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17Ylimaki, R. M. (2006, April). Changing practices and mindsets in teaching and learning: Aroadmap to school improvement. Discussant at the 2006 Annual Meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association, San Francisco.Ylimaki, R. M. (2006, April). Successful leadership of teaching and learning: Instructionalleadership in challenging school contexts. Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meetingof the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.****************************************************************************************************THIS ‘N’ THATKelly Ahuna (Ph.D., 2000, ELP) and Christine Gray Tinnesz (Ph.D., 2001, ELP), director andassociate director of GSE’s Methods of Inquiry (MOI) Program, report that the second edition oftheir textbook, Methods of Inquiry: Applied Critical Thinking, will be available in Fall 2006. In March2006, Ahuna and Tinnesz presented “Developing Autonomous Learners: Helping Students Succeedin College” at the Spring Teaching and Learning Conference at UB, and in June 2006 they willconduct a workshop for faculty at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. In May 2006,Tinnesz and MOI teaching assistant Kristen Cercone (CSEP doctoral student) will present a paperon student learning at the SUNY Geneseo Teaching and Learning Conference.Sharon Amos (Ed.M., 1986, LAI) completed her doctoral program in American studies at UB inSeptember 2005. Amos is an associate professor for UB’s Educational Opportunity Center.Nancy Bailey (LAI doctoral student) received a 2006 Graduate Student Excellence in TeachingAward and Zaynab Alnakeeb (LAI doctoral student) received a Certificate of Honorable Mention inthis year’s awards competition. The Graduate School and the Graduate Student Associationestablished the “Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching” Awards Program to publicly recognizethose graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional performance in the execution of theirteaching responsibilities.Ruth Berry (LAI faculty) was awarded $3,360 from the Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher LeaveProgram to prepare manuscripts for publication and to develop an application for external fundingfor research.Gary Bonvillian (Ph.D., 1993, ELP) has been named the 13 th president of Thomas University, aprivate institution in Thomasville, GA. The university, founded in 1950, serves 800 students withan academic emphasis on career development and arts and sciences. Previously, Bonvillian served asprovost at Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY.Peter Brouwer (Ph.D., 1993, LAI) was promoted to the rank of professor of secondary mathematicseducation at the State University of New York College at Potsdam.Joaquin Carbonara (Gifted Math Program faculty) is one of 60 teachers selected nationwide for aprestigious Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Junior High School Mathematics Teachingfrom the Mathematics Association of America. Carbonara is being honored for his consistentexcellent effort in developing the mathematical talents of junior high school students in GSE’sGifted Math Program.
18Marilyn Ciancio (Ed.M., 1982, LAI) received the Arts Advocate Award in March 2006 from theArts Council in Buffalo and Erie County as “Outstanding Supporter and Advocate of the Arts.”Ciancio has long championed the arts through her broadcasts on Adelphia’s local cable televisonchannels in Western New York. As ArtScope host for more than 10 years and Crossroads artscorrespondent, she has invited virtually every arts and cultural organization to appear on these twoAdelphia programs. She also records arts events such as Curtain Up! for broadcast, “creating evengreater awareness of the richness of the arts in our region,” the Arts Council said. In addition,Ciancio has volunteered for more than 30 years for groups including Studio Arena Theatre, UBCenter for the Arts, Amherst Arts Committee, WNED-TV, and the Women’s Pavilion of the 2001Pam-Am Centennial.Nancy Cich (Ed.M., 1992, LAI) is currently teaching 5 th grade and is the elementary sciencecurriculum facilitator in the Newfane Central Schools.Cornelius Cosgrove (Ph.D., 1986, LAI) is currently serving as chairperson of the Department ofEnglish at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. In April 2006, he and department colleagueNancy Barta-Smith received the Slippery Rock University President's Award for Excellence inScholarly Achievement for their 2004 book, In Search of Eloquence: Cross-Disciplinary Conversationson the Role of Writing in Undergraduate Education (Hampton Press).Janice DeLucia-Waack (CSEP faculty) has been elected president of the Association for Specialistsin Group Work. Her term as president-elect will begin July 2006.Anne Deming (Ph.D., 1977, CSEP) retired from the presidency of Notre Dame College in Ohio in2003 and founded Anne Deming & Associates, a higher education consulting firm that servespresidents, chancellors, and trustees of colleges and universities. Deming has partnered with R. H.Perry & Associates, an executive search firm in Washington, DC, on searches for presidents andsenior officers. She is also a member of the Registry of College and University Presidents, whichplaces interim presidents.John Donovan (Ph.D., 2002, LAI) is an assistant professor of mathematics education at theUniversity of Maine. He is interested in a problem solving approach to teaching mathematics, andthe mathematics that teachers need to know to be effective teachers.Rodney Doran (professor emeritus, LAI) helped organize the 20 th annual Science Exploration Dayon March 15, 2006 on the UB North Campus. Approximately 700 high school students from acrossWestern New York attended the event to learn more about science and scientific careers. This year’skeynote speaker was Robert McClellan, a technologist with Praxair. Science Exploration Day issponsored by the Niagara Frontier Science Supervisors Association and the Science TeachersAssociation of New York State. Doran was on the committee that started the event more than 20years ago to interest high school students in science.Jutta Siefert Dudley (Ph.D., 1998, LAI) is an instructor in the Department of Geology at BrockportState College, and previously taught Regents earth science in the Pittsford School District. She iscurrently president elect of the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS). Dudleyhas also served as chair of the Central Western section of STANYS, and has held many otherpositions at the section and state level. STANYS is one of the largest state organizations of scienceteachers with over 3,000 members.
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