Chalkboard Winter 2009 - School of Education - Indiana University

IU officials, students, alumni pay
tribute to 100 years of excellence
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The Indiana University School of Education formally
marked its 100th-anniversary with a ceremony at the
Wright Education Building at IU Bloomington on Monday,
Nov. 17. IU President Michael McRobbie and IU
Bloomington Provost Karen Hanson joined Dean Gerardo
Gonzalez and other dignitaries to mark the occasion.
President McRobbie pointed out the school’s growth
from humble beginnings. Noting the first efforts at preparing
teachers at IU started as early as 1851, McRobbie
told of a single professor with a daunting task — Daniel
Read, a professor of didactics, had the first and sole
responsibility of teacher preparation. “Now the School of
Education includes hundreds of faculty members across
the state who not only train tomorrow’s teachers but also
specialize in counseling and educational psychology,
educational leadership and policy studies, and a number
of other areas,” McRobbie said. “Their research bridges
theory and practice right here in Bloomington, across the
state, and around the world.”
Hanson emphasized the school’s local impact in her
remarks, commenting on the many alumni who are teachers,
counselors, school psychologists, and administrators.
“The school has sustained itself through a century of
incredible change,” Hanson said. “All the while, it’s grown
and prospered as a progressive force, as a school that’s continued
to build a broad-based community of scholars while
strengthening public education.”
IU Trustee and School of Education alumna Sue Talbot,
BS’66, MS’71, EdD’92, told about how she earned all of
her degrees — high school diploma, BS, MS, and EdD —
in one building on the IU campus, the old School of Education
building which contained University School (now
occupied by the IU School of Music). Bloomington Mayor
(left) Meier delivers keynote at anniversary dinner. (right) IU
President Michael McRobbie speaking during the commemoration
ceremony.
Mark Kruzan presented Dean Gonzalez with a proclamation
calling attention to the School’s 100th
anniversary. Deans’ Advisory Council President Danya
Greenberg spoke for undergraduate students, telling the
audience how the IU School of Education attracted her
from the Chicago area because of the experience it would
provide her before classroom teaching. Doctoral candidate
in education leadership and policy studies Evelyn Hamilton,
MSEd’06, Cert’07, called on the audience to remember
the mission of educators to broach uncomfortable topics
and ensure education is available for all.
Earlier in the ceremony, Breon Mitchell, director of
the Lilly Library, announced the gift of Deborah Meier’s
papers. The Lilly Library will store the papers of the
founder of the small-schools movement for future scholarly
research. Meier gave the keynote address during a
dinner on Nov. 16.
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