January - June 2008
PROFESSIONAL
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Dr. Jeannie Burnett,
Department of Elementary Education, attended the Association for
Cultural Economics International (ACEI) executive board meeting and
ACEI Conference, Atlanta, Ga., March 2008, and she attended the
“Teacher’s Choices Institute: Engaging Students in Literacy through
Fine Arts” at the International Reading Association, Atlanta, Ga.,
May 2008.
Dr. Richard Courtney,
Department of Geography, attended and chaired a session at the
Annual Conference of the Middle States Division of the Association
of American Geographers, Reading, November 2007.
Dr. Duane
A. Crider, Department of
Human Kinetics, attended the National American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Baltimore, Md., March
2007.
Raymond J.
Dalfonso, Department of
Special Education, attended the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing
Association State Convention in Pittsburgh, April 2008.
Dr. John J.
Delaney, Department of
History, attended “Aspects of the Holocaust: History, Experiences
and Implications,” Lessons and Legacies Conference on the Holocaust,
sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation and hosted by
Israel’s Yad Vashem trans., “Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’
Remembrance Authority,” Jerusalem, December 2007.
Dr. S.
Pascale Dewey,
Department of Modern Language Studies, attended the Houghton Mifflin
Conference “Key Issues and Strategies in e-Language Teaching
Today,” Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, February 2008; the
Kutztown Strategic Planning Retreat in the McFarland Student Union
Building, January 2008: and “Review and Interview: Second Kutztown
University Assessment Symposium,” in the McFarland Student Union,
April 2008.
Dr.
Michael Downing,
Department of English, attended The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
for Adobe Creative Suite Users. Training involved InDesign, Acrobat,
PhotoShop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, and a unique track for Web
designers, Allentown, May 2008.
Dr. Dan
Featherston, Department
of English, attended the Modern Languages Association Convention,
Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Dr. Heather
Fountain, Department of
Art Education and Crafts, attended the National Art Education
Association Conference and the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development National Conference, both in New Orleans,
La., March 2008.
Dr. Michael P. Gabriel,
Department of History, attended the Pennsylvania Historical
Association Annual Meeting, State College, October 2007.
Dr. Elsa
Geskus, Department of
Elementary Education, was invited to attend “Developing a
Curriculum” at the Harrisburg Community College curriculum review,
April 2008.
Dr. Curt
Herr, Department of
English, attended the South Central Society for Eighteenth Century
Studies, New Orleans, La., February 2008.
Dr.
Patricia Kelleher,
Department of History, attended the Organization of American
Historians’ Annual Conference, New York City, March 2008.
Dr. Andrea
Kirshman, assistant
vice-president, New Student Programs and Services, and Julianne
Nolan, director, Community Relations and Development Services,
attended the 90th Annual National Association Student Personnel
Administrators Conference. The conference theme was “Chart a Course
for Student Success” and included numerous ways to reduce
environmental impact through sustainability efforts as part of the
conference program in Boston, Mass., March 2008.
Dr. Kevin
Kjos, Department of
Music, attended the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Jazz
Festival, March 2008.
Dr. Mary
Laub, Department of
Elementary Education, attended the Keystone State Reading
Association Board of Directors meeting in State College, April
2008.
Dr. Susan
Moon Meyer, Department
of Special Education, attended the spring workshop of the
Northeastern Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Pennsylvania in
Fogelsville, April 2008.
Dr. David
B. Ross, Department of
Special Education, attended the Council for Exceptional Children
National Convention in Boston, Mass., March/April 2008 and the
Pennsylvania Vision Conference in Grantville, April 2008.
Rosalie St.
Clair, Department of
Elementary Education, attended the Bloomsburg Reading Conference,
May 2008.
Dr. Heather
H. Thomas, Department of
English, attended Associated Writing Programs Conference,
January/February 2008.
Dr. Pietro
Toggia, Department of
Criminal Justice, attended the 8th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention
Symposium. This annual symposium is organized by University of
Pennsylvania Washington, District of Colombia May 2008.
Dr. Carol
Watson, Department of
Elementary Education, attended the Pennsylvania National Association
for Multicultural Education at Temple University, Philadelphia,
April 2008.
Dr. Robert
C. Ziegenfus, Department
of Geography, and Faculty Athletics Representative, attended the
102nd Annual Meeting of the NCAA, Nashville, Tenn., January 2008.
