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1. Article:

HESA Students Present at Conference

Date Entered:
5/29/2008

Expire Date:
8/30/2008

Reed Curtis, HESA Master's degree student, presented a concurrent session titled "Economic Recession and Student Financial Instability: How Academic Advisors Can Help" at the National Academic Advising Association's (NACADA) Region 3 Conference held in Columbia, SC May 18-20, 2008. His presentation was selected as "The Best of Region" and Mr. Curtis will receive $500 to help cover travel expenses related to attending the NACADA Annual Conference Oct. 1-4 in Chicago.

Current HESA student Melissa Kupfer also presented a concurrent session and Stephanie Holmes presented at the poster session.

 

2. Article:

Dr. Ken Stevenson was keynote speaker at School Design & Construction Conference

Date Entered:
5/14/2008

Expire Date:
8/15/2008

Dr. Ken Stevenson was the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania School Boards Association 2008 School Design and Construction Conference, held May 8 and 9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The title of the address was "Educational Trends Shaping School Planning and Design." Approximately 350 were in attendance.

 

3. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell Receives Inspirational Teaching Award

Date Entered:
4/30/2008

Expire Date:
7/30/2008

Dr. Diane Harwell received the George H. Lackey, Jr., award for Inspirational Teaching in recognition of her exemplary contributions to Higher Education.

 

4. Article:

David Mash, a higher education doctoral student, was elected Chair of PASCAL

Date Entered:
4/30/2008

Expire Date:
7/30/2008

David Mash was elected by his professional peers in South Carolina to serve as the Chair of the Library Directors Council and as a Board member of PASCAL (Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries).

The Library Directors Council is made up of all academic library directors at private colleges and universities in South Carolina.

PASCAL is the statewide library resource sharing and consortial purchasing organization. All South Carolina academic libraries, both public and private, are members of PASCAL.

 

5. Article:

Dr. Bloom Receives Honor

Date Entered:
4/29/2008

Expire Date:
7/29/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom received the Faculty Mentor Award at the Black Graduate Student Associations' Banquet held on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

 

6. Article:

Dr. Bloom is keynote speaker at National Academic Advising Association's Region 5 Conference

Date Entered:
4/18/2008

Expire Date:
7/14/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom was the keynote speaker at the National Academic Advising Association's Region 5 Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 7, 2008.

The graduating senior class of medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign voted Dr. Jennifer Bloom to be the reipient of the Special Recognition Award. Dr. Bloom will receive the award at the College's Convocation Ceremony on Sunday May 4, 2008.

 

7. Article:

Three EDAD Doctoral Candidates Published in "Palmetto Administrator"

Date Entered:
4/17/2008

Expire Date:
7/14/2008

Three EDAD doctoral candidates are published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Palmetto Administrator
They are:
Tim Henson: " Single-Gender Education: Is it an Option for Your School District?"
Jason Warren: "Leading for Inclusion: Overcoming Obstacles at the Middle Level"
Molly Smith: Assessing the Leadership Styles of a Vertical Teaming Culture"

 

8. Article:

Dr. Roger Geiger to Speak at Wardlaw College

Date Entered:
4/2/2008

Expire Date:
4/24/2008

Dr. Roger L. Geiger will speak on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 12:00 (noon) -1:00 pm in Suite 310, Wardlaw College.

Roger L. Geiger is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Penn State. His new book (with Creso Sá), Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth, will be published by Harvard University Press later this year.

Geiger’s most recent book is Knowledge and Money: Research Universities and the Paradox of the Marketplace (Stanford University Press, 2004). His volumes on American research universities in the 20th century, To Advance Knowledge: the Development of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 and Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research Universities Since World War II, originally published by Oxford University Press, were republished by Transaction in 2004. Geiger has served as editor of Perspectives on the History of Higher Education since 1993.

Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Contact Christian Anderson (christian@sc.edu) for more information. Sponsored by the Higher Education & Student Affairs (HESA) Program in the College of Education, University of South Carolina

 

9. Article:

Chaddock Selected to Serve on ASHE Publications Committee

Date Entered:
4/1/2008

Expire Date:
7/1/2008

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) is pleased to announce the newly selected members to the Publications Committee and Awards Committee. Dr. Katherine Reynolds Chaddock of the University of South Carolina has been selected to serve on the ASHE Publications Committee. Drs. Ben Baez of Florida International University and Sharon McDade of George Washington University have been selected to serve on the ASHE Awards Committee. These individuals were approved for their respective positions by the Board of Directors this past week and will each serve a three year term. Our newly selected colleagues represent a wide array and wealth of personal and professional experiences ranging from student affairs to higher education administration to scholarly endeavors to public policy work and community outreach. These experiences provide great promise to contribute to the growth and development of the association. We look forward to their continued leadership and service while carrying out their individual terms

 

10. Article:

Reed Curtis Elected GSA President

Date Entered:
4/1/2008

Expire Date:
7/1/2008

Reed Curtis, a student in the higher education and student affairs program, has been elected president of the Graduate Student Association for 2008-2009.

 

11. Article:

Sri Sitharaman, a Ph.D. Student in Higher Ed, Receives $20,000 Dissertation Fellowship

Date Entered:
3/24/2008

Expire Date:
6/24/2008

Sri Sitharaman has received a $20,000 dissertation fellowship from the Association for Institutional Research in Tallahassee, Florida. His proposal, "Analysis of Faculty Salaries at Historically Black Colleges and Universitites" was selected for funding through the Association for Institutional Research-National Center for Education Statistics-National Science Foundation grant program, "Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions." This fellowship of $20,000 is for the period June l, 2008, through May 31, 2009.

 

12. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox Publishes Article in Journal of Academic Leadership

Date Entered:
2/25/2008

Expire Date:
5/25/2008

Dr. Edward Cox recently published an article, A Consideration of the Influences that Predict Middle School Principals’ Attitudes Regarding Inclusion, in the online Journal Academic Leadership. In the article he and the co-author Jesse Washington III analyze inclusion from the principals’ perspective and discuss the many factors that help shape those attitudes. The article reference is: Cox, E, & Washington, J, (Winter 2008), A Consideration of the Influences that Predict Middle School Principals’ Attitudes Regarding Inclusion, Academic Leadership 6(1). It can be viewed at Click here.

 

13. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear Published in International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership

Date Entered:
2/4/2008

Expire Date:
5/3/2008

Kelehear, Z. (2008). Arts-based instructional leadership: Crafting a supervisory practice that supports the art of teaching. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership 3(1). To see publication Click here.

If teaching at its best is an art (Davis, 2005; Sarason, 1999; Grumet, 1993; Eisner, 1985; Barone, 1983; Greene, 1971; Smith 1971), then instructional leadership of teaching, done best, must also be based in art (Behar-Horenstein, 2004; Klein, 1999; Eisner, 1983 & 1998a; Blumberg, 1989; Barone, 1998). The author examines possible applications of an arts-based approach to instructional leadership (Blumberg, 1989; Pajak, 2003; Barone, 1998). Building on the research base regarding instructional leadership as art form, the author combines the Feldman Method (Feldman, 1995) of critique, Eisner’s (1998) notion of connoisseurship, and Ragans’ (2005) articulation of the elements of art and the principles of design to construct a practice that captures both the technical craft of teaching and the aesthetic dimensions evident in artistic pedagogy (Eisner, 1983; Sarason, 1999). Preliminary results of an ongoing implementation study are presented.

 

14. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear Authors Book -Instructional Leadership as Art

Date Entered:
2/4/2008

Expire Date:
5/3/2008

Instructional Leadership as Art: Connecting ISLLC and Aesthetic Inspiration. (2008). Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.
In this book, Zach Kelehear offers readers a new perspective on an important, dynamic, and sometimes daunting issue: managing successful school-based leadership. Kelehear uses an arts-based approach to weave together notions of research-based leadership skills for successful school-based management with standards of professional competence as represented by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders. The author encourages readers to engage in the seemingly persistent problems and old trials of school management from a new perspective resulting in some refreshing possibilities for supporting student achievement in schools. It is also the goal of this arts-based approach that the reader might begin to more fully recognize the complexity of leading and managing students and teachers within the constantly evolving culture of today's schools. As a result of this qualitative inquiry, the author invites a new vision for old assumptions in schools, for teacher leadership, and for student learning.

Reviews:
Glickman states: "We might be familiar with the art of leading as a set of spontaneous and intuitive skills, but Zach uses art as the lens for improving the management, clarity, purpose, and practice of schools. He isn't using art as a metaphor for education; he envisions art as a way of living a professional and personal life. And he shows how leaders can change schools for the better by clarifying values, differentiating supervision and leadership, listening and conferencing, planning professional development, and setting goals with teachers as colleagues."-from the Foreword by Carl Glickman, scholar in residence, Educational Administration and Policy Program, University of Georgia

Starratt observes: "Zach Kelehear has provided a stimulating portrait of educational leadership as that leadership performs itself in furthering authentic teaching and learning. The practice of instructional supervision has too often been exercised exclusively as a bureaucratic, control mechanism that has been revealed again and again as self-defeating for promoting the growth of the vast majority of teachers. In suggesting that instructional supervision can be an aesthetic performance, he helps educators see its necessarily organic consistency with the aesthetics of learning and with the aesthetics of teaching."-Robert J. Starratt, Boston College

 

15. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher Named Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Date Entered:
1/22/2008

Expire Date:
4/16/2008

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Maher, tenured associate professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, has been selected to serve as the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. The Center for Teaching Excellence was established in 2006 to promote excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching at the University. Dr Maher will be an integral member of the Center leadership team working to achieve this mission.

 

16. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher Named Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Date Entered:
1/22/2008

Expire Date:
1/15/2008

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Maher, tenured associate professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, has been selected to serve as the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. The Center for Teaching Excellence was established in 2006 to promote excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching at the University. Dr Maher will be an integral member of the Center leadership team working to achieve this mission.

 

17. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom published in NACADA Journal

Date Entered:
1/18/2008

Expire Date:
4/18/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom, Director of the Student Affairs Masters Degree Program of the Department of Educational Leadership and Polices, along with her co-authors, recently published a significant piece of research in the NACADA Journal. The reference is:
Bloom, J., et al. (2007, Fall). Graduate students' perceptions of outstanding graduate advisor characteristics. NACADA Journal, 27(2), 9-27.

 

18. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick Publishes Two Articles

Date Entered:
1/18/2008

Expire Date:
4/16/2008

Dr. Stevick recently had two articles published.

Juri Ginter and Doyle Stevick. (2007). "Sustainable Education, the Limits of Democracy, and the Importance of Participation: A Survey of Estonian School Leaders." Education and Sustainable Development, p. 124-138.

Doyle Stevick. (2007, December). "Qualitative Comparison In Civic Education: An Ethnographic Perspective". International Journal of Citizenship Teaching and Learning, pp. 71-78. Available at Click here.

 

19. Article:

Dr. Christian Anderson gives talk in Santiago, Chile

Date Entered:
12/10/2007

Expire Date:
3/10/2008

Christian K. Anderson, assistant professor of higher education, was invited to give a talk at the XII Seminario Internacional on “La educación superior y el mundo del trabajo” [“Higher Education and the World of Work”], organized by el Consejo Superior de Educación (CSE) and la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA) in Santiago, Chile on November 28th. He delivered his talk, “Los fines de la educación superior y sus vínculos con el mundo del trabajo” [“The Purposes of Higher Education and their Connection to the World of Work”] in Spanish to about 200 conference participants.

 

20. Article:

Click here to access CDEPP 4-year old kindergarten program surveys

Date Entered:
11/20/2007

Expire Date:
12/30/2007

Survey Title I: South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): State Funded Pilot for 4-Year Old At-Risk Children Facilities Availability Survey for Public Schools Not Currently Participating in the CDEPP Program. Click here for this survey.


Survey Title II: South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): State Funded Pilot for 4-Year Old At-Risk Children Facilities Availability Survey for Public Schools Currently Participating in the CDEPP Program. Click here for this survey.

 

21. Article:

Dr. Christian Anderson presents paper at ASHE conference

Date Entered:
11/19/2007

Expire Date:
2/19/2008

Christian K. Anderson, presented "Academic Senates in the American Research University: How and Why They Were Created" at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in Louisville, Kentucky (November 9, 2007). In this paper he explained the origins of faculty senates in American universities.

 

22. Article:

HESA doctoral student Jim Klauber was noted in Forbes magazine

Date Entered:
11/19/2007

Expire Date:
2/10/2008

In the Nov. 26, 2007 article of Forbes magazine, Jim Klauber, HESA doctoral student and Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Piedmont College, in a response to a recent Forbes article on higher education costs, weighed in with a letter to the Editor. Jim wrote, "As an employee of a public two-year college I would like to mention two important issues that your story on rising tuitions for higher education ("Economics 101," Nov. 12, p. 144) fails to point out. First, over half of all students in America start their higher education in a community or technical college...Second, you neglect to address the real travesty in American higher education: the billions of tax dollars misspent to subsidize students to attend four-year schools, where these student pursue academic majors that offer little career opportunity following graduation. Inevitably, these students enroll in their local community college to develop skills relevant in the economy."

 

23. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick Named to Editorial Board of IJED

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
2/15/2008

Dr. Doyle Stevick, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, and Director of the Office of International and Comparative Education, has been named to the Editorial Board of the Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy. IJED, a peer-reviewed, online, bilingual Spanish and English-language journal, is known as La Revista Interamericana de Educación para la Democracia in Spanish. Based in Canada, Chile and the United States, it is a joint enterprise of the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices. Its first issue can be found at its website: Click here.

 

24. Article:

Dr. Jenny Bloom was inaugurated as President of the NACADA

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
1/25/2008

Jenny Bloom was inaugurated as President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) at its national meeting in Baltimore last week and will serve in that role for a year. More info. on the association is available at Click here.

 

25. Article:

Dr. Mike Welsh was inaugurated as President of the NACRA

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
1/25/2008

Mike Welsh was inaugurated as president of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) at its national meeting in Denver last week and will serve in that role for a year. More info on the association is available at Click here.

 

26. Article:

Dr. Tjuan Dogan, a Higher Ed Graduate, selected for American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program

Date Entered:
10/29/2007

Expire Date:
1/30/2008

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has recently selected Dr. S. LaTjuan Dogan, 2002 AAPP Alumna, for the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program through the German Marshall Fund. The Marshall Memorial Fellowship offers emerging leaders, ages 28-40, the opportunity to explore societies, institutions and people on the other side of the Atlantic. Dr. Dogan will have the opportunity to travel to Europe for a month to study global policy issues and to explore her own professional interests beyond the group programs.

 

27. Article:

Article by Ph.D. Student, David Mash, Director of L. Mendel Rivers Library at Charleston Southern

Date Entered:
10/11/2007

Expire Date:
12/31/2007

Click here.

 

28. Article:

Drs. Cox, Harrill, & Harwell present at NCPEA Conference

Date Entered:
8/30/2007

Expire Date:
11/14/2007

 

29. Article:

Christian Anderson Co-Editor of new Volume on the “Future of the American Research University”

Date Entered:
8/30/2007

Expire Date:
11/29/2007

 

30. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell Named to Executive Board of the SE Rural Community Outreach Ministries

Date Entered:
8/10/2007

Expire Date:
11/10/2007

Diane Harwell has been named to the Executive Board of the SouthEast Rural Community Outreach Ministries. This board supports the heritage of the Lower Richland area of Richland County including the Harriet Barber House, the Congaree Swamp Fest, the Crossroads/Heritage Day Festival, and other historical sites and events.

 

31. Article:

Cassie Barber named Executive Director of South Carolina School Improvement Council

Date Entered:
7/3/2007

Expire Date:
11/3/2007

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Cassie Barber has been offered and has accepted the job of Executive Director of South Carolina School Improvement Council. The screening committee reviewed multiple applications and unanimously came to the conclusion that Ms. Barber would be an ideal fit for the position.

Ms. Barber holds a masters degree in Human Behavior and Conflict Management from Columbia College and has co-directed the school improvement council office for the past seven years. Prior to coming to the College of Education Cassie worked for the Healthy Schools initiative at the SC Department of Education and for the nonprofit Alliance for South Carolina’s Children where she advocated for children’s issues with state agencies and the legislature.

Ms. Barber is looking forward to the challenge of leading SC-SIC as it works to fulfill its mission to promote and support civic engagement for quality public education in South Carolina through school improvement councils.

 

32. Article:

EDLP/Higher Education Student Named NCES-NSF Summer Fellow

Date Entered:
6/11/2007

Expire Date:
10/11/2007

EDLP-Higher Education Ph.D. student Sri Sitharaman has been selected a summer program Fellow for the 2007 National Data Policy Institute. The Institute deals with the databases of the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation, gathering selected faculty and graduate students from throughout the country to work with those data in ways that will help advance their current and future research agendas.

Mr. Sitharaman will receive expense-paid travel to Washington, D.C., this summer to undertake his work as a Fellow. Upon return, he will continue to utilize the NCES and NSF data in his dissertation (chair: Dr. Julie Rotholz). He is currently employed by Claflin University as Director of Testing and Assessment Services.

 

33. Article:

EDLP Ph.D. Graduate Wins International Dissertation Award

Date Entered:
6/4/2007

Expire Date:
10/4/2007

Dr. William Daniel (Danny) Nicholson, II, a 2006 Ph.D. graduate of the EDLP Higher Education Administration Program, has been named the recipient of the John Grenzebach Outstanding Dissertation Award sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Dr. Nicholson was named for the 2007 award from an initial field of scores of qualified dissertations and an international group of 19 finalists.

Dr. Nicholson graduated in May, 2006, after defending his dissertation, Leading Where It Counts: An Investigation of the Leadership Styles and Behaviors That Define College and University Presidents as Successful Fund Raisers (dissertation committee chair: Katherine Chaddock). His dissertation research included campus visits, observations, meetings, and interviews with college and university presidents nominated to him as highly successful fund raisers, as well as with their staffs, development vice presidents, and major donors. Presidents included: President Gordon Gee, Vanderbilt University; President John T. Casteen, III, University of Virginia; President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; and President (emerita) Rita Bornstein, Rollins College.

Dr. Nicholson currently serves as Vice President for University Advancement and Executive Director, Coastal Education Foundation at Coastal Carolina University. He will formally receive his dissertation award at the national conference of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education in July. In being named for the dissertation award, Nicholson follows a distinguished group of recent awardees who in the past three years graduated from University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, and the College of William and Mary.

 

34. Article:

Kelehear Presents at Arts-based Leadership Workshop

Date Entered:
5/31/2007

Expire Date:
10/1/2007

Zach Kelehear, Ed.D, associate professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, was the main speaker last month at the inaugural workshop for arts-based leadership sponsored by the Spoleto Festival. Dr. Kelehear is a noted authority and speaker on an arts-based approach to school leadership, teacher effectiveness, and student achievement.

Education has been a core component of Spoleto Festival USA’s mission from the beginning. As an active, longtime partner with many district schools through its numerous student workshops, Education Spoleto is committed to providing sustainable, arts-integrated educational programs that will provide long-term impact beyond the 17 days of the festival.

One of its most successful programs, now in its eleventh year, is the Teachers Workshop, which offers a comprehensive course of professional development and arts-based instructional strategies for teachers from all disciplines. The workshop uses key elements from featured Spoleto Festival USA performances as the context for innovative approaches – some of them never before applied to the classroom setting – and for creative presentations, panel-directed discussions, and hands-on exercises, all designed to provide powerful tools for effectively integrating the arts across the basic curriculum.

 

35. Article:

Stevick selected for R. Freeman Butts Institute

Date Entered:
5/24/2007

Expire Date:
9/23/2007

Dr. Doyle Stevick, Educational Leadership and Policies, was one of thirty people selected nation-wide to participate in the R. Freeman Butts Institute on Civic Learning in Teacher Education. The Center for Civic Education sponsored the event, covering all expenses for participants. A copy of Dr. Stevick's new book, Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies form Democratic Citizens, was provided to every participant at the event. This was a special honor for Dr. Stevick, because R. Freeman Butts, in his illustrious career at Teachers College, Columbia University, not only brought national attention to the issue of civic learning, he was also a founding member and president of the Comparative and International Education Society, where Dr. Stevick founded and chairs the Special Interest Group in Citizenship and Democratic Education (CANDE). Dr. Stevick serves as the interim Director of the Office of International and Comparative Education at the University of South Carolina. The OICE website is: Click here.

 

36. Article:

EDLP Graduate Named Distinquished Professor of the Year at Lander U.

Date Entered:
5/15/2007

Expire Date:
10/15/2007

Dr. Robert Stevenson, who received his Ph.D. in Educational Administration-Higher Education in 2003, has been named the 2007 Distinguished Professor of the Year at Lander University. This honor is awarded to a faculty member who demonstrates exemplary performance as a classroom teacher and scholar and for service to Lander and beyond.

“I was grateful to be nominated by my colleagues,” he said. “Just being nominated was almost like winning the award. I am overwhelmed to be in the company of the other distinguished professors because I respect them all.”

Stevenson, a New Jersey native, moved to Greenwood with his family in 1978 and graduated from Lander in 1987 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a journalism emphasis. While at Lander, he had a two-year internship as a sports writer for the Greenville News and worked for a year as the program director and disc jockey for WPCC radio in Clinton.

He also spent one semester at Trent Polytechnic College, now Nottingham Trent University, in Nottingham, England. After graduating from Lander, he became a feature writer for the Greenwood Index Journal then went to work for Piedmont Technical College as a part-time English instructor. He was affiliated with the Upward Bound program teaching English to high school seniors who would be the first in their families to go to college. He then went on to receive his master’s degree in mass communication from the University of South Carolina. Stevenson held a temporary, one-year position at Everett Community College in Seattle, Wash., as an instructor in communication and English as a second language, as well as adviser to the student newspaper.

He joined the Lander faculty in 1991 as director of student publications and, eight years later, began teaching courses in media, mass communication, journalism and speech. In 2005, Stevenson was the recipient of Lander’s first Young Faculty Scholar Award.

 

37. Article:

Dr. Chaddock is one of 15 scholars invited to participate in four-day summer colloquium

Date Entered:
5/11/2007

Expire Date:
10/15/2007

Dr. Katherine Chaddock, Professor, EDLP, is one of 15 scholars invited from universities throughout the country to participate in a four-day summer colloquium, “Liberty and Responsibility: The Scopes Trial and Beyond,” sponsored by the Liberty Fund and taking place in Columbia Falls, Montana. Dr. Chaddock’s research agenda has included analysis of the influence of H.L. Mencken’s writings on education; and she will now have an opportunity to consider Mencken’s role in evolution controversies, as well as to examine the ideas and actions that have informed centuries of enduring debate related to education and religion. The aim of the Liberty Fund and its support of scholarly activity is to encourage the exploration of human liberty and those institutional arrangements that support it. For more information: www.libertyfund.org.

 

38. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher to serve as a reviewer for the Journal of Higher Education

Date Entered:
5/8/2007

Expire Date:
9/3/2007

Michelle Maher, Asst. Professor, EDLP, has accepted an invitation to serve as a reviewer for The Journal of Higher Education. Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education is the leading scholarly journal on the institution of higher education. More information about The Journal of Higher Education can be found at http://www.ohiostatepress.org..

 

39. Article:

EDLP Faculty Has Successful Publication Year in 2006

Date Entered:
5/8/2007

Expire Date:
6/7/2008

To see publications Click here.

 

40. Article:

EDLP Graduate Recognized as Professor of the Year at Newberry College

Date Entered:
4/25/2007

Expire Date:
8/25/2007

Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Chair of the Newberry College Department of Education, was named the 2007 Professor of the Year at the annual Awards Day Convocation held April 19 at Newberry College. Each year, the representatives of the Newberry College Student Government Association single out a faculty member in recognition of their achievements and service to the College. Dr. Johnson-Taylor received this distinguished honor for her dedication to students and her ability to inspire future leaders.

Dr. Johnson-Taylor was stunned at the announcement because this is the first time a first-year faculty member has received this award. "While I am sure there are others on campus more deserving, I am extremely honored that the students think I am worthy of this award," said Johnson-Taylor. "I have thought about the fact that it really isn't me that students are pleased with. While I might have been the catalyst for change, they are really proud of the strides we are making in our teacher education program." She continued, "Having a strong teacher education program is not about just one person or a few people-it is an entire unit made up of eight programs that train teachers with lots of excellent faculty, staff and students. Our strong public school partnerships make us even better at what we do. We are marching toward becoming one of the strongest programs in the state and that is what students recognize and appreciate."

Dr. Johnson-Taylor came to Newberry College from Winthrop University where she served as Director of the Teacher Education Program for nine years. Prior to entering the higher education arena, Dr. Johnson-Taylor was a high school assistant principal and a high school English teacher at Rock Hill High School. As Chair of the Department of Education at Newberry College, she maintains close ties with the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA) as she serves as the Teacher Cadet College Partner Coordinator and advisor to the Newberry College Future Educators Association (FEA). She also teaches classes and holds the rank of associate professor.

Dr. Johnson-Taylor has served on the SC ADEPT task force and is recognized in the state as a driving force in teacher education and school leadership. She has been published in the areas of mentoring, teacher education and school leadership. Her most recent article, Next In Line: Preparing Assistant Principals to assume the role of Principal, was published in the April 2007 issue of Principal Leadership. She is also involved with SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) initiatives and is a certified trainer for SREB in the area of Leading Assessment and Instruction.

Her academic credentials include a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from Winthrop University. She also has an Educational Specialist Degree from the University of South Carolina and an earned doctorate from the University of South Carolina, both in the field of Educational Leadership.

 

41. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick publishes new book on Reimagining Civic Education

Date Entered:
2/21/2007

Expire Date:
5/11/2007

Doyle Stevick, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published a new book, Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies Form Democratic Citizens, with co-editor Bradley Levinson of Indiana University. Bringing together a broad range of qualitative, anthropological and ethnographic researchers, this collection explores the many ways that notions of democracy and citizenship have been implemented in education policy, curriculum and classroom practice around the world. The volume includes contributions from new and reestablished democracies from Lithuania to South Africa and El Salvador to Indonesia. Dr. Stevick's chapter, "The Politics of the Holocaust in Estonia" demonstrates that the international effort to advance understanding about the Holocaust and to bring Nazi war criminals to justice simultaneously exacerbates the tensions between Estonia's ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians, who generally fought on opposing sides during the Second World War. These tensions in turn complicate Estonia's task of crafting an inclusive civic identity that can include the Russian minority by transcending ethnic and linguistic boundaries.

 

42. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell co-authors book on Developing Teaching Effectiveness

Date Entered:
2/21/2007

Expire Date:
5/15/2007

Dr. Diane H. Harwell, Department of Educational Leadership & Policies, along with Dr. Myles I. Friedman and Dr. Katherine C. Schnepel, has written a book which was recently published. The book, Developing Teaching Effectiveness (2007), is a textbook for preservice and in-service teacher education. It describes in easy to understand language ways teachers can apply in their classrooms the 21 effective instructional strategies identified in Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies (Friedman, Harwell, & Schnepel, 2006). An instructor’s manual accompanies Developing Teaching Effectiveness and includes guidelines for preparing a workshop or course, testing instruments for evaluating the learning of the effective instructional strategies, and a term project.
Dr. Harwell is an alumna of Winthrop College and the University of South Carolina. She teaches at USC in the CD-12 educational administration program in the College of Education. Dr. Friedman is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Schnepel earned her advanced degrees in Educational Research at the University of South Carolina. The book and manual were published by The Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education (EDIE) which was established as a non-profit, charitable organization to encourage and enable educators to base more of their decisions on scientific evidence.

 

43. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox publishes article in the winter 2007 AASA Journal

Date Entered:
2/16/2007

Expire Date:
5/15/2007

Dr. Ed Cox has published an article called "Assessing the Relevance of the Educational Specialist Program". It appears in the Winter 2007 issue of AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice.

In most states those aspiring to be school superintendents must satisfy a series of post masters requirements to receive the necessary certification. A follow up study of recent specialists’ level graduates at the University of South Carolina provided feedback regarding graduates’ satisfaction with the program, its required courses and the embedded ISLLC standards. The findings were generally encouraging, with most expressing satisfaction with the program while still raising the issue of relevancy of academic preparation to on the job administrative requirements.To read article click here.

Edward Cox is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policies Department. He previously served a principal and Superintendent of Schools. His research interests include administrator preparation programs and the professional development of school leaders.

 

44. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher and HESA Alum Joshua Alexander present at Council of Graduate Schools.

Date Entered:
12/13/2006

Expire Date:
4/15/2007

Dr. Michelle Maher (EDLP - Higher Education) and Joshua Alexander (HESA Alum now at Pacific Lutheran University) recently presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools. Their presentation was titled, "Assessing the Needs of Master's Degree Students in Transition to Graduate School" and described orientation needs of direct- and delayed-entry graduate students. Recommendations for how faculty and administrators can help students transition to the graduate school environment were offered.

 

45. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher publishes article on academic advising during program discontinuance

Date Entered:
11/30/2006

Expire Date:
4/1/2007

Dr. Michelle Maher (EDLP-Higher Education Administration) recently had an article published entitled, "Academic Advising During Program Discontinuance" in The Journal of the National Academic Advising Assocation, Vol 26,(2), fall 2006. In this article, academic program closure is explored and student advising needs that emerged in three stages of program decline and discontinuation are indentified. Findings indicate that program decline and closure requires academic advisors to understand and respond to a range of advising needs that vary with the phase of program closure. Recommendations are offered for faculty advisors caught in the midst of program discontinuance.

 

46. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock receives Everett Helm Fellowship from University of Indiana

Date Entered:
11/10/2006

Expire Date:
4/1/2007

Katherine Chaddock (EDLP-Higher Education) has received the University of Indiana's Everett Helm Fellowship in support of archival research at the Lilly Library in Bloomington, Indiana. The fellowship will enable Dr. Chaddock to pursue her book project, "John Erskine and the Egalitarian Aims of Great Literature, Fine Music, and Popular History." Erskine, an early 20th century professor at Amherst College and Columbia University and president of Julliard, is best know for starting the Great Books movement in the United States. He was also an exceptional teacher, educational leader, and concert pianist. In the 1920's and 1930's, he became the country's first "celebrity professor" when he published a score of racy (for their time) historical novels, such as The True Diaries of Helen of Troy, and Adam and Eve--Although He Knew Better. Dr. Chaddock is working to research and write the first biography of John Erskine. With the Everett Helm Fellowship funds, she will begin archival research at University of Indiana during spring break.

 

47. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock has been appointed to the National Advisory Board for ASHE

Date Entered:
10/26/2006

Expire Date:
3/1/2007

Professor Katherine Chaddock (EDLP-Higher Education Administration) has been appointed to the National Advisory Board of the mongraph publication series sponsored by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). The ASHE Monograph Series is one of the most highly regarded sources of scholarly information in areas of inquiry concerning theory, practice, and current issues of concern to colleges and universities. Dr. Chaddock will serve a three-year term on the board, which is comprised of a dozen scholars in higher education from campuses throughout the country.

 

48. Article:

Nominations for 2007 George H. Lackey, Jr., Award for Inspirational Teaching

Date Entered:
10/26/2006

Expire Date:
2/12/2007

Students,

Is there a professor in the College of Education who has inspired you?

Please nominate that special professor for the

2007 GEORGE H. LACKEY, Jr.
AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL TEACHING

Send a letter telling your story
about the professor and how she or
he inspired you to:

Susan Schramm-Pate, Chair
George H. Lackey, Jr. Award
for Inspirational Teaching
Committee
College of Education – Wardlaw 257
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

DEADLINE: January 12, 2007

 

49. Article:

Dr. Edward Cox will present at Mid South Education Research Association annual conference

Date Entered:
9/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/20/2007

Dr. Edward Cox, Assistant Professor, EDLP will be presenting a paper, "What Assessment Center Data Says About Aspiring Principals" at the Mid South Education Research Association annual conference November 9th. The paper analyzes the results of a battery of personality and leadership assessments administered to the assistant principals in two of South Carolina's largest school districts. Implications for pre service preparation and ongoing professional development of school principals are discussed.

 

50. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick, EDLP, and Dr. Kara Brown, Foundations, presented a talk at Lenoir-Rhyne College

Date Entered:
9/13/2006

Expire Date:
1/15/2007

Dr. Doyle Stevick, EDLP, and Dr. Kara Brown, Foundations, were invited to Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina on August 26th to present a talk: "The Role of Education in Estonian History, National Identify and Culture." Dr. Stevick and Dr. Brown are helping to arrange school visits and cultural exchanges for a large group of Lenoir-Rhyne students, who will travel during the spring of 2007 to Estonia, where the USC professors have each conducted educational research.

 

51. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock selected as USC nominee for research funding

Date Entered:
8/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/1/2007

Katherine Chaddock, Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, has been selected as one of the two University of South Carolina nominees for summer stipend research funding, 2007, from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project for which she is nominated is research for a biographical book titled, John Erskine: Musician and Educator on a Private Path to Public Celebrity. Erskine was the first to test a Great Books curriculum in university settings (at Columbia University, 1919). He later became president of Julliard, but was best known for writing racy historical novels throughout 1920's and 1930's. Dr. Chaddock will be his first biographer.

 

52. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock publishes book entitled "College of Charleston Voices"

Date Entered:
8/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/1/2007

Dr. Katherine E. Chaddock, along with Dr. Carolyn B. Matalene, has recently published a book entitled, "College of Charleston Voices: Campus and Community Through the Centuries."

To quote Dr. Alex Sanders, a former President of the college, "William Buckley once wrote a book in which he mentioned Norman Mailer. He sent Mailer a copy, and in the index of the book where his name appeared, Buckley wrote, "Hi Norman." He knew that the only part of the book Mailer would read was the part about him.

Unlike Norman Mailer, I read your whole book. (Although I must admit I read the part about me first.) You have nailed the College of Charleston to the wall. Your strategy was perfect. Unlike other authors, you have told the story of the College, from square one to date, in the words and voice of those who made the history. I never read a more real biography of an institution.

Thank you so much for writing this wonderful book. Thanks also for including me in it."

 

53. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher presents ASEE paper on teaching complex systems in engineering education

Date Entered:
7/20/2006

Expire Date:
11/20/2006

Dr. Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor, HESA, recently presented the paper "The Faculty Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Educators. Her co-authors Nada Kellam, Veronica Addison, and Wally Peters, are from the USC Mechanical Engineering Program, and David Radcliff and Llewellyn Mann are from the University of Queensland, Australia. The paper details American and Australian faculty's understanding of the current level of complex systems integration in engineering education.

 

54. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell publishes book "Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies"

Date Entered:
6/9/2006

Expire Date:
10/15/2006

Dr. Diane Harwell, Clinical Associate Professor, along with Dr. Myles Friedman and Dr. Katherine Schnepel, recently published a book entitled Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies. It is a 840-page resource book that describes 21 instructional strategies proven to improve student achievement significantly.

 

55. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox Will Present at the 2006 Summer Leadership Institute

Date Entered:
4/24/2006

Expire Date:
8/1/2006

Dr. Ed Cox will be a presenter at the South Carolina Association for School Administrators 2006 Summer Leadership Institute. This presentation will provide an overview of Stephen Covey's 7 Haibts of Highly Effective People, and its application to school leadership. Participants will be provided with examples and an opportunity to integrate the habits into their own personal leadership development process. The underlying premise is that each person must work from the "inside out," developing their own personal potential before maxmizing their ability to lead others.

 

56. Article:

HESA Students and Faculty Shine at Case Study Conference

Date Entered:
4/5/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

HESA Students and Faculty Shine at Case Study Conference

Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) faculty member Dr. Mike Welsh and HESA graduate students Nita Coleman, Stephanie Foote, and Lindsey Morrow presented at the February Southeast Case Research Association meeting, held in Myrtle Beach, SC. Doctoral student Lindsey Morrow was honored with an award for best case study by a new case writer. Her case addressed faculty concerns working with troubled first-year college students, and prompted the reader to consider various alternatives actions.

Nita Coleman, HESA Leadership Certificate student, described her case study by saying "My hope is that this case study can make a difference in the way higher education institutions, specifically community colleges, address recruitment and retention. Admissions officers have a unique vantage point within an institution because of their interaction with students and faculty. The case study proposes that with open and honest dialogue, student affairs and academics can work collaboratively to address recruitment and retention problems. Administrators need to address the hard issues before they get out of hand and harm the reputation, vitality, and retention rate of our institutions."
To see photograph of Lindsey Morrow accepting award from Dr. Michael Welsh click here.

 

57. Article:

Former HESA Graduate, Tjuan Dogan, Named Senior Program Officer for Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

Tijuan Dogan, a former HESA graduate, was appointed senior program officer for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. To see article click here.

 

58. Article:

HESA Students Standout at SEAHO

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of graduate students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program were actively involved in the recent Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) Conference in Asheville, NC. Danny Meuninck and Stefanie Pirwitz won the SEAHO Graduate Student Case Study Competition. In addition, nine HESA students made conference presentations:

  • Lindsey Cooper and Rachel Siron presented "Programming for Sustainability: Getting our Residents Ready for the Future"
  • Shauna Hemingway and several professional staff members from USC presented "First Generation College Students: Developing Strong Partnerships"
  • Will Kartsimas and John Quast presented "Sophisticate Your Language while Supervising: Implement LASSI"
  • K. Sean McGreevey presented "Implementing a Departmental Professional Development Plan"
  • Stefanie Pirwitz, Rachel Siron, Danny Meuninck, and John Quast presented "Learning for Life: Promoting Student Development with Experiential Learning"
  • Ken Staack and Danny Meuninck presented "Resident Advisor Selection: From Good to Great"

 

59. Article:

HESA Students Present at the FYE Annual Conference

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of graduate students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program made presentations at the 25th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Atlanta. The presentations included:

  • Leveling the Playing Field: Maintaining a Commitment to Traditionally Underrepresented First-Year College Students in Transition by Jessica Claar and Christa Watts-Hutto
  • First-Year Seminar Instructor Training presented by USC HESA Students, Erin Campbell, Susan Hudson, and Sarah Pierson with Dr. Dan Berman and Carrie Linder
  • Creating Solid Foundations for First-Year Initiatives: Fundamentals of Faculty Development presented by USC HESA Student Katie Murray with Mary Stuart Hunter (USC HESA Alum)
  • Promoting First-Year Student Success Through Residentially Based Academic Initiatives presented by USC HESA Students Kimberly Dressler and Jody Kunk with Jimmie Gahagan and Anna McLeod (USC HESA Alums)
  • Hitting a Wall with Facebook?: Importance and Issues of the Trend presented by USC HESA Students Stephanie Serven and Katie Murray

 

60. Article:

Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society Inducts New Members

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Congratulations to the newest members of Chi Sigma Alpha Student Affairs Academic and Professional Honor Society International!

Graduate Students:

Michael Abel
Meredith Bellamy
Justin Brady
Melissa Chafin
Elise Hammonds
Valerie Kielmovitch
Rebecca McCarson
Blaire Moody
Greg Moreau

Faculty, Staff, & Alumni:

Dr. Chrissy Coley
Dr. Tim Coley
Ms. Kelly Eifert
Ms. Stuart Hunter
Dr. John Lowery
Ms. Ute Lowery
Dr. Michelle Maher
Dr. Barbara Tobolowsky

Chi Sigma Alpha is an international student affairs academic and professional honor society of graduate students, alumni, faculty members, and student affairs professionals committed to excellence in academics, research, and service to the profession.

Since its formation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Fall 2002, chapters have been formed at Clemson University, the University of Florida, and the University of South Carolina. Chi Sigma Alpha is looking to expand membership throughout the country.

New members will be officially inducted into Chi Sigma Alpha at our Initiation Ceremony and Reception on Wednesday, February 1, at 8:00 p.m. in Russell House Room 315.

Congratulations to all the newest members of Chi Sigma Alpha.

 

61. Article:

Zach Kelehear Publishes Book on School Leadership

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Zach Kelehear, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, has published a book, The Art of Leadership: A Choreography of Human Understanding. In the book, Kelehear encourages school leaders and teachers to reflect on their own leadership capacities and to develop an art for leading schools. Using the language of art criticism and critique with real-life examples and case studies, he helps readers to identify an "eye" for leadership with specific discussion in matters of school leadership and instructional supervision. Drawing on the arts-based research approach, Kelehear embraces the language of art critique: the elements of art and the principles of design.

The Art of Leadership presents original art work from the lithographs of Joseph Norman and provides an example of art criticism from each work. The book describes a real-life case study that involves the element or principle, and helps readers connect the art interpretation with the leadership application. Readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the critique of art, an enlarged view of the art of school leadership and instructional supervision, and a better understanding of their own leadership art.

This book should be of interest to students, practitioners, and artists in K-12 and higher education.

Zach Kelehear has over 20 years in public education working as a teacher, school administrator, and professor. At the college level he has taught varied topics such as school law, organizational change, and policy development but his primary professional interests lie in matters of mentoring, supervision, and school leadership.

 

62. Article:

HESA Students Assist Hurricane Survivors

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

Making a Difference: HESA Students Assist Hurricane Survivors In October 2005, students from the College of Education (COE) Department of Educational Leadership and Policies (EDLP) joined other USC students, staff, and faculty on a trip to Biloxi, MS to assist those whose homes and lives were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The trip was organized and sponsored by the Department of Student Life, the Carolina Service Council, and the Salvation Army. Two COE students, Susan Hudson and Katie Murray, who are enrolled in the Higher Education Administration & Student Affairs (HESA) master’s degree program, volunteered their stories and photos of their time in Biloxi. Please click here for the entire story and pictures. click here.

 

63. Article:

Michelle Maher publishes article in The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policies, and Evelyn Jacob (George Mason University) recently published an article in The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).
The study investigates whether and how peer interaction through scaffolded asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) aided teachers as they conducted course-related individual action research projects. Study findings suggest that some teachers did in fact benefit from the use of CMC, although negative influences on teachers’ use of CMC included technological complications, lack of time and conceptual energy, and some teachers’ preference for face-to-face interactions. Implications of the findings for policy and practice are discussed, especially as they pertain to classroom contexts in which standardized testing and student cultural diversity are prominent.
JTATE is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) and serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education. For more informaton about this article, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu. To read article click here.

 

64. Article:

EDLP Department Chair Search

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

EDLP Department Chair Search
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina-Columbia invites applications for the position of Department Chair. Applicants should have scholarly and research credentials commensurate with the rank of full professor with tenure. The successful candidate will have a record of significant administrative experience, distinguished research, demonstrated success in obtaining grants and external funding, and excellence in teaching, as well as a demonstrated ability to work effectively with external constituents and faculty colleagues to guide a department in its future development. The Department offers master's, specialist, and doctoral programs in CD-12 Educational Administration and Higher Education and Student Affairs, as well as a Higher Education Leadership Graduate Certificate. Area of specialization is open to either of the Department's program areas. The Department comprises approximately 20 faculty members, including tenure-track and clinical faculty. Also affiliated with the Department are the African-American Professors Program, the SC Educational Policy Center, and the newly established Community College Leadership Alliance. A description of the department is at http://www.ed.sc.edu/edlp. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2005, and will continue until the position is filled.
Posted on January 19, 2006

 

65. Article:

HESA Students Present at SROW

Date Entered:
3/29/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of master's students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs program travelled to Alabama to participate in SROW (Southern Regional Orientation Workshop). Presentations by HESA students included:

Josh Alexander presented "Graduate Student Orientation: Should Your School Consider Having One?" and facilitated the Graduate Student Network Meeting.

Justin Brady and Rachel Siron presented "Hot Buttons: What are They and How Do You Handle Them?"

Stefanie Pirwitz and Danny Meuninick presented "Rising Stars: Love What You’re Doing as a Student? Make It Your Profession!"

Rachel Siron presented "Facebook: Your Networking Guide to MILLIONS of Students!"

 

66. Article:

Ed Cox Publishes Article in the Winter 2006 Issue of Journal of Scholarship and Practice

Date Entered:
2/15/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Ed Cox, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policies recently published an article in the Winter 2006 issue of Journal of Scholarship and Practice. “Pay for Performance Contract Professions for School Superintendents” summarizes the findings of a multi-state study of performance provisions in superintendents’ contracts. Superintendents from North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida were surveyed for the study. The research addressed levels of satisfaction and specificity of performance indicators as well as the impact and problems associated with specialized pay incentives. The majority of superintendents (75%) viewed such provisions positively. The minority of superintendents who did have problems noted communications, negative perceptions of others and unrealistic goals as concerns. The Journal of Scholarship and Practice is a quarterly refereed publication of the American Association of School Administrators.

The article would be of most interest to those interested in the study and practice of the Superintendency. Ed Cox is a former Illinois school superintendent with recent publications regarding the Superintendency in ERS Spectrum and the Palmetto Administrator. He can be reached at coxep@gwm.sc.edu.

 

67. Article:

Ken Stevenson Publishes Article on Eight Education Future Trends

Date Entered:
2/14/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

To read article click here.

 

68. Article:

Michelle Maher Publishes Article on the Meaning and Influence of Cohort Membership.

Date Entered:
12/6/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published an article in Innovative Higher Education on the meaning and influence of cohort membership. The study examined the experiences of graduate students in a master's degree of education cohort program across 10 months. Results indicated that both the meaning and influence of cohort membership were fluid and evolved as students progressed in their program, chainging from an inconsequential to a significant meaning and from a modest to a deep influence. Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education . For more information on this article, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu. To read article click here.

 

69. Article:

HESA Students Standout at AFA

Date Entered:
12/6/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

During the recent conference of the Association of Fraternity Advisors in Atlanta, several current HESA students shined. Lindsey Cooper and Philip McDaniel finished second in the Order of Omega Case Study Competition. Annahita Smedal presented with HESA alumnus Dean Harwood of George Washington University to a standing room only crowd. The title of their presentation was Welcome to Facebook! You have 45,320,094,309 Friends.

 

70. Article:

HESA Student and Faculty Present at ASHE

Date Entered:
11/21/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

Several members of the HESA community of scholars presented at recent Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference in Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Orehovec, current HESA student, and Bradley Cox, USC HESA graduate and current USC employee, presented their paper entitled An Interactive Experience: A New Model of Faculty-Student Interaction Outside of the Classroom.
Dr. Katherine Chaddock, associate professor, chaired a session on Theoretical and Philosophical Problems in Higher Education.
Dr. Barbara Tobolowsky participated in a symposium, Integration of Learning as a Collegiate Outcome, chaired by Dr. Patricia King of the University of Michigan.

 

71. Article:

HESA Students Shine at Conferences

Date Entered:
11/14/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

NODA
Several HESA graduate students attended the recent National Orientation Directors Association Conference in Miami. Meredith Crain and Lyndsey Walther-Thomas presented R Your Students N2 IM? Facebook.com? Blogs? with Rebekah Porter of University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
Lyndsey Walther-Thomas also won the NODA Case Study Competion with Mariela Campuzano of Florida International University. Lyndsey and Mariela were also recognized for best communication.
SACSA
A number of HESA graduate students attended the recent Southern Association for College Student Affairs Conference in Myrtle Beach. Several students made presentations as well:
Valencia Edwards presented Ensuring the Success of Student Athletes with Demetrius Johnson of USC.
Stefanie Pirwitz presented Discover F.A.M.E. (Freshmen Academic Management Exercise) with Ron Dalton of USC Upstate.

 

72. Article:

John Lowery Publishes Article on Parental Notification

Date Entered:
10/31/2005

Expire Date:
3/1/2006

Dr. John Wesley Lowery, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published an article on parental notification by colleges and universities for alcohol and drug violations with Dr. Carolyn Palmer and Dr. Don Gehring in the NASPA Journal. Congress amended the Family Educational Rights and Privacy (FERPA) in 1998 to clearly allow colleges and universities to notify parents of violations of alcohol and drug policies by their students under the age of 21. This articles reports on a national study of institution regarding whether formal parental notification policies have been developed and the scope of those policies. The NASPA Journal is published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is one of the leading professional journals in the field of higher education and student affairs. For more information, contact Dr. Lowery at jlowery@gwm.sc.edu

 

73. Article:

John Lowery Co-Edits Special Issue of NASPA Journal

Date Entered:
10/31/2005

Expire Date:
3/1/2006

Dr. John Wesley Lowery, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has co-editted a special issue of the NASPA Journal focusing on legal issues and judicial affairs with Dr. Dennis Gregory of Old Dominion University. Articles in the special issue considered a broad range of legal topics including: affirmative action, tort liability, illegal file sharing, federal regulation of higher education, and student conduct. The NASPA Journal is published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is one of the leading professional journals in the field of higher education and student affairs. For more information, contact Dr. Lowery at jlowery@gwm.sc.edu

 

74. Article:

Michelle Maher Named Editor of First Year Experience Journal

Date Entered:
9/12/2005

Expire Date:
1/10/2006

Michelle Maher, assistant professor in the department of educational leadership and policies, has been appointed Editor of The Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The Journal is published biannually by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The Journal disseminates research findings on retention of first-year students, publishes information about first-year programs, shares methodology and results of first-year program assessment, and examines institutional policies and programs that affect first-year students. For more information about the Journal, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu

 

75. Article:

Art Farlowe is Ada B. Thomas Award winner

Date Entered:
7/15/2005

Expire Date:
1/1/2006

Art Farlowe, who works as the undergraduate coordinator in the psychology department's Office of Student Services, received the Ada B. Thomas award. He is only the third professional staff person to win this prestigious award. Art's job is to help freshmen and sophomore among the department's 950 majors decide which academic route they want take. He received his bachelor's degree in history and his master's degree in student personnel services from the University. Congratulations, Art.

 

76. Article:

HESA Student on Winning ACPA Case Study Team

Date Entered:
4/15/2005

Expire Date:
6/30/2005

Jessica Claar, first year graduate student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, was part of the team winning the Case Study Competition at the recent American College Personnel Association Convention in Nashville. Jessica was joined on the winning team by Mike Saxvik of Michigan State University and Juls White of Oklahoma State University. Congratulations to Jessica and her teammates!

 

77. Article:

HESA Students Finish 3rd in Virtual Case Study Competition

Date Entered:
3/14/2005

Expire Date:
7/30/2005

Marcus Ebelhar, Susan Hudson, Susan Pierson, and Annahita Smedal, all first-year master's students in the HESA Program, placed 3rd in the 2005 StudentAffairs.com Virtual Case Student Competition of out of 37 participating teams. The students' winning entry will be published in the StudentAffairs.com ejournal later this spring.

 

78. Article:

HESA Alumna recognized as ASJA's New Professional of the Year

Date Entered:
2/16/2005

Expire Date:
5/15/2005

At the recent annual conference of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA), Patience Bartunek, a 2002 graduate of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program in the College of Education, received the Association's New Professional of Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions as a new professional in the field of student judicial affairs. Patience currently serves as the Coordinator of Greek Life and Assistant Director for Judicial Affairs at the University of Toledo and also worked in judicial affairs at Radford University.

 

79. Article:

EDAD Graduate, Pamela Ahearn-Chalfant, Named one of Midlands' Rising Stars of Business

Date Entered:
1/24/2005

Expire Date:
4/24/2005

Ms. Pamela Ahearn-Chalfant was listed in the latest "20 Under 40" class of men and women making an impact on business in the Midlands early in their careers. She is the owner of Neighborly Greetings, a home-based business that helps introduce new Columbia residents to area products and services. Another program, Schoolhouse Greetings, lets businesses support Columbia teachers through discounts and gifts.
Ms. Ahearn-Chalfant received her master's degree in school administration from USC in 1999.

 

80. Article:

HESA Student Named Outstanding Professional

Date Entered:
11/19/2004

Expire Date:
3/15/2005

Tricia Fechter, a master's student in HESA, and University of South Carolina Aiken's Assistant Director of Student Activities, was recently named Outstanding New Professional by the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA).
Fechter was named the Outstanding New Professional of the region at the 2004 NACA South Region Conference in Winston Salem, NC. NACA is the leading national campus activities professional organization. The South Region is made up of 7 states and over 200 institutions. "Tricia has been an important part of our campus community for the last two years and the award represents the outstanding work she has done on our campus," said Ahmed Samaha, Director of Student Activities. "I am very honored to receive this award. We have a great group of students and student leaders at USC Aiken, and they make coming to work each day fun and exciting," said Fechter.

 

81. Article:

Mash - Keynote Speaker at NYLA

Date Entered:
11/1/2004

Expire Date:
2/28/2005

The New York Library Association, NYLA, held their annual conference on October 21, 2004. Their keynote speaker was Mr. S. David Mash, a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education Administration at the University of South Carolina. David challenged the group to consider the effects of putting book collections into storage and providing access to periodicals through full-text storage while expanding the library's spaces for group study and computer banks to access the internet.
Mash is dean of information resources and services at Columbia International University. Prior to CIU, Mash served as director of Christian education at a church in Texas and library director of the Gaebelein Memorial Library at the Stony Brook School in New York. He is a member of the American Library Association and the South Carolina Library Association.
Mash received a B.S. from Southern Methodist University, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a M.S. from the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University. In his leisure time, David enjoys woodworking, classical music and wilderness backpacking. He and his wife, Colleen, have two sons, Aaron and Jonathan.

 

82. Article:

Rhodes College Alumnus of the Year

Date Entered:
10/11/2004

Expire Date:
6/6/2005

Homecoming 2004 inaugurates a new award-called the "Young Alumnus of the Year Award" to recognize and encourage the younger members of our alumni association who are following in the footsteps of the many outstanding alumni leaders who have gone before them.
The first alumnus selected to receive this special recognition is Bryan Coker. Bryan graduated from Rhodes in 1995 with a major in psychology. He served as Honor Council president and was named to the Hall of Fame.
He went on to earn his Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina in 1997 and is currently pursuing his Doctor of Education degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He is married to 1995 classmate Sara Barnette Coker, and they are the parents of two children, Caroine and William. Bryan recalls his Rhodes experience as follows:
"Nine years after graduating from Rhodes, some things about my college experience have faded from memory. However, there are other things which continue to influence and guide my daily life. My Rhodes experience inspired me to dream and to reach high, leading me to accomplishments of which I am quite proud. Also, the values of truth and honesty instilled in me by Rhodes have served as a guide and compass in my professional and personal life. At Rhodes I learned of the power of one's word and the beauty of a community characterized by honor and integrity. I then left Rhodes vowing to live my life, both personally and professionally, characterized by truth and honesty."
Only nine years out, Bryan has a remarkable record of achievement. At age 25, he joined the University of Tennessee as chief judicial officer (the first and only person without a Juris Doctorate degree to hold that position). He directed the adjudication and resolution of 2,000 student discipline cases annually. He was honored as "Administrator of the Year" in 1998 and was selected as a faculty/staff initiate of Omicron Delta Kappa.
In 2003, Bryan was chosen as Dean of Students at Jacksonville University in Florida, making him one of the nation's youngest chief student affairs officers. He has been honored there as the 2004 recipient of the "Best Administrator" award.
He is a community activist and a volunteer lobbyist for historic neighborhood preservation as well as the protection and rights of small local business owners.
In recognition of his early record of accomplishments and in acticipation of higher goals to be reached in the years to come, Rhodes College is proud to honor Bryan Coker with the first annual Young Alumnus of the Year Award for 2004.

 

83. Article:

News From Our Graduates

Date Entered:
7/12/2004

Expire Date:
6/4/2005

Veronica Primus-Thomas has been appointed to the position of Director for 4-H and Youth Development for the 1890 Extension Program at South Carolina State University.
Til Wilkinson Freeman was recently chosen "Adult Education Rookie Director of the Year" for 2003/04 by the Adult Education Directors division of the SC Association of School Administrators.

 

84. Article:

Dr. Maher and Dr. Reynolds Awarded Grant

Date Entered:
4/15/2004

Expire Date:
6/26/2004

Drs. Katherine Reynolds and Michele Maher recently received a grant from the Provost's Teaching Development fund to support a project to supplement instruction concerning leadership and community/technical colleges. The project will include development of videos, for use in classrooms or on-line, featuring discussions among two-year college academic and administrative leaders. "There is very little contemporary information about leadership specifically in higher education, and especially in the two-year colleges," notes Dr. Reynolds. "This will help us fill a hole in the literature and present real-life leadership experiences to students."

 

85. Article:

Honors Received by EDAD Graduates

Date Entered:
3/19/2004

Expire Date:
4/1/2005

Dr. Sharon L. Buddin
Principal, Ridgeview High School
Girl Scouts Council of Congaree Area, Inc.'s Woman of Distinction Award 2004
Ridgeview High School
Carolina First Palmetto's Finest Award 2004
Renee Sanders
Teacher, Johnsonville High School
South Carolina's National Science Teacher of the Year
Cheryl Guy
Teacher, Spring Valley High School
Spring Valley High School Teacher of the Year
and
a finalist for Richland School District Two Teacher of the Year

 

86. Article:

Doctoral Graduates for December 2003

Date Entered:
1/8/2004

Expire Date:
6/1/2004

Gwendolyne Eileen Bunch
Curriculum and Instruction
Examining the Role of Peer Interaction in the Developmental College Classroom

Stewart Lynburg Lane
Curriculum and Instruction
A High School Diploma Program in Sumter, South Carolina: An Investigation of Motivational Factors and Characteristics of Adult Students Who Returned to School

Sheila Quinn Oliver
Curriculum and Instruction
The Role of the School Library Media Specialist in the Integration of Computer Technology in the High School Curricululm

Jina Moore Gettys
Educational Administration
The Effect of School Size on School Climate in the Middle Schools of South Carolina

Jennifer Glenn Morrow
Educational Administration
Grading Practices: Preferences and Benefits of Middle School Teachers and Parents for Frequent Grade Reports

Barbara Kaye Kirkland Shaw
Educational Administration
The Status of South Carolina's School-to-Work Transition Act of 1994

 

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