Publications: TC Today
The Alumni Magazine of Teachers College, Columbia University
Volume 26, No. 2 ♦ 12/2002
Adela Bay Taught Me to Play the Piano
"It's easy . . . once you know it," said 97-year-old Adela Bay quoting one of her seven-year-old piano students who took lessons from her years ago. She looked at me sheepishly as I sat next to her at her piano trying to pick out the notes that she requested. She didn't want me to interview her or to take notes, she wanted to show me how to play the piano.
Published: 1/1/2002Albert S. Thompson: Grace Dodge Society Founding Member
On November 16, the newly formed Grace Dodge Society met at the home of President Arthur Levine for an inaugural luncheon honoring its founding members. Among them was Professor Emeritus Albert S. Thompson, who joined the TC faculty in 1949 in the Psychology Department, where he was an expert in vocational psychology and guidance.
Published: 1/1/2002Alumni Web Site Redesigned
When folks logged onto TC Web this Fall and clicked on "Alumni," they encountered something old, something new, and definitely something blue. A mixture of modern design and traditional Teachers College architecture, the new Alumni Web site is an exciting move into a new era of communication and service online.
Published: 1/1/2002Class Notes (26:2)
Brief bios of distinguished alumni.
Published: 1/1/2002Dewey Dinner Transformed into the Dewey Reception
To celebrate the increase in the number of members in the Dewey Circle Network, the traditional Dewey Dinner was transformed into an evening of entertainment by Teachers College musicians. Instead of the usual dinner and speeches, guests arrived at Low Rotunda on the Columbia University campus to a cocktail reception with hot hors d'oeuvres and a display of work by TC art students.
Published: 1/1/2002Diane Ravitch: Battles Over School Reform
We cannot understand where we are heading without knowing where we have been. We live now with decisions and policies that were made long ago, said author Diane Ravitch in Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform. "Before we attempt to reform present practices, we must try to learn why those decisions were made and to understand the consequences of past policies. History doesn't tell us the answers to our questions, but it helps to inform us so that we might make better decisions in the future."
Published: 1/1/2002Diversity Fellows Create New Realities
Since President Levine's 1999 call for an institution, "in which there is no 'us and them,''' (Report of the Summer 1999 Teachers College Task force on Diversity and Community), the faculty and staff have been attempting to create a working community committed to supporting diversity.
Published: 1/1/2002Doctoral Student in Learning Disabilities Reaches Out to the Middle East
A TC doctoral student with a concentration in Learning Disabilities in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Maysaa Bazna, a Syrian citizen living in Kuwait, is proposing an initiative in the Middle East to improve the teaching of children with special needs.
Published: 1/1/2002Four New TC Trustees
Four new members were elected to join the Teachers College Trustees this year. They are John Merrow, Executive Producer and President of Learning Matters Inc. and Executive Editor of "The Merrow Report"; Lorraine Monroe, Executive Director of the School Leadership Academy at the Center for Educational Innovation; Gillian Toledo, a third grade teacher in Seattle; and Arthur Zankel, General Partner of High Rise Partners, LP.
Published: 1/1/2002Honoring TC Alumni Who Have Made Their Mark
Three such people were singled out to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards this year-Betty Sullivan for her work in media and education; Darlene Yee, for her research and practice in long-term care administration; and Edmund Gordon, for his work as an academic, a researcher and a consultant on issues relating to urban and minority education.
Published: 1/1/2002In Memoriam (26:2)
This section is a tribute to recently deceased alumni
Published: 1/1/2002Joan Dye Gussow on the Politics of Food
Joan Dye Gussow, an alumna of the College and the former Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education, invented a course called "Nutritional Ecology." She shares the information developed in that course with the rest of the world in her latest book, This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader (Chelsea Green, 2001).
Published: 1/1/2002Marian Wright Edelman Delivers Annual Marx Lecture
Children in the United States are hungry. Some are homeless. Some are being abused. There are 12 million of them that need our help-even more now than they did before, said Marian Wright Edelman, TC's seventh Virginia and Leonard Marx lecturer.
Published: 1/1/2002Millie Almy, The Grandame of Early Childhood Education, Dies at 86
Known in her field as the "Grandame" of Early Childhood Education, Millie Almy passed away quietly in Berkeley, California, on August 15. She was 86.
Published: 1/1/2002Professor George Bonanno On Traumatic Loss and Bereavement
Assistant Professor George Bonanno, a scholar well-known for his work on bereavement and emotional issues, has recently published, with his colleagues, two new studies, Trauma and Bereavement: Examining the Impact of Sudden and Violent Deaths and Self-Enhancement as a Buffer Against Extreme Adversity: Civil War in Bosnia and Traumatic Loss in the United States.
Published: 1/1/2002Scholarships at Teachers College:
Everyone connected with Teachers College agrees on the primary importance of scholarships.
Published: 1/1/2002Science Education at TC Takes the Initiative
Angela Calabrese Barton, Associate Professor of Science Education and Coordinator of the Science Education Programs, returned to TC from the University of Texas at Austin this year with an activist agenda.
Published: 1/1/2002TC on the Move and at Home
The TC Alumni Relations Network continues to grow as Chapters of the Alumni Association or "alumni clubs" are in development in Connecticut, Northern New Jersey, Northern California, Seattle, South Florida, Washington, D.C., and Westchester County.
Published: 1/1/2002Teachers College and Its Alumni Respond to WTC Tragedy
Teachers College and Its Alumni Respond to WTC Tragedy
Published: 1/1/2002Teachers for East Africa and Teacher Education in East Africa Hold 40th Reunion
Teachers for East Africa (TEA) and Teacher Education in East Africa (TEEA), two important projects that provided teachers for secondary schools and teacher training colleges in East Africa in the 1960s, held their 40th anniversary reunion in Washington, D.C., from September 20 to 23.
Published: 1/1/2002The Ben and Grace Wood Legacy
The late Dr. Ben and Grace Wood were among the greatest friends and supporters of Teachers College. Their legacy lives on in the form of the endowments they established-the Elbenwood Fund for Educational Research; the Ben D. Wood Fellowship Fund; and the Institute for Learning Technologies Fund.
Published: 1/1/2002Variations on a Blue Guitar: Maxine Greene on Aesthetic Education
Lectures that have inspired thousands of teachers over the past 25 years have stacked up in Maxine Greene's files.
Published: 1/1/2002Young Women Are Not Adhering to Osteoporosis Prevention Programs
In the first cross-sectional study of 321 women to assess osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and preventative behaviors-86 percent of the survey participants had heard of osteoporosis, but only 3 percent of the respondents reported getting both adequate exercise and the recommended calcium intake.
Published: 1/1/2002Communicating with Infants and Toddlers through Music
Once a week, Custodero and her students meet with two separate age groups of children, infants and toddlers. In this setting, research intersects with practice as students and faculty members work directly with the children, watch them from the observation room and videotape the class for future study.
Published: 9/1/2001
