PUBLICATION OF THE
WATSON COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION
Volume
02
WatsonChronicle
Watson
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON
ISSUE 01
September
2013
Sections
Watson
College News
2
Faculty Highlights
and Staff News
4
Student and
Alumni News
5
Education Updates
5
Upcoming Events
6
Opportunities for
WCE Students
7
Initiatives to Bolster
STEM Education
8
Support for Teachers
in the Field
9
Youth Programs
and Summer Camps 10
Family Corner
12
DEAN
Kenneth Teitelbaum
EDITOR
Susan Finley
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Krystine Wetherill
Watson College of Education,
UNCW
601 S. College Road
Wilmington NC 28403-5994
www.uncw.edu/ed/publications
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Watson College News
Welcome to New Faculty
Andrew Ryder, Ph.D.
Iowa State University
Assistant Professor, EL
rydera@uncw.edu
New Conceptual Framework
A visual design incorporating the college’s new mission and value
statements was introduced at an open meeting of faculty and staff
in August. This fall, posters with the new conceptual framework will
be hung throughout the building so that students and visitors are
aware of the focus of the college’s work.
Andrew J. Ryder joins the Watson
College after serving as a research
scientist at the Research Institute for
Studies in Education (RISE) at Iowa
State University. Andy earned both
his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in higher
education from ISU and his B.A. in
history and government from the College of William & Mary. His
dissertation studying Iowa GED students’ pathways to community
college completion earned the 2012 Dissertation of the Year Award
from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC).
Andy’s research and scholarly interests include access to
postsecondary education for academically at-risk students, how
colleges promote students’ development of personal and social
responsibility, and the history and philosophy of student affairs
practice.
Andy has 12 years of professional experience in the field of student
affairs, and has authored several chapters for the New Directions
sourcebooks for higher education and institutional research.
Andy is a big fan of the Boston Red Sox and enjoys running and
triathlons.
Crystalyn Schnorr, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Assistant Professor, EEMLS
schnorrc@uncw.edu
Crystalyn Schnorr is a 2013 graduate
of the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte where she completed
the Ph.D. in special education. Her
dissertation is entitled Effects of
Multilevel Support on First-Grade
Teachers’ Use of Research-Based Strategies During Beginning
Reading Instruction.
WCE Advisors Move to the First Floor
Starting this fall, a Watson College of Education professional
advisor will work with each undergraduate student from the
time they declare a major (usually sophomore year), through
graduation. For added student access and convenience, our team
of advisors – Sam Black, Tanya Malacinski, Lisa Keenan and Terri
Merritt – have moved to new offices located on the first floor of the
Education Building.
Crystalyn also holds a master’s degree from UNC Charlotte in
special education and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from
James Madison University. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Crystalyn
was a special education teacher (K-5), and an exceptional children
program specialist (K-8) in North Carolina public schools.
Her teaching and research interests include beginning reading
instruction, instructional strategies, response to intervention and
instructional coaching.
Key to Departments and Centers
EEMLS
Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, Literacy,
and Special Education
EL
Educational Leadership
ITFSE
Instructional Technology, Foundations and
Secondary Education
CESTEM Center for Education in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
PDS
Professional Development System Partnership
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Watson College News
SEEA Moves to the UNCW Campus
The Watson College of Education (WCE) has entered into a new
three year partnership agreement with the Southeast Education
Alliance (SEEA). WCE has a long-standing affiliation with SEEA,
an organization that represents 13 regional school districts and is
dedicated to the improvement of Pre-K-12 education in our region.
The new agreement, officially signed by SEEA Executive Director
Linda Lowe, Watson College Dean Kenneth Teitelbaum and UNCW
Provost Denise Battles on Aug. 26, provides for a closer partnership
with the relocation of SEEA offices to the UNCW campus.
Dean Teitelbaum welcomed SEEA as an extension of the Watson
College’s Office of Outreach and described the partnership as a “winwin” for two organizations aligned to common goals. Provost Battles
also extended a warm welcome saying, “Partnerships with outside
organizations are central to UNCW’s core strategy and focus.”
Director Linda Lowe said that SEEA “looks forward to continued
collaboration with the Watson College, and finding ways to build on a
very successful partnership.”
The official relocation of SEAA offices to Friday Annex at UNCW is
anticipated to take place in late September or early October.
(L-R) Dean Kenneth Teitelbaum, Provost Denise Battles,
Linda Lowe, executive director of SEEA, and Michael Bracy,
superintendent of Jones County Schools, celebrate new agreement
between WCE and SEEA.
Ed Lab Extends Partnership with CCCC
and adds Middle Grades Tutoring
Watson College Milestone: 10-Year
Anniversary of Legacy Hall
The Watson College of Education serves the children of
Southeastern North Carolina with one-on-one tutoring through
the Betty Holden Stike Education Laboratory. Over the past 25
years more than 5,000 students have come through the Ed Lab
located on the main campus. In 2009, WCE opened a second
Ed Lab in partnership with Coastal Carolina Community College
(CCCC) to serve children in Onslow County. In July, the College
signed a memorandum of understanding with CCCC to extend this
partnership for an additional three years.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the North Carolina
Teachers Legacy Hall, housed in the atrium of the Watson College
of Education Building. Legacy Hall features a set of museum
quality displays designed to honor P-12 education and highlight
teaching excellence in the state. The displays continue to add to
the aesthetic quality of our building, which is a feature location
for prospective students and families touring the UNCW campus.
Grace Burton, Cooperative Bank and Progress Energy made Legacy
Hall possible through generous donations.
In other news, this fall the main campus Ed Lab welcomes middle
schoolers in addition to elementary students and children with
special needs. This change gives WCE students in the middle
grades licensure program the opportunity to tutor students one-onone. It is expected that WCE pre-service teachers will tutor 20 area
middle school students through this program expansion.
Teacher Recruiting Gets Underway
Mark Phelps, teacher recruiter was on hand to promote Watson
College at UNCW’s Involvement Carnival on Aug. 28. Additional
events including visits to area schools and programs targeting
teacher cadets, teacher assistants, community college and early
college students are planned throughout the year.
Start of Semester
Celebrated at 3rd Ice
Cream Social
On Aug.21, faculty, staff and students
celebrated the first day of classes with an
Ice Cream Social. This popular event, now
in its third year, provides an opportunity
to socialize as the new semester gets
underway.
(Left) Dean Teitelbaum; (Right) Kathy
Fox and Elizabeth Crawford with SNCAE
students.
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Faculty Highlights and Staff News
Eleni Pappamihiel, associate professor,
Department of Instructional Technology,
Foundations and Secondary Education
(ITFSE), is the 2013 recipient of the
prestigious Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence
Award.
Elizabeth Crawford, assistant professor,
Department of Early Childhood, Elementary,
Middle, Literacy and Special Education
(EEMLS), was awarded the university’s 2013 Excellence in
e-Learning Award.
Robert Smith, professor, ITFSE, received the university’s
prestigious J. Marshall Crews Distinguished Faculty Award.
Robert Tyndall, professor, Department of Educational Leadership
(EL), was recently recognized for having joined the select group of
UNCW faculty who (cumulatively) garnered at least $1 million in
external funding.
Carol McNulty, associate dean for Academic and Student Affairs,
participated in the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services
(HERS) Summer Institute in Denver in July. HERS is a leadership
development program for women in higher education.
Deborah Powell, associate professor of Language and Literacy,
EEMLS, participated in UNC’s Entrepreneurial Mindset-Maximizing
Faculty Impact workshop, May 13-16 in Chapel Hill. A goal of the
workshop is to promote entrepreneurial thinking to move research
to commercialization.
Lisa Buchanan, assistant professor, EEMLS is the 2013 recipient
of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual
Geographic Literacy Grant Award. This funding enables WCE to
expand geography kit resources for pre-service elementary school
teachers.
WCE Professor Maurice Martinez is continuing his work as a
documentary filmmaker. His latest film, “The Piano Entertainer:
Stompin’ Grenoldo Frazier” debuts Sunday, Sept. 15 at the
Cameron Art Museum. Several other screenings of Martinez’s films
are also planned:
• The Black Indians of New Orleans, Sept. 21 in New Orleans
• Colored White Boy, Sept. 22 in Atlanta
• Irene will be shown at the 19th annual Cucalorus Film
Festival in Wilmington in November
(L-R) Janna Robertson and Dean Teitelbaum, Amy Moody, and
Michele Parker
Janna Robertson, ITFSE, was awarded tenure and promoted to
full professor.
Amelia Moody, associate professor, EEMLS, was awarded tenure.
Michele Parker, associate professor and program coordinator
of the Higher Education Concentration for the Ed.D. Program,
Department of Educational Leadership, was awarded tenure.
Kathleen Schlichting, associate professor, was named assistant
department chair, EEMLS.
Donyell Roseboro, associate professor and director of the
Professional Development System (PDS), was elected chair of the
Advisory Board for the D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy for the
2013-14 school year. The Blue Ribbon Commission first appointed
Roseboro to the board in 2012.
Ann Potts, associate dean for Teacher Education and Outreach,
will serve on the Chancellor’s Committee on Diversity and
Inclusion. Potts is past chair of the University’s Diversity
Committee.
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Staff Updates
Watson College recently welcomed two new staff members to
the university’s highly successful MarineQuest Youth Programs.
Harris Muhlstein became assistant director of MarineQuest in
April and Wesley King joined Youth Programs as MarineQuest
communication specialist in June.
Joy Childs is now business services coordinator for the college,
working with Nancy Jones to manage business affairs. Joy’s
previous role was data analyst/administrative specialist in the
Dean’s Office.
Susan Finley has assumed the role of communication specialist
for Watson College. Susan will edit the Watson Chronicle and help
raise visibility and awareness of the many programs, activities and
events offered at the college.
Laurie Howell,
administrative associate,
EEMLS, received a KUDOS
award from human
resources for exemplary
service to the university.
(L-R) Laurie Howell, Amy
Moody (EEMLS), and
EEMLS department chair
Tracy Hargrove.
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Student and Alumni News
Chip Bobbert has begun a new position as media engineer,
Interactive Technology Services in the Office of Information
Technology at Duke University. He is currently finishing up his
capstone project in the Masters of Instructional Technology
program with an anticipated graduation date of December 2013.
Beth Metcalf, who received her undergraduate, master’s and
doctoral degrees from UNCW, is director of elementary education
for Pender County Schools.
Amy Conklin, who received a master’s in school administration
(M.S.A.) from UNCW, is the principal of Mary C. Williams
Elementary.
Michael Robinson (M.S. in instructional technology) is
educational technologist within the missiles and fire control team
for Lockheed Martin.
Erin Hankard, who received an M.S.A. from UNCW, is assistant
principal of New Hanover High School.
Maggie Rollison (M.S.A.) is assistant principal of Hoggard High
School.
Kimberly Horton, who received an M.S.A. and B.A. in middle
grades education from UNCW, is an assistant principal of Williston
Middle School.
Kristin Lisi Seltzer (B.A. in special education) is executive
director of Livingstone Schools, Inc. in Florida.
Janna Lennon, who received a master’s degree in school
administration and elementary education from UNCW, is the
assistant principal of Bellamy Elementary.
Jackson Norvell (M.S.A.) is principal of Ashley High School.
Daniella Williams (M.I.T., anticipated graduation December 2013)
is the UNCW Emerging Leaders Program (ELS) director.
Education Updates
Public Announcement of the NCATE Review
Legislative Update
The Watson College of Education at the University of North
Carolina Wilmington is scheduled for a spring 2014 reaccreditation
review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE). Federal regulations require that accrediting
agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications of
institutions or programs under consideration for initial or
continuing accreditation.
In July, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation
that has a significant impact on education in the state. For
information, please see the July Legislative Update from the North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Both NCATE and the University of North Carolina Wilmington
recognize that graduates, parents, schools and community
organizations have valuable perspectives on the quality of the
programs that prepare teachers and other school personnel.
We invite interested parties to submit written testimony on the
Watson College of Education to:
Board of Examiners
NCATE
2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-1023
or by email to:
callforcomments@ncate.org
WCE Legislative Forum on Education
On Thursday, Oct. 17, the Watson College will host a legislative
forum on education. The purpose is to provide elected officials
an opportunity to share their vision for the future of education
in North Carolina, and to provide other stakeholders, including
superintendents, school and parent organizations and members
of the business
community, an
opportunity to
engage in an
open dialogue on
educational issues.
The legislative forum
is free and open to
the public.
Comments must address substantive matters related to the
quality of professional education programs offered at the Watson
College of Education, University of North Carolina Wilmington,
and should specify the respondent’s relationship, if any, to the
institution (i.e., graduate, present or former faculty member,
employer of graduates). Copies of all correspondence received will
be sent to the Watson College of Education for comment prior to
the review. No anonymous or oral testimony will be considered.
Letter of comment should be received by Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
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Upcoming Events
Public Speaker Series: Writer and Educator Lisa Delpit
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:30-7 p.m., UNCW Lumina Theater
On Oct. 15, the Watson College of Education will begin our second annual WCE Public Speaker Series with an
event entitled, “Unsilencing The Dialogue, Embracing the Needs of Diverse Students” featuring Lisa Delpit.
Delpit is a dynamic speaker, whose work on school-community relations, cross-cultural communication and
the education of children of color is widely acclaimed. Perhaps best known for her award winning
first book, Other People’s Children, Delpit received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990. She is currently
the Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University in Baton Rouge.
The public speaker event is free to all students, faculty, staff and community members. A reception
in Dr. Delpit’s honor will be held in the Fisher Student Center at 4:30 p.m., and the main event will
begin at 5:30 p.m. in UNCW’s Lumina Theater.
On Wednesday, Oct.16 Dr. Delpit will be available for open discussion with faculty (10-11 a.m.)
and students (11 a.m.- noon) in EB 337. See the Public Speaker Series website for more details.
Holocaust Speaker Alfred Schnog
Alfred Schnog, a Wilmington resident and WWII Holocaust survivor
and activist, will return to the UNCW campus to provide a guest
lecture at the Watson College of Education in November. Born in
Cologne, Germany, in 1931, Schnog and his family escaped Nazi
Germany in 1938 on the morning after Kristallnacht.
After decades of silence, Schnog began to share his story and in
recent years he’s been a featured speaker at middle schools, high
schools, colleges and communities throughout North Carolina.
Schnog first spoke at the Watson College in October 2012, at an
event attended by more than 150 students and faculty members.
The presentation, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 21 in EB
162 from 6-7:30 p.m., is open to faculty, staff, students and the
community.
DPI Instructional Update - October 3
The Office of Teacher Education and Outreach will host an annual
presentation by the North Carolina Department of Instruction (DPI)
on Thursday, Oct. 3. The meeting, which will be held from 9 a.m.noon in ED 162, will feature the following topics and presenters:
• Home Base Rolls Out, Mary Keel, PD Consultant
• The K-12 Literacy Initiative/Read to Achieve, Karla Casteen,
K-3 Literary Consultant
• The New K-3 Assessment, Leslie Simmons, ELC Educational
Consultant
• Statewide System of Support, Mary Keel and Robin Loflin
Smith
Dropout Prevention Coalition Forum
Save the date! On Dec.12, the UNCW Watson College of Education
Dropout Prevention Coalition will host a forum on career and
technical education. This is the third in a series focusing on priority
topics in our schools. At the first event, a symposium held in
December 2012, schools and community agencies showcased
a wide range of successful programs for PreK-12 students. At a
follow-up meeting last March, the coalition hosted a roundtable
entitled “Easing the Transition from Middle School to High
School.” If you have a speaker or program to recommend, please
contact Deloris Rhodes (rhodesd@uncw.edu) or Janna Robertson
(robertsonj@uncw.edu).
• Educator Effectiveness, Curriculum Implementation and
Other Initiatives
• Additional Updates on IHE
To register, please contact Deloris Rhodes at rhodesd@uncw.edu or
ext. 2-7256 by Sept. 30.
Legal Issues & English Language Learners: Tips on
Avoiding Litigation
October 25, 2013
With guest speaker Alan J. Rom of Rom Law, PC
Sponsored by the ELMS Project and Southeast Education Alliance
For more information, visit www.uncw.edu/ed/elms.
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3rd Annual WCE Scholarship
Brown Bag Series
All faculty, staff, students and community
members are invited to join us for
lunchtime presentations throughout
our fall and spring semesters. Visit
www.uncw.edu/ed/brownbag for more
information and archived videos.
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Opportunities for WCE Students
The Watson College of Education works
hard to prepare highly qualified teachers
and administrators who will lead our
schools in improving the learning
experiences of students. In addition to
offering academically rigorous coursework
taught by dedicated full-time faculty, the
college ensures that field experiences and
leadership, diversity and global learning
opportunities are available to all of our
students. A few are highlighted here.
Poverty Simulations
This fall, WCE will offer poverty simulations to help pre-service
teachers build the skills and competencies needed to meet the
needs of an increasingly diverse population of students.
Child poverty is a growing problem in the nation and in our state.
Twenty-three percent of all US children now live in poor homes.
And poverty affects 26 percent of all children in North Carolina; up
from 20 percent just five years ago.1
For the past three years, the Watson College has offered
simulations, using the Community Action Poverty Simulation
(CAPS) program, developed by the Missouri Association for
Community Action. To date, more than 1,300 UNCW students and
in-service teachers at our partnership schools have participated in
CAPS, which is designed to educate individuals about the day-today realities of living with a shortage of money and an abundance
of stress.
Poverty simulations will be held for Watson College students on
Sept. 18, Oct.22 and Nov. 13. To register, please visit www.uncw.
edu/ed/news.html#poverty.
Source: Datacenter.kidscount.org, a project of the Annie E. Casey
Foundation.
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Become a Watson College Student Leader!
The Watson College wants dedicated and enthusiastic individuals
who are passionate about teaching to represent the college
through leadership, professionalism and service. Student Leaders
serve in two key capacities:
• As advisory council members to the dean and associate
deans, sharing your voice and representing Watson College
students.
• As volunteer ambassadors, assisting in various WCE
functions involving faculty, staff, students and community
members and representing our college at functions of the
larger university.
International Field Experiences
Travel abroad provides an enriching personal experience and helps
teachers develop a global perspective and better understanding of
other cultures, traits sought after by employers.
The Watson College offers faculty-led international field
experiences in a number of countries including Belize, Costa Rica,
Japan, Kuwait, England and South Africa. Participating students
experience classrooms and service learning projects, and reflect on
commonalities and differences as they look at education through
the eyes of a different culture.
Students interested in international study can find more
information at www.uncw.edu/ed/international/. For information
about a specific country or program, please contact the Watson
College Faculty Leader.
Costa Rica– Summer 2013
This summer, 14 students accompanied
Debbie Powell to Costa Rica in the
fourth annual “Walk in the Shoes of Your
English Language Learner” program
designed to help students gain a better
understanding of diverse cultures
and empathy for all English language
learners.
Each participant lived with two different
Spanish-speaking families during the
three-week trip, experiencing both rural and city life. They visited
or taught in four schools, worked on service-learning projects, and
took 60 hours of Spanish to immerse these pre-service teachers
in the culture and to experience similar frustrations their future
students will experience.
Japan - Summer 2013
UNCW is part of a sixuniversity consortium
dedicated to helping preservice and in-service
teachers in the United States
and Japan understand a
different culture, reflect
about teaching and learning,
establish collaborative
relationships and develop ways to help our children prepare to
live in a global society. The consortium, which promotes teacher
exchanges and shared research, was started in 1999 with a grant
from the U.S.-Japan Foundation.
In June, Brad Walker, Cory Callahan and eight WCE students
traveled to Japan for a summer study abroad experience. Over the
course of two weeks they toured the country, learned about the
Japanese culture, and visited schools to observe teaching and learn
through interactions with Japanese educators and their students.
Students interested in becoming a Watson College Student Leader
should visit www.uncw.edu/ed/wsl/ or contact Amy Rottmann at
watsonstudentleaders@uncw.edu.
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Opportunities for WCE Students
New Fall Initiative: Service Learning
Opportunities in the Community
During the 2012-13 school year, the Office of Teacher Education
and Outreach hosted a series entitled, “Meet the Community
Non-Profits.” Over the course of six months, faculty, staff and
students had opportunity to learn about the work of 12 community
agencies, and to explore synergies between services offered by
schools and area non-profit organizations.
This fall, in a new initiative entitled, “Connecting the Community
Non-Profits with Student Learning and Outreach,” the office aims
to connect faculty to outside agencies in order to provide service
learning and student volunteer opportunities that are directly
related to course initiatives. In seven sessions, nine agencies will
present successful theories and practical applications, and discuss
service learning/volunteer opportunities in the community. The
series, which begins Sept. 17, is open to all faculty, staff, and
students.
• Sept. 17, 3:30 p.m., EB 226
Literacy in Action - Cape Fear Literacy Center
Jeremy Hilburn, Diverse Learners
• Sept. 18, 2-4 p.m., EB 214
Canines for Literacy in Wilmington
Denise Ousley,Developmental Reading and Writing
• Sept. 26, 9:30–10:30 a.m., EB 226
Paws for Learning – Canines of Wilmington
Lisa Buchanan, The Teaching of Communication Arts
• Sept. 30, 11 a.m.–noon, EB 226
Coastal Horizon Center of Wilmington
Alicia Brophy, Teaching Students with Learning Problems
• Oct. 4, 8:30–9:30 a.m., EB 214 and 246
Child Advocacy and Parenting Place
Janna Robertson, Diverse Learners
• Oct. 23, 2–3:15 p.m., EB 214
The Harrelson Center with Communities and Schools and
Center for Redemption
Kosta Kyriacopoulos, Elementary Schools Programs and
Practices
• Oct. 31, 3:30–4:30 p.m., EB 214
Wilmington’s Carousel Center
Jale Aldemir, Introduction to Early Childhood
Join SNCAE!
Current SNCAE members and faculty sponsors Elizabeth Crawford
and Kathy Fox would like to invite all education majors and
students involved with teaching to join the Student North Carolina
Association of Educators (SNCAE).
The first meeting of the 2013-14 year will be held Monday, Sept. 9,
and workshops, community service, outreach and other events will
be held throughout the year. “Joining SNCAE is a great way to get
involved with people who share the goal of teaching,” says WCE
senior and elementary education major Carrie Godwin. For more
information, check out the UNCW SNCAE Facebook page or visit
www.uncw.edu/ed/sncae/.
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Initiatives Underway to Bolster STEM
Education for Teachers and Students
The Center for Education in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (CESTEM) is working with
organizations from around the state to develop ideas
and actions to meet North Carolina’s future science and
technology needs.
In April, CESTEM director Dennis Kubasko and assistant
director Christopher Gordon participated in the North
Carolina Science Summit, a key event of the North
Carolina Science Festival, where participants identified
five top strategies to bolster science and technology in
the state.
1.
Develop programs that match students to science
industry experience.
2.
Provide substantive professional development
opportunities for N.C. teachers, through
experiential programs that connect them with
individuals from industry, university, government
and local community organizations.
3.
Partner with the N.C. Grassroots Science
Museums (35 facilities) to promote science and
technology opportunities for students of all ages.
4.
Create an “entrepreneurial co-laboratory” to
promote entrepreneurial thinking, move research
to commercialization and facilitate the generation
of start-up companies.
5.
Create a category of state matching grant awards
for companies that get support through promising
co-development agreements with partner
companies, and promote tax credits for large
companies that invest in smaller start-ups.
On Sept. 16 and 17, CESTEM and UNCW will host a
meeting of STEM center directors from around the
state to collaborate on ways the universities can lead
STEM innovations and educational and entrepreneurial
initiatives throughout North Carolina.
On Sept.19, Kubasko and Gordon will attend a regional
summit meeting at the Cape Fear Museum, joining
leaders from business and community organizations
to discuss concrete ways to pursue these strategies in
Southeastern North Carolina.
Upcoming Event
STEM Activity Day
Saturday, Sept. 21
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
MLK Center
401 S. 8th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
A day of hands-on science
activities for students at all
grade levels!
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Support for Teachers in the Field
WCE Launches New PDS Website
CS4HS Workshop Funded by Google
The WCE Professional Development System (PDS) Partnership,
created in 1993, has grown to serve 145 schools and more than
2,000 partnership teachers. PDS Director and Associate Professor
Donyell Roseboro recently announced the launch of a new
PDS website designed to enhance communication between the
college and partnership schools and teachers. For information on
upcoming meetings, workshops and events, please visit
www.uncw.edu/ed/pds/.
Seven years ago, WCE’s instructional technology (IT) and computer
science faculty began using the Squeak Etoys program to improve
math and science learning concepts. They found that this free,
open-source software is a tool that can enhance STEM education
for upper elementary, middle and high school students.
Leadership Workshop at Camp Lejeune
William Sterrett and Eddie Caropreso
collaborated to offer a two-component
workshop at the Camp Lejeune
Leadership Conference for its school and
district leaders. Modules focused on a
unique blend of school leadership and
gifted education strategies, and included
several related topics: meeting the
needs of all learners, using data effectively as a leader, effectively
teaching strategies to challenge students, and serving as the
professional leader of the school. Approximately 30 administrators
participated in the workshop, which was held on base in August.
2nd Annual ELMS Workshop
In June, the ELMS (Educating Language Minority Students) Project
hosted Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove for its second annual
Teacher Workshop. This summer’s workshop focused on coteaching and how it is most effectively implemented with English
language learners in the mainstream classroom. The presenters,
who are on the faculty at Molloy College (Long Island, N.Y.), led
35 participating teachers from nine North Carolina school districts
through a comprehensive discussion about the history and
effectiveness of collaboration in educational settings. Additionally,
using many interactive activities, participants learned about the
most efficient ways to design and implement a co-teaching model
in a variety of classrooms. For more information on the ELMS
Project, please visit www.uncw.edu/ed/elms.
Introductory Biotechnology Workshop for
High School Teachers
In June, CESTEM ran a one-week workshop to introduce high
school teachers to the basic concepts of biotechnology. Eighteen
area teachers participated in the workshop, which focused on
sharing ways to integrate the teaching of biotechnology into the
high school curriculum according to the N.C. Essential Standards
for Biology. The program, funded through a $25,220 grant from
the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, was organized by Dennis
Kubasko, associate professor of science education and director of
CESTEM, Joseph Covi, biology and marine biology, and Christopher
Gordon, assistant director of CESTEM.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, established by Governor
Jim Hunt in 1984, is the oldest organization of its kind in the world.
The goal was to grow jobs to replace those lost in eroding tobacco,
textile and furniture markets. Today North Carolina is among the
top-three states in bioscience employment, with 237,000 jobs and
$59 billion in annual business volume.
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Google agrees. This summer, through their global Computer
Science for High School (CS4HS) initiative, Google funded a
Watson College workshop promoting the use of Squeak Etoys as
a means of enhancing student knowledge of math, science and
engineering through computer science exploration.
WCE Professor Dr. Mahnaz Moallem, in collaboration with Sridhar
Narayan and Gene Tagliarini (computer science), Christopher
Gordon (CESTEM) and Karen Hill (WCE), led the July workshop,
which involved 30-hours of in-person study and collaboration on
campus, plus 14 hours of on-line work. There were 26 workshop
participants; and 12 in-service teachers plus five inspired pre-service
and IT students completed the intensive program.
WCE’s IT department hopes to find funding to offer the workshop
again next summer. In the meantime, they will continue to use
Squeak Etoys to advance STEM education in area schools.
Note: Squeak Etoys, originally developed by Allen Kay at Apple
and Disney Imagineering in the 1990’s uses tile based scripting
as the foundation of a sandbox programming environment which
allows students to create an endless variety of projects. For more
information please visit www.squeakland.org.
1st Annual Coastal North Carolina Writing
Conference
Fifty teachers, professors and authors from across the state
gathered at the Watson College in June for a three-day writing
conference. Keynote speakers from as far away as Australia and
South Africa participated through WebEx, and sessions focused on
three strands: teaching writing strategies for the Common Core
Standards, how to set up an effective writing program and how to
get writing published.
Effective writing is a gateway to many 21st century jobs, yet
research indicates 73 percent of eighth and 12th grade students
in the U.S. are below proficiency in writing. The Common Core
Standards recently introduced in North Carolina place a higher
emphasis on language and literacy and require all teachers to help
students acquire effective writing skills.
Conference organizers Debbie Powell and Donyell Roseboro said a
goal for the conference was to bring teachers, writers and aspiring
writers together. “Teachers who write become better writing
teachers,” Powell said. “The combination of teachers, local authors,
literacy coaches and professors from across the state provided a
very interesting mix.”
The conference was co-sponsored by the Language and Literacy
Program, WCE’s PDS Partnership and Uni-Spire, publisher of The
Universal Writing Continuum. Participants gave rave reviews at the
conclusion of the program, saying it was “well organized,” “inspiring”
and “invigorating.” Plans for a second annual Coastal North Carolina
Writing Conference are already underway for June 22-24, 2014.
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Youth Programs & Summer Camps
Another Successful Summer for
MarineQuest and Engineering
Expectations
By Wes King, Marketing and Communications Specialist
for UNCW Youth Programs
UNCW Youth Programs completed another exciting summer
of exploration, discovery and service with MarineQuest and
Engineering Expectations.
Now in its 33rd year of programming, MarineQuest hosted
over 1,250 participants with the camps operating at almost full
capacity. Our staff of more than 30 instructors implemented
the academically-focused curriculum while engaging campers in
rich field experiences that allowed them to practice some of the
skills employed by marine scientists – even skills as advanced as
research diving.
MarineQuest acts as a pipeline to the university, bringing in
students locally, as well as from across the state, nation, and
beyond. Almost 78 percent of the attendees came from North
Carolina while some came from Canada, Israel, and Spain. The
programs saw 230 repeat participants who are continuing to attend
the university-based programs. Many of our past participants have
come back to the university as students and several are currently
working for MarineQuest.
Part of MarineQuest’s mission is to encourage youth to value
the marine environment. Students attending our ArtSea, Shore
Shots and Sea Shots programs demonstrated their appreciation
for coastal habitats through art, underwater photography, and
videography that produced public service announcements to
educate the public about issues impacting the marine environment.
This year, MarineQuest introduced Sea Sports Science Olympiad
camp which gave students an opportunity to try a variety of water
sports, including surfing, kayaking, boogie boarding and fishing.
Such sports help provide an understanding of STEM principles upon
which Science Olympiad events are based. For example, campers
kayaked beneath two bridges at Wrightsville Beach and studied
their structure and operations. Then the students returned to the
classroom to build their own bridges and compete to see which was
the strongest.
Some of our other stand-out camps this year were the Junior
Scientific Diver camp, where participants learned underwater
research techniques while exploring some of the beautiful
shipwrecks off of the coast of Southeastern North Carolina, and our
leadership camps, Sea G.E.M.S. and Sea L.A.B. Our gender-specific
leadership camps gave participants the opportunity to investigate
the fields of marine technology and engineering and to participate
in a PADI Discover SCUBA diving course.
Several of the MarineQuest participants were recipients of a variety
of merit- and need-based scholarships. Cy’s World Foundation, First
Scholarships and youth programs all sponsored students providing
opportunities for 32 students.
The summer of 2013 was also our fourth year offering
Engineering Expectations. These camps focus on the
engineering design process, creative problem solving and decisionmaking. This year, we expanded offerings for three different
age groups with each age group having the opportunity to
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explore aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering. They also
learned engineering history and were introduced to biomimicry,
a new and exciting discipline. In June, Kezios, director of youth
programs, presented the Nature’s Engineers K-6 curriculum at
the International Biomimicry conference in Boston. As part of her
presentation she Skyped with Construction Critters, one of the
biomimicry camps, so that the conference audience could see for
themselves how engaged students were with the curriculum-based
activities.
The engineering camps were instructed by teams consisting of
New Hanover County Schools lead science teachers, students
enrolled in UNCW’s 2+2 pre-engineering program, and seniorlevel North Carolina State University engineering students.
Engineering Expectations hosted more than 250 participants,
including scholarship recipients from the Rachel Freeman School
of Engineering and the Gregory Elementary School of Science,
Math and technology, both of which are Title 1 schools. Some
students also received scholarships from the Friends of UNCW, First
Scholarships, and Youth Programs sponsored scholarships. In total,
16 students were able to participate in engineering camps because
of the sponsored scholarships.
Future female engineers participated in our all-girl’s leadership
academy. These campers learned about women engineers who
are exploring the ocean and space. Guest speakers working in
the fields of medicine and safety taught the girls about some
of the issues that are attracting women to engineering. One
of the speakers who grew up and was educated in Mexico
shared her struggles to convince her family and university to
allow her to study engineering. She was the only woman in
her graduating class and works in Wilmington as a chemical
engineer. A highlight of the Leadership Academy for Future
Female Engineers involved designing and constructing prototype
armored vests specifically fitted for women’s bodies. The girls
were surprised to learn that women in the U.S. Army wear illfitting body armor designed for men.
Among the many activities that the campers participated in were
field trips to visit a 3D printer, to explore a beaver lodge at the
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, to fly in a vertical wind
tunnel, and to experience the behind the scenes working of the
battleship U.S.S. North Carolina navigation mechanics.
Youth Programs is already gearing up for our fall programs.
To learn more about these offerings, please visit
www.uncw.edu/youth.
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Youth Programs & Summer Camps
Digital StoryTelling
By Eleni Pappamihiel
As UNCW students were wrapping up their spring classes, the TESL
(Teaching English as a Second Language) and English Education
programs, along with Centro Hispano and WCE, hosted the 5th
annual Digital Storytelling Event.
On April 26, over 70 ESL students and their teachers came to
campus to exhibit digital stories that the students had designed,
created and produced. Each story focused on an aspect of the
content they were learning that semester. WCE encourages the use
of digital storytelling to help non-native English speakers scaffold
language and content so that they can better demonstrate their
understanding and mastery of content.
Everyone involved received a Seahawk Storytellers T-shirt and our
winners and runners-up won gift-cards to use at local stores. Sammy
Seahawk made a special appearance and spent time with the
children and teachers.
Partnership Gives Middle School Students a
College Preview
In partnership with Columbus County Schools, WCE hosted a
four-week college immersion program for 30 students from
Chadbourn Middle School. WCE Outreach and the Betty Holden
Stike Education Laboratory supported the project, in which rising
seventh, eighth and ninth graders explored career opportunities,
experienced college life and conducted individual research with
college tutors.
“This project is an amazing experience for all of the students
involved, middle schoolers and college students alike,” remarked
Brian Brinkley, director of the Ed Lab. “The middle school students
begin to think about career choices and see themselves going to
college. And Watson College students see the incredible impact
they have as teachers in the lives of the children they serve.”
This marks the third year that Columbus County Schools has
funded the Watson College/Chadbourn Middle School Project with a
Race to the Top grant.
STEM Camp for Students with Autism
WCE collaborated with Oasis NC, to run a STEM Middle School
Camp this summer for area students with autism.
Amelia Moody, associate professor, EEMLS, who has a specialty
in the area of special education and Dennis Kubasko, director of
CESTEM, helped develop the four-week program, which gave six
students (grades 6-8) an opportunity to experiment with bottle
rockets, LEGO Mindstorm robots, rollercoasters and GPS tracking.
“Many children with autism have a high aptitude for STEM,” says
Kubasko. “Our job is to engage them with activities that are fun.”
Oasis NC is a Wilmington-based
start-up with a mission of providing
support to individuals with autism,
their families and the community.
Founded in 2011 by Erika
Merriman, the organization seeks
to celebrate children with autism
and all of their unique gifts and
personalities.
Merriman says, “The STEM program
for adolescents with autism
is a unique offering and may
be the first of its kind in the
country.”
Moody and Kubasko are
continuing their collaboration
with Oasis NC, and the
summer camp has been
extended into a 15-week
STEM Middle School Club this
fall. For more information on
the work of Oasis NC, please
visit www.oasisnc.org.
Brian Brinkley works with students from Chadbourn Middle School.
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Literacy Live Kicks Off Their Fall Program
On Sept. 7, the first Literacy Live Event of the fall semester was
held in the Education Building at UNCW. Twenty-five students,
brightly dressed to reflect the event’s rainbow theme, gathered
with parents and volunteers to use their imagination and
creativity to recreate stories, develop comprehension skills and
share the joy of reading. The children designed rainbow fish using
colored markers, coffee filters and water; created rainbows on the
ceiling using water, light and movement; and listed things found
in nature that correspond with each color of the rainbow.
Literacy Live, a partnership between WCE’s Department of
Youth Programs and Randall Library, is now in its fifth year. Free
monthly Saturday programs are offered in the fall and spring to
children ages 4–7. Additional events will be held on Oct. 19 and
Nov. 2, 2013. To register for Literacy Live in October please visit
http://library.uncw.edu/cmc/literacy_live/.
Junior Seahawks Learn about Health, Literacy and Finance
“(H2)2 = Healthy Habits, Healthy Humans” was the theme of the 2013 Summer Junior Seahawk Academy, now in its ninth year. During
the weeklong program, middle schoolers learned CPR and boating safety, thanks to a collaboration between WCE, Time Warner Cable and
the South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC).
Employees from the State Employees’ Credit Union (NCSECU) introduced concepts of personal finance, and Todd McFadden of UNCW
Upperman Center and Chris Montero of Centro Hispano encouraged students to aspire to college.
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skills were also promoted by the academy, with each student receiving
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Congratulations to Terri
Collins! She completed
Ironman Mont Tremblant on
Aug. 18. Mont Tremblant is a
ski village outside of Montreal,
Canada. The Ironman distance
consists of a 2.4-mile swim,
112-mile bike and 26.2-mile
run. At the end of October, Terri
will be completing Wilmington’s
Beach2Battleship full ironman
distance. Wow!
Deloris Rhodes welcomes a
new granddaughter! Charlotte
Ivey Rhodes was born on July
16.
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