.crlt.umich.edu, where you will find detailed descriptions of each program (look for Fall Seminars under News and Events). You may also call 764-0505 or email crltseminar@umich.edu to register for any of the events.

- November 16: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Room 4212, SOE Building. Low Wage Work and Work Organizations: A Critical Research and Policy Frontier Panel Discussion on Low-Wage Work. Panelists: Anne Ladky, Executive Director of Women Employed; Carrie Leana, Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Wrzesniewski, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management, Yale University.

- November 19: Education Policy Initiative (EPI) Seminar Series (Co-Sponsored with the National Poverty Center), Caroline Hoxby, Harvard University, "The Effects of New York City's Charter Schools on Student Achievement." 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 1110, Weill Hall (corner of State and Hill.) EPI is a program of coordinated activities at the Ford School's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), designed to bring the latest academic knowledge to issues of education policy.

- November 27: CSHPE Faculty Brown Bag Series Fall 2007-Focus: Current Research and Opportunities for Involvement. Presenters: Jan Lawrence, Eric Dey, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Dean's Conference Room (Room 1211).

- November 29: Open CourseWare (OCW) Fall Speaker Series: Shigeru Miyagawa - Professor of Linguistics, MIT, 4:00 pm, 110 Ford Classroom, Weill Hall, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Professor Miyagawa will speak about her experiences as one of the original committee members that proposed Open CourseWare to the MIT administration in 1999.

- November 30: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Room 4212, SOE Building. Professor David Thacher, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Web Page: http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty_staff/person_display.php?personid=66_

- December 7: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Room 4212, SOE Building. Professor Greta Krippner, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. Web Page: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/soc/directories/show-person.asp?PeopleID=136 - January 8: MAC Information Night, 5:00 pm -7:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309).

- January 22: Education Policy Initiative (EPI) Seminar Series (Co-Sponsored with the National Poverty Center), Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University, "Can Educational Outcomes be Improved in Community Colleges? Recent Evidence from Two Randomized Studies." 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Location: TBD. EPI is a program of coordinated activities at the Ford School's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), designed to bring the latest academic knowledge to issues of education policy.

- March 18: MAC Information Night, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309).

- April 2: Education Policy Initiative (EPI) Seminar Series, Susanna Loeb, Stanford University, "Teacher Labor Supply Decisions and Effectiveness in the Classroom." 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Location: TBD. EPI is a program of coordinated activities at the Ford School's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), designed to bring the latest academic knowledge to issues of education policy.

- April 15: MAC Information Night, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309).