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 Message from the dean:
Greetings,
As Thanksgiving approaches there is so much to be grateful for here at Miami University. It seems to me that our graduates, faculty, and staff are receiving more national recognition than ever before. Several of the most recent awards are detailed in this newsletter.
Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out my pride in our recent NCATE accreditation review. We couldn't be more pleased with the praise heaped on our educator preparation programs by the nine-member national review team. Our emphasis on multidisciplinary curriculum, cross-departmental functioning and community partnerships is paying off not only in such external recognition, but in more opportunities for our students.
We've faced financial challenges, but we've been proactive in dealing with them. For example, we embarked on a pilot effort in spring 2008 to attract more of the kinds of students we want by communicating directly with prospective students and their parents about the advantages of a Miami education. The result was an increase in enrollment, and aspects of the project we piloted are now being adopted by Miami's other academic divisions.
Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving,
Carine M. Feyten, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of Foreign Language Education
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We'd like to know about your professional achievements. Send us an email letting us know about awards you've won, books you've published, new assignments you've taken on. Contact us at ehs@muohio.edu.
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 Miami University's undergraduate and graduate educator preparation programs have received full accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
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 Tierionna Morris, an integrated English Language Arts Education major, recently participated in The New York Times' Education Life Essay competition. |
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 Leah Wasburn-Moses (educational psychology) has been recognized by the Council for Exceptional Children for her exceptional research. |
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 Miami University will be part of a national demonstration project to educate students on a variety of health issues such as smoking, diabetes, stress, sexually-related topics, alcohol and drugs and intellectual health. |
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 Kuttu, an impoverished island in Micronesia with no cars, no roads, no phones, no electricity and no running water is well on its way to getting a new school, thanks to 2005 Miami University graduate Suzi Noble.
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 Craig Divis, who graduated from Miami University in 2003 with a major in integrated social studies education and minors in history and political science, has been named 2010 Vermont Teacher of the Year. |
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 At age 57, Steve Heck can hardly believe he's realizing his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. He credits his education from Miami University. |
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 A program initiated by Miami alumnus Walter M. Kimbrough to improve graduation rates among black men at Philander Smith College, a historically black institution in Little Rock, Arkansas, was featured recently in the publication Inside Higher Ed. | | |
We are a collegial community of learners, specifically focused on the development of leaders for education, families, health and social service agencies, and local communities. We are stewards of our public responsibility to create knowledge and strategies to improve our complex global society. We strive to be exemplars of practices that are democratic, nurturing, and responsive to diverse learners and contexts.
-- from the School of Education, Health and Society Vision Statement
We invite you to learn more about the School by visiting our web site: www.muohio.edu/EHS
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Oxford, OH 45056
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If you have suggestions or comments, email EHS@muohio.edu
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