The Science Education Club held its second meeting November 4, 2013. Guest Speakers Cheryl Olmsted, Assistant Superintendent of Pitt County Schools, and Seth Brown, Teacher Support Staff of Pitt County Schools, discussed key information about applying for jobs, the interview process, and your first year of teaching. Lots of resources and helpful tips were provided. … Read more
Dr. Miles, despite her busy teaching schedule, has 3 articles coming out in the later half of 2013. They are as follows: Miles, R.,& Ran,R.,& Dotson K.(2013). Perceptions of Diversity in Higher Education, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 61:2, 74-82. Brown, B.; Parsons, E.; Miles, R.; & Henderson, J.B. (2013) Exploring The Alignment of … Read more
New faculty member, Dr. Carmen Woodhall, stays busy this fall with teaching, publishing articles, and presenting at conferences. Below are the details if you want to keep up with Dr. Woodhall! She is teaching: SCIE 3216 Teaching Science in the Elementary School (F) SCIE 6320 Advanced Methods of Assessment in Science Education (F) SCIE 6310 … Read more
Recent MSITE graduate student, Rob Moore, publishes a case study that he wrote about the webinar series delivered at the School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill. It went live on November 4, 2013. Rob Moore is an instructional designer with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. He received his M.S. … Read more
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Marilyn Sheerer presented an award to Dr. Susan Ganter at the reception on October 30, 2013 in the second floor exhibit gallery of Joyner Library. This reception honors Dr. Susan Ganter for the publishing of her book. “Partner Discipline Recommendations for Introductory College Mathematics and the Implication … Read more
Dr. Sid Rachlin, Professor of Mathematics Education, won the coveted (individual) Innovator Award for his ground breaking work in leading the state-wide effort to develop the Early Mathematics Add-on Licensure Program. Sid led a process from working with the UNC GA to organize the work; to gaining program/licensure approval from the NC State Board of … Read more
Blaire Watford, senior BS Mathematics Education and BA Mathematics double major, won the Eastern Region NCCTM Student of the Year award. Blaire is an outstanding student who is involved in the Gamma Chapter (student organization of NCCTM at ECU), has volunteered for a number of mathematics education service projects, is involved in several ECU service … Read more
William “Ray” Jernigan was one of three winners of the coveted Rankin Award for his numerous contributions – teacher, leader, coach, and NCCTM do-everything man. Ray has taught for both the Department of Mathematics and for the Mathematics Education area as well as collaborating with ECU as a teacher at Farmville Central HS and as … Read more
ECU Brooke Hill presents a session on probability to high school teachers at the NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Greensboro today. Brooke is working on a MAED in Mathematics Education. She received her BS in Mathematics from ECU May 2013. Professor, Rose Sinecrope, gave her an excellent review saying, “Brooke was awesome!”
On Wednesday, Nov 6, 2013, Dr. Abbie Brown, a full professor in Instruction Technology, shared his knowledge of and experiences with 3D printing with mathematics education students and faculty. Dr. Brown spoke with a standing room only crowd during the monthly Gamma Student Chapter meeting. Students and faculty enjoyed getting their hands on several of … Read more