CENN, Fall 2005, Week 6, 103109

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CENN, Fall 2005, Week 6, 10/3-10/9
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Welcome to the College of Education
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Florida Fund for Minority Teachers Scholarship
Application Deadline November 1st
What can you gain as an FFMT Scholar?

• 4,000 a year for two years.

What are the requirement to become an FFMT
Scholar?
Must be Resident of Florida plan to teach in a
Florida public school.
Must have Minimum 2.5 GPA
Must be African-American, Hispanic/Latino,
Asian Pacific Islander, or Alaskan Native.
Can not have more than 18 hours of upper division
course work. Must be newly admitted into a
teacher education program.
Get Application at http//www.ffmt.org/ or Jenny
Martinez 644-3763 jm04j_at_fsu.edu
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OCTOBER 3, MONDAY, 400 P.M

• Deadline for clearance from Graduate Office, 108
  Stone Building, to take comprehensive
  examinations for masters and specialist degree
  candidates and defense of dissertation or thesis.

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OCTOBER 3

• Spring 2006 Registration Guide available.
• Spring 2006 course listings available on Course
  Lookup System.

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October 4, 1230 pm, 010 STB (Pioneers Room)

• Office of Minority Affairs (OMA) Informational
  Group Session. 
• Mentoring participates will meet with other
  mentor/mentee pairs for Program outline, group
  discussion, and networking opportunity.
• For further information, please contact Yolanda
  Miranda-Hill at 644-3677

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News from CERDS

• Maria E. Vives Rodriguez will be defending her
  dissertation at 2 pm on October 4 in 206 STB.
• Title "Preschool Physical Education A case
  study of the factors that influence movement
  instruction to preschool children".
• Major Professor Dr. Vickie E. Lake.

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News from SMRMPE

• DISSERTATION DEFENSE!
• Angela Beale
• An Investigation of the Current Status of Aquatic 
  Physical Activity in K-12 Public School Physical E
  ducation Programs in the State of Florida
• Major professor Susan K. Lynn
• Tuesday, October 4, 214 TUL, 2 pm

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October 4

• DEADLINE for filing appeals regarding student
  teaching, 312 Stone _at_ 5 pm.

Appeal
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News from MSE

• The FSU Writing Project, with Dr. Susan Wood's
  outstanding leadership, and incredible assistance
  from Dr. Shari Steadman, Dr. John Simmons, and
  FSUS teachers/grad students Tameka King and Kris
  Ryan held its extremely successful, inaugural
  FSU WP Writing Summit hosted over 130 teachers,
  some of whom came from as far as away as Tampa
  and the Bahamas, for the day of focus on the
  teaching of writing!

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News from MSE

• Dr. Rosemary Traore scored a big Pepper
  Foundation grant to support a culturally-appropria
  te literacy project in two Jefferson and Gadsden
  County middle schools!

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News from MSE

• Dr. Bob Guiterrez published two articles
• "The Predisposition of High School Students to
  Engage in Collective Strategies of Problem
  Solving" in Theory and Research in Social
  Education
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• "Spiritual Foundation for Civic Education in
  Taboo in The Journal of Culture and Education.

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News from MSE

• An article co-authored by Dr. Shari Steadman and
  the 2005 FSU Writing Project teachers has been
  accepted for publication in the spring edition of
  the Florida English Journal.
• Dr. Shari Steadman was officially nominated for
  the AACTE Outstanding Dissertation Award.

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News from ELPS

• Dissertation defense
• Krista M. Mooney
• The Evolution and Expansion of 11th
• Amendment Immunity Legal Implications
• for Public Institutions of Higher Education
• Major professor Joseph C. Beckham, 
• October 7, 113L STB, 1 pm

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News from MSE

• Dr. Deborah Hasson has recently had an article
  published in Bilingual Research Journal
• Bilingual Language Use in Hispanic Young Adults
  Did Elementary Bilingual Programs Help

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• THE U.S. HOUSE unanimously approved a bill that
  would provide colleges with additional federal
  financial aid of up to 36-million to help
  students who have been affected by the hurricanes
  continue their studies.

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Need a Career?

• Prepare for a CAREER in Human Resource
  Development!
• Are you interested in the fast paced life of
  corporate training and development?
• Use your knowledge and skills to leverage
  learning to improve performance and
  organizational productivity.
• Now accepting applications for the MS and EdS
  degree in Human Resource Development. This
  program is offered completely online for the
  distance learning students.
• Contact Dr. John Sample at sample_at_coe.fsu.edu or
  visit the HRD web site at
• http//www.fsu.edu/adult-ed/

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September 15--October 15

• Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic Heritage Month

• Celebration

Thursday, October 6th 1230p.m. Pioneers Room
010 Stone Building Featuring Dr. Santa Arias
ALL ARE INVITED
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October 6, 1230 pm, 302 STB Office of Minority
Affairs (OMA) Brown Bag Luncheon.
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October 7 and 8

• Welcome to Florida State University's Parents'
  Weekend 2005!
• Visit http//union.fsu.edu/pw/ for details

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COE Faculty Council

• October meeting of Faculty Council
• 300pm on Friday, October 7
• 206 STB
• Contact Dr. Kamata for details

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Huge Success!

• Congratulations to Dr. Tristan Johnson, Dr.
  Aubteen Darabi, and Dr. Mike Spector for their
  new 6.18 million grant through the U.S.
  Department of Homeland Security.

Dr. Johnson
Dr. Darabi
Dr. Spector
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Congratulations!

• Dr. Monica Delano and Dr. Mary Frances Hanline
  have received a U.S. Department of Education
  personnel preparation grant.
• Title "Preparing Highly Qualified Teachers of
  Students with Low Incidence Disabilities State
  Endorsements in Autism and Severe/Profound
  Disabilities."
• The purpose of the 4-year project is to offer
  throughout the state of Florida on-line courses
  leading to the state's Endorsement in Autism and
  Endorsement in Severe or Profound Disabilities.

Dr. Hanline
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News from CERDS

• Burhanettin Keskin will be defending his
  dissertation at 12 noon on October 7 in 206 STB.
• Title The relationship between theory of mind,
  symbolic transformations in pretend play and
  childrens social competence.
• Major Professor Ithel Jones.

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3 Academics to Receive McGraw Prize in Education

• The annual prize honors individuals for
  contributions that have helped improve education
  in the United States. This year's winners are
  being recognized for work in early-childhood
  education and professional development for
  teachers.
• Barbara T. Bowman, a professor at the Erickson
  Institute, in Chicago, is being recognized for
  serving as an advocate for childhood education
  for more than 50 years.
• Sharon Lynn Kagan, an associate dean for policy
  and a professor of childhood and family policy at
  Columbia University's Teachers College, is being
  recognized for her role in shaping policies on
  early-childhood education.
• Ellen Moir, executive director and founder of the
  New Teacher Center at the University of
  California at Santa Cruz, is being recognized for
  helping teachers and administrators to study and
  develop educational-support programs.

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Friday, October 14, 2005Time 900 a.m. - 430
p.m. Oglesby Student Union Ballroom - FSU
CampusCorner of Tennessee Street and Woodward
Ave.
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Sport Management Conference

• October 20-22, 2005
• Tallahassee, FL
• The Sport Management Program at the Florida State
  University is proud to host the 7th annual
  conference for sport management scholars,
  students, and professionals.
• The conference program features an exciting mix
  of academic research presentations and talks from
  highly respected professionals in the sport
  industry.

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October 14

• Last day to reduce course load without permission
  of academic dean. Deans permission required to
  drop below twelve (12) semester hours.
• Last day to drop a course without receiving a
  grade.
• Last day to withdraw without receiving a grade.
• Last day to submit form requesting S/U grading or
  to change S/U option back to regular grade.

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Visit COE website!
www.coe.fsu.edu
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News from ELPS

• Recent graduate Dr. Margo McClinton presented her
  dissertation research in a presentation entitled,
  "An Evaluation of How the State Merit Scholars
  Program of Florida's Bright Futures Funding Has
  Affected Student Success Among African American
  Students," to the National Association of Student
  Financial Aid Administrators at the 2005-2006
  conference of the NASFAA Research Committee.
• Dr. McClinton was also the recipient of a NASFAA
  dissertation research grant.

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News from ELPS

• Dr. Jeff Milligan published a new book.
• He is also an author of Teaching at the
  Crossroads of Faith and School.

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Good luck!

• EPLS doctoral students, Paul Flowers and
  Sookyung Suh, were selected as one of three
  pairs of finalists in the Performance Improvement
  Competition held by AECT/PacificCorp.
• Paul and Sookyung will compete in the final round
  of the competition at the AECT conference on
  Saturday, October 22nd

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Eat healthy and exercise!
11 weeks left till the end of the Fall semester!
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News Needed!

• Any news, achievements, announcements?
• See them at CENN!
• Contact Dr. Dina Vyortkina for details
• 002 STB
• 644-9623

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Have a great week!