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SU Project Advance explores global partnerships in Dubai
Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) anticipates going global in 2011, starting in the Middle East. Administrative team members Jerry Edmonds, Sari Signorelli, John Fiset and Chris Parish recently visited several Global Education Management-owned high schools in Dubai to assess their…
Payne to present SOE’s annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders lecture Feb. 3
The Syracuse University School of Education will present its annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 3, featuring Charles M. Payne. The lecture, “Syracuse City, Forty Years of Urban Education Landscape: From Croton-on-Campus to the Promised…
Renowned art educator Olivia Gude to speak Feb. 1
Olivia Gude, an award-winning art educator, collaborative public artist and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The…
Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative presents ‘Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust’ Dec. 7
The Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will present “Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust” on Dec. 7. The workshop will be held at Drumlins Country Club from 3:30 -7:30 pm and is co-sponsored by the Study Council…
WorkKeys Center at SU elevates skill level of incumbent workers
Seeking refuge from ongoing military conflicts in their home country of Sudan, Mary Mayom and her five children spent eight years in refugee camps in Kenya and Nairobi before coming to the United States through the United Nations Refugee Agency. Mayom and…
Second annual ‘Writing Our Lives’ urban youth writing conference to be held Nov. 13
The 2010 “Writing Our Lives” youth writing conference takes place Saturday, Nov. 13, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Percy Hughes Magnet School in Syracuse.
New autism documentary ‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to premiere at 2010 Syracuse International Film Festival
“Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road,” a new documentary film directed and produced by Oscar winner and twice Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Gerardine Wurzburg, will premiere as part of the 2010 Syracuse International Film Festival.
Education professor to facilitate anti-bullying workshop for teachers, administrators Sept. 30
Mara Sapon-Shevin, professor of inclusive education and director of the Safe and Peaceful Schools Project at the School of Education, will address these challenges and present strategies for bullying prevention at “Bully-Proofing Our Students: Creating Safe and Peaceful Schools.”
Center for Digital Literacy releases free eBook for K-12 educators
Organized around four broad educational standards, the new free eBook “From The Creative Minds,” produced by Syracuse University’s Center for Digital Literacy (CDL), showcases a collection of engaging lesson plans grouped by content suitable for elementary, middle and high school levels.
USAID partnership program provides funding to SU’s School of Education for quality teaching education collaboration with Kenya’s Kenyatta University
Syracuse University will receive $860,700 for “Building Capacity through Quality Teacher Preparation,” a partnership project between SU and Kenyatta University in Kenya, East Africa.