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WSC to Honor Local Hunger Campus to Celebrate Faculty and Student Research Honor Society for First Year Students Inducts 89 Members
Congratulations to Ellen Rearick (Nursing) and Julie Frechette (Communication) for receiving grants from the Whiting Foundation! Out of 87 applications there were only 23 awards, with WSC receiving these two. Professor Frechette will be using her grant to study at and participate in the Oxford University Symposium on Women in the Academy: Prospects and Promises during the Summer 2009 in England.
At the invitation of the IREX International Media Partnerships Program, Professor Barbara Zang (Communication) participated in a mid-term conference in Moscow on March 12-13. Representatives of Russian media partnerships met with their foreign partners to review the partnerships, lessons learned and successes achieved. Zang has been working with journalism professors at the Russian Non-government Educational Institution University of The Russian Academy of Education Nizhny Novgorod Branch to develop a center for media and disabilities at that university.
Campus to Celebrate Faculty and
Student Research *A computer-operated wheelchair.
*An
online archive of Worcester history 1800-2000, Digital Worcester.
*A selection of student-composed music. This is a small taste of the nearly 150 exhibits to be featured in the Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity from 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 29. “The response of faculty and students has been wonderful,” said Dr. Maureen Shamgochian, interim vice president for academic affairs. “I’m looking forward to seeing all this work.” Exhibits from all departments plus the Honors Program and Women’s Studies Program will be featured in the Blue Lounge, North-South Auditorium, and the exhibit area of the Student Center. The annual student art show also will be open for viewing in the gallery on the first floor of the Ghosh building. A few studies to whet your appetite for this event include: -- the relationship of a student’s mathematical achievement at Worcester State College to the student’s likelihood of completing college; --the impact of globalization on girls’ education in Tanzania; --a monitoring of English phonology acquisition after international adoption; --the design of a study of home health care nurses and aides; and --tips on teaching difficult subject areas in psychology. Plan now to set aside that block of time on April 29 to take a look at some of the best work faculty and students have produced during the 2008-09 academic year. If you have questions about this event, please direct them to Barbara Zang, bzang@worcester.edu.
Honor Society for First Year The Worcester State Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national honor society for first-year students, inducted 89 members in a ceremony that attracted an overflow audience of their family members and friends in the Student Center’s Blue Lounge on April 5. The 88 student inductees represent all academic disciplines. They must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher during their first or second semester as first-year students to be eligible for membership. The chapter inducted Dr. Lynn Bloomberg (Health Science) as an honorary member. Kolbe Heroux (Communication Sciences and Disorders ‘09), the chapter president, recognized Bloomberg’s service not only to students but also to the community. She also commended her work in science as well as in the arts. Bloomberg, whose academic specialty is public health, is an artist who also writes fiction and non-fiction. Dr. Maureen Shamgochian, interim vice president for academic affairs, gave the keynote address, relating her positive experiences as a Worcester State undergraduate and inviting students to take full advantage of the opportunities the college offers them in undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning and internships. Three years ago the chapter took on an international public service project, supporting six students—three boys and three girls---from a village in Tanzania by supplying their secondary school tuition and uniforms. At the induction ceremony, chapter treasurer Deanna Lahey (Biology ‘09) presented a symbolic check for $3,000 to Dr. Patricia Benjamin (Physical and Earth Sciences) to support the last year of secondary school for these students as well as to contribute to the construction of housing for village primary school teachers. The primary school currently has 16 teachers and more than 1,200 students. Benjamin, who lived in this village while conducting her
doctoral dissertation research, told Phi Eta Sigma members that their
contribution would improve the education of the village’s children.
“Additional teacher housing in the village means the government will
supply additional teachers for the primary school,” The chapter welcomed its new faculty adviser, Dr. Janice Yee (Economics), who will replace Dr. Barbara Zang (Communication), who has served as chapter adviser for six years. The chapter’s next fundraising event is a bake sale on April 16. Watch for it in the Sullivan T that morning.
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Monday, April 6,
2009
THIS WEEK Mon., Apr. 6
Baseball vs. WPI
BBC History of WWII Film
Music and Social Change Tues., Apr. 7
Sarah Sharbach Memorial
Softball vs. Clark Univ.
Lacrosse vs. Wed., Apr. 8
Lecture with Author
Baseball vs. Thurs., Apr. 9
"Disagreeing on Everything:
Softball vs. Western CT
Lacrosse vs. Fri., Apr. 10
Baseball vs. ON GOING
Student Art Show
COMING UP
Mon., Apr. 13
BBC History of WWII Film Series: "D-Day-Reflections
Music and Social Change Wed., Apr. 15
Blood Drive
Cyrus Topol Memorial Lecture, Thurs., Apr. 16
Sut Jhally presents
Sut Jhally presents
Opening Night - Fri., Apr. 17
State Colleges Graduate Research
Symposium
Day of Silence
Pirates of Penzance Sat., Apr. 18
Pirates of Penzance Sun., Apr. 19
Pirates of Penzance Mon., Apr. 20
Patriots Day Holiday
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