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- In a joint effort between Loyola University Chicago and the Covenant Church in Chicago, Dr. Ernestine Riggs brought a group of South African Educators from Eikendak Primary School, located in Cape Town, to Chicago.
The educators visited Murray Language Academy, Brownell, Wendall Green, and the Oakdale Christian Academy elementary schools. They also had an opportunity to visit School of Education classrooms to observe how future teachers are prepared and were treated to a reception and a question/answer session with the dean, Dr. David Prasse.
Dr. Riggs, associate professor in the School of Education, said "this began as a result of church mission trips I went on. I didn’t set out to form this relationship with the South African schools, but once they found out I was an educator they asked me to come back." Since then she has taken annual trips back to South Africa with Loyola students to bring learning materials and lead workshops.
- On Saturday, May 30th, the School of Education hosted its third annual "Joy is Reading Conference." This year the conference was expanded to include participants from the Chicagoland Part
ners for English Language Learners (CPELL). Students and parents came from the following schools:
Elm Place Middle School - North Suburban School District 112
George B. Swift Speciality School (CPS)
Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School (CPS)
Chicago Math & Science Academy (CPS)
Thurgood Marshall Middle School (CPS)
Oakdale Christian Academy School (Chicago)
Faculty, staff, and students from the School of Education planned and implemented this event. Special thanks to Drs. Riggs and Israel for their leadership and to Dean Prasse for sponsoring the event.
- . . . our 2009 Higher Education Program Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes the outstanding leadership, scholarship, and service contributions to the higher education community of a very special graduate of our program: Dr. Cary M. Anderson, who completed his M.A. with us in 1992. . . . more
- Assistant Professor John Dugan received the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators'(NASPA) Melvene Hardee Dissertation of the Year Runner-Up Award for 2009. He was singled out for recognition at the national convention of NASPA along with his mentor/faculty advisor, Dr. Susan Komives.
- Loyola's Center for Comparative Education (CCE) and the Comparative and International Education
Graduate Student Association (CIEGSA) sponsored a group of 8th grade students from the Robert Emmet Elementary School to take part in a programmed orientation at Loyola on Tuesday, April 14. Among the planned activities, representatives of the professional schools shared what Loyola does to prepare young people in the professions. The sponsors believe that giving these students a first-hand look at a real university will inspire them to work hard in their studies and as they move into high school, with the sense that a university education could be within their grasp.
- A number of our Higher Education students presented their research at a recent American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Conference. [Sangita Gosalia (M.Ed.), Michele Mackie (M.Ed.), Lauren Yurman (M.Ed.), and Justin Bitner (M.Ed.)]
- School of Education 11th Annual Research Symposium: Over 50 students presented their research to students, faculty, staff and alumni at our annual event. Dr. Marc Atkins, Professor of Psychiatry in Psychology, was the keynote speaker.
Tresa D. Dunbar (EDUC '93)
Tresa Dunbar, principal of Chicago’s Henry H. Nash Elementary School is one of two Illinois public school principals followed in the new PBS documentary “The Principal Story,” which focuses on efforts being made to improve public schools. – Chicago Tribune 9/15/2009. Read her story and watch a clip of this engaging documentary regarding two principals tell their stories on making a difference in struggling public schools.
Click to View Entire PBS Documentary
Target New Transitions program
Every Saturday morning, students from Loyola travel to Curie High School on the South Side. They work with at-risk freshmen as part of the School of Education's Target New Transitions (TNT) program. Along the way, the students at Curie aren't the only ones who learn a thing or two.
Swift Elementary
Profile of Swift Elementary, a diverse public school comprising children from 32 different countries speaking 40 different native languages. Swift is located two "L" stops away from Loyola's Lake Shore Campus. This is the first installment of "Action: The University in the Community," a series of student produced videos.
