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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.
Eatman receives international early career honors in the area of service learning and community engagement
Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor of higher education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and director of research for Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, has been selected to receive the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Early Career Award.
Syracuse University No. 8 in Washington Monthly 2010 College Rankings
Syracuse University is ranked No. 8 among 258 National Universities in the 2010 Washington Monthly College Rankings.
Syracuse University’s Summer College wraps up with exhibitions, fashion show
High school students participating in Syracuse University’s Summer College Program will culminate six weeks of study and practical experience by welcoming parents, friends and the SU community to a variety of end-of-program events on Friday, Aug. 13.
Renamed Institute on Communication and Inclusion builds on two decades of advocacy, breakthrough research
The Facilitated Communication Institute is taking on a new name, the Institute on Communication and Inclusion.