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P. Buckley Moss on education, Faculty & Student Highlights
A Wonderful Happening for Education
April 25, 2014 –
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P. Buckley Moss (left) and Carol Mullen at the dedication ceremony of the Moss Arts Center today
During the program (in the auditorium), Pat Buckley Moss shared that "my passion in life is education
and schools." She was recognized by VT for her philanthropic and artistic commitment to "arts based
education."
Read about the building dedication and open house (April 25, 2014):
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/04/040414-development-artscenterdedication.html
Interim Dean Joan Hirt visited with school of education friends and mingled during the open house.
Victoria Falls University Vice Chancellor's Visited Virginia Tech, April
2014
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Gertrude Akapelwa-Ehueni meets President Steger accompanied by Bill Price, Joseph Mukuni, and
Josiah Tlou (not in picture)
From April 6 to 11, 2014, Gertrude Mwangala Akapelwa-Ehueni, the Vice Chancellor for the Victoria
Falls University (VFU), Livingstone, Zambia, visited Virginia Tech to identify areas of cooperation
between her university and Virginia Tech. The Victoria Falls University is a private university which is still
in its infancy. It is, therefore, looking for partners to help in the development of the university. Currently,
Victoria Falls University has four schools, namely: School of Education; School of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT); School of Business and Finance; and School of Hotel and Tourism
Management. During the visit, the Vice Chancellor had meetings with the School of Education and the
Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, in addition to meeting President Charles Steger and
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Claire Robbins Serves as Co-chair of Next Gen
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Vice President Guru Ghosh.
Claire K. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Virginia Tech. Her research interests
include the development and construction of social identities, ally behaviors among students and
educators, and the experiences of students and educators in STEM disciplines. She is a Co-Chair of
Next Gen 2014 and a member of the ACPA 2014 Convention Planning Team.
In addition to Dr. Robbin's co-chairing duties she coauthored an engaging blog with Dr. Thomas C.
Segar of Shepherd University about the planning and implementation process for Nex Gen.
"With a central focus on social justice and innovative presenters and formats, we're going to introduce
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participants to ACPA and student affairs, invite them to consider opportunities for professional
involvement and graduate preparation, develop strong connections among participants, and facilitate
meaningful interactions between participants, practitioners, and scholars. We're especially excited about
our keynote speakers and their focus on social justice as the foundation of student affairs. Kristin Skarie,
President of Teamworks and Vice President of the ACPA Foundation Board, will facilitate "flashback"
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Kami Patrizio is is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership
Abstract: Conflicting perspectives about the focus educational leadership programs (Breault, 2010;
Hess & Kelly, 2007; Levine, 2005), a dearth of research about leader education course design and
content (Hess & Kelly, 2007), and limited scholarship about leader educators classroom experiences
(Frick & Riley, 2010) render studying of leader education practices necessary and important. My self
study addresses this need, examining the ways that place theory and imagery can be used to counter
forces of globalization that diminish agency and relational learning in educational leadership. I use place
theory (Eacott, 2010; Gruenewald, 2003; Steele, 1981) to examine the empirical, hermeneutic, and
educational leadership.
Testing a Partial Model of Domain Identification and Motivation With Engineering Students
critical layers of my self study research, thereby contributing to the theory of placemaking in the field of
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Brett Jones is an associate professor of Educational Psychology
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to test a partial version of the domain identification model
proposed by Osborne and Jones (2011). We investigated the measurement of the MUSIC Model of
Academic Motivation (Jones, 2009) and four mediating variables (i.e., engineering identification,
engineering utility, engineering program belonging, and engineering program expectancy) separately,
followed by the full structural model which also included likelihood of engineering major and career.
Based on the fit indices, we documented strong evidence for model data fit in all three cases. Except
engineering program belonging, the other three mediating variables had significant relations with
engineering major and career. The success component of the MUSIC model had the greatest impact on
all of the four mediating variables.
Structured Poster Sessions
Agency and the Arts
Presenter: Kami Patrizio
Purpose: This poster is intended to engage session participants in dialogue about the role of agency in
their educational practice.
Perspective(s): The current accountability context that pervades the field of education renders
educational leaders' process of "becoming" complicated. Many are challenged to learn as they are
compelled to react, instead of reflect, by the pressures of standardization and testing. Across the world,
educators struggle to find agency in their own learning. This self-study research is predicated on the idea
that people are "in the process of becoming - as unfinished, incomplete beings in and with a likewise
unfinished reality" (Freiere, 2000, p. 84). Katz-Buonincuontro (2011) suggests that "expanding
leadership preparation methods emphasize applied and experiential aspects of praxis as well as a focus
on self-understanding as a way to improve leadership performance (p.4). Indeed, her research using artsbased methodologies to structure intensive, educational leadership workshops suggests that artistic
methods can expose biases and gaps in leaders' knowledge thereby facilitating the adoption of
alternative perspectives and new ideas (Katz-Buonincuontro, 2008). Additionally, empowering students
by allowing them artistic expression offers students "an alternative form of voice" (Chio & Fandt, 2007, p.
487). So empowered, graduate students can experience what it means to be ...authors or agents of their
own lives and meanings...[giving] them the right to speak but also create[ing] a safer interpersonal and
social forum for them to do so as the stories to be told are singularly theirs and their alone (Chio & Fandt,
2007, p. 488). I hope to create a classroom environment where the aspiring leaders that are my students
can experience agency in their learning. However, I have long felt that my extensive use of dialogical
techniques might be improved through the use of artistic methodologies. This research relies on
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Laboskey's (2004) five criteria for self and the self-study tradition of professional disclosure (Frick &
Riley, 2010) to address the questions: What can artistic methods help leader educators to understand
about the nature of praxis? How do artistic methods influence dialogue?
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Rural Scholar to Visit Virginia Tech
Kai Schafft, Associate Professor of Education (Educational Leadership) and Rural Sociology, and
Director of the Center on Rural Education and Communities, at The Pennsylvania State University will
present on
Rural Education as Rural Development:
Understanding the Rural School-Community Well-Being Linkage in a 21st Century Policy Context
When: Monday, April 28, at 12 p.m.
Where: 220L War Memorial Hall
Roundtable
Topic: Universal Design for Instruction, takes the idea of equal access for all and applies that to the
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When: April 29th 12:00 -1:00pm
Where: North End Ctr Conference Room 3600. Parking is free with a F/S pass.
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Email contact:
asharpe@vt.edu
SOE Employee Spotlight ~ Rick Barrow!
Drinks and desserts will be provided.
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Rick Barrow, Fixed Asset Wrangler, demonstrating his wrangling skills
Rick definitely makes the day brighter and much funnier for everyone! Thanks for everything you do
Rick! The Newsworthy News salutes you!
"In 2008 I landed the perfect job for a rehabilitation counselor, special research faculty for a grant-funded
assistive technology service with home base at Virginia Tech. After nearly five fun, productive years the
grant and my job ended, and I secured my current half-time position tracking and documenting about
1,350 computers and other items assigned to School of Education faculty and staff. I already knew
nearly everyone in SOE, including my supervisor, Diana Wu and had years observing which faculty and
staff were likely going to be the most challenging to my fixed assets wrangling. Recently the School of
Education successfully completed its 2013 inventory, my first as Fixed Assets Wrangler. Humor and
wonderful colleagues make it worthwhile to daily hunt for a parking space, and I enjoy working with the
real people that are custodians of the "stuff" I inventory." ~ Rick Barrow
Deadline for submissions for the April issue of News2Note
The deadline for submissions to the May issue of News2Note is Tuesday, 29 April. Send your updates
to Associate Dean Debra Stoudt at dstoudt@vt.edu[1]
Editor Dave Brod
Co-Editor and Faculty Adviser Dr. Carol Mullen
Links
[1]. mailto:%20dstoudt@vt.edu
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