News & Events
Fuller Reviews Book on Lincoln
From the GMC Journal
Week of December 8, 2008
Prof. Rommy Fuller (education) recently reviewed a book by Whitney Stewart titled Mr. Lincoln’s Gift, published by Friends of Hildene Publishers in Manchester, Vt. The inside cover of the book features quotes from Rommy’s review. Mr. Lincoln’s Gift is about the artist Francis B. Carpenter and one of his personal experiences with Abraham Lincoln in saving a young soldier.
The author has a personal tie to the story: Whitney’s stepfather gave her a box full of old photographs and letters that he had inherited from his great-great-grandfather, Francis B. Carpenter. It was within the box that Whitney discovered the untold tale of Lincoln and Carpenter.
GMC Education Professor Attends Annual Conference in San Antonio, Tex.
Professor Jen Powers recently attended the 2008 annual NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) convention in San Antonio, Texas where she helped facilitate the yearly Film Festival as a member of the Assembly on Media Arts. As a member of NCTE's Commission on Media she attended a two-day meeting focused on organizing the 2009 Philadelphia convention's Media Room, Film Festival, and Media Literacy Award.
EDUCATION CLUB HAD ITS FIRST MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH,
AT 7:30 IN THE GORGE ATRIUM!!!
All education students were invited to our first EDUCATION CLUB meeting! We brainstormed ideas for the club, discussed our mission, and planned our involvement in the annual GMC Fall Festival on November 1st, 2008.
Our NEXT meeting will be WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, AT 7:30 PM IN 114 DUNTON. Please come and see what this dynamic new club has to offer our local community and schools, and how you can be a part of it!
Education Advising & Pizza Party October 2nd, 2008
All education students were invited to our Annual Education Advising Party on October 2nd, 2008, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Gorge. This was a chance to mingle with other education students, ask questions, win door prizes, discuss spring schedules, and find out more about our education programs! We had a SUPER turnout, and Dr. Jennifer Powers planned the needed amount of pizza to within THREE slices! Thanks to all who attended and helped plan for making this such a successful event.
Welcome Back to GMC with our EDUCATION BASH!!!
The education department sends a big WELCOME BACK to all returning education students and a big WELCOME to all new education students this fall! The annual fall "Education Bash" was held on September 24th out behind Poultney Elementary School, and new and returning ed majors and faculty got a chance to mingle and chow down! Thanks to everyone who attended this annual education event!!
New Kiosk Display Highlights Natural History
From the GMC Journal
Week of November 10, 2008
On November 8, a group of GMC faculty, staff and community members installed a new display in the Lewis Deane Nature Preserve kiosk. The kiosk provides visitors with background information on the geology, hydrology, ecology, and history of the reserve, and it highlights how the preserve is being used by college students and faculty for education, research, and recreation.
Many people worked to make the display possible. Two of Prof. Teresa Coker’s interpretation classes gathered information and prepared the first and revised drafts, with input from several faculty members and other students. Prof. Jim Harding, Vermont Land Trust steward Donna Foster, and Paul Dahm prepared a new map that displays the trail installed by students in Images of Nature over the past three years.
Coker Chosen as Co-Chair for Commission
From the GMC Journal
Week of November 3, 2008
Prof. Teresa Coker (environmental education) made four presentations at the North American Association of Environmental Education’s annual conference in Wichita, Kansas, October 16 - 18. She co-presented three sessions in association with a pre-service teacher advisory council. The sessions were titled “What’s Happening in Teacher Preparation;” “Interested in Becoming a National Program Reviewer for NAAEE/NCATE?” and “NCATE/NAAEE Teacher Preparation Standards Training.”
One presentation she made, titled “Using the Guidelines for Excellence for Program Development and Evaluation,” was about the environmental education program at Green Mountain College.
Also while at the conference, Teresa was chosen to be the co-chair of the association’s Higher Education Commission.
GMC Education Department Chair Publishes Book Review
Prof. Joel Shapiro (education) had a book review published in the June issue of the National Association of School Psychologists Communique. This is the bimonthly journal published by NASP, which is the major organization of school psychologists in the U.S. The title of the book Joel reviewed is Adolescent Self-Injury: A Comprehensive Guide for Counselors and Health Care Professionals, by A.A. D’Onfrio.
GMC Students Travel to NYC for Model UN Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of May 5, 2008
Five members of Green Mountain College’s International Awareness Club and faculty advisor Prof. Joel Shapiro traveled to the United Nations in New York City recently to participate in the Model UN conference. They joined students from nearly 300 other colleges from around the world for the four-day conference.
GMC’s students represented the country of Suriname. Prior to attending the conference, they learned facts about Suriname, its people, characteristics and positions regarding domestic and international issues. They also learned about parliamentary procedure, Model UN practices and UN protocols.
Once at the conference, the students became members of diverse committees which included the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and a group representing IGOs. The photo shows GMC’s contingent in the General Assembly hall at the conclusion of the conference. From left to right are: Laura Restrepo, Jose Galvez-Contreras, Joel Shapiro, Monique Couture, Dusan Vuksanovic, and Robert Aube.
GMC Offering Secondary Science Ed Teaching Track
Beginning this fall, Green Mountain College will be offering a new teaching track in secondary science education.
The new program will offer a B.A. in Biology and will qualify successful graduates to teach biology, chemistry, physics and earth/space science to public school students in grades 7-12. Students who wish to learn more about the program may contact Prof. Joel Shapiro (education) at x8298.
