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Dr. Cheryl McElvain Travels
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, the families involved in the After School Tutoring Program called The Bridge met with Professor Francisco Jimenez to share their life stories.
Dr. Cheryl McElvain is the program director who began this tutoring program 1 1/2 years ago along with her husband Larry who is the executive director of Discovery Counseling Center. The mission of The Bridge program is to connect disconnected, disenfranchised English learners and their parents into a vital learning community. 
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Pedro is Lead Author
Pedro Hernández-Ramos is the lead author (with James L. Koch, Albert Bruno, and Eric Carlson) of an article published in the October/November 2007 issue of “Innovate-Journal of Online Education.” The article, titled “Designing the Online Collaboratory for the Global Social Benefit Incubator,” is available online (free subscription) at: http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=418.
Innovate Journal also sponsored a “webinar” presentation of the article conducted by Hernández-Ramos and Koch on Monday, November 5th which was recorded and can also be retrieved online.
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Professor Melissa Gilbert Presented At a Math Conference
In August, 2007, Melissa Gilbert was an invited presenter at the 4th Annual Transforming East Alabama Mathematics (TEAM-Math) Partnership Conference held at Tuskegee University. Her interactive session was entitled "Motivating students in math: Lessons learned and tools to use".
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Ruth Cook Celebrates 25 years at SCU and the 7th Edition of Her Book
Ruth Cook, the Chair of the Department of Education, celebrates 25 years at Santa Clara University. She recently received copies of her 7th edition of Adapting Early Childhood Curricula for Children with Special Needs.
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Professor Tim Myers Excited About His New Books
Tim has an new book that was accepted for publication from Marshall Cavendish Children's publisher called Looking for Luna. He also has a story called "A Christmas Gift" appearing in Skipping Stones Magazine.
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Dr. Lester Goodchild Books Publish 3rd Edition
Les recently had his book publish the 3rd edition He also wrote the overview chapters for its readings, which are spread out through the different parts of the book.
Wechsler, H. S., Goodchild, L. F., and Eisenmann, L., eds. The History of Higher Education. Association for the Study of Higher Education Reader Series. 3rd ed. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2007, pp. i-xxx, 1-800
Goodchild, L. F. “Introduction--A History of American Higher Education: An Overview and a Commentary.” In The History of Higher Education. Association for the Study of Higher Education Reader Series. 3rd ed. Boston, Mass.: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2007,
He was also quoted in an article on Catholic Character by Elizabeth Redden.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/25/catholic
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Priscilla Myers to be New Interim Director
Dr. Myers was asked to be the Interim Director of the Liberal Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. This is the undergraduate pre-teaching program. Congratulations!
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