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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION College COMMUNIQUE ` November 2010 Student Highlights Education Students Teach in France STUDENT The University of Akron and seven other universities arrived in France the first week of September to participate in the Franco- American Teachers-in-Training Institute (FATITI). Education students attended a language and culture seminar at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Besançon for three weeks. Afterward, they taught science, math, music and English in schools in Reims, Rouen, Amiens, Orléans, Tours and Blois. The teacher-exchange program, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, is coordinated by UA in conjunction with the Franco-American Commission and French Ministry of Education. The current group is the fourth sent by UA. As part of this intensive cultural experience, the students will live with host families. They will return from France Dec. 15. For more information about UA’s annual Franco- American Teachers-in-Training program, call 330-972-7980 or e-mail dhergen@uakron. edu. Additionally, you can visit the Franco-American website at http://www.uakron.edu/education/community-engagement/fatiti/ -6-
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION College COMMUNIQUE ` November 2010 Student Highlights If You Build It They Will Come! STUDENT Akron Mayor Donald Plusquellic (center, back) celebrates the finished playground with volunteers and the young constituents who will be making use of the new space. Students from The University of Akron’s College of Education were among the 200 volunteers who recently built a new, safe playground at Patterson Park in Akron’s North Hill Neighborhood. Education students Jordan Ferrell, Tiffany Brenner and Julie Humes joined Dr. Shelley Waltonen-Moore, co-coordinator of the college’s Dean’s Dozen, for the daylong project. Sponsors for the project were the City of Akron, Kaboom!, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and North Akron Baseball Association. “This was one of the most rewarding experiences I have had in my years at Akron,” says Ferrell. “I got to be a part of making something that children can enjoy for years and years to come! I am very glad to be a part of the build team, and it is an experience I will never forget.” The volunteers built the playground in one day, through planning, teamwork and hard work. Brenner mixed concrete, which she says was tough, but well worth the effort. (continued on pg. 8) -7-
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