Category Archives: General

Faculty, General, Professional Development, Special Events

Insights and Opportunities in Urban Education Event

Insights and Opportunities in Urban Education Event

With Sia Kyriakako
2017 Maryland Teacher of the Year

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm

This program will focus on critical issues in urban education.

Join us virtually through WEBEX or in person at UMUC’s Academic Center in Largo.

Please register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UrbanEduc by April 17th to indicate whether you plan to attend in person or vitually.

For more information, please contact:

Warna Gillies, PhD
Program Chair, Master of Arts in Teaching
Department of Education
University of Maryland University College
(240)684-2407
warna.gillies@umuc.edu

Kristin Kubik
Director of Student Support
Department of Education
University of Maryland University College
(240)684-2508
kristin.kubik@umuc.edu

Faculty, General

Faculty Promotions

I am pleased to announce the following faculty promotions, effective at the beginning of the 2017-2018 academic year.

Full Professor

Dr. Gilda Martinez-Alba, Acting Chair, Department of Educational Technology & Literacy

Dr. Molly Mee, Chair, Department of Secondary and Middle School Education

Dr. Stephen Schroth, Department of Early Childhood Education

Associate Professor

Dr. Vicki McQuitty, Department of Elementary Education

Dr. Heather Haverback, Department of Secondary and Middle School Education

Dr. Patricia Rice Doran, Department of Special Education

Dr. Jessica Shiller, Department of Instructional Leadership and Professional Development

Please join me in congratulating these faculty on this career milestone!

Thank you,

Laurie

Faculty, General, Special Events, Students

April 17th, 12 pm: Speaker Dr. Simone Gibson

Please join us from 12-1 pm to hear Dr. Simone Gibson talk about the preparation of teachers to work with students of color. Dr. Gibson is an assistant professor from Morgan State University and is a faculty associate at the Baltimore Educational Research Consortium at Johns Hopkins.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Wednesday 4/12.

This event is open, so please pass the word on to anyone who you think would be interested– students or faculty!

Call for Proposals, Conferences, Faculty, General, Professional Development

Call for Proposals and Education Conference

Your are invited to participate at the Critical Questions in Education Symposium to be held October 30—31, 2017, at the Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh, PA.  Below you will find information about the Symposium sponsored by the Academy for Educational Studies .  Deadline for submitting proposals for the Symposium is JULY 1, 2017.

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Faculty, General, Professional Development

April 24, 2017 Research Forum: Save the Date!

On behalf of the COE Faculty Development and Research Committee (FDRC), we would like to thank those of you who submitted a proposal to present at the COE Research Forum on April 24, 2017 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Chesapeake Rooms at the Union. The afternoon promised to be a time to celebrate, share and learn from all of the important scholarly work taking place in the COE.

The annual Research Forum takes place during the regularly scheduled April COE meeting. For those of you not presenting a schedule and abstracts of the presentations will be emailed to you a week before the Research Forum for you to peruse and select the sessions you would like to attend. Refreshments will be served and a raffled for exciting TU door prizes will be conducted!!

 

Faculty, General, Special Events, Students

Speaking Up and Speaking Out

Join local poet and Towson alumna, ANN BRACKEN for a poetry reading from her latest poetry collection,

No Barking in the Hallways: Poems From the Classroom

Hawkins Hall Room 305
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11 a.m – 12:15 p.m.

Ann Bracken is the author of two collections of poetry, No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom (2017) and The Altar of Innocence (2015), both published by New Academia Publishing, Scarith Imprint, and she serves as the deputy editor for Little Patuxent Review. Her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in anthologies and journals, including Bared: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts, New Verse News, Reckless Writing Anthology: Emerging Poets of the 21st Century, and Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence among others. Ann’s poetry has garnered two nominations for the Pushcart Prize. She offers poetry and writing workshops in prisons and schools.

Faculty, General, Staff

Important Notice: Hawkins Hall Renovations

As you have heard by now, Hawkins Hall will be undergoing several large renovation projects over the summer that will necessitate moving all faculty and staff from the building. The projects scheduled to be completed are the installation of a sprinkler system throughout the building, replacement of old ceiling tiles and light fixtures, renovation of the bathrooms, replacement of windows, replacement of remaining old doors, and removal of the automatic door closers. I understand the huge inconvenience of having to pack up office and storage areas and truly appreciate everyone’s time and effort. In an attempt to make this as easy as possible, we have been working closely with facilities management to organize the move.

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