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EDS News Check this SPACE!

 

Note to current students in EDS: Beginning in fall of 2007, we have been mandated to change our courses' prefix and number system in order to bring consistency across the NSHE system. Click here for a PDF document listing previous and new course numbers.

 

EDS in the news:

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  • Tünde Csepelyi, doctoral student in EDS, has published an article inEssential Teacher, a practitioners' journal in TESOL.


  • The Girls Math and Rechnology Program (Lynda Wiest, Director) was the subject of an article in NevadaNews.

  • Julie Pennington, associate professor of literacy, has been awarded the Distinguished Summer Teaching Award for her literacy methods course taught in the first summer session of 2007. Dr. Pennington's award will be featured in the 2008 summer schedule.

  • Bob Ives, associate professor of special education, was awarded a prestigious Fulbright grant for research and teaching work in Rmoania during spring semester of 2008. He will be involved in three separate research projects.

  • Steve Rock, professor of special education, has begun his term as the 2007-2008 Chair for the UNR faculty Senate

  • Literacy Professors, Shane Templeton and Donald Bear, along with Sandra Madura, have published a chapter on assessing student spelling in the book, Classroom literacy assessment: Making Sense of what Students Know and Do (New York: Guilford Press, 2007).

  • MaryAnn Demchak, professor of special education, won the 2006-2007 UNR Graduate Advisor Award at the "Honor the Best" ceremony in May 16, 2007

See other articles of interest in our scrapbook

Important dates for Spring of 2008:

  • Undergraduate applications for gradaution in May are due Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008

  • Graduate students' applications for graduation are due MARCH 1 for MAY Graduation, JUNE 1 for AUGUST Graduation, and OCTOBER 1 for DECEMBER Graduation (more information)

  • Classes for spring semester begin the week of January 22.

  • First Step meetings are required for all students who want to apply for Supervised Internship in fall of 2008. To sign up for a meeting, go to the Office of Field Experiences (WRB 2004) in the first two weeks of the semester.

  • For other important information about the Supervised Internship, please see the bulletinboard at www.unr.edu/educ/fx

  • University deadlines and important dates (including dates for dropping classes and tuition refunds) can be found at http://www.ss.unr.edu/records/cal.asp

  • Portfolios for students seeking to enroll in Supervised Internship for the fall of 2008 are due in the EDS office (WRB 3067) on Tuesday, April 22nd.

  • For all who are completing the Supervised Internship in spring 2008, the Program Completion Brunch will be held on Wednesday, May 7th from 9:00-11:00. See www.unr.edu/educ/fx for more information.