Django Paris, assistant professor in the Michigan State University Department of Teacher Education, has been appointed chair of the Standing Committee on Research for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). His three-year term will begin after the the organization’s 2013 Annual Convention scheduled for November 21-26, 2013 in Boston. With 35,000 members...
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College of Education faculty member Christine Greenhow has been selected to be part of the 2013-2014 Lilly Teaching Fellows Program. The fellowship provides tenure-stream faculty at Michigan State University with an opportunity to engage in a yearlong exploration of the robust scholarship on effective practices in university teaching. The program is designed to support...
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Guofang Li has been elected to the Literacy Research Association’s (LRA) board of directors. Li, an associate professor of second language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education, is one of two Asian Americans to ever be elected to the board of directors of the LRA. Li will serve a three-year term....
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William Schmidt is among four researchers worldwide named as Thomas J. Alexander Fellows by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He is the only scholar from the United States selected for the fellowship, a new program focused on improving education quality and equity. The fellowship is named in honor of Thomas J....
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The College of Education Development Office has welcomed two new staff members to assist in growing financial gifts to support the college’s students, faculty and programs. Ryan Adams is serving as assistant director of development. He brings a depth of knowledge about Michigan State University and the MSU College of Education in particular, having...
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Two doctoral students in the College of Education at Michigan State University have been picked to be among the first 8,000 testers of Google Glass, a new product that can take pictures, record video, live stream and search the web at the command of its wearer’s voice. William Cain and Sandra Sawaya, both students...
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