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!
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.
Due to potential inclement weather, the Division of Student Affairs event “Diversity & Equity in Public Education”, featuring Dr. Jonathan Kozol and Dr. Laurie Mullen, has been cancelled.
We will share details with you should this event be rescheduled at a later date.
The Towson University College of Education invites you to the Student Affairs Diversity Speaker Series Event:
“Diversity & Equity in Public Education”
Featuring Dr. Jonathan Kozol
In Conversation with Dr. Laurie Mullen, Dean – College of Education
March 14, 2017
6:30 pm
SECU Arena
Jonathan Kozol is a highly honored education writer, and one of the most eloquent advocates for children of low income and for racial diversity in our schools and universities. Kozol has received the National Book Award for Death at an Early Age, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Rachel and Her Children, and many other honors for his books Saving Inequalities, Amazing Grace, The Shame of the Nation, and Fire in the Ashes. He has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly fifty years.
Jonathan Kozol is also the founder of Education Action!, a nonprofit organization intended to be a US national support structure aiming to help stem the flight of teachers from underfunded and racially segregated schools.
This event is open to the general public. Doors open at 6 pm.
Co-sponsored by: College of Education & Albert S. Cook Library
For more information, contact:
Mahnoor Ahmed
Associate Director, Student Diversity and Development
410-704-2051