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June 29, 2007
The Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC), part of the Institute on Community Integration, was mentioned today in a Wall Street Journal article on young people living in nursing homes. [N.B.: A subscription is required to access the full article.]
June 27, 2007
Professor Dante Cicchetti received the 2007 Outstanding Research Study Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. This is the third time since its inception in 1993 that Cicchetti has received this award.
CEHD recently received one of the University's Service Improvement Fund (SPIF) grants. The College will use the grant to create an enrollment management tool.
The College believes such a tool could guide decision-making around student recruitment, faculty, and staffing levels, and serve as a predictor for programmatic successes. The goal is to avoid costs and increase revenue by targeting programs that will increase student enrollment and revenue. The project was funded at the level of $25,000 for graduate assistance to further analyze and define the project and its scope.
To complete the project, the University's Office of Service and Continuous Improvement (OSCI) recommended that CEHD embark on a joint project with the College of Liberal Arts; the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences; and Institutional Research and Reporting, and take the first steps toward creating a tool that can be used by colleges throughout the University. The strategic positioning goals for such a project are exceptional organization and exceptional innovation.
SPIF was created by President Robert Bruininks to support initiatives that help drive success of the University’s aspiration to become a top three university. The fund is administered by OSCI. The goal is to invest in projects that will result in a positive impact for service levels, productivity, and cost/revenue streams.
In January 2007, OSCI solicited applications from the University community to fund service and process improvement projects. Applicants were required to work through the appointed Improvement Liaison from their unit/college/campus. Thirty-three applications for funding were received – totaling more than $1.5 million in requests. OSCI staff, the Improvement Liaison Steering Group, and a representative from the Office of Information Technology carefully reviewed each of the proposals. Eleven projects have been selected for funding in FY2008.
(Excerpted from the Web site of the Office of Service and Continuous Improvement)
June 25, 2007
Bill Doherty, professor of family social science, comments on the rise in lavish graduation parties in this Star Tribune article.
For the 2007-8 academic year, the University's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) will fund up to seven Multicultural Teaching and Learning fellowships for University of Minnesota-Twin Cities instructors (tenured and tenure-track faculty, professional & administrative educational staff, and full-time lecturers). The proposals should address aspects of multicultural teaching and learning in University courses, programs, or departments. All teachers associated with selected proposals will be recognized as CTL Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellows. Application deadline: July 16. Download the application and a list of grants awarded.
June 22, 2007
Senior Associate Dean Jean Quam was one of the leaders of 10 professional social work organizations convened at the Wingspread Conference Center to address the future of the profession on June 18-20, 2007. Participants signed a resolution: "We resolve to create a unified profession with one social work organization by 2012." This agreement sets the stage for an organizational structure inclusive of all sectors of social work.
The challenges of the 21st century, as identified by the Social Work Congress of 2005, compel a proactive, flexible organizational structure that reflects collective vision and ensures impact. A transition team (to which Quam was elected) will address implementation issues with ongoing input from constituents over the next five years.
June 20, 2007
On June 5 the College of Direct Support (CDS), a curriculum developed by ICI's Research and Training Center on Community Living, reached the milestone of 50,000 currently enrolled learners. CDS is an online, compentency-based curriculum offered to direct support professional and frontline supervisors nationwide.
Mary Jo Kane, professor of kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center, will be interviewed the morning of Friday, June 22, by KSTP television for the evening news. In addition, she will be on MPR Mid-Morning from 11am-12pm also on June 22 speaking with Mike Edgerly. She will be talking about the 35th anniversary of Title IX.
UPDATE: Listen to Kane's interview on MPR Mid-Morning here.
Several staff members in the Institute on Community Integration recently received promotions:
Please take a moment to congratulate our colleagues on their accomplishments!
In May Vicki Gaylord, publications manager in the Institute on Community Integration, received an M.A. in religion and theology from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, with special recognition for her work in feminist theology. Congratulations, Vicki!
Version two of this week's podcast (Download QuickTime file) requires a QuickTime player. This version has the same news as the MP3 version, but also includes chapter headings for each section of the podcast. So, for example, if you want to skip ahead in the file to the family social science news, simply click on the section name on the lefthand side of the file's toolbar; this will open a dropdown menu of the file's sections.
Professor Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology director and director of the Tucker Center, is extensively quoted in a recent series of articles on Title IX by the Hartford Courant's John Altavilla. Title IX is the amendment to the Higher Education Act passed on June 23, 1972, stating "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." This year is the 35th Anniversary of Title IX. The lead article in the series can be found here. The article featuring Professor Kane can be found here.
June 19, 2007
Arthur S. Leon, Taylor Professor of Exercise Science and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science, has been invited to chair a session at the 19th International Puijo Symposium. The symposium is entitled "Physical Activity, Muscle Metabolism, and Insulin Resistance," and will be held in Kuopio, Finland, from June 27-29, 2007.
June 18, 2007
Here's the podcast covering CEHD news for June 4 through June 15. Download MP3 file. You can either click on the file itself or subscribe to the blog's RSS podcast feed using your favourite aggregator (iTunes, etc.) If you want to add this podcast to iTunes, simply drag this link onto your iTunes window.
June 16, 2007
K-12 general and special education teachers are encouraged to apply for a Tool Factory podcasting grant. Winners will receive a free site license for Tool Factory podcasting software plus all the digital media accessories they need to start a podcasting program in their school. To apply, simply develop a lesson plan demonstrating how you would use podcasting in your curriculum. Grant applications will be judged on effective integration of podcasting into the curriculum, effective use of all the resources provided by the grant, high degree of student involvement, and creativity and fun. Application deadlines: June 30, 2007; December 30, 2007; and April 30, 2008. (Excerpted from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition E-News)
The Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting applications for grants to plan and implement youth information, training, and resource centers, as described in P.L. 106-402: “(i) projects that provide technical assistance for the development of information and referral systems; (vi) projects that provide aid to transition youth with developmental disabilities from school to adult life, especially in finding employment and postsecondary education opportunities and in upgrading and changing any assistive technology devices that may be needed as a youth matures.� Letter of intent deadline: June 22, 2007. Application deadline: July 23, 2007. (Excerpted from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition E-News)
The Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education is soliciting applications for a national research center to carry out scientifically-based research and evaluation, and to conduct dissemination and training activities consistent with the purposes of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. The center will also provide technical assistance to states for the purpose of developing, improving, and identifying the most successful methods and techniques for providing career and technical education programs assisted under the Act. Application deadline: August 10, 2007. (Excerpted from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition E-News)
This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the U.S. Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for fiscal year 2006 and provides actual or estimated deadlines for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts organized according to the Department’s principal program offices and include programs and competitions previously announced as well as those to be announced at a later date. (Excerpted from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition E-News)
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, is soliciting applications for new grants pursuant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Compassion Capital Fund. ACF will award funds to build the organizational capacity of experienced organizations, their collaborating faith-based and/or community partners, and the resulting community collaborations to better meet the needs of America’s disadvantaged youth. The applicant will assist its collaborating faith-based and/or community partners through training, technical assistance, and financial assistance. Application deadline: July 10, 2007. (Excerpted from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition E-News)
June 15, 2007
CEHD Inside / Out is happy to report that Peter Dimock and Peggy Pond, both in the School of Social Work, are recovering nicely from their recent operations at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. As reported earlier in the Star Tribune, Pond donated a portion of her liver to Dimock. Read more about their recovery here.
June 14, 2007
Scott McLeod, assistant professor of educational policy and administration, has won the Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award for creating and implementing innovative ways to educate students and for making a substantial contribution to learning in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and beyond. As one of four winners nationwide in the General Excellence category, McLeod is being recognized for creating the Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education, the first academic program in the country designed to create technology-savvy school leaders.
Kelly Knochel and Charissa Eaton, both second-year doctoral students in the School of Social Work, were recently awarded Hartford Pre-Doctoral Fellowships. The fellowships support students who are interested in gerontological social work research. Students receive travel funds to aging-relevant conferences, attend pre-conference institutes that enhance grant writing and research skills, and have the opportunity to meet with key scholars in the field of gerontology.
June 13, 2007
Peter Dimock (teaching specialist) and Peggy Pond (undergraduate community program assistant), both in the School of Social Work, made the front page of today's Star Tribune. The feature article discusses Pond's decision to donate a portion of her liver to Dimock.
Kinesiology professor Mary Jo Kane, who also directs the Tucker Center, is quoted in an ESPN article on Amanda Beard, the female Olympian who recently posed nude for Playboy magazine.
June 12, 2007
Q: What are those links I see directly below "CEHD Inside / Out Feed"?
A: Those links are RSS feeds for each of the College's departments. So, if you wanted, you could choose which departments' news you wanted to subscribe to via RSS feed and which you didn't. But since this is a college where we celebrate multidisciplinarity, I recommend that you subscribe to both the main RSS feed and your department's feed, to make sure you're getting all the latest and greatest news for the entire College.
David Johnson, professor of educational psychology and co-director of the Cooperative Learning Center, explains the benefits of cooperative learning in this Deseret News article.
June 11, 2007
Please join the Department of Educational Policy and Administration in welcoming several new faculty members.
Professors Jean King and Karen Seashore will be on sabbatical from the Department of Educational Policy and Administration for the 2007-2008 academic year. Professors Gerry Fry and Melissa Anderson will return to the department from sabbatical leave in Fall 2007.
Two faculty members will be leaving the Department of Educational Policy and Administration:
Paige Hirsch (M.A. student, EdPA) recently published a response letter to an editorial letter in the MN Sun newspapers criticizing a proposed policy for all-day kindergarten in district schools.
Mohammed Elmeski (Ph.D. student, EdPA) has been selected for the Master's Thesis Award given by the English department at Saint Cloud State University.
John Moravec (Ph.D. student, EdPA) presented a paper entitled “The Leapfrog Principle: A strategy for global leadership in teacher education" at an international conference on teacher education, hosted by Anqing Teachers College (Anhui province, China), the China National Association of Teacher Educators, and the International Council for Education Development.
Several members of the College community received awards from the Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle (WPLC) this year:
Jinous Kasravi and Kyoung-Ah Nam (pictured right), both Ph.D. students in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, have each been awarded a College of Education and Human Development Multicultural and Diversity Grant for 2007. The grants will support travel and registration for professional conferences that address issues of diversity.
Felly Chiteng Kot (Ph.D. student, EdPA) has been awarded the 2007 Compton Peace Fellowship by the University's Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change. This fellowship provides a substantial cash award as well as research funding for the student’s thesis work.
Moosung Lee (Ph.D. student, EdPA) has been awarded the prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University's Graduate School. This fellowship provides a substantial cash award and tuition in support of the student’s thesis work.
Jennifer York-Barr in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration has been promoted from associate to full professor. She has also been appointed departmental Director of Graduate Studies for the 2007-2008 academic year. Congratulations Jennifer!
In May, Dean Darlyne Bailey delivered the keynote speech at the University's Multicultural Graduates celebration. Organized by the University's Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence, the event celebrated the graduation and accomplishment of first-generation students and students of color. St. Paul's Asian American Press covered the event.
Advisers from the Office of Student and Professsional Services recently attended the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Regional Conference in Duluth, making several presentations and winning an award:
Tom Stoffregen, professor of kinesiology, has been elected by his peers as an Active Fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE). This award is by member nomination only and is given for significant contributions to the fields of kinesiology and physical education. Stoffregen will be inducted into the Academy this coming October at the AAKPE Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia.
John Mabey, assistant academic adviser in the Office of Student and Professional Services, recently authored a book chapter for an edited volume titled Sexual Orientation Discrimination: An International Perspective. His chapter is titled "Of Sacred Journeys: Spirituality and Religion in the Lives of Gay Men and Lesbian Women."
June 1, 2007
Are you directing a College-affiliated camp this summer, or aware of colleagues who are? If so, send contact information and a brief synopsis of the work to insdeout@umn.edu. Thanks in advance for your help! --Anitra Budd, newsletter editor (x6-7486)
American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American College of Sports Medicine
American Educational Research Association
APA Division 15 - Educational Psychology
Council on Social Work Education
National Association for Child Development
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Social Workers
National Council on Family Relations
National Education Association
National Human Resources Association
National Recreation and Park Association
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