Service Learning Faculty Fellowships Awarded
The Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (VSLC), with support from the provost, is pleased to announce the 13 faculty and staff members who were recently awarded a Community Service Faculty Fellowship for the 2007–2008 academic year. Fellows will be instructed and mentored through the process of developing a service-learning course, and will convert an existing course or create a new course to incorporate a service-learning component. Please join us in congratulating the following VSLC faculty fellows:
Mary Bailey, lecturer, Elementary Education and Reading
Bruce Baum, professor, Exceptional Education
John Cabra, assistant professor, Creative Studies
SimonPeter Gomez, lecturer, Political Science
Joy Guarino, lecturer, Theater
Theresa Harris-Tigg, assistant professor, English
Carolyn Hilarski, associate professor, Social Work
Elizabethe Kelley, assistant professor, English
Marguerite Knowles, assistant professor, Communication
Kathryn Leacock, lecturer, History and Social Studies Education
Eugene Lewis, head cross-country/track and field coach, Intercollegiate Athletics
Jodelle Magner, assistant professor, Mathematics
Patrick McGovern, assistant professor, Political Science
Service learning is a form of experiential education that links learning in the classroom with activities that students participate in to address the needs of the surrounding community. As an instructional approach, service learning enhances students' knowledge, increases self-exploration, and links learning to community needs.
For more information about service learning or the VSLC fellowship program, please contact Gary Welborn, ext. 6428, or Stephanie Zuckerman-Aviles, ext. 5811.
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From Institutional Advancement and Development
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Call for Nominations: 2007 Young Alumnus Achievement Awards
The Buffalo State College Alumni Association seeks nominations for the 2007 Young Alumnus Achievement Award, which will be presented at a special awards reception on Friday, September 28, during Homecoming Weekend.
Now in its sixth year, the award recognizes alumni of the last 20 years who have (1) achieved significant professional advancement; (2) provided outstanding service to the community; and (3) demonstrated loyalty and commitment to Buffalo State College.
The Alumni Association welcomes nominations from alumni, faculty, staff, emeriti, students, and friends of the college (self-nominations are also acceptable). The deadline for 2007 nominations is Friday, June 29; however, nominations are accepted year-round, and all nominations are active for three years. No posthumous awards are given. Award winners must be able to attend the awards ceremony.
For nominations or more information, contact Jennifer Small, ext. 6001, or visit the Alumnus Awards Web page to submit an application online.
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Senate Standing Committees
The College Senate always needs faculty and staff representation on its standing committees. Below are the names of committees and brief descriptions of their basic missions. If you wish to serve on a committee for the 2007–2008 academic year, please print this form and return it to the College Senate Office, Cleveland Hall 211.
Academic Plan
Assumes leadership in the intermediate- and long-range planning of the overall academic function of the college. Areas include the mission of the college, master plan, regionalism, enrollment projections, and accreditation.
Budget and Staff Allocation
Gathers, analyzes, and recommends criteria for all data and policies needed to determine budget and staff allocations.
Bylaws and Elections
Conducts necessary elections provided for in the bylaws to ensure proper representation on the College Senate. Recommends changes in the bylaws designed to facilitate the democratic governance of the college.
Curriculum
Receives, reviews, and recommends approval or non-approval of all courses and programs offered by the college, consistent with Senate policies and procedures.
Instruction and Research
Concerns itself with aspects of policy that relate to the improvement of instruction and the development of services and resources necessary to carry out or enhance instruction and research.
Professional Welfare
Responsible for matters concerning faculty and staff welfare and well-being.
Standards for Students
Reviews and recommends policies dealing with student admission, readmission, retention, and probation, as well as with graduation standards for undergraduate and graduate students.
Student Welfare
Examines matters and recommends policy concerning aspects of student life.
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Curricular Items
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and have been forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:
New Course:
EDU 619 Practicum in Gifted, Talented, and Creative Education. Seminar experience and supervised practice of a minimum of 50 hours in gifted, talented, and creative education in a gifted-education setting with guidance from a gifted specialist. Students implement appropriate learning opportunities, collaborate with other professionals, and examine how the gifted education complements the total school program.
Course Revisions:
EDU 326 Early Literacy and Language Development (formerly EDU 426 Emergent Literacy). Exploration of principles, practices, and materials for providing children, birth–preschool, with a strong foundation to support early literacy skills and language development. Examines theoretical influences on language development, relationship between oral language and early literacy, children's literature, curriculum, and assessment. Consideration of implications for enhanced literacy and language outcomes for all children.
EDU 651 Improving Mathematics in the Elementary School. Modes of instruction; development of diagnostic skills; needs of slow and rapid learners; selection and use of appropriate teaching materials in elementary school mathematics programs.
Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
AED 315 Arts in Living. Contemporary and historic art forms as they apply to everyday living. Discussion and analysis of the individual significance and interrelatedness of architecture, industrial design, the graphic arts, painting, sculpture, music, and theater arts in the context of the history of Western civilization. Participation in creative activities related to the course.
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The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee (SIFOC) for review and approval:
New Course:
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
HIS 120 History of American Urban Technology
Course Revisions:
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SLP 206 Language Development
NATURAL SCIENCE
SLP 220 Introduction to Communication Disorders
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