Sigma Bulletin, March 31

Sigma Bulletin, March 31 - April 6, 2008

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

A. DEAN'S UPDATES

Read today's Dean's Updates (Topics include Lee award, Executive Committee election, condolences--process, fiscal progress, Faculty/ Staff Campaign, Associate Vice President for Research Search Advisory Committee, American Education Research Association visibility) by clicking on this link:

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

B. ANNOUNCEMENTS

See today's Announcements by clicking on this link:

<http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/education.announcements>

C. CALENDAR

- March 31: Deadline for written proposals for the School of Education Video Competition. Rules and entry form are at: http://www.soe.umich.edu/videocontest Please e-mail Eugenie Potter (eugeniep at umich.edu) for further information.

- March 31: Teacher Education Seminar Series: Marilyn Guenther and Mark Fitzgerald, UM School of Dentistry on "Clinical Education for Dentists," 4:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322). Materials available at: https://intranet.dent.umich.edu/acad_resources/courses/spi/SoE/

- April 1: 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.

- April 1: Active U: Line Dancing, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309). Contact Joan McCoy at 764-7569 or jemccoy at umich.edu for further information.

- April 2: Fireside chat with Dean Ball, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327). Lunch will be provided.

- April 2: CPEP Colloquium: "Visual Attention of Emergent Readers During Book Reading," by Mary Ann Evans, Ph.D., C. Psych, Professor and Director of Clinical Training Clinical Psychology: Applied Developmental Emphasis, University of Guelph, Canada, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm, Tribute Room (Room 1322).

- 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: Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. 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. Professor Loeb will have time to meet interested faculty and students for one-on-one meetings (in Weill Hall, Room 5309) or a group lunch (Michigan Union in the U Clubs, Bates Room, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm). Limited appointments and spots for lunch are available. If interested, please contact Stephanie James (estesjam at umich.edu) or call 647-4091.

- April 3: IRWG Winter 2008 Speaker Series on Changing Perspectives on Sexual Violence and Harassment. Lilia Cortina, U-M Women's Studies and Psychology, "Workplace Harassment and Incivility: What's Gender Got to Do With It? " 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, 2239 Lane Hall. Event is free and open to the public. For more information visit http://www.umich.edu/~irwg/.

- April 3: OMSA Dialogue: Professor Douglas Laycock, U-M Law School, "Religion in our Schools," noon - 1:30 pm, Room 2229 School of Education. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to fuentes at umich.edu . When RSVPing, please indicate if you are a vegetarian, vegan, or have other dietary needs. Nationally recognized as a leading expert on religious freedom, Professor Laycock will discuss religious schools and colleges, school prayer, and religious student organizations. More specifically, Professor Laycock will make sense of the Supreme Court's cases on religion in schools. He explains, "they are not so confused as the press and the advocacy organizations make them out to be. The basic principles are pretty simple. People speaking on behalf of the school cannot take a position on any question of religious truth. People speaking in their private capacity can take such positions. And the school itself can teach about religion from a neutral and academic perspective." To learn more about Professor Laycock, please visit: <http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=349 > <https://web.mail.umich.edu/horde/services/go.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.mail.umich.edu%2
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www.law.umich.edu%252F_FacultyBioPage%252Ffacultybiopagenew.asp%253FID%253D349 >

- April 3: School of Education Blood Drive, 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm, Whitney Auditorium (Room 1309). Participants will need to register for a specific time slot in accordance with their availability. To register: 1. Go to www.givelife.org. 2. In the Sponsor Code box in the middle of the page, type "goblue," then click search (if you didn't know the code, you could search by zip code, but that generates a significantly bigger list of blood drives to scroll through.) 3. A list of upcoming U-M blood drives will appear on the left of the page. 4. Click on the SOE drive on April 3rd and fill in your appropriate information to register. It will ask you to create a login name if you've never registered online before, then redirect you to the appointments page. For additional information, please contact Kathryn Young (kathryny at umich.edu).

- April 4: Winter 2008 Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series. Professor Cristina Gibson, Organization and Strategy, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 4212 SoE. For additional information contact Paula Kopka, 936-1525 or pkopka at umich.edu .

- April 5 - April 6: 36th Annual "Dance for Mother Earth" Ann Arbor Pow Wow, Crisler Arena. April 5: 10:30 am - 9:00 pm (Grand entries at 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm); April 6: 10:30 am - 6:00 pm. (Grand Entry at 12:00 noon). Admission prices are: adults $10, students with ID $5.00, seniors (60 years and older) $5.00, children (4 - 12 years) $5.00, children (3 and under) free. Family and weekend passes are available. For more information, please visit www.umich.edu/~powwow/ or call 647.6999. Sponsored by The Native American Programming Task Force and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs/Trotter Multicultural Affairs.

D. LOOKING AHEAD

- April 10: Educational Studies Colloquia Brown Bag Series: Yvonne Goddard, Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education on "Differentiating Instruction: Research and Practice" 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).

- April 11: Winter 2008 Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies Seminar Series. Professor Don Hambrick, Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 4212 SoE. For additional information contact Paula Kopka, 936-1525 or pkopka at umich.edu.

- April 15: Dissertation Defense by Annemarie Hindman on "School- Family Partnership and School Readiness," 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, 2327 SEB, Brownlee (Room 2327).

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

- April 17: "Thoughtful Conversations About Teaching," Final Celebration for English Practicum II Students, 4:30 - 6:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322). All faculty, staff and students are invited to drop by this final celebration and exhibition. Pre-service English teachers will be sharing materials that represent their learning in the field. Refreshments will be provided.

- April 17: IRB on the Road with Cindy Shindledecker, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon, Room 1350 SoE. Additional information forthcoming (appointment hours vs. open hours).

- April 22: Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics Brown Bag Colloquia: Judith Jacobs, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Center for Education and Equity in Mathematics, Science and Technology (CEEMaST) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Visiting Scholar, Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics, School of Education, University of Michigan on "Preparing Teachers to be Professionals, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).

- April 25: Dissertation Defense by Marina Epstein on "Adolescents in Conflict: Associations Between Gender Socialization, Gender Conflict, and Outcomes," 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Brownlee (Room 2327).

- April 26: School of Education Commencement, Hill Auditorium, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm; reception to follow on Ingalls Mall.

- April 29: Teacher Education Seminar Series: Kavita Kapadia, University of Chicago, 2:00 pm, Tribute (Room 1322) on "A Case Study: The University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program."

- May 15: Deadline for submission of finished videos for the School of Education Video Competition. Rules are at: http://www.soe.umich.edu/videocontest Please e-mail Eugenie Potter (eugeniep at umich.edu) for further information.