2/2 lecture on Class and Race Differences for Girls' Futures

The Center for Poverty Research is hosting a brown bag
seminar for  Jessica Hardie<http://www.pop.psu.edu/directory/jhh15>, NICHD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Family Demography and Individual Development at Penn State
University<http://www.psu.edu/>, on Wednesday, February 2, 12:00 - 1:00p.m., in
Patterson Office Tower Room 1645.

The paper she will present is titled  Unpacking Aspirations:  Class and Race
Differences in Girls' Future
Plans. 
Paper copies are available in the Economics Department mailroom (third floor of
Gatton) and will also be available at the brown bag seminar.

Student Affairs Job in Ag

The College of Agriculture Office of Academic Programs has an opening in the School of Human Environmental Sciences Advising Resource Center for a Student Affairs Officer II position.  The minimum requirements are a Master’s degree with 1 year of experience.  The job description and quick link are below.  The application deadline is Monday, January 31.

Job Summary

Primary responsibilities include the advising of freshmen and students at academic risk. The delivery of intrusive advising for freshman retention is an essential component of the job. The employee will deal with issues of probation counseling, academic overrides and reinstatement. The successful candidate will evaluate transcripts, do APEX audits, and assist with the development and delivery of programs for faculty advisors. Essential skills include interpersonal skills including listening, planning and organizing, respecting diversity, judgment, time management and attention to detail. This position works in the Advising Resource Center located in Erickson Hall.  

https://ukjobs.uky.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=224259

Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center recruitment

The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the UK campus on
Tuesday, February 8 at 6:00pm in James W. Stuckert Career Center Room 101 to discuss
careers in the field of community organizing with students interested in empowering
their communities and working for social change.

Please RSVP if you are interested by contacting Hannah Wittmer at
hannah@thedartcenter.org or calling 785.841.2680 with your name, phone #, email
address and school.

After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and
refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the
training of grassroots community organizers in the country.

DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute, the paid,
four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community
organizing. Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training
covering such topics as:

* Entering a community
* Identifying and training local leaders
* Strategic planning and issue cutting
* Relationship and community building
* Direct Action on community issues
* Fundraising

The DART Center, has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important
victories on a broad set of justice issues including:

* Education reform in low-performing public schools
* Job Training
* Drugs and Violence
* Criminal Recidivism
* Living Wage
* Neighborhood Revitalization
* Predatory Lending
* Affordable Housing, etc.

The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 weeks
of infield training at a local grassroots organization and in-field training site. 
Organizer Trainees are provided with a cost of living stipend and travel.  Room,
board, and tuition will also be paid by DART during the seven-day classroom
training.  After successful completion of the program, DART will place graduates
into permanent full-time salaried positions earning $30,000-$35,000/year + benefits.
 DART is a 501(c)(3) organization, therefore, employees of the DART Network are
eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the recently enacted College Cost
Reduction and Access Act.

The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011.
Training locations will include placements in several states around the country.

Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer Trainees
(OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must demonstrate a
desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term professional career. A master's
degree, JD, or similar life experience is preferred though not necessary. Candidates
must have a college degree or be graduating prior to July 2011. Also, candidates
must display a workmanlike diligence, be driven to produce sustained results, have
proven capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, act
professionally, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, be accountable
and willing to hold others accountable, demonstrate disciplined thought and action,
and work in a team setting.  OTs must also have access to a car during their
training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency in Spanish/English is a plus
and people of color are encouraged to apply.

Low-moderate income communities across the country are feeling the bite of the
recession that began in December 2007. Cutbacks in human services and education,
layoffs and persistent unemployment, home foreclosures, increased youth violence,
predatory lending, and other serious issues are day-to-day realities for many. Now
is the time for a new generation of community organizers to step up, unite people,
and transform our communities. DART is recruiting and training that new generation.

To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to contact Hannah Wittmer
at hannah@thedartcenter.org or (785) 841-2680. You can download applications or view
profiles from previous OTs at the DART website: www.thedartcenter.org.

Congratulations to Cathy

Congrats to Cathy Penfold Navarro (SHED) on the publication of her contribution to the upcoming Transfer Students In Higher Education monograph from the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition at USC. (Her contribution is in Chapter 5).

Transfer Students in Higher Education: Building Foundations for Policies, Programs, and Services That Foster Student Success

Mark Allen Poisel and Sonya Joseph, Editors

This new monograph provides higher education professionals at all types of institutions an increased understanding of the transfer experience and strategies to ensure the success of this growing student population.

http://www.sc.edu/fye/publications/index.html

http://www.sc.edu/fye/publications/monograph/54/M54_Contents.pdf

Symposium on Public Health in Appalachia and South Africa

Click the included flier for information on the upcoming Symposium on Public Health in Appalachia and South Africa.

Master's level career practicum opportunity at Asbury University

A brochure containing information pertinent to a Master’s level career practicum opportunity with Asbury University's Career Center is now available.  Those interested in viewing the brochure should contact Amberly at aaburk00@uky.edu .  Further information can be obtained by contacting:

Jason Clayton, M. Ed.

Director of Center for Career and Calling

Asbury University

1 Macklem Dr. Wilmore, KY 40390

(859) 858-3511 x2401

jason.clayton@asbury.edu

State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Awards Program

The State Farm Companies Foundation will give up to three $10,000 awards to doctoral students whose dissertation topic focuses on improving K-12 public education to meet current and future economic needs.

Generally, up to three awards are given.

The application can be found on the State Farm web site at www.statefarm.com/foundati/doctoral.htm under the heading “Applications,” starting January 1, 2011.

Completed applications, nomination forms, transcripts and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by March 31, 2011, and sent to State Farm Companies Foundation.

If you have questions, contact the foundation at:

Email: home.sf-foundation.494b00@statefarm.com

Phone: (309) 766-3587

Save the Date(s)

Wednesday, January 26th
"The Subject of Schooling in the Logic of Policy", Dr. Heather Jacklin, University of Capetown. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Kentucky & South Africa Symposium. Discussants: Alan DeYoung (EPE) and Leon Sachs (French).

4-6pm, Faculty Lounge, Dickey Hall, College of Education

This talk examines shifts in how the ideal learning has been imagined as the subject of education policy. The basic conceptual point is that the logic of education (schooling) policy takes such an imagined learner as its reference point for generating school curriculum and organization. At moments of policy change, following broader social, economic, and political change, this imagining becomes more explicit in policy discourse. Particular discursive strategies are utilized to translate broader changes into education shifts and to legitimate these shifts publicly.

Monday, March 28th
"Accounting for excellence:  Transforming universities into organizational actors"  Dr. Francisco Ramirez

1:30 pm in the New Student Center Rm 211

Throughout the world universities are increasingly influenced by universalistic and progress oriented templates of excellence.This paper addresses the following questions: What are the core assumptions that motivate these templates? What are the primary illustrations of these templates? What are the main characteristics of these “winners”? And lastly, what are the benefits and costs of changing universities and their governance structures from historically grounded institutions to transnational organizations?

Internship available at University of Cincinnati

From Nicole Jenkins (HIED 2010):

I am writing to inform you that UC International is looking for a someone to work part time in the study abroad office.  My last day is Friday, January 14th and I am preparing to move to New Zealand next Wednesday, the 19th.  The person will be taking over my responsibilities as an intern.

UC International is looking to hire a graduate student to work approximately 20 hrs a week. This position is temporary.  The hours and duration of the internship are flexible.  If you know of someone that lives in the Northern KY/Cincinnati area and is interested in gaining experience in the field of study abroad, please have them contact my supervisor:

Dr. Kurt Olausen
UC International
3134 Edwards One
PO Box 210640
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0640<
(T): 513.556.2240
mailto:kurt.olausen@uc.edu

Anyone that is interested can also email me with questions about the position. I will be responding to my email until January 18th. After that, I'm on South Pacific time!

Kind regards,

Nicole

Keith Gandal lecture

Keith Gandal, Professor of English at CUNY will be visiting campus for two days
in January.

On Thursday, Jan. 27, at 2:00, in the Niles Gallery,  he will deliver a
public lecture, followed by refreshments, on:

 "Why the Vietnam Antiwar Uprising?: The Confluence of Scholastic
Meritocracy and Cold War Mobilization in a New Student Class"

free tickets for "Race to Nowhere"

The College of Education is pleased to host an exclusive screening of the
provocative documentary film,
Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture
(view trailer: http://www.racetonowhere.com/trailers-clips).

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When:   January 25, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Where:  Center Theater, University of Kentucky Student Center, 404 South Limestone
What:    Documentary film Race to Nowhere [85 min.]
Panel-led community discussion to follow film led by faculty members in the College
of Education
Cost:    Free (registration option at
http://rtnuniversityofkentucky.eventbrite.com<http://rtnuniversityofkentucky.eventbrite.com/>)

More info:  http://tinyurl.com/RaceToNowhere-UKY or contact Ellen Usher at
ellen.usher@uky.edu

Suggestions Wanted for Spring Brown Bag Talks!

Dear EPE Faculty and Students:

Dr. Hutchens and I are currently soliciting ideas for speakers and topics for the spring semester EPE Brown Bag Talk series. Please forward your suggestions to nicole.lewis@uky.edu at your earliest convenience. Additionally, if you would like to be a speaker, self-nominations are welcome. The days and times of the sessions are flexible. ~Have a great semester.

Submit a Proposal to CPAK Conference

The College Personnel Association of Kentucky (CPAK) will be hosting its annual conference here in Lexington on Feb. 27th and 28th.  Proposal submissions are now being accepted.  

Attending and/or presenting at the conference represents a great opportunity for graduate students as well as those currently employed in higher education.  There will also be a case study competition open to graduate and undergraduate students.


In addition to gaining new scholarly and professional knowledge, a conference like this represents a great networking opportunity.  So don't miss out, especially as this year's conference is in Lexington!


For qualifying full-time students, scholarships are available to help cover costs, but the deadline to apply is January 15th, so hurry.


If you have questions about the conference, you may contact Neal Hutchens (neal.hutchens@uky.edu).

Welcome Baby New Year!

Congratulations to Leslie Woltenberg (SHED) on the birth Carter Michael Woltenberg. Born 01/08/11 @ 1:53 AM. 7.6 lbs. 19 inches. Happy and healthy!  Looks like we need to set up a dissertation support group for all these new parents!  Welcome welcome to the world!

Job Opening

DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (www.kstc.com) an entrepreneurial non-profit, seeks to fill FT management position within its statewide education initiative, AdvanceKentucky (www.advanceky.com).  Position located in Lexington with limited travel required. Reports to KSTC Executive Vice President and directs initiatives that help dramatically accelerate rigorous math, science and English content learning among significantly increasing numbers of Kentucky high school students in Advanced Placement courses. Responsibilities include: coordination of new schools applying to participate and data systems that support program growth, development, operations and accountability; oversight of all aspects of major pre-AP teacher training institutes; reporting to KSTC and other sponsors; and support of KSTC’s overall education mission.  Qualifications include: successful high school teaching, educational program or consulting experience; demonstrated highly honed communications, interpersonal and technical skills; and an entrepreneurial mindset to help develop/refine program initiatives.  Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred. Competitive salary and benefits package. Email application (cover letter, resume and salary expectations) to Jwehrle@kstc.com. Screening begins immediately w/preference given to applications received by 1/21/2011. EOE