February 17, 2011 - Denver Alumni Reception
Join alumni from the Denver area, in addition to Education Leadership alumni for this wonderful networking event.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. The reception is held in conjunction with the America Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Annual Conference
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, (Headquarter Hotel) 650 15th Street
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit http://www.tc.edu/calendar/index.htm?EventID=8583.
February 22, 2011 - Global Student Education Forum (GSEF)
Chairman’s Dinner
Both Susan Fuhrman (President, Columbia University’s Teachers College) and Professor Deborah Stipek (Dean, Stanford University’s School of Education), along
with heads of university education faculties across the UK, will be attending. The dinner will begin at 5:15 p.m. and will finish at 7:00 p.m., to be immediately followed by a discussion, titled ‘What would it really take to Leave No Child Behind?’ by Fuhrman and Stipek. The deadline for reservations have been extended though places are extremely limited. Reservations based on a first-come, first-served basis. Dress code is black tie. For full details on the event, please click here.
Hosted By: Global Student Education Forum
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Location: Drawing Room, Homerton College,
University of Cambridge
For more information, please direct your enquiries to
Elizabeth Maybury at ekm31@cam.ac.uk.
 February 24, 2011 - San Francisco Alumni Reception
Join us for an alumni event for San Francisco Bay Area alumni and School Psychology alumni, featuring TC Faculty member Dr. Philip Saigh, Program Coordinator for the School Psychology Program.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. The reception is held in conjunction with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) conference.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit http://www.tc.edu/calendar/index.htm?EventID=8582.
February 25, 2011 - National Association of Independent Schools Conference
Klingenstein Center Director Pearl Rock Kane will share findings of a survey of 60 school heads revealing characteristics they look for to identify leaders of the future in a workshop titled "Identifying Star Performers: Teachers Who Will Be Leaders of the Future." Kane also offers important insights for teachers wishing to advance their careers and for school heads who seek to nurture administrative talent. Join Klingenstein Center Director Pearl Rock Kane for an alumni reception on February 24.
Hosted By: National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: National Harbor, MD
For more information on the conference visit www.nais.org.
February 26, 2011 - Black Student Network Annual Black History Month Gala
Please join the Black Student Network of Teachers College, Columbia University as they celebrate the 6th Annual Black History Month Gala. BSN will be honoring one student, one faculty member and one alumnus and spotlighting student talent within the organization.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
To RSVP for the gala visit http://bit.ly/BSNGALA
March 2, 2011 - Speed Networking Event
TC Alumni Relations, TCCS and Student Senate have joined forces to bring you a new and exciting way to network. Students and alumni from across all TC Departments will come together to network in a fast and fresh format. Students and alumni alike will benefit from this opportunity to hone the skills needed for success in today's job place. Whether you are happily employed, seeking new challenges, have advice to share or all ears...speed networking is for you!
Hosted By: The Alumni Council in conjunction with the Office of Alumni Relations, TCCS and Student Senate
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
If you are interested in attending, please email Michael Kalish at kalish@tc.edu.
March 3, 2011 - Greenwich, CT Alumni Event-Nutrition Education in a Changing World: Making a Lasting Impact featuring TC Faculty Pam Koch hosted by TC Alumna Vijayshree Pande
Join TC alumni with a passion for Nutrition at the Greenwich, CT home of alumna Vijayshree "Shonu" Pande for a cooking demonstration and presentation by TC faculty member Pam Koch.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Home of Vijayshree Pande
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit http://www.tc.edu/calendar/?EventID=8584.
March 8, 2011 - PreK-12 Education Career Fair
TCCS' PreK-12 Education Career Fair is an on-site networking opportunity enabling you to meet with national and international school systems, the New York City Department of Education, independent schools and charter schools who are seeking students, recent graduates and experienced practitioners interested in teaching, guidance/school counseling, and various administrative positions.
Hosted By: Teachers College Career Services
Time: 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Alfred Lerner Auditorium, 115th Street and Broadway, Columbia University
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit TCCS Link.
March 9, 2011 - Provost Series Cocktail Party
TC Fund donors are cordially invited to a discussion and reception with Thomas James, Provost and Dean of the College & Nancy Streim, Associate Vice President for School and Community Partnerships, Teachers College and Special Advisor to the Provost, Columbia University. For more information on how to become a donor, please visit www.tc.edu/supporttc/.
Hosted By: TC Fund
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College, 179 Grace Dodge Hall
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.columbia.edu/supporttc/events.asp?eventID=9231.
 March 10, 2011 - ICCCR Alumni Event & Networking Reception featuring John Barkat, United Nations Ombudsman & Peter Coleman, ICCCR Director
Join alumni for this event featuring Peter Coleman and John Barkat where they will engage in a lively theory-practice dialogue on addressing our most difficult conflicts. Together, they will explore the five percent of disputes doomed to become intractable quagmires, offering cutting edge ideas and methods for solving them.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations and the International Center for Cooperation
and Conflict Resolution
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Club of New York,
15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit http://www.tc.edu/calendar/index.htm?EventID=8756.
March 10, 2011 - Sex and Gender in Schools Lecture
TC Professor Elana Sigall, an expert in education-related legal issues, will discuss sex and gender equity issues in K-12 schools. Topics will include sex and gender discrimination, single-sex education and Title IX, and the general cultural climate that informs how we treat boys and girls in our educational institutions.
Hosted By: Columbia Club
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Club of New York,
15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please contact the Columbia Club Office at 212-719-0380 or events@columbiaclub.org.
March 15, 2011 - Philadelphia Alumni Reception
Join TC alumni from the Philadelphia area and Higer Education program for a networking reception held in conjunction with Student Affairs in Higher Education conference.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown,
1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=8585.
March 15-17, 2011 - 2011 Annual Beacon Press/Simmons College Race, Education, and Democracy Lecture Series
Dr. Ernest Morrell, new director of its Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), will deliver the 2011 Race, Education and Democracy Lectures. The overarching theme of his lectures is Powerful Teaching: Towards a Pedagogy for the Global City.
Hosted By: Simmons College; Beacon Press
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Simmons College,
300 The Fenway,
Boston, MA 02115
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.raceandeducation.com/.
March 23, 2011 - Malaysia Alumni Event
Samantha Lu, TC's Director of International Student Services, is coming to Malaysia in March, and she will be hosting an evening reception for TC alumni on Wednesday, March 23, in or near Kuala Lumpur. This will be a wonderful opportunity for alumni to reunite with old friends, meet new ones, hear what's new at TC, and build the TC International Alumni Network in Malaysia.
The details of time and place have not yet been decided, but if you would like to receive further information on the event, please email Samantha directly at slu@tc.edu.
Please forward this email to any and all TC alumni living in Malaysia, so that they may receive this special invitation.
 March 24, 2011 - Second Annual Maxine Greene Society Event
Please join Maxine Greene and the Maxine Greene Society for an exclusive film screening of the award-winning documentary “Ahead of Time,” produced by TC alumna Patti Kenner. An audience discussion with Patti Kenner will take place immediately following the film.
The film chronicles the life of Ruth Gruber, international foreign correspondent and photojournalist and the youngest Ph.D. in the world. For more information on the film, please visit http://ruthgruberthemovie.com/.
Hosted By: The Maxine Greene Society
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College, 147 Horace Mann
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=9122.
 March 31, 2011 - 2011 Tisch Lecture featuring Dr. Priscilla Wohlstetter
Please join us for the 2011 Tisch Lecture featuring
Dr. Priscilla Wohlstetter,
Diane and MacDonald Becket Professor in Education Policy at
University of Southern California & Distinguished Tisch Lecturer and
Visiting Professor at Teachers College, for "
A Welcome Earthquake:
Shifting Responsibilities for Public Education." Dr. Priscilla “Penny” Wohlstetter’s research interests include accountability in education, the policies and politics of education reform, and organizational innovations in education. She has written extensively on charter schools and strategic alliances in education. Her work in the area of accountability includes an annual report (now in its sixth year) on the academic and financial performance of charter schools in California, and online stakeholder satisfaction surveys for parents, students and staff in K-12 public schools.
Hosted By: TC Office of the Provost
Time: 6:00 p.m. Reception immediately following the lecture.
Location: Teachers College, Milbank Chapel
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please call Kawana S. Bullock at (212) 678-8147.
April 1, 2011 - Los Angeles Admitted Student Reception
Join the Office of Admissions and fellow alumni in Southern California in welcoming newly admitted students. Teachers College Admissions representatives present a panel featuring alumni to share more about the TC experience. Alumni are encouraged to attend to meet fellow area alumni and share their experiences with admitted students during the reception. Hosted By: TC Office of Admissions
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
For more information, please visit www.tc.columbia.edu/admissions/events.asp?EventID=8365.
April 3, 2011 - San Francisco Admitted Student Reception
Join the Office of Admissions and fellow Bay Area Alumni in welcoming newly admitted students. Teachers College Admissions representatives present a panel featuring alumni to share more about the TC experience. Alumni are encouraged to attend to meet fellow area alumni and share their experiences with admitted students during the reception.
Hosted By: TC Office of Admissions
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
For more information, please visit www.tc.columbia.edu/admissions/events.asp?EventID=8366.
April 6, 2011 - International Week Student & Alumni Mixer
Join TC International Students & fellow alumni in celebrating International Week on campus and those cultures of the world represented in TC's student body.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=8589.
April 10, 2011 - New Orleans TC Alumni & Faculty Reception
Join fellow AERA and New Orleans area alumni for this annual reception with faculty, students and alumni planned in conjunction with the AERA Conference.
Hosted By: TC President Susan Fuhrman & the Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: New Orleans Venue TBD
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=8590.
 April 13, 2011 - Ladder to the Moon Book Talk
Come hear debut author, Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Barack Obama, present a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of her late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.
Maya Soetoro-Ng was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is a writer and educator with a PhD in international comparative education. She says Ladder to the Moon was inspired by her young daughter Suhaila’s questions about her grandmother Ann Dunham. Ann Dunham is mother to Maya as well as our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama.
Hosted By: The Reading and Writing Project
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.readingandwritingproject.com/mayasoetorong. To view the invitation itself, please visit Ladder to the Moon.
April 16, 2011 - Academic Festival - Learn to Live Well: Bringing Education to the Table
Academic Festival 2011, our annual homecoming, is a true celebration of the rich intellectual traditions, past and present, which make TC the nation's leading school of education. Academic Festival features a star-studded lineup of faculty and alumni speakers from all disciplines during concurrent break-out sessions, as well as a plenary Keynote Address by Ian K. Smith, MD – all with an eye towards wellness. The Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients will also be honored during the Luncheon and there will be countless opportunities for alumni networking throughout the day. More information is coming soon. If you have questions about Academic Festival 2011, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at tcalumni@tc.edu.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
More information coming soon; to request a formal invitation with the full lineup for this event, please email tcalumni@tc.edu.
 April 29, 2011 - 48th Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing
Join the Nursing Education Alumni Association for their annual conference that will explore “Practice, Education and Leadership Transformation: Preparing for the Care Continuum." The Teachers College Office of Alumni Relations is happy to partner with the NEAA to sponsor the annual Awards Luncheon. For more information about the conference and how you can earn continuing education credits by attending, please visit the NEAA website.
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit http://www.tcneaa.org/stewartconference/registration.html .
May 2, 2011 - Montreal Alumni Reception
Join TC faculty from the Comparative and International Education Program: Professor Bartlett, Professor Bajaj, Dr. Allaf, Professor Cortina and Professor Steiner-Khamsi as well as alumni for this reception in conjunction with the Comparative & International Education Society Conference. The reception is held in conjunction with Comparative & International Education Society Conference. Our special guest will be Professor Emeritus Harold Noah.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Room Hochelaga 4
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=8595.
May 5-6, 2011 - Blackman Book Talk, Reception & Lecture Series: “When Worlds Collide: Facing the Challenges of Special Education in the new Millennium”
Thursday, May 5 - Leonard Blackman, Professor Emeritus of Education and Psychology will read from his recent memoir, The Psychle of My Life, detailing his personal story and career (4:00 - 5:30 p.m.).
This will be followed by a special Alumni Reception (5:30-7:30 p.m.) to celebrate this event and bring together the large network of special education researchers, policy makers and practitioners who have called TC their “home”.
Friday, May 6 - The 2011 Blackman Lecture Series features a full day of speakers and presenters who will speak to the day’s theme: “When Worlds Collide: Facing the Challenges of Special Education in the new Millennium.” Workshop is FREE to all TC alumni.
Hosted By: The Center for Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities, part of Health and Behavior Studies. Reception hosted by the Alumni Council in conjunction with the Office of Alumni Relations.
Time: May 5: Book Talk: 4:00 - 5:30 pm; Reception: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.;
May 6: Blackman Lecture Series, all day
Location: Teachers College
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please contact Dr. Christine Pawelski at 212.678-3903 or cep24@columbia.edu.
May 28, 2011 - Malaysia Alumni Event
Samantha Lu, TC's Director of International Student Services, is coming to Malaysia in March, and she will be hosting an evening reception for TC alumni on Wednesday, March 23, in or near Kuala Lumpur. This will be a wonderful opportunity for alumni to reunite with old friends, meet new ones, hear what's new at TC, and build the TC International Alumni Network in Malaysia.
The details of time and place have not yet been decided, but if you would like to receive further information on the event, please email Samantha directly at slu@tc.edu.
Please forward this email to any and all TC alumni living in Malaysia, so that they may receive this special invitation.
May 28, 2011 - Adult Leadership Alumni Reception
Join TC Professor Victoria Marsick and fellow alumni from Adult Education and Greece for a networking reception in conjunction with the 9th Transformative Learning Conference.
Hosted By: TC Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Athens, Greece venue TBD
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please visit www.tc.edu/alumni/events.asp?eventID=8639.
 SAVE THE DATE! May 28, 2011 - TC Global Conference on Education
Join TC President Susan Fuhrman and Host Committee Chair, TC Trustee, Edith Shih, in addition to TC faculty, alumni, students and friends for the first TC Global Conference on Education. Enjoy the opportunity to network with fellow TC community members while also attending sessions featuring TC’s faculty and partners in educational institutions and governments from across the globe. Learn how together we creatively can shape and advance educational models for learning around the world.
Time: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Hong Kong, venue TBD
More information coming soon!
July 8, 2011 - Boston Admitted Student Reception
Join the Office of Admissions and fellow alumni in Boston in welcoming newly admitted students. Teachers College Admissions representatives present a panel featuring alumni to share more about the TC experience. Alumni are encouraged to attend to meet fellow area alumni and share their experiences with admitted students during the reception.
Hosted By: TC Office of Admissions
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Boston venue TBD
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February 17, 2011 - East Asia and the West (1750-1919)
February 25-26, 2011 - 28th Annual Winter Roundtable Conference on Cultural Psychology and Education
March 25, 2011 - ICCCR – Cooperation and Conflict Resolution 
March 31, 2011 - Revolution, War, Reascendance
April 15-16, 2011 - Discussion as a Way of Teaching 
April 18-19, 2011 - Helping Adults Learn
Spring/Summer 2011 - Bilingual Extension Institute (BEI)