Professor Arthur S. Leon (Kinesiology) [pictured right] and master's student Luke Carlson have contributed chapters to a new book, Mapping Your Retirement: A Personal Guide to Maintaining Your Health, Managing Your Money, and Living Well, edited by Mark Skei and Janet Skei. Arthur's chapter is titled "Eating for Life" and Luke's chapter is titled "Keeping Strong, Fit, and Active." Both appear in the book's section "Maintaining Your Health." Amy Lindgren, business columnist for the Pioneer Press, mentioned the book in her column on Sunday, September 30.

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Litereracy Initiative coordinator Rosemary Miller and the America Reads program were both featured in a Minnesota Daily article on the program's success and longevity.

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Melissa S. Anderson, associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, gave a plenary presentation earlier this month at the first World Conference on Research Integrity in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference was linked to the February 2007 Global Science Forum on Research Integrity (of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) in Tokyo, at which she also presented.

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Arthur S. Leon, kinesiology professor and director of the Laboratory for Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science, has published an article in the September 2007 issue of Physiological Genomics.

"CETP genotypes and HDL-cholesterol phenotypes in the HERITAGE Family Study," by Nadine Spielmann, Arthur S. Leon, D.C. Rao, Treva Rice, James S. Skinner, Claude Bouchard, and Tuomo Rankinen.

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Congratulations to Professor Tom Stoffregen (Kinesiology), who has been awarded a Grant-in-Aid from the Graduate School for approximately $20,000. This award will support his APAL laboratory research on postural instability and visually induced motion sickness. The grant runs from Sept 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.

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Alum Carl Aakre (M.Ed. '04), an agri-science teacher at Perham High School in Perham, has been named Teacher of the Year in Minnesota in the 12th annual Wal-Mart State Teacher of the Year program. Aakre was honored at a special surprise ceremony at the school, and in his honor the school received a $10,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation.

This is not the first such honor for Carl. In 2005 he was named Agri-science Teacher of the Year by the National Future Farmers of America Association. Congratulations on all your accomplishments, Carl!

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Postdoctoral associate Christine Greenhow (Curriculum and Instruction) recently submitted a proposal to convene a multidisciplinary research symposia on “Networks & Neighborhoods in Cyberspace: Exploring Implications for Education, Humanities, Government, Business and Technology" (with Dr. Ann Hill Duin, OIT and Dr. Joanna O’Connell, CLA). The proposal was one of three grant proposals selected for Phase 1 funding ($25,000) in the MN Futures Grant competition. The symposia will convene researchers from over 10 different disciplines and will be held in Winter 2008. Participants in Phase 1 funded symposia are then eligible to compete for Phase 2 funding of up to $250,000 per project. Contact Christine at greenhow@umn.edu for more information.

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Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies postdoctoral associate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was recently invited to participate in the International Society of Teacher Education (ISTE) NETS Stakeholders Advisory Council. This 15-person council of representatives from education, business, and government will be working this year to generate a revised set of National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T).

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Event: Symposium and reception for "School Buildings -- The State of Affairs: A New Architecture for a New Education"

When: September 28 / 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Where: 100 Rapson Hall

Guest speakers (5:00pm - 6:00pm):

• Edith Ackermann (Professor of Developmental Psychology, Univ. of Aix-Marseille, France and Visiting Scientist, M.I.T. School of Architecture)


• Umberto Dindo (Chair, AIA NY Committee on Architecture for Education)


• Elizabeth Hebert (Former principal of Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, and co-editor of “Children, Learning & School Designâ€?)


• Mark Ziegler (Portfolio Manager for Public Schools, City of Zurich)

Panel discussion: 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. / 100 Rapson Hall

Gallery Reception: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. / HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall

Exhibition: Sept. 5 - Oct. 7 / HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall. This exhibition features 31 recently-built or designed schools from Zürich Switzerland, along with examples from Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Austria. It is intended to facilitate a dialogue among educators, architects, and the community about a new architecture for a new education.

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What: A reading, signing, and conversation with Minneapolis School Superintendent Bill Green, author of A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equity in Early Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society, 2006)

When: Thursday, September 27 / 6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Wulling Hall, Room 250

Cost: Free!

Details: This public event will focus on the history of civil rights in the Twin Cities during the mid-nineteenth century, as well as the connections between the history of schooling, political context, and current policies within the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The event is sponsored by the College, the Department of Educational Policy and Adminstration, and Jola Publications.

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Mark your calendar for this year's Book Week, which will be held from October 16 to 18. Nonfiction author Catherine Thimmesh will be the guest speaker.

Book display
Andersen Library Atrium
noon to 6:15 p.m., Tuesday, October 16
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, October 17
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, October 18

Review of new books
Willey Hall Auditorium
4 - 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 16
Appetizers* from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Evening lecture*
Willey Hall Auditorium
6:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 16

* $10 charge for appetizers and/or lecture

Book Week is supported by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and by the Children’s Literature Research Collection at Andersen Library, with the gracious assistance of the Kerlan Friends. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of The Red Balloon Bookstore.

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Family social science professor Bill Doherty published an editorial in yesterday's Newsday. The topic of the editorial was on the recent proliferation of lavish children's parties.

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The CEHD Mentor Program matches alumni and friends of the College with undergraduate students (juniors and seniors) in the areas of business and marketing education; family social science; human resource development; kinesiology; recreation, park, and leisure studies; and sport management. It provides students with the opportunity to develop their professional skills outside the classroom through the guidance of professionals in the community. The time commitment is only 2 to 4 hours per month (November through April) and begins with a mentor orientation dinner on November 5.

Applications are now being accepted for mentors and students. For more information please visit the Mentor Program Web site.

Questions? Contact Sarah Covert at scovert@umn.edu or 612-626-5659.

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The National Afterschool Association Conference, to be held March 12 to 14, 2008, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is seeking proposals for conference workshops, including those sharing research, promising practices, practical program activities and curriculum, and innovative ideas. Presenters may include afterschool program staff and leadership, professional development providers, and afterschool systems developers. Proposal submission deadline: November 1, 2007.

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Social work professor Mark Umbreit, director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking (CRJP), recently provided training in Naples, Italy, for the Italian Ministry of Justice. The training was related to their efforts to introduce national legislation to support victim offender mediation, as required of all member states of the European Union.

Later this month Mark will present a paper on restorative justice and human rights at a conference by Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. In addition, at the request of Minnesotans for Human Rights, Mark and CRJP will provide a training session for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in both West Africa and the Twin Cities, which has the largest Liberian immigrant population (20,000+) in the U.S. Following years of severe internal political conflict, violence, and more than 200,000 deaths, Liberia (under the leadership of the first woman president of an African country) is in the process of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), following South Africa’s TRC model. Two TRC Commissioners from Liberia in West Africa, along with two local Liberian leaders, will be participants in the six-day November training. Representatives from seven other countries and numerous U.S. states will also be part of this training session.

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The College was mentioned again today in another Brief article. This article is about the University's recent signing of a master cooperative agreement that will streamline joint research projects between the University and Hennepin County.

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The University Northside Partnership (UNP) is holding informational meetings for those interested in learning more about or being involved in this strategic collaboration. The UNP seeks to advance the quality of life in north Minneapolis through a sustained, mutually beneficial, and invested relationship between the University and the northside community. Dean Bailey will roll out the next steps for the project. September 26, 4 to 5 p.m., 140 Nolte Center, and October 8, 11 a.m. to noon, 144 McNeal Hall.

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The College was mentioned in a Brief article on the University's community-based research work.

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Corrine Spading, an undergraduate in the Institute of Child Development, was one of five University students recently awarded a Robert and Gail Buuck Scholarship. The scholarship provides access to higher education, opportunities for enhancing or supporting learning, and support for self-advocacy and leadership to students with disabilities.

This is the second time Corrine has won this scholarship. She's currently pursuing a bachelor of arts in child psychology, and her career goal is to become a child life specialist working between doctors and young patients to promote the best experience possible. This coming semester she will be studying abroad in the Mediterranean.

Congratulations, Corrine!

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Central Elementary School in the Central Public School District has begun a year-long initiative to improve reading instruction with the help of experts at the College's Minnesota Center for Reading Research (MCRR). The school district serves Cologne, Hamburg, and Norwood Young America. Central Elementary was awarded one of five competitive grants statewide from the Minnesota Department of Education last spring. The grant provides a framework for job-embedded professional development for all educators who teach reading in kindergarten through third grade at Central Elementary.

The program is being led by internationally known reading researcher Barbara Taylor, who is also director of MCRR. The program itself is based on 10 years of study of effective reading instruction and effective schools.

Teachers and administrators at Central will meet at least twice monthly to discuss reading instruction, review reading assessment results, and learn from each other. A part-time literacy expert from the University will work with teachers weekly and University data collectors will compile data for teachers on their own instructional styles and their students' achievement.

"This is important work," Taylor said. "I applaud the teachers for their devotion to the significant amount of professional development in reading they have committed to in the coming year. I think parents should be very pleased to know how dedicated these teachers are to continuous improvement."

The funds are part of the federal Reading First Program, the major initiative under the No Child Left Behind Act to ensure that all children are proficient in reading by third grade. For more information on the Minnesota Center for Reading Research visit www.education.umn.edu/reading or call (612) 626-9147.

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Associate Professor Liz Lightfoot, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Director Traci LaLiberte, and doctoral student Katharine Hill (all in the School of Social Work) recently published the "Guide for legislative change: Disability in the termination of parental rights and other child custody statutes" (PDF file). Four states are currently using this guide for changing legislation regarding parents with disabilities, and several national organizations have put this issue into their national agendas. For more information on this project, please see the project Web page.

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Professor Jeffrey Edleson in the School of Social Work presented to a statewide conference in Michigan of judicial officers and advocates on children's exposure to domestic violence. The presentation was held at the Hall of Justice in Lansing, Michigan, on August 16.

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Kinesiology professor Arthur S. Leon has been invited to present at the International Atherosclerosis Society's workshop on structure, protective functions, and therapeutic applications, to be held October 8-12 in Santorini, Greece. The topic of his presentation is "HDL Response to Supervised Exercise Training."

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Professor Jürgen Konczak (Kinesiology) has been awarded full faculty member status in the University's interdisciplinary Center for Cognitive Sciences. Konczak previously served as an affiliated faculty member. As full member he will serve on the Center's executive committee.

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Professor Mary Jo Kane (Kinesiology) and her frustration with the recently flagging Notre Dame football team are mentioned in an article in today's New York Times.

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This year the School of Social Work devised an innovative plan for reaching out to professionals: Provide convenient continuing education units (CEUs) with a State Fair twist. The result? The first annual offering of "CEUs on a stick" from August 27 through August 29.

The concept of CEUs on a stick was the product of two years of brainstorming in Social Work's Continuing Education committee. The event featured several two-hour workshops spread across three days, organized to mirror the themed days of the Minnesota State Fair: Children and Adolescents Day, Diversity Day, and Direct Practice with Adults Day. The workshops were created free of charge by members of the Social Work faculty.

Since costs for the event were kept relatively low, the department was able to offer a free ticket to the State Fair to all registered attendees. Participants were able to attend workshops in the morning or early afternoon, then take a brief walk over from Peters Hall to the State Fair grounds for some fun and food.

Over 200 social work professionals registered for the workshop series, more than twice the number expected. Field Coordinator MJ Gilbert, one of the event's organizers, says this year was just the beginning. "We've learned so much. We're hoping this is just a jumping off point for what we have to offer the practice community."

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Minna Gerber Shapiro (M.S.W., ’57) has died at the age of 92. Shapiro first worked at the Family Service of St. Paul and then as the director of treatment at the Minneapolis Family and Children’s Service. She was a co-founder of the PRIDE project in 1978, a groundbreaking innovative recovery program for prostitutes that has become a national model. She provided leadership in staff development to various social work agencies, particularly in the GLBT community. She also taught in the School of Social Work and the Family Social Science Department. Review her complete obituary and sign the guest book at www.hodroffepstein.com.

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If you are a CEHD graduate student and would like to work as an hourly data collector this fall ($16.22/hour, 4 to 12 hours per week, according to your availability), please read more:

The Computer-Based Assessment System in Early Reading (CBAS) is a research and development project led by Dr. Ted Christ and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. CBAS will be in elementary schools this fall collecting reading data from students in kindergarten to grade 3. Data collectors can expect to monitor students as they participate in individual, computer-based assessments. All work except training will take place during elementary school hours. We require that you be available to work at least one half-day per week for most weeks in October and November. Transportation to school sites is not provided. If interested, please contact Cindy Jiban, project coordinator, at jiban001@umn.edu.

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To celebrate Constitution Day, the University of Minnesota Law School will present a program commemorating the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 2007, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in rooms 25 and 50, Mondale Hall (Law School), 229 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis. Topics will include examinations of juvenile sentencing; executive privilege, including current controversies and underlying constitutional arguments; and the limits of the constitutional law of equality. For more information visit the University's Constitution Day Web site.

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A full-time position for a project coordinator is available in the Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC) at the Institute on Community Integration (ICI).

Description and responsibilities: The position involves working on a variety of tasks related to the College of Direct Support (CDS), a national, interactive, Web-based training curriculum for direct support professionals (DSPs). Approximately 55,000 DSPs in the United States use the CDS each day.
The primary responsibilities of the project coordinator include authoring new, high quality CDS courses as assigned as well as in-depth editing and revision of existing CDS courses. The project coordinator is also responsible for assisting with the planning of new courses with stakeholder groups and working with and supporting the National Board of Editors. The project coordinator will also attend regular team meetings, communicate information about the Center with the University and general public, and support other outreach activities.

Required qualifications: A bachelor’s degree is required in special education, educational policy and administration, social work, instructional design, or a related field. Candidate must possess strong verbal and written communication skills; they need to have confidence in their own personal writing skills. Candidates should also have organizational skills and be able to track and manage details. Candidates must have experience in researching, developing, and authoring content for training curriculum or programs and have strong ability to coordinate multiple tasks. Candidates must also possess experience in planning, developing, and implementing activities with groups of people. Demonstrated experience in human services with a comprehensive understanding of the role of Direct Support Professionals is essential.
Candidates will be required to supervise graduate students, support staff, and other professional staff as assigned. Some travel outside Minnesota is required.

Desired qualifications: A master’s degree is desired in special education, educational policy and administration, social work, instructional design, or a related field. Experience in adult learning and training/teaching. Copyediting skills. An in-depth understanding of disability services and issues related to DSPs is desired, as is experience developing and evaluating interactive, Web-based education materials or curriculum for DSPs.

Appointment: The salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Initial appointment and annual re-appointment will be made depending on the availability of funding. The estimated start date for the position will be November 1, 2007 (or sooner as available) and will be negotiated with the candidate selected for this position.

Application procedures and deadline: Completed application materials will include a letter of application, vita, transcripts, at least two writing samples, and names and addresses of three professional references. The application deadline is October 12, 2007. Applicants interested in this position must apply online at the University's HR Web site and include all application materials required. They must have the requisition number (150889) when applying. Address cover letters to Amy Hewitt, Senior Research Associate, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration.

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Minnesota PLAYS(TM) (Parents Learning About Youth Sports), a program to help combat the potential downsides of youth sport, will launch on October 2 to Eagan parents of first- and second-grade students as part of a community collaboration among the University of Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium (MNYSRC), the Eagan Athletic Association (EAA), and School District 196. The MNYSRC is comprised of faculty and researchers across the University whose work deals with youth sports and Minnesota families and communities. Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, is a co-developer of the program.

Thousands of children enter youth sport each year through school and community-based programs. Youth sports can provide a positive and meaningful context for youth development and family engagement, but, according to LaVoi, the quality of youth sport experiences and child outcomes are determined by adults—the coaches, administrators, and parents who create, manage, and influence youth sports. The issues facing child-athletes and their families today as a result of sport participation include burnout, drop out, overuse injuries, cheating, violence, over-scheduling, inequalities, inadequately trained coaches, parental over/under involvement, and policy issues.

LaVoi describes Minnesota PLAYS as a one-hour interactive workshop based on the latest research from child development and sport psychology as well as data collected from children and Minnesota sport parents. “Parents play a critical role in youth sports,� says LaVoi, “but parents receive very little—if any—education on how to create a positive sport experience for their child-athlete. We hope PLAYS will start sport parents out on the right foot in terms of their child’s sport participation.�

"EAA has been working with the U of M for almost two years to develop and implement this program and we are excited to be able to bring it to our first group of parents this fall," says EAA President Dan Mott. "EAA is committed to improving the climate surrounding youth sports in our community.�

Mott adds, "We believe PLAYS will help parents better appreciate the significant role they play in their child's athletic experience and provide them with specific suggestions for fostering a more positive environment around youth sports in Eagan. Our objective is to make sure that our programs remain focused on the overall development of our children as people, not just as athletes." Mott’s sentiment is echoed by George Brewster, an EAA parent who was part of the PLAYS pilot. “PLAYS has challenged me see a kids'-eye view of sports and to let the youth sports experience belong to my kids . . . and not to me." Another EAA parent, Dave Unmacht, commented, "I wish we’d had PLAYS when my children were younger. Parents should not underestimate the important role they play on the sidelines in support of their children."

With the perception that the professionalization of youth sports is driving kids away from sports and the rising epidemic of youth obesity which largely stems from inactivity, keeping children involved in sports is also a community health issue. LaVoi states, “If Minnesota communities are committed to positive youth development and concerned about the trends they see in youth sports, then PLAYS is one local solution.� She believes that PLAYS will help Minnesota parents understand their role in creating healthy, family-friendly youth sport opportunities that not only benefit everyone in the community, but help ensure all children play, stay in, benefit from, and enjoy sports.

For more information about Minnesota PLAYS visit the MNYSRC Web site. To schedule PLAYS for your community, contact Nicole at 612-626-6055.

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Masters and experienced practitioners in secondary education, special education, or disability support services; scholars; professors; and other individuals experienced and interested in the intersection of students with disabilities and continuing post-high-school education and career development are invited to submit original articles for publication in the HEATH Resource Center Publications and Newsletter. College, university, or career-technical school students with disabilities are invited to submit original articles for publication in the newsletter's new “Student Voices� section.

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The University of Minnesota is hosting six listening sessions in September to gather ideas and input for a new community being planned on the site of the University of Minnesota Outreach, Research, and Education (UMore) Park. Located in Dakota County, near Rosemount, Minnesota, UMore Park includes 5,000 acres of land owned by the University. Following studies of how best to use the land, the University’s Board of Regents charged the University to initiate a concept master planning process to guide the development of a new community at UMore Park. The vision is to create a University-founded, culturally rich, diverse community of twenty to thirty thousand people, to be undertaken over a 25- to 30-year period.
Each listening session will be held from 5:00 to 7:15 p.m. Topics, dates, locations, and other details about the listening sessions are online at www.umorepark.umn.edu. Because a light meal will be served, RSVPs are appreciated. Registrations can be made online or by calling (612) 626-3976.
People who are unable to attend the sessions may provide input by submitting their comments at www.umorepark.umn.edu.

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Lecturer Rayla Allison (Kinesiology) comments on the potential ramifications of a recent Title IX ruling in this Inside Higher Ed article.

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The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) is mentioned in a Minnesota Public Radio story on Chinese immersion programs in Minnesota.

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Professor Bill Doherty (Family Social Science) is briefly quoted in a Patriot Ledger article on managing children's schedules.

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Jeffrey Edleson, professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, recently had two articles accepted for publication, one of which was co-authored by Ph.D. student Narae Shin and master's student Katy Kim Johnson.

Edleson, J.L., Shin, N. & Johnson, K.K. Measuring children's exposure to domestic violence: The development and testing of the Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale. Manuscript accepted and under revision for Children and Youth Services Review.

Parker, T., Collins, M., Rogers, K. & Edleson, J.L. (In press). Danger Zone: Battered mothers and their children in supervised visitation. Violence Against Women.

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Associate Professor Don Dengel (Kinesiology) will be a featured speaker at the Target Health and Fitness Expo. Dengel's presentation, titled "Super Sizing Our Kids: Problems and Solutions for Childhood Obesity," is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 6. The two-day event is being held in conjunction with the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.

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Professor Tom Stoffregen (Kinesiology) has been approved to become a senior member of the University's graduate program in neuroscience. Congratulations Tom!

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Ph.D. student Rajean Moon (Social Work) just had his first sole authorship article accepted for publication in Educational Gerontology, with no edits to boot. Congratulations Rajean!

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Did you miss the College Assembly? Well, never fear! You can still read the dean's address: "A New Day Requires New Ways: Thinking Without the Box!".

[Pictured right: Kamira and Hassan, two teen spoken word artists who performed at the assembly]

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Karen Cadigan, director of outreach and public policy at the Center for Early Education and Devlopment (CEED), has taken a 50% position as policy director at the Children, Youth, and Family Consortium (CYFC). She will remain 50% at CEED.

In her role at CYFC, Karen will focus on ways to aid policymakers and practitioners in grounding policy and practice in evidence. She will lead the Family Impact Policy Initiative, which includes the directorship of the Family Impact Seminars. In addition, Karen will facilitate the Policy Work Group, an alliance of policy-minded faculty and staff from CYFC, CEED, the College, and University Relations. This group meets regularly to explore ways to increase faculty’s ability to communicate the public relevance and policy impact of their work, disseminate work to public audiences, and generally translate and distill research.

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The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Personnel Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the ICI 2007 annual awards:

• Future Leader Awards – Kathie Coucouvanis and Jennifer Hall-Lande
• Excellence and Community Building Award – Shawn Lawler

These awards are given to ICI students and employees who have demonstrated a commitment to carrying out the mission of ICI within ICI, CEHD, and the community. Kathie, Jennifer, and Shawn have shown exceptional leadership in this area and will be honored at the upcoming ICI Fall Kickoff on November 28, 2007. Congratulations Kathie, Jen, and Shawn!

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Professor Anthony Pellegrini's (Educational Psychology) research on playground behavior is mentioned in a Modesto Bee editorial advocating unstructured games and play at school.

UPDATE: Anthony's research was mentioned again in this article in the Indianapolis Star.

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Xiaojia Ge, a faculty member within the Institute of Child Development, comments in a recent Star Tribune article on the possible emotional ramifications for the child stars of Kid Nation, a new Fox reality television show.

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As fall approaches it’s time to look forward to the kickoff event for the Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle (WPLC). You are invited to attend this event and enjoy the stories of three female deans at the University of Minnesota.

October 11, 2007
5-7 p.m.
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

Featuring:
Darlyne Bailey, College of Education and Human Development
Mary Nichols, College of Continuing Education
Deborah Powell, Medical School

The deans will form a panel to discuss leadership issues and challenges facing female leaders today. They will talk about their journey to becoming a dean, mentors that helped steer their career paths, and how they are mentoring other women.

Guests are welcomed at no charge to this event. RSVP to Sara Beyer at sbeyer@umn.edu or by calling 612-625-1310.

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