Dr. Christopher Koch, Illinois State Superintendent, was the featured speaker at the November 4th, 2011, meeting of the Administrators’ Round Table of Western Illinois. COEHS Dean Sterling Saddler introduced Dr. Koch. A large crowd of superintendents and principals participated in the meeting held in the Capitol Room of the University Union. Also in attendance were Associate Dean Lance Ternasky and Assistant Dean Rori Carson.

Departmental News

Dean Alexander, LEJA, hosted Dr. Mir Sadat, faculty from the National Intelligence University on October 12. Dr. Sadat’s visit was part of The Homeland Security Research Program’s Lecture Series.

The Department of Counselor Education, hosted an Open House on October 20. Interested degree-seeking students and Practicum/Internship site supervisors were provided information by the CNED faculty and staff, Financial Aid, and Graduate Studies. Special thanks to all of those who helped make the Open House a success!

Terry Smith, C&I, was featured in the McDonough Voice for the Monster Mash project with local schools. This is a global project that includes 42 classrooms in the United States, Russia, Australia, Canada, Korea and England. To see all of the monsters visit  www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/index.htm.

Barry McCrary, LEJA, and Christine Anderson, C&I, hosted a community forum discussion panel concerning Keys to Success or Pitfalls for Failure on October 26.

Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood/Starnet Regions I and III activities:

• Carol Weisheit presented Teaching Children to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully on October 6 in Urbana.
• Mindy Ely and Rose Slaght presented the webinar Writing Reports: From Trash to Treasure on October 11.
• Sponsored Transitioning Children from Early Intervention to Early Childhood on October 12 in Princeton, in collaboration with the Illinois Early Intervention Training Project.
• Sponsored Authentic Assessment through Observation and Portfolios, presented by Gayle Gronlund, on October 19 in West Peoria and on October 20 in Decatur.
• Connie Shugart, with Brian Michalski of the Illinois Resource Center, presented the webinar, Introduction and Implementation of the Creative Curriculum on October 24-25.
• Carol Weisheit and Anna Owen presented Social Emotional Training Level III: Intensive Individual Interventions on October 24-25 in Mattoon.
• Sponsored Transitioning Children from Early Intervention to Early Childhood on October 26 in Jacksonville, in collaboration with the Illinois Early Intervention Training Project.

J.Q. Adams, EIS, presented Deconstructing Race and Ethnicity on College Campuses on October 19 as part of the Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Program at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. Adams also presented, Who in the World is in Here? and Staying Unfinished: Strategies for Staying Culturally Competent in an Increasingly Diverse Work Place, at Facing Our Challenges: Building Our Solidarity, the Fall Professional Staff Meeting at the Professional Development Center in Springfield, IL.

Francis Steward, C&I, along with 10 WIU students, helped area children in the Reading Scavenger Hunt on October 7 in support of Paint the Town Pink event. The WIU students guided children with the read aloud approach, higher order thinking questions, and vocabulary enrichment in fiction and nonfiction books. Children enjoyed 10 reading stations, books, and treats, while the WIU students bonded with the children through sharing the books, stories, and pictures. See pictures from the event on the Cohesion blog!

Diane Hamilton-Hancock, Health Sciences, Hoyet Hemphill, and  Leaunda Hemphill, both of IDT, presented the CITR session, Evaluating Online Group Projects for Levels of Student Engagement on October 18.

Jill Myers, LEJA, and Leaunda Hemphill, IDT presented the CITR session, Metadata Minefields on October 19.

Cathy McMillan, Jennifer Plos, and Mark Cole, KIN, presented, Critical Analysis of Using the iPad in Movement Sciences on October 21.

Michael Godard, KIN, along with colleague Timothy Roberts from HIST, presented the CITR session, Strategies for Getting Articles Accepted in Referred Journals on October 25.

Andrea Hyde, EIS, will present Yoga Tools for the College Classroom on October 31.

Horn Field Campus was featured on the PBS show, Illinois Stories on October 20, 21 and 26.

AECT, a student organization in the Department of Instructional Design and Technology, held a halloween/portfolio party on October 26. The group held a costume contest and conducted a seminar on IDT portfolios.

Senior Social Work student, Cecily Doyle, organized an open mic night to collect food for the Western Illinois Regional Council’s food pantry as part of a class project. Read the article about the benefit at WIUM’s site.

Laura Lins, Kinesiology major, has been named WIU’s 2011 Student Laureate. The Student Laureate ceremony will be held on November 5 in Springfield, IL.

Alumni in the News

• Steven Glasgow, ’04 Kinesiology, had a featured Q&A article in the Review Atlas. Read the entire article here.

Announcements

• Blood Pressure and Body Composition Readings (Body Composition reading sponsored by Exercise Science students). All sessions are from 8 am – 10 am.
  • November 1 in the Hall of Fame Room in Western Hall
  • November 2 in Waggoner Hall Room 377
  • November 3 in Sherman Hall Auditorium, 3rd Floor
  • November 4 in Stipes Hall Room 111
• Plasma Glucose Screening sponsored by Bella Hurst Diabetes Institute on November 2 from 9 am – 3 pm in the University Union Concourse.
• Watch the Horrabin Hall Television for tech updates, pictures from events, and important dates for students!
• Faculty, send your students to Horrabin Hall 104 to complete their technology projects. We provide hands-on assistance in a one-on-one or small group format. Send us a copy of your project or lesson plan that you will be having your students complete so that we are prepared to assist with their exact needs.

Upcoming Events

• November 2 – The Homeland Security Research Program Lecture Series presents John Riley, Special Agent in Charge (Chicago) of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Horrabin Hall 78 at 1 pm.
• November 8 – Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Student Education Association (SEA), Best Buddies, and Therapeutic Recreation Association are cosponsoring a campus-wide program related to disability awareness. Stevie Hopkins will speak from 5:30 – 8:00 pm in the University Union Grand Ballroom. Along with this event, the groups are selling 3E Love t-shirts founded by Hopkins and his sister. For more information or to purchase a t-shirt, contact Mary Jensen,
• MM-Jensen@wiu.edu.
• November 9 – Difficult Conversations- University Policies and Intercultural Cooperation in the Lamoine Room of the University Union from 3:30 – 5:00 pm. For more information, contact Debra Miretzky at D-Miretzky@wiu.edu.
• November 9 – Athletic Training guest speaker, Joe Terry, PT, CSCS beginning at 7 pm. For more information, contact Renee Polubinsky at RL-Polubinsky@wiu.edu.
• November 15 – COEHS Annual Thanksgiving Dessert from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in Horrabin Hall 1. COEHS Awards of Excellence recipients will be honored at noon. Come enjoy fellowship with your colleagues and of course, pie!

Knoblauch Café

• Tuesday, Nov. 1 – Chili/Vegetarian chili, baked potato bar with assorted toppings, deep dark chocolate cake
• Thursday, Nov. 3 – Turkey panini/Tomato and mozzarella panini, baked potato soup, raspberry cheesecake cupcake
• Tuesday, Nov. 8- Chicken parmesan/Eggplant parmesan, side caesar salad, garlic bread, cherry delight
• Thursday, Nov. 10 – Cornish hen/Stuffed pepper, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, gooey toffee butter cake
• Meals are $7 and include beverage and dessert. Carry outs are available. Delivery is available in Knoblauch.
  For reservations, call Penny at 298-1085.

Tech Insights

Join the IMM Lab staff to explore a number of applications available to assist in data collection. Read more and sign up for demonstrations of form creation using Adobe Acrobat X, Google Forms, and Wufoo at TechInsights!

Do you have a suggestion for a TechInsights workshop? Been struggling to learn more about a certain technology? Contact Josh Butcher at JA-Butcher@wiu.edu with your recommendation!

RDG 433 and C&I 476 students work with area children on a Reading Scavenger Hunt during Paint the Town Pink

Don Powers, member of the Maurice G. Kellogg Science Education Center, facilitated a five-hour Project Learning Tree Workshop on Friday, September 16th.  Twenty-two undergraduate students participated in this workshop which focused on environmental activities related to trees and tree’s resources and habitats.  Each participate received a copy of the Project Learning Tree Activity Guide, a national supplemental curriculum for grades PreK-8 containing over 100 tree activities.

On Friday, September 23rd, Don Powers, C&I faculty member, conducted a STARLAB Workshop for 27 WIU undergraduate students.  During the five-hour Friday afternoon workshop the students participated in a number of activities such as measuring the location of the Sun, learning to read star charts, and observing sunspots with a solar telescope.  The participants also visited the portable STARLAB Planetarium where they learned how to locate various stars and constellations as well as legends accompanying those constellations.  The Maurice G. Kellogg Science Education Center hosted the STARLAB Workshop.

Dr. Frances Steward’s enthusiastic students in the QC Summer Class, C & I 476, and Mrs. Diana Goff donated 50 plus books for the students of the vastly devastated elementary schools of Joplin, Missouri. Anna Olson, a WIU senior in ELED, and her brother, Ryan, a freshman at Galva High School delivered the books to the Joplin Distribution Center on July 20-27, 2011 through the Methodist Ministries in Joplin. Also pictured below are Anna and Ryan hard at work and an undisturbed classroom management book in the rubble. Thanks to everyone who participated in helping our neighboring state’s elementary.

Departmental News
Holly Nikels, CNED, led a teacher in-service training program for Annawan Schools regarding grief and loss. The community recently suffered several losses over the summer, including the death of a student. Nikels helped train the faculty and staff of the schools to deal with grief and loss the district is facing and face the future.

Kathy Barclay, C&I, received a grant from the Illinois Reading Council for $78,567, for the project, Illinois Reading Council Journal – Year 9.

Letha Clark, Starnet Regions I and III, Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood, presented Technology in the Classroom: It’s More than Computers in Moline, IL. The presentation was a collaboration with the Rock Island ROE Partnering with Parents/Early Learning Quad Cities.

Anna Owen and Carol Weisheit, Starnet Regions I and III, Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood, presented Social Emotional Training Level II: Teaching Strategies in Mattoon, IL. The presentation was a collaboration with the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Lumpkin Family Center. The two also presented the webinar, Helping Children Self-Regulate: Transitioning Throughout the Day.

Frances Steward and Diana Goff, C&I, and Steward’s summer class, C&I 476 donated 50 plus books for the students of the vastly devastated elementary schools of Joplin, MO. Anna Olsen, ELED student, and her brother, a freshman at Galva High School, delivered the books to the Joplin Distribution Center in July through the Methodist Ministries in Joplin. Pictures are available on the Cohesion blog.

Welcome Back! We look forward to a great Fall semester! Insights will be sent out every other Friday this semester so expect each issue to be full of news and events!

Departmental News
Donna McCaw, Educational Leadership, attended the Great Lakes West and Great Lakes East’s Advisory Board’s annual meeting on August 15 in Washington DC. McCaw has served on the board for six years. On August 29, she presented an overview of the 2014 changes to Illinois public education to the Delavan Community school district teachers and administrators. Soon, she will head to Alexandria, VA to participate in a three-day training by ACHIEVE and PARCC.

In May, Tracy Davis, CSP/EIS, served as the keynote speaker at the Male Development Summit at Harper College in Palatine. Sean Dixon, EIS, and Marlon Blake, CSP student, served as facilitators at the same conference.

Marcia Carter, RPTA, and students were mentioned in an article in the Genesis Today newsletter. The University frequently partners with Genesis to give students practical experience teaching stroke victims to golf again.

StarNet Regions I and III, Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood staff were active presenters this summer. Carol Weisheit and Anna Owens, presented, CSEFEL Module 1: Promoting Children’s Success – Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments, in Mattoon, IL. Weisheit presented numerous times this summer: Teaching Children to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully in Normal, IL on
July 12 ; Helping Children Transition Through the Daily Routine in Moline, IL on August 2; and Stuck on Stickers…STOP! in Springfield, IL on August 17. Letha Clark, presented Using Boardmaker for Visual Supports, in Byron, IL on July 13. Mindy Ely and Linda Robinson, presented Play Skills in Children with Visual Impairments, a webinar, on August 16. Connie Shugart and Rose Slaght, presented Focus on Centers: Taking a Closer Look at Art, Music, and Movement, a webinar, on August 23. Shugart and Robinson presented Teaching Strategies GOLD in Pekin, IL on August 24, followed by a webinar of the same title on August 26. Shugart and Ely, presented Introduction and Implementation of the Creative Curriculum for Preschool, in West Peoria, IL on August 30-31.

StarNet Regions I and III, Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood hosted Summer Camp for Early Childhood Educators: The Curiosity and Wonder of Science featuring presenters Julie Gintzler (Steve Spangler Science) and Scott Brouette, Infant and Preschool Center, in Springfield, IL on July 27-28.

Ben Bishop, CPEP, presented Outward Bound to the Ingersol Middle School student body in Canton, IL.

Jack Rozdilsky, Health Sciences, was cited as an expert in the article, Parkersburg, Iowa, Emerges as Model for Tornado Recovery, published in the Christian Science Monitor.

Ralph Graham, Kinesiology, received $4,403 from the Illinois Association for Health, PE, Recreation and Dance (IAPHERD) for the project Effects of Exercise Training and/or Nutritional Counseling on Inflammation.

Diane Hamilton-Hancock, Health Sciences, and Leaunda Hemphill, IDT, presented the webinar, Mobile, Social and Well: Using Social Networking Sites to Enhance your Wellness Program for the National Wellness Institute.

The STAR-Online/Onsite team had a busy summer. Marisa Beard and Ledith Whitehall spent a number of days conducting workshops in Calumet City on a variety of technology topics, including Google tools, the iPod Touch, Glogster, and Prezi. The team hosted the annual Summer Experience on July 20-21 for teachers from the area. Numerous educators around the state signed up for STAR-Online professional development. Watch for Beard and Whitehall along with Debbie Danner this semester conducting SMART Board and Facebook sessions for various education classes. As always, continue to send your students to sign up for the Technology Competency Assessment (TCA) and English Language Learners (ELL) test which all education students are required to take and pass prior to acceptance into TEP and student teaching.

The Department of Counselor Education welcomes Rita Melissano, Tiffany Stoner-Harris, Cassandra Storlie, and Eldon Partridge as new adjunct faculty members for the academic year.

Rebecca Newgent, CNED, along with former colleagues, had their manuscript, Psychosocial Prevention Education: A Comparison of Traditional vs. Thematic Prevention Programming for Youth published in The Professional Counselor: Research and Practice, 1(2), 122-132. It is available at tpcjournal.nbcc.org.

Barry McCrary, LEJA, presented, How to Start a New Faith-Based Prevention/Intervention Program in Your City: Lessons Learned From the Maleness to Manhood Gang Mentoring Initiative at the National Gang Crime Research Center in Chicago, IL on August 8.

Jack Rozdilsky, Maureen Bezold, Jamie Johnson, Mark Kelley, and Nancy Parsons, Health Sciences, published Reflections on the Development of an Undergraduate Emergency Management Program: The Experiences of Western Illinois University in the Journal of Homeland Security, Vol. 8: Issue 2, Article 7.

The first Faculty Innovators meeting for the second cohort of Innovators Exploring the iPad was held today.

Alumni in the News
Kim Huckstadt, EDL, had the opportunity to meet President Obama when he stopped at Maquoketa High School. See the story at kwqc.com.
Tim Sanford, ’90 LEJA, was honored by the Illinois Department of Transportation for his diligence enforcing speed laws. Read the full article here.
See all alumni news from the summer on our Facebook page!

Announcements
LEJA’s Corrections Club has become an official student chapter of the American Corrections Association (ACA).

RPTA will be hosting its career showcase, You Can Major in That? on September 26 in the Prairie Lounge of the Union from 6 – 7:30 pm.

LEJA will be offering the study abroad course, LEJA 417/517, Criminal Justice Systems in South Korea in July 2012. Encourage your students to explore this opportunity. For more information, contact Seungmug Lee in LEJA.

Watch the Horrabin Hall Television for tech updates, pictures from events, and important dates for students!

Faculty, send your students to Horrabin Hall 104 to complete their technology projects. We provide hands-on assistance in a one-on-one or small group format. Send us a copy of your project or lesson plan that you will be having your students complete so that we are prepared to assist their exact needs.

Upcoming Events

September 9 – Come to Horrabin Hall 1 to wish Levi Carcamo, Military Science, best wishes for his future as he is leaving Macomb to return to Texas. Please stop by anytime between 1 -2 pm.

September 10 – Mom’s Weekend Climb at Horn Field Campus. Cost is $5 per person, Mom’s climb for free.The Climbing Tower will be open from 10 am – 2 pm. HFC will also offer a guided nature walk that day from 10 am – 12 pm. This is free of charge.

September 15 – Horn Field Campus Open House will be held from 3-6 pm.

September 16 – Michelle Parry, director of Division I NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship will present There Will Always be a Leaky Roof…An Inside Look at the Women’s Final Four at 9:30 am in Horrabin Hall 59. Parry was in the Sport Management program in the early 1990′s. Her lecture is sponsored by the Visiting Lecture Committee and the Department of Kinesiology.

September 21 – Back to School Open House, 4-6 pm in Horrabin Hall 1.

October 20 – The Department of Counselor Education (CNED) will host an Open House from 4-7 pm in the Quad Cities. Details to follow.

October 19 – Gil Belles presents The Importance of Wellness Through a Lifetime, a Employee Wellness event, beginning at 4 pm in the Union Grand Ball Room.

October 25 – Cheryl J. Cohen Lecture featuring Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal from the University of Minnesota, 7 pm in the Union Sandburg Theater.

Knoblauch Café

Knoblauch Café will be open beginning September 27! Watch this section of Insights for menus.

Tech Insights

Microsoft has made a giant leap when it comes to their Windows operating system with Windows 7. For starters, the whole interface for the desktop has been completely revamped with all the same functions and users customizations available. Read more and sign up to join staff from the IMM Lab for a demonstration of the new Microsoft Windows 7 environment at the Tech Insights blog.