http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do McCracken News http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=470 Welcome Back College of Education Faculty and Staff! http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=472 The COE extends a warm welcome to new faculty and staff http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=458 The College of Education takes the task of welcoming its students quite seriously, which was obvious during Welcome Weekend 2008 at the COE. During the first week of classes, academic advisors sat in the McCracken lobby waiting to answer questions and pass out snacks to new and returning COE students. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=504 Together with The Voinovich Center for Leadership, Hocking College, and Athens County Schools, OHIO's College of Education hosted a community watch party for Governor Strickland's Conversation on Education http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=502 The College of Education is playing a noteworthy role in the field of sex offender treatment as only one of a few institutions nationally and internationally to provide a comprehensive certificate program for therapists who treat sex offenders. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=478 Over the summer, teams of math, science, and special education teachers experienced a hands-on look at global warming, energy, and statistics. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=503 The Appalachian culture is one that is celebrated within the Athens Community, Ohio University, and the College of Education in many ways. In fact, Dr. JoAnn Dugan recently created a new project that allows teachers, children in local elementary schools, University faculty, and Ohio University students to express their feelings about our interesting and rich culture – in writing. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=473 ABCs and 123s were combined this summer when local teachers came together to learn how to use two seemingly opposite subjects to make both easier to understand. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=476 Field supervisors provide a vital educational component to the Counselor Education program at Ohio University’s College of Education. Without them, there would be no one to guide each graduate student as they complete their 100-hour practicum and 600-hour internship. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=475 Elementary and secondary teachers from across the state were welcomed at Ohio University’s Yamada House with readings from the Qur'an and an Indonesian saman dance. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=479 “Our culture thrives on numbers,” said Greg Foley, Robert L. Morton Professor of Mathematics Education. “In the media, at the gas pump, in the store, and at the bank we are bombarded with percentages, codes, measurements, and indices.” http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=477 As part of Ohio University’s effort to make a distinctive contribution to graduate education in Ohio, it has established a mechanism for reviewing all graduate programs. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=501 Dedication to improving math and science education in area public high schools brought a group of educators to Ohio University’s campus on August 4th, when SEOCEMS held their annual CSI conference. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=474 Three and a half years of work has finally come to a successful end for College of Education professor Tom Davis, who chaired a committee that revised the national standards for counselor accreditation. http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=208 A letter from COE deans celebrating the College's accomplishments over the 2006-07 academic year http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=214 COE works with the Office of the Vice President for Research to build our research infrastructure http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=211 Early collaboration with CORAS school districts to create an agile, aligned, regional P-20 education system http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=209 Links to policies on summer stipends, summer class enrollments and summer workload http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=216 What is a partnership? http://newsletter.ev.net/coe/mcnews/home.do?aid=219 Office of Student Affairs is remodeled and reconceptualized.