http://suedweb.syr.edu/ The latest news from the School of Education en-us soe@syr.edu 360 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=312 <br /> Jenna Caira<br /><br /> Jenna Caira became the first player in BIG EAST history to record 1,000 career strikeouts and the Syracuse University softball team (38-12, 15-4) rallied to defeat Connecticut (21-26, 9-13) by a score of 4-3 in 10 innings at Burrill Family Field.<br /><br /> &nbsp;<br /><br /> Caira entered the game with 998 strikeouts and reached the milestone in the bottom of the second inning when she got Marissa Guches out looking. She finished the day with five strikeouts... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 312 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=313 <br /> The red carpet will go down on Montgomery Street on Wednesday, May 9, as Syracuse prepares for the world premiere of &ldquo;Crooked Arrows,&rdquo; the first mainstream film featuring the sport of lacrosse.<br /><br /> Neal Powless, a School of Education Counseling and Human Services alum (&#39;08), former All American lacrosse player, Onondaga Nation citizen and staff member in the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University, is a co-producer of the film. &ldquo;This is an... Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 313 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=310 <br /> Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a grant for $199,650 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) for pre-service secondary teachers. In collaboration with SUNY Upstate Medical University, Dotger will design clinical simulations to better prepare future high school teachers for the everyday challenges and situations they will face when they begin... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 310 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=311 <br /> The School of Education&#39;s Landscape of Urban Education series will present &ldquo;Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership&rdquo; on Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Watson Theater. The lecture will be led by Sam Seidel, author of the book &ldquo;Hip Hop Genius, Remixing High School Education&rdquo; (Rowan &amp; Littlefield, 2011), and will examine the unique knowledge of urban students and look at how schools can go beyond the typical study of rap music to... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 311 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=309 <br /> Two School of Education professors have spearheaded an effort to equip faculty and students at Kenyatta University (KU) in Kenya with the latest tools in educational technology, iPads and iPods. As part of the &lsquo;Cuse in Kenya project, a partnership between the Schools of Education at Syracuse University and Kenyatta University (KU), Alan Foley, associate professor of Instructional Design, Development &amp; Evaluation, and Joanna Masingila, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 309 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=308 <br /> On Wednesday, April 18, Syracuse University will host one of 17 White House youth &ldquo;town hall&rdquo; style meetings being held on college campuses across the nation this spring.&nbsp; Their purpose is for White House officials and young Americans to come together for dialogues on topics important to their generation. And participants are engaging with each other to share ideas and tools for enacting change.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Syracuse University was selected as a site for... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 308 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=305 <br /> The School of Education will screen the film &ldquo;Precious Knowledge&rdquo; as part of its Landscape of Urban Education series on Monday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with cultural studies experts, including &ldquo;Precious Knowledge&rdquo; filmmaker Eren McGinnis, about the implications of banning ethnic and cultural studies in schools. This event is free and open to the public. The film is... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 305 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=306 <br /> Two members of the School of Education&#39;s Partnership for Better Education and Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement received honors from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women&#39;s Club. Christabel O. B. Sheldon, director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, won the 2012 Sojourner Truth Award and Don Sawyer, director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participate (LSAMP), was invited to the organization&#39;s... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 306 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=304 <br /> Syracuse University honored students, faculty, staff and community partners who exemplify SU&rsquo;s commitment to engagement with the community and Scholarship in Action with the 2012 Chancellor&rsquo;s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship (CAPES). The awards were given at a celebration dinner on Monday, March 26, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center&rsquo;s Goldstein Auditorium.<br /><br /> SU students, faculty and staff engage in tens of thousands... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 304 http://suedweb.syr.edu/news.aspx?recid=307 <br /> On Wednesday, March 28, seventy tenth-graders from Nottingham High School on Syracuse&rsquo;s east side visited Syracuse University to learn about and get a feel for the campus where they could live and study at in the future. The School of Education&#39;s Early College High School program at Nottingham (NECHS) brought its scholars to visit the SU campus to get a personalized tour of the university and its colleges, and learn more about the academic programs and courses of study that... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT 307