Assistant Professor Karen Miksch (Postsecondary Teaching and Learning) recently presented her paper "Academic Freedom and the Diversity Rational" at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in New York. She was also named the Program Chair for the AERA Law and Education SIG for the 2009 annual conference and Legal Counsel for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). She will begin her duties at the summer board meeting in June.

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Jeanne Higbee, professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, presented on the topic of "Assessing the Implementation of Universal Instructional Design: Multiple Approaches" at the Pacific Rim Conference on Disability in Hawai'i this month.

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Charlie Lakin, director of the Research and Training Center on Community Living, is quoted in an article about how people with disabilities cope when faced with crises.

When crisis hits the disabled
Wall Street Journal (N.Y.) April 29, 2008

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Family social science professor Jean Bauer is quoted in an article on affluenza and money management.

$urviving the Economy: Dig out of debt
KARE 11 (Minn.) April 29, 2008

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Professor Bill Doherty (Family Social Science) comments on the potentially damaging effects of parents playing favorites with their children.

Good question: Is it wrong to play favorites?
WCCO (Minn.) April 28, 2008

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On April 12 postdoctoral associate Christine Greenhow (Curriculum and Instruction) was interviewed on WCCO Radio on the topic "Social Network Sites like MySpace and Facebook among Teens." Download the interview. [.mp3]

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Saint Paul Central Touring Theater (CTT) is proud to present “We Are Called to Speak" and "Seeds of Change," two original plays created by the youth ensemble. The event is being held at Concordia University.

CTT presents "We Are Called to Speak" and "Seeds of Change"
E.M. Pearson Theater
312 Hamline Avenue, Saint Paul
Friday, May 16 / 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 17 / 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00

CTT was established thirty years ago under the leadership of Jan Mandell, a long-time community faculty member in the School of Social Work. CTT provides a safe space for youth to explore artistic expression.

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The new bachelor of science degree in youth studies (begun in Fall 2007) has its first two graduates: Catalina Carbonell and Laura DeRung. Youth studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program that prepares graduates for work in community youth development and human service fields, with a focus on serving urban and marginalized young people.

Congratulations Catalina and Laura, and best wishes on all your future endeavors!

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Assistant Professor Irene Duranczyk (Postsecondary Teaching and Learning) was an invited, keynote speaker for a conference sponsored by the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science (funded by the Pew Foundation) held in Colorado Springs at Colorado College from April 18 to 20. The focus of the three-day workshop was “Sharing best practices for serving students and faculty at Science and Math Teaching and Learning Centers." Irene’s keynote address and workshop was “Implementing Universal Instructional Design (UID) in Math and Science Teaching and Learning Centers."

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Assistant Professor Sue Staats (Postsecondary Teaching and Learning) was recently an invited presenter at a symposium on "Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Multilingual Classrooms" in Johannesburg, South Africa. She led teaching workshops for high school and undergraduate teachers and consulted with graduate students on their discourse research in mathematics classrooms in South Africa, Swaziland, and Malawi.

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Assistant Professor Misty Sato (Curriculum and Instruction) recently received a Young Scholars Research Fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. One of only four awarded nationally, the award provides support for the recipient’s research over a two-year period.

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In April Tom Skovholt, professor of counseling and student personnel psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology, was an invited speaker at the University of Washington Psychology Department and Counseling Center. He presented on: Counselor Development: Elevated Stressors of the Novice Practitioner; Portrait of the Master Therapist; and Competent Clinical Supervision at Varying Developmental Levels.

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As those of you who attended last week's College Awards ceremony know, Family Social Science professor Hal Grotevant is retiring from the department to join the faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Below is a link to download pictures from Hal's April 18 retirement party. Enjoy!

Download photo album [.pdf].

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Michael Wade, Kinesiology professor, was invited to give the keynote address at the First International Conference on Physical Education, Sport, and Health in Kuwait City, Kuwait, April 1-3. This was an inaugural event for the State of Kuwait. The conference was sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Kuwait Public Authority. Kinesiology Ph.D. graduates Husain Al-Makaimi, Salman Mohammed, and Mubarak Redah were involved in the conference organization and all three hold faculty appointments at the College of Education in Kuwait. Michael also participated in the local TV program "Good Morning, Kuwait."

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Jane Gilles, coordinator of assessment initiatives and DirecTrack to Teaching in the College's Preparation to Practice Group, has been elected to represent the University of Minnesota system on the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE). MACTE’s mission is to bring together schools, colleges, and departments of education to provide leadership in the preparation of highly qualified professional educators. The association collaborates with organizations and agencies to promote quality standards in professional educator development. MACTE is a state unit for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).

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The Tucker Center has been recognized by the General Mills Foundation and Community Action program's Communities of Colors Grantees as serving a pivotal role in providing in-kind support in the arts, education, health, and social services. The Tucker Center will participate with a group of other recipients to discuss opportunities, challenges, and support available to deliver more effective programming to metro communities of color.

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Educational Psychology Professor John Romano's article "Preserving Emotional Wellness" appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of the University's Wellness Works magazine. Download the entire issue [.pdf].

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The Applied Research Collaborative on Youth Development is pleased to invite you to attend an Inquiry to Impact presentation: "Physical Activity as a Context for Youth Development" on May 13 at the McNamara Alumni Center.

This free event features a panel of researchers from the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport discussing how physical activity across a variety of settings and contexts contributes to the developmental process of youth in important ways. Nicole LaVoi, research associate and lecturer in the School of Kinesiology and Tucker Center associate director, and Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Tucker Center affiliated scholar, will discuss findings from the newly updated version of the groundbreaking 1997 President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report, "Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Girls." Maureen Weiss, professor in the School of Kinesiology and Tucker Center co-director, will discuss highlights of her research with The First Tee project, an innovative program using golf as a positive developmental context focusing on teaching young participants life skills that can be transferred to multiple domains, such as school, home, out of school activities, etc.

Please visit Inquiry to Impact to learn more and to register for this event.

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On Sunday, April 27, at 10:00 p.m. Tucker Center Associate Director Nicole LaVoi will be featured on WCCO TV talking about the Parents And Coaches Together (PACT) sport education program she helped co-develop for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association.

UPDATE: View the story and video at http://wcco.com/specialreports/parents.coaching.behave.2.709792.html.

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Tucker Table – "Lesbians, the WNBA, and the Cultural Politics of Normativity"
Friday, May 2
noon - 1:00 p.m.
110 Cooke Hall

Tiffany Muller Myrdahl, Ph.D. in Geography and Feminist Studies, will present "Lesbians, the WNBA, and the Cultural Politics of Normativity" in lieu of the previously scheduled talk by Nicole LaVoi and Chelsey Rodd. Dr. Muller Myrdahl is a feminist urban geographer who specializes in contemporary urban social geography. Her research interests focus on the cultural politics of leisure landscapes, and feminist and queer theorizations of identity politics. Dr. Muller is a Visiting Instructor at Macalester College, and will begin a position as assistant professor at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta) in 2008. Click here for the abstract [.pdf].

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Jens Omli, Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate, has been offered a two-year NIMH traineeship at the Institute of Child Development. He will be working with Professors Dante Cicchetti and Nicki Crick to acquire new research skills, including measurement of HPA-axis functioning, which will allow him to investigate the influence of angry parent behavior on emotional outcomes in youth sport participants.

Congratulations, Jens!

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James and Pamela Toole, community faculty members in the School of Social Work, received the Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award at the 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference in Minneapolis on April 11. The citation read: "James and Pamela Toole have been the standard-bearers for service-learning practice since the early 1990s, when they composed the National Youth Leadership Council's professional development department. With backgrounds in teaching and counseling, they are beloved as trainers nationally and internationally. They continue to work for systemic improvements in education and communities." The Tooles received onstage congratulations from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who was a keynote speaker at the conference.

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Doctoral student Charissa Eaton (School of Social Work) has been awarded the University's 2008-09 Shelly Joseph-Kordell Scholarship. The scholarship supports graduate students in the School of Public Health or other graduate schools at the University who have indicated a commitment to working directly to improve the lives of older people.

Congratulations, Charissa!

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Professor Scott McConnell (Educational Psychology) has been named the 2008-09 holder of the University's Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs. Scott received the chair because of the work he's done over his career in early childhood education and development and his proposed project to extend this work to children living on Minneapolis's north side and to integrate the educational issues with health care concerns. Scott will be officially honored at a reception during the fall.

Congratulations, Scott!

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Carol Leitschuh, Kinesiology research associate and lecturer, was named Fulbright Scholar Alternate for 2008-09. Further awards for Carol's proposal are contingent on agency resolution of financial disparities between the dollar and the euro. If funded Carol will work in the Czech Republic lecturing at Palacky University in Olomouc and conducting pilot research on motor development for infants and toddlers living in orphanages.

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The Postsecondary Education Research Institute (PERI) is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Adrianna Kezar, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. Professor Kezar will present on the topic "Campus leadership within a neoliberal environment: Crisis and critique," Monday, April 28, 2008. Please join us for a reception with refreshments at 12:30 p.m.; the lecture will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m., in 325 Education Sciences Building.

Professor Kezar's research focuses on organizational change, leadership, governance, and diversity issues in higher education. Her most recent books include Redesigning for collaboration in higher education (forthcoming), Revolutionizing leadership development in higher education (2006, editor) and Rethinking the "L" word in Leadership: The revolution in higher education (2006, with A., Contreras-McGavin, M, & Carducci, R.). Her most recent articles investigate issues surrounding institutional transformation, leadership research, and organizational learning related to diversity in higher education.

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Professor Emeritius Pauline Boss (Family Social Science) is speaking at UC Berkeley’s Tribute to Jim Gray on May 31. Jim Gray, a Silicon Valley legend, is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert, and Microsoft engineer. Gray’s work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, e-commerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. Jim Gray disappeared without a trace on a sailing trip to the Farallon Islands on January 28, 2007.

Speakers at the tribute will address the attributes and accomplishments that contributed to Gray’s world renowned reputation.

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Teaching Specialist Peggy DeLapp (Curriculum and Instruction) was recently awarded one of only 15 prestigious State’s Impact on Federal Education Policy (SIFEPP) Conference Fellow Awards. This honor is for doctoral candidates, advanced degree recipients, and persons engaged in early career research, and recipients will participate in the SIFEPP conference, which takes place at the Holiday Inn Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 8 and 9, 2008.

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Professor B. Jan McCulloch and doctoral student Sara Lassig, both from the Department of Family Social Science, are invited speakers at the Minnesota Gerontological Society’s 2008 Annual Conference “Aging and the Family . . . It’s all in the Genes!" on April 25. Their topic is Rural Issues in Caregiving.

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We reported back on March 5 that alumna Sue Collins (Ph.D., educational policy and administration) was one of three finalists for president of the Northeast Higher Education District (NHED). We're now happy to say that Sue has officially been named President of NHED. Read the full story here.

Congratulations Sue!

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Professor Mark Umbreit (School of Social Work) is serving April 13 to 23 as a U.S. State Department Fulbright Senior Specialist providing lectures about his restorative justice research and conducting training seminars at the Catholic University Law School in Piachenza, Italy (near Milan). Mark is the Director of the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking in the School of Social Work.

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Kathleen Alvig (Ph.D. '99, educational policy and administration), principal of Northrop Urban Environmental School, has been named a 2008 Science and Mathematics Elementary and Middle Level Principal of the Year. The award was co-sponsored by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Read more about Kathleen and the award.

Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association honors two Minneapolis Public Schools principals
Insight News (Minn.) April 14, 2008

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Professor Mark Davison (Educational Psychology) offers comment in an article on statewide school testing.

Statewide school testing starts today
MPR (MInn.) April 14, 2008

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Marti Erickson, senior fellow and director of the Harris Programs in CEED, is quoted in an article on the new Saint Paul Game Nights program, sponsored by the Junior League of St. Paul.

St. Paul / Families can gather for leisure time
Pioneer Press (Minn.) April 14, 2008

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A report released today by the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport shows that girls are participating in sports in record numbers, but their participation in physical activity outside of organized sports is declining, especially as they move from childhood into adolescence. The report will be highlighted in an upcoming lecture 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., April 22, in the Cowles Auditorium of the Hubert Humphrey Center.

U report: Girls in sports in record numbers, but informal activity lagging
Star Tribune (Minn.) April 14, 2008

Girls play more sports, but are less active
MPR (Minn.) April 14, 2008

Girls participation in sports not active enough, despite record high
Thaindian News (Bangkok, Thailand) April 14, 2008

Girls participating in sports in record numbers
US News & World Report (D.C.) April 14, 2008

Study: Young girls and exercise
WABC (N.Y.) April 15, 2008

Research: Girls not getting enough exercise
NECN (Mass.) April 14, 2008

More girls playing the field in Minnesota
KIMT (Iowa) April 14, 2008

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On April 29 and 30, the University's China Center will host a Sino-US Education Summit in Coffman Union. This conference will feature 100 school principals from China and US counterparts engaging in conversations about educational challenges and possibilities.

The conference is free to CEHD students, faculty, and staff, but seating is limited. If you wish to attend, please complete the registration form [PDF] and return it to Terry Anderson in 104 Burton Hall (Dean's Office) by April 18.

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Associate Professor Michael Goh (Educational Psychology) and community partners David McGraw Schuchman (People, Incorporated) and Kathryn McGraw Schuchman (Fraser Child and Family Center) presented a two-day workshop “Working with Immigrants and Refugees: Culture, Language, and Practice“ in Lincoln, Nebraska April 4-5, 2008. In the 1990s, Lincoln was selected by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement as a preferred community for newly arrived refugees. Now they are one of the top twenty cities in America for new arrivals from abroad, the story of which is the highlight of bestselling author Mary Pipher’s book The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community. The workshop was organized by the College of Education and Human Sciences and the Psychological Consultation Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, was featured on this morning's news segment on Minnesota Public Radio. She discussed the newly released 2007 Tucker Center Research Report: Developing Physically Active Girls.

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Kristi Kremers, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, was recently elected GAPSA President. GAPSA, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Board, works in the interests of excellence in the graduate and professional experience here at the University.

Congratulations, Kristi!

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Kristen Pickett and Kuan-yi Li, Ph.D. candidates in Kinesiology, and their adviser, Juergen Konczak, won a Cognitive Science Spring Research Poster Prize at the Center of Cognitive Science's Research Day held
April 3 at the Metrodome Holiday Inn. The title of their poster is "A New Method for the Measurement of Passive Limb Motion Sensitivity."

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Beth Lewis, assistant professor in Kinesiology, presented at and chaired the symposium titled "Innovative methods for examining mediators in randomized controlled intervention trials" at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), San Diego, CA, in March 2008.

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Carolyn Schriver, a first year master’s student in the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has just been chosen to receive the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) Advisor of the Year Award.

She received this award in honor of her work as Advisor to the Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) Student Senate this academic year. Regarding her work Carolyn states, “The Senate has made large strides this year for the welfare of the student body at MCTC, and I have been privileged to be an integral part of this progress." She will officially accept the award next Friday, April 18, at the MSCSA Spring General Assembly in Breezy Point, Minnesota.

Congratulations Carolyn!

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The Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) was mentioned in a recent article on Director Ben Perry's departure from Minneapolis Schools' North Side Initiative.

Perry's departure leaves void at the top
Star Tribune (Minn.) April 8, 2008

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Join us this Friday afternoon, April 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. on the ground floor of Peik Hall for a fun and stimulating event (with food!). Many curriculum and instruction graduate students will be presenting recent research projects. Research presented at this poster session represents the array of disciplines in the Curriculum and Instruction department.

For more details visit the event Web site at http://peikhall.googlepages.com/home.

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Meet several 2007-2008 Doctoral Dissertation Fellows at a poster session where fellows highlight their research!
http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/enrolled_students/DDF_recipients.html

Tuesday, April 15th from 12 noon – 2 p.m

Mississippi Room in Coffman Union (third floor)

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Amy Hewitt, training and project director in the Research and Training Center on Community Living within ICI, comments on Utah's statewide shortage of direct-care professionals.

State tackles shortage of direct-care workers
Deseret Morning News (UT) April 8, 2008

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The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) College of Education is establishing the Dr. Barbara Swaby Endowed Professorship to honor CEHD alum Barbara Swaby (M.A., '73, elementary education; Ph.D., '77, education). A $500,000 community fundraising effort is under way to create the endowed chair. This is the first endowed professorship for the UCCS College of Education.

Creating readers, one child at a time
Gazette (Colo.) April 6, 2008

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Professor Michael G. Wade (Kinesiology) will join an interdisciplinary conversation titled "Time and Embodied Cognition" along with scholars Ursina Teuscher (Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego), Even Selinger (Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology), Wade Savage (Philosophy, University of Minnesota), and moderator Arun Saldanha (Geography, University of Minnesota). The panel is an interdisciplinary research project funded by the University's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the Office of the Vice President for Research as part of the University Symposium on Time. The free conversation is part of IAS's "Symposium on Time" and will take place on Friday, April 25, in room 125 Nolte Library.

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On Thursday, April 10, Research Associate Carol Leitschuh (Kiniesiology) will be the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Conference Together We Will Create Motor and Movement Experiences for Young Children held in Connecticut. Her keynote presentation title is “Children's Movement: The So Essential Contributor to Positive Development!! (Yes, even the brain!)�. This presentation will address the importance of movement and how we as a nation have veered away from that focus. Carol will also be doing a workshop titled, “Development and Validation of Functional Movement for Young Children.�

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Associate Professor Frank Symons (Educational Psychology) was among the 2007-08 Minnesota Futures Grant Program awardees. As part of this award, Frank co-sponsored a symposium at the beginning of January titled “Pain in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Analgesic Failure and the Promise of Biomarkers" with Dr. Lois Kehl, D.D.S., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Department of Anesthesiology).

Frank's longstanding clinical interest in the assessment and treatment of severe self-injury among children and adults has led to the development of a program of translational research addressing the problem of pain in neurodevelopmental disorders. He is co-editor with Dr. Oberlander of the only book specific to pain and developmental disabilities and was recently awarded an NIH/NICHD Career Development Award (K02) to support his work.

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Stephanie Carlson, associate professor in the Institute of Child Development, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Washington in recognition of her service on the faculty there, prior to joining the University of Minnesota.

Congratulations, Stephanie!

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Marti Erickson, director of the Harris Programs in CEED, says connecting kids and the outdoors has a positive impact in this U of M Moment.

Case of "Nature Deficit Disorder?" Try a "Green Hour"
April 3, 2008

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The Commencement Committee is seeking 40 volunteers for various tasks during the 2008 CEHD Commencement Ceremony. Tasks include set-up, backstage organizing, ushering, and more. Tentatively, volunteers will be needed from about 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14. All volunteers will receive a box dinner.

To sign up or for more information, contact either Jabari Barner (barne094@umn.edu) or Venoreen Browne-Boatswain (brow0791@umn.edu).

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Joe Warpeha, Kinesiology Ph.D. student, has been quoted in the March 2008 issue of Men's Health magazine and the April 2008 issue of Vogue magazine regarding exercise and special training methods.

Joe has also just completed a two-year term as a columnist for the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Performance Training Journal and has published more than 20 articles in the journal since 2004. Joe will be presenting at the Northland chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Midwest regional meeting of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the annual meeting of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP) this spring.

Congratulations, Joe!

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Beth Lewis, assistant professor of kinesiology, has been awarded a three-year $232,577 subcontract for her role as a co-investigator on an NIH-funded multisite trial examining the efficacy of stent vs. exercise for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD) titled "Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal Revascularization (CLEVER)." Beth will be responsible for delivering the telephone-based exercise maintenance interventions to participants across all of sites in the study.

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What: The final colloquium in the Center for Neurobehavioral Development's (CNBD) Spring Colloquium Series: Genetic Approaches to Behavioral Development

Title: "Eph Proteins and Auditory Brainstem Development"

Speaker: Karina Cramer, Ph.D. (Department of Neurobiology and Behavior), University of California-Irvine

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008

Time: 3 to 4 p.m.

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In mid-March, CEED Senior Fellow Marti Erickson traveled to Arusha, Tanzania to launch a child rights project she is co-leading with Gerison Lansdown, a child rights expert from England. The project will work with leaders from Tanzanian government agencies and NGOs to develop a system for training health, education, and human service workers to use a child rights framework to understand and promote the health and development of young children (birth through age 8) throughout Tanzania. This was the first of four trips Marti will make to Tanzania over the next year and a half as part of this project.

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The Institute of Child Development was mentioned in an article on homeless and highly mobile students in area schools. ICD faculty members are helping local social workers build a database comparing homeless and highly mobile students with children who are very low-income but continually housed. They hope to identify factors that make children academically resilient, as well as promising interventions.

Many schools face major 'hidden' problem--helping homeless students succeed
MinnPost (Minn.) March 31, 2008

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CEED Senior Fellow Marti Erickson was quoted in an article about the Tamarack Nature Center and the conference "Nature, Children, and Families: A Necessary Connection." Erickson commented about the benefits of giving children contact with natural environments.

Tamarack Nature Center influences kids to enjoy great outdoors
Pioneer Press (Minn.) April 1, 2008

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School of Social Work doctoral candidate Ebony Ruhland has an article published in June’s Children and Youth Services Review.

Nesmith, A. & Ruhland, E. "Children of incarcerated parents: Challenges and resiliency, in their own words" Children and Youth Services Review.

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Professor David Johnson (Educational Psychology) has received the 2008 Distinguished Contributions to Education Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award honors an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and success in education research. David was presented with the award on March 26 during AERA's 2008 Annual Meeting Awards Presentation and Presidential Address.

Congratulations, David!

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Sandy Christenson, professor of educational psychology, received the Minnesota School Psychologists Association (MSPA) 2007-08 Ysseldyke Best Practices Award. This award is given in recognition of her principles, standards, and dedication that have enhanced the profession of School Psychology.

Congratulations, Sandy!

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Kinesiology graduate students Joe Warpeha (Ph.D.) and Adam Frye (M.A.) in the exercise physiology emphasis will be featured in a story on KARE-11 tonight on the Minneapolis Police Department and their Biggest Loser contest. One hundred police officers will visit the School's Laboratory of Physical Hygiene and Exercise Science to get their body fat assessed at the beginning of the contest and at three months. The lab is using the underwater tank for body fat testing. Adam was videotaped performing the procedure as Joe was interviewed. Tune in tonight--the story will be aired at either 5 p.m. or 6 p.m.

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