Chance to Meet with CPE Staff...TOMORROW!! Students Encouraged!

Postsecondary Education Policy Colloquia with CPE Staff

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Moderator:

Heidi Hiemstra, Ph.D., Director, Information and Research

Participants:

Robert King, President

John Hayek, Ph.D., Vice President, Budget, Planning and Performance

Al Lind, Vice President, Information and Technology

Reecie Stagnolia, Vice President for Adult Education

Ron Carson, Senior Fellow, Policy Development

Sue Cain, Ph.D., College Readiness and Developmental Education

John DeAtley, Senior Associate, Academic Affairs

Discussion Topics:

·        Kentucky’s efforts to strengthen the education pipeline: academic standards, Senate bill 1, and college readiness
·        Financing postsecondary education in Kentucky
·        Accountability and strategic planning at the state level
·        Distance education and information technology in an environment of budgetary constraint
·        Bring your questions…

Kudos

Congratulations to Lesia Holder (SHED) on her invited presentation, "Meeting is Not a Curse Word," to the 27th Annual Academic Chairpersons Conference in Atlanta.

And Kudos to Deronda Mobelini and Teresa Mayo (EdD-KCTCS Cohort) on the acceptance of their manuscripts for publication in the Community College Journal of Research & Practice.  Deronda's article is entitled, "Community Colleges: Partnerships in Education" and Teresa's article is "First-Year Course Requirement and Retention for Community Colleges". The KCTCS cohort is on a roll lately. Great job everyone!

Lecture Tonight! at Transy by Dr. Tiffany Wheeler

As part of Transylvania's Diversity Dialogue Program, Dr. Tiffany Wheeler, Asst. Professor of Education, will present a lecture called, "Making the Connection: The Power of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in the Lives of African American Males". The event will be from 7-8pm on Thursday February 25^th in the William T. Young Student Center.

Hanan Ashrawi lecture at UK

A free public lecture featuring Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi has been scheduled for the evening of March 23, 2010 at the Singletary Center for the Arts.

Ashrawi has served as an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Jerusalem District. In 2009, she was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), making history as the first woman to hold a seat in this executive body. Ashrawi’s academic career spanned several decades in which she served as a faculty member, chair in the Department of English and Dean of the Faculty at Birzeit University on the West Bank. From 1991 through 1993, she served as the official spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Process and a member of both the Leadership/Guidance and Executive Committees of the Delegation.

With the signing of the peace accords by Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin in 1993 and the establishment of Palestinian self-rule, Ashrawi headed the Preparatory Committee of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights in Jerusalem, and was the founder and commissioner general of that committee until 1995. From 1996 through 1998, she served as minister of higher education and research. In August of 1998, she founded the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH), and has served as the Executive Committee chairperson of that organization since that time.

While the lecture is free and open to the public, tickets must be reserved in advance of the event.  Faculty may contact Richard Greissman (859.257.2471 or for information about group seating for their classes.

Students may obtain tickets through the Singletary Center Ticket Office or by going to the SCFA website . No phone orders accepted. There is a limit of FOUR tickets per person using the SCFA website.

Critical Education call for essays

The editors of Critical Education are pleased to announce our second editorial series. This current series will focus on the articulation of race, schools, and segregation, and will analyze the extent to which schooling may or may not be returning to a state of educational apartheid.

Series editors Adam Renner (from Louisville, KY) and Doug Selwyn (formerly of Seattle, WA) invite essays that treat any questions that seek clarity regarding race, education, schooling, and social justice. We seek essays that explore the history of segregation, desegregation, and affirmative action in the US and abroad. While we certainly invite empirical/quantitative research regarding these issues, we also welcome more qualitative studies, as well as philosophical/theoretical work, which provide deep explorations of these phenomena. We especially invite narratives from parents or students who have front line experience of segregation and/or educational apartheid. Additionally, and importantly, we seek essays of resistance, which document the struggle for racial justice in particular locales and/or suggestions for how we might wrestle toward more equitable schooling for all children.

Please visit the Critical Education website for submission criteria: www.criticaleducation.org. Also feel free to contact the series editors, Adam Renner (arenner@bellarmine.edu) or Doug Selwyn (dselw001@plattsburgh.edu) with any questions.

Study Chinese in Shanghai this summer

The UK Chinese Studies program announces a new summer study abroad program in Shanghai, China for undergraduate and graduate students.

This program will be led by Dr. Mingzhen Bao and myself, based at Shanghai University from May 17 to June 12. It is open to any student interested in learning Chinese language and culture, from brand-new beginners to more advanced learners. The program fee is $2,060 for resident undergraduates. Airfare, which can range from around $1,000 to $1,350 is not included in the program cost. As a UK-sponsored program led by UK faculty, students will receive UK GPA grades and 6 credits upon successful completion of all requirements.
For students graduating in May, a non-credit option of the program is available, for $1,650. Contact Alla Arnold in the UK Education Abroad office (257-4067 x 247) for more information.

Attached please find a program flyer. Please feel free to print, post, or forward this information to any student who may be interested in this opportunity.

Warm regards,
Liang

Liang Luo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
1055 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
859-257-9139 FAX: 859-257-3743