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Subject: Warner Word | September 2019Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 9:04:04 AM Eastern Daylight TimeFrom: News at WarnerTo: Penders, Christopher
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HAPPENINGS
University of Rochester President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, accompanied by SteveUebbing, professor and project director of the UR-East Educational PartnershipOrganization (EPO); Shaun Nelms, East EPO superintendent, associate professor,and the William & Sheila Konar Director of the Center for Urban EducationSuccess; Warner School dean Anand R. Marri; and Peter Robinson, URMC VP andCOO, toured East High School as students returned for their first day of classes onSeptember 4.
In August, 39 new international students gathered for 11 days of orientation tolearn about American culture and diversity, as well as academic standards andpractices, and to get to know each other and the University. We welcomedstudents from nine countries, including five Warner master’s alums who havereturned to begin their doctoral studies.
Participants in the second - and final - cohort of the Engaging Older Adult Learnersas Health Researchers (ENGOAL) program took part in a graduation ceremony inAugust. Ten older adults completed the one-year program that provideseducation on health research, aging, and research methods. The ENGOALprogram, funded by a $250,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute(PCORI) Engagement Award, began June 1, 2017 and has paired researchersfrom the Warner School and the School of Nursing with stakeholders from NorthEast Area Development (NEAD), Beechwood Neighborhood Coalition, theRochester Housing Authority, and the Interdenominational Health MinistryCoalition. Learn more about ENGOAL.
President Sarah Mangelsdorf visited Horizons at Warner, where she was introducedto Horizons teachers and students. The students had a great time showing her theirsummer work.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
AlertUR Test Set for September 19The fall semester test of AlertUR will be on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. AlertUR is theemergency notification system for the University, including the Medical Center. Inthe event of an emergency, alerts are sent by voice, text, and email message. Thepurpose of the test is to activate the AlertUR system and check that you can bereached immediately. Before the Sept. 19 test, students and employees shouldreview their contact information at https://alert.rochester.edu; sign in with yourNetID and password to verify the fastest method for reaching you. Employees witha NetID who do not have a University email address may enter a personal email orphone number to receive emergency alerts. The Sept. 19 test will not disruptscheduled activities. For more information on AlertUR,visit http://tech.rochester.edu/faqs/alertur-faqs.
Learn About Career Services Tools at WarnerAre you a current student or recent graduate looking for area employment, oncampus or off campus? You might find the job postings on Blackboard helpful. Toattract Warner applicants, University offices and area community organizationssend postings to our career office that we then post in chronological order onBlackboard >Warner Information Organization >Career Services [left sidebanner] >2019-2020 Job Postings.
While you’re there, click on "General Career Information" above the postings. Thefirst folder, "Relevant Employment Links," contains alphabetically-arranged links tonumerous regional employment sites by discipline (e.g., K-12 Teaching, MentalHealth, Higher Ed. Administration, TESOL, Faculty Opportunities, etc). The very firstfile, "Two Job Search Programs Recommended by Warner," provides links to twopowerful search engines, called Careershift and Handshake, that Warnersubscribes to for all students and graduates. By registering for each, you can selectand save key information about, as well as apply for, attractive postings fromprospective employers, by region, and their desired/required criteria forcompetitive candidates (Careershift) and have job openings in your field sent toyour mobile device (Handshake).
For additional assistance on career-related questions and/or job search strategy,contact Harriette Royer at [email protected] or (585) 276-7427.
EVENT: Warner Association for Gender Equity Coffee & Tea Hour University of Rochester Starbucks Friday, September 13, 2019 5 – 6 p.m. Join us for an opportunity to meet other Warner students, discuss gender equityissues on campus, and learn more about what our student organization hasplanned for the year. We have opportunities for anyone who is interested ingender equity, leadership, or women's issues. Drinks will not be provided.
EVENT: Literacy Excellence Summit at EastSaturday, September 14, 20197:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.East High School (1801 E. Main, Street Rochester, NY 14609)Register here. Enter code: HMH September 14For details, click here.
Join us as we start the school year focused on students. The Center for UrbanEducation Success (CUES) at Warner, in partnership with East High and HoughtonMifflin Harcourt, is co-hosting a Literacy Excellence Summit at East. The event willinclude keynote speakers and breakout sessions during which East teachers andWarner faculty will share their literacy work at East and in the Rochestercommunity.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contactAlicia Kraack at [email protected], Jennifer Rees [email protected], or Shaun Nelms at [email protected].
News From River Campus LibrariesUniversity libraries received a system upgrade recently. New software replaced a25-year-old catalog. Learn about the new system and how to use it here.
The process for renewing books and checking due dates has undergone achange as well. Students, faculty, and staff wishing to check their accounts orrequest items must use their Active Directory account, and courtesy borrowersand alumni will have to set up a new password to log into their accounts. Learnhelpful tips regarding My Accounts here.
Off-campus users will need to install the University’s VPN on a homecomputer/laptop. Learn more about VPN access and usage here. For more onlogging into the Library system, see the help guide.
If you use Google Scholar and find that UR links are not showing up, you’ll need toadd it back in as a “library link.” Click the three horizontal bars on the left, thenchoose either the gear or “settings” and choose “library links” from the left menu.Search for “University of Rochester” and then check the box to include it in yoursearch.
For assistance and/or more information, contact Warner's librarian, Eileen Daly-Boas, at [email protected] or through the Research Guide forEducation.
Falling Walls Lab is Coming Back to RochesterPitch your innovative idea highlighting a breakthrough that creates a positiveimpact on science and society in just three minutes and win a trip to theInternational Falling Walls Finale in Berlin, Germany like Warner student AhmedGhazi, MD, associate professor in Urology, did last year.
Ghazi’s three-minute presentation, titled “Breaking the Wall of Surgical Errors”showcased the innovative technology being used in the URMC Department ofUrology Simulation Innovation Laboratory. His presentation earned Ghazi theprestigious 2018 Falling Walls Young Innovator of the Year title, prize money, ayearlong mentorship on scientific publishing, and an invitation to serve as a judgefor the 2019 International Finale.
Learn more about Ghazi’s Falling Walls experience here. Watch a video of histhree-minute presentation here. For additional information,email [email protected] or visit here.
Learning in the Digital Age (LiDA) Series Scheduled for FallThe Warner School is hosting the Learning in the Digital Age (LiDA) ColloquiumSeries throughout the academic year to engage participants in informedconversations about digital technologies, stimulated by a presentation/paneldiscussion. The monthly sessions are open to the University community and areheld in the Genrich-Rusling Room, LeChase Hall 215, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. onThursday. The first session, titled "Sharing & Networking about Current LiDAInitiatives" will be held September 19. View the fall 2019 schedule.
SPOTLIGHT
Q&A with Tricia Shalka on the Experiences ofInternational College Students“Inevitably, there are stories that I hear that are hard to let goof and hard to not feel at a very deep level. I do a lot of workto mitigate that effect – often it helps and sometimes itdoesn’t and that’s ok. What I am reminded of in the processis something that’s increasingly important to me in my work –
there’s room for humanity in the research process,” says Tricia Shalka, assistantprofessor in higher education at Warner.
COMMUNITY NOTES
Daley Publishes Three ArticlesSamantha Daley, assistant professor, published three articles, two ofwhich report on findings from a study with middle school students in remedialreading classes. Daley was lead author of the paper "Behavioral EngagementAmong Adolescents with Reading Difficulties: The Role of Active Involvement in aUniversally Designed Digital Literacy Platform," published online in Reading and
Writing Quarterly, which examines students’ engagement with and use patterns ina digital literacy platform. Read more.
She was a co-author on the second article "Using an Autonomy-Oriented LearningEnvironment for Struggling Readers: Variations in Teacher Sensemaking andInstructional Approach," published online in The Elementary School Journal, whichfocuses on teachers’ experiences with and reactions to being asked to givestudents choice and autonomy in their literacy learning. Read more.
The third article is a book review in Science Education, vol. 103, issue 5, in whichDaley reviews Towards Inclusion of All Learners Through Science Teacher
Education (2018, Brill Sense Boston), edited by M. Koomen, S. Kahn, C. L. Atchison& T. A. Wild, a volume on inclusive science teaching. Read more.
Lammers and Van Alstyne Publish ArticleJayne Lammers, associate professor, and doctoral student Judith Van Alstyne,published the article "Connecting Student Writers with Online Audiences: Lessonsfrom the Field," a Layered Literacies column, in the Assembly on Literature forAdolescents of NCTE (ALAN) ALAN Review, vol. 46, issue 3. The invited column is asecond installment in the research Lammers and Van Alstyne did on their co-facilitation of an online fan fiction writing class for high school students. The articlefocuses on communicating their findings to secondary English teachers andoffering recommendations for how to invite authentic online audiences intoclassrooms. Read the article.
EVENTS
September 12, 2019Warner School of Education Advising and General Info Session
September 14, 2019Writing Workshop: Critical Reading of Academic Texts
September 18, 2019Wednesday Conversation - Problematizing the “Good” Follower, Citizen and Worker: AFoucaultian Analysis of Japanese Curriculum Reform
September 19, 2019LiDA Colloquium Series: Sharing & Networking about Current LiDA Initiatives
September 20, 2019Writing Workshop: Understanding Academic Genres
September 27, 2019Writing Workshop: Incorporating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
October 2, 2019Wednesday Conversation: Real News, Fake News, Facts, and Alternatives: Our EpistemicMoment and its Educational Implications
October 3, 2019LiDA Colloquium Series: How Are Disruptive Technologies Affecting Higher Education?
October 3, 2019Building a Mathematics Coaching Cadre to Foster Teacher Leadership
October 3-6, 2019Meliora Weekend 2019
October 4, 2019Child Abuse Identification and Reporting Workshop
October 10, 2019Online Learning Symposium Series - Online Learning at St. John′s University
October 11, 2019Writing Workshop: Citations, Referencing, and APA Style
October 16, 2019Wednesday Conversation - Educational Leaders as Guardians of Equity
October 18, 2019Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Training
October 23, 2019Effective Teaching and Learning Through the Standards for Mathematical Practice
October 24, 2019Regional Mathematics Leadership Cadre
October 25, 2019RSRB Training
October 26, 2019Writing Workshop: Constructing an Argument in Academic Writing
November 6, 2019Wednesday Conversation - Invisible Elephants: Insights From a Researcher of CollegeStudent Trauma
November 14, 2019Online Learning Symposium Series - Online Learning Research and the Impact of Socialand Teaching Presence
November 20, 2019Wednesday Conversation - Cultural Connections: India
November 21, 2019LiDA Colloquium Series: How Are Digital Technologies Redefining the Goals of K-16Education?
December 12, 2019Online Learning Symposium Series - Faculty and Student Experiences with OnlineLearning
See All Upcoming Events
IN THE NEWS
UR-East High School Partnership Reaches Graduation Milestone
Martin Lynch's Research Featured in Greater Good Magazine
Shaun Nelms on ROC the Future in Rochester Business Journal
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