Connect alumni magazine
Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 2008
Features
The
science of Shakespeare
Mahtomedi schools—with help from CEHD faculty—are boosting student success in science by integrating engineering across the curriculum, including in lit. full story
Inquiring
minds
Fostering inquiry-based learning and other proven methods of teaching science and math requires supporting educators. full story
Teaching
physics matters
The University's PhysTEC program joins CEHD expertise with the School of Physics & Astronomy in an effort to recruit more physics undergrads to become teachers. full story
An
eye to the future
Businesses join forces with college and K-12 educators to ensure tomorrow's leaders get the science and math preparation they need from an early age. full story
Tradition
and innovation
The Reach for the Sky (RFTS) program, funded by the National Science Foundation, strives to make STEM more culturally relevant to the Anishinaabe youth. full story
ARTICLES / DEPARTMENTS
Connecting with emeriti faculty—Gary McLean: globe-trotting “retiree”
Alumni update—Alums follow parallel paths to very different schools
Colloquium—College researchers connect cognitive processes with literacy challenges
Community—News from around the college
Compendium—Honors, transitions, in memoriam
Continuity [.pdf]—Alumni news
Commitment —Giving opportunities
Report to donors, 2007-2008 [.pdf]
Editorial information
Editor: Diane L. Cormany, 612-626-5650, dcormany@umn.edu
Art director/Designer: Nance Longley
Photo editor: Rebecca Noran
Writers: Anitra Budd, Diane L. Cormany, Kate Hopper, J. Trout Lowen, Bridgitt Martin, Lynn Slifer, Andrew Tellijohn, Richard Wassen
Photographers: Andrea Canter, Amy Hewitt, Greg Helgeson, Raleigh Kaminsky, Leo Kim, Chris Ocken
Office of the Dean
Jean Quam, interim dean
David R. Johnson,
senior dean
Heidi Barajas, associate dean
Mary Bents, associate dean
Lynn Slifer, director of external relations
Dean's Advisory Council
Will Antell, Joyce Bell, Gail Buuck,
Carmen Campbell, Steve Geiger, Jennifer Godinez, Susan
Hagstrum, Patricia Harvey, John Haugo, Frances Hesselbein, Dale Johnson,
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Dale LaFrenz, Dorothy McIntyre, Michael McKasy, David H. Olson, Beth Patten, P. David Pearson, Judy Potts,
Terrance Kwame Ross, Jean Sylak, Mary Tjosvold, Joseph
White, Jay Zack
Alumni Society Board: Patricia Baldwin, Andrea Canter, Kenneth Dragseth, Barbara Stephens Foster, Billie Gray, Tom Greve, Tom Harding, Randy Johnson, Ellie Meade, Carol Mulligan, Jon Oyanagi, Tex Ostvig, Lou Quast, Mary Louise Ramirez, Jeannie Robertson. Lesley Rylander, Bill Schrankler, Heather Vinge Hanson, Sara Zoff
Connect magazine is published three times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college. Send correspondence to the editor, 48 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
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