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• A Summer TESOL Program is Drawing Many Career Changers

  The 2013 Teachers College TESOL summer certificate program is drawing many applicants like Joy, a successful book designer who, when she volunteered at a local literacy center, had no idea that she was taking the first step into a new career.

  published 5/3/2013

• Alumna Helen Streubert Named President of St. Elizabeth College

  Streubert will be the first lay person to lead the 114-year old Catholic college, located in Morristown, New Jersey.

  published 4/29/2013

• Academic Festival 2013: The Sessions

  Faculty, alumni and students tackle a range of issues, from mobile technology to group therapy for people living in the aftermath of disaster

  published 4/23/2013

• Honoring a Legacy for Generations to Come

  Academic Festival 2013 celebrates TC's past with an eye toward the future

  published 4/23/2013

• A Stage to Celebrate Their Accomplishments

  At Academic Festival 2013, TC honors a distinguished group of alumni

  published 4/22/2013

• All the Right Moves: Learning With Gestural Mobile Devices

  Academic Festival 2013 Session

  published 4/22/2013

• TC's Global Engagement: A Sampling of Past, Present and Future Programs

  Academic Festival 2013

  published 4/22/2013

• International Week

  OIA Executive Director Portia Williams helped host the Opening Reception of TC's International Week.

  published 4/12/2013 11:17:00 AM

• A Banner Year Continues

  First it was the bus shelters, now it's the streets. The first in an ongoing series of banners celebrating the College's many academic strengths and the power of its alumni have gone up along Broadway, between 110th and 114th Streets and again between 118th and 120th Streets, and on 120th between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

  published 4/11/2013

• Alumnus Joseph Bertolino to be Inaugurated President of Lyndon State College

  Bertolino (Ed.D. '03) will be installed during a week-long celebration of the college, its students and new leader at Lyndon State, located in the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont.

  published 3/14/2013

• Happy Birthday, TC!

  The 125th anniversary celebration begins with a happy three hours in Zankel Hall

  published 3/12/2013

• Telling the TC Story

  Old artifacts and past glories were only half the story this past Monday evening at an opening night bash to launch "Teachers College: Pioneering Education through Innovation," a month-long exhibit at the New York Historical Society.

  published 3/11/2013

• Big, But Not Always Easy

  Running a school in New Orleans or pretty much anywhere in the post-Katrina South is challenging work. TC's "SPA NOLA" program readies people for the job

  published 2/25/2013

• Making a Case for Faith

  Religious leadership is about helping people live by their beliefs. Often that means taking on the role of a teacher

  published 2/14/2013

• Celebrating a Tradition for Tomorrow

  published 1/18/2013

• A New Director for TC's Cahn Fellows

  published 12/7/2012

• Dear TC Alumni & Community:

  published 12/7/2012

• As Nurses go, So Goes Health Care

  published 12/7/2012

• Not Very Tall, But Bigger Than Life

  published 12/7/2012

• Alumni News: Part 1

  published 12/7/2012

• Alumni Association President's Message

  published 12/7/2012

• Alumni News: Part 2

  published 12/7/2012

• In Sandy's Aftermath, TC Partners with Kingsborough Community College to Help Students Stay on Course

  In the wake of an epic storm, KCC President and TC alumna Regina Peruggi has faced her toughest days on the job. One bright spot: TC is recruiting qualified members of its community to provide tutoring help to KCC students who have lost time in class.

  published 11/12/2012

• Teachers College Collaborates on Study Guide for YoungArts MasterClass Program

  The study guide is available for free download at EdLab site; teacher trainings offered this fall in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami

  published 10/26/2012

• Lisa Miller Honored for Her Humanitarian Work

  Lisa Miller, Associate Professor of Education, has been honored for her humanitarian and peace-building efforts by the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP)/ Meaningful World.

  published 9/24/2012

• Honor Our Distinguished Alumni

  published 8/31/2012

• Alumna and Principal Katherine Peck's NYC Catholic School Profiled in NYTimes

  The Times says the "entrepreneurial" Peck has revitalized St. Stephen's of Hungary, as part of a new push among Catholic schools to appeal to affluent (and not necessarily Catholic) families.

  published 8/23/2012

• Summer 2012 Letter from President Fuhrman

  published 8/2/2012

• Conducting the Orchestra Instead of Fiddling While Rome Burns

  At TC's annual Superintendents Work Conference, a call for bold innovation from the district podium

  published 8/2/2012

• Making It Up As He Goes Along

  Jazzman Bert Konowitz, who retired from TC last winter after 50 years of part-time teaching, has fashioned a career and a life from the power of improvisation

  published 7/24/2012

• Change and Growth for TC's Cahn Fellows Program

  A program for stellar principals is expanding westward under a new director

  published 7/13/2012

• Joyce B. Cowin Funds Program at Teachers College to Foster Personal Financial Literacy among High School Students

  NYC Schools Chancellor Walcott and NYS Education Commissioner King agree to partner on pilot program; nationwide expansion is ultimate aim

  published 7/2/2012

• Fortune Academic Celebrates 10 Years!

  The Fortune Academy, a phased-permanent supportive housing facility for formerly incarcerated men and women based in West Harlem, celebrated its Tenth Anniversary Monday evening, June 18th. Read more...

  published 6/20/2012 2:53:00 PM

• Mourning Shirley Passow

  To the TC Community: It is with great sadness that Teachers Colleges notes the passing of Shirley S. Passow, a long-time friend and supporter of the College and an active advocate for education itself.

  published 5/31/2012

• Home is Where the Push Pin Is

  Brittany Lynk has been outward bound since she was a kid, but family and community remain her touchstones

  published 5/14/2012

• Bound to Make an Impact

  A gallery of TC's 2012 graduates

  published 5/14/2012

• Home Is Where the Art Is

  Alumni gather for a showcase of the Art & Art Education Program's past, present and future

  published 5/14/2012

• "There's an App for That"

  "There's an App for That"

  published 5/10/2012

• News @ TC

  News @ TC

  published 5/1/2012

• Alumni News

  Alumni News

  published 5/1/2012

• Alice Wilder: Learning Anytime, Anywhere

  Alice Wilder is an award-winning developer of educational children's media who talks and listens to kids and represents their voices throughout production.

  published 5/1/2012

• An Electrifying Celebration

  TC's Academic Festival 2012 highlights the power of technology to transform learning

  published 4/25/2012

• 2011 Year in Review

  Covering the period of September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011

  published 4/13/2012

• Jeffrey Sachs Will Keynote TC's Academic Festival in April

  Global economist Jeffrey Sachs will headline TC's fourth annual Academic Festival, themed "Rewiring the Learning Landscape," on Saturday, April 21st.

  published 2/27/2012

• TC Alumni in the Nation's Capital

  TC students and alumni recently learned about what it's like to be a top U.S. education official.

  published 2/24/2012

• Alumnus Joseph Bertolino Named President of Lyndon State College in Vermont

  Bertolino (EdD 2003) is the fourth TC graduate named to a high-level education position in two months.

  published 2/21/2012

• Forging New Frontiers in Home Economics

  TC Alumna Sharon Nickols is uniting scholars interested in rethinking home economics

  published 2/16/2012

• TC Alumna, Synesthete and UN Employee Patricia Lynne Duffy Talks to Psychology Today

  The recipient of TC's Distinguished Alumni Award says human strength is in the diversity in which we perceive the world.

  published 2/9/2012

• In Education Week, TC Alumnus Dan Brown compares his teacher prep experience with NY Teaching Fellows and Teachers College

  Brown, a high school English teacher in Washington, D.C., writes that, after a highly unsatisfactory year with the New York Teaching Fellows in the Bronx, he came to Teachers College to build a "sustainable path" to a teaching career.

  published 1/18/2012

• Not Making It on Apples Alone

  "American Teacher," screened at TC in December, depicts a profession that's starved for respect -- and more.

  published 12/20/2011

• Celebrating Psychology

  AT TEACHERS COLLEGE, we believe that collaboration across the academic disciplines offers the best hope for solving the most challenging problems in education and human development. One of the most compelling stories of collaboration throughout our history has been the work of our faculty in psychology.

  published 12/16/2011

• About This Issue

  ABOUT THIS ISSUE

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni News: Healing Reality's Wounds

  Ghislaine Boulanger shed new light on trauma by studying Vietnam veterans

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni News: Unraveling Dangerous Decisions

  Beth Casarjian goes straight to the source to change kids' risky behaviors

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni Council President's Message

  ALUMNI COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni News: Work, Life, Balance

  For Dr. Dale, a simple principle has anchored an eclectic career

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni News: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

  As the song says, transitions are hard, but often fruitful, too. Elizabeth Reid focuses on them

  published 12/16/2011

• Alumni News: Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 12/16/2011

• Cultures of Silence: Why Penn State and other institutions don't bring wrong-doing to light - and how outsiders should react

  Why Penn State and other institutions don't bring wrong-doing to light -- and how outsiders should react

  published 12/14/2011

• Speaking Their Language: TC Student Gemma Moya-Gale

  published 12/1/2011

• TC's Robert Carter's research: Perceived Racism May Cause Health Problems for Black Americans

  In a paper published online by the American Psychological Association's Journal of Counseling Psychology, perceived racism may cause mental health symptoms similar to trauma in Black Americans, according to new research co-authored by TC's Robert Carter and Alex Pieterse, an TC alumni.

  published 11/16/2011

• Susan Fuhrman will Lead Teachers College for a Second Term

  Board re-signs "a winner" who has sparked new academic developments while building partnerships in New York and abroad

  published 11/2/2011

• What to Say when the Sky is Falling? How to Talk to Kids about Disasters

  published 11/2/2011

• Honor Our Distinguished Alumni

  Help us celebrate the distinguished service and accomplishments of our alumni community! Nominations for Teachers College's annual Distinguished Alumni Awards will be accepted through October 31, 2011. Award recipients will be honored at the College's Academic Festival in April 2012.

  published 10/10/2011

• Honoring Alumni Hannah and Harold Scholl for Their Generosity

  published 10/10/2011

• E-Tools for Thriving at TC-- and Beyond

  Like the city itself, the College can be challenging to navigate. Some new technologies developed in-house might ease your way, here and elsewhere

  published 8/11/2011

• Summer Letter from Susan Fuhrman

  With the 2010/11 academic year behind us, we can look back on a busy spring marked by intellectually rewarding gatherings of alumni, excellent achievements by faculty and students, and significant progress toward creating powerful and enduring solutions in education.

  published 7/26/2011

• Test Cheating Also a Problem in Indonesia, Alumna Writes

  Alumna Stephanie Riady writes in the Jakarta Globe that teacher-induced cheating is "rampant within the nation's education system." The answer, she writes, is not to do away with standardized tests. "The government needs an objective and affordable way to measure student progress."

  published 7/22/2011

• Strengthening TC's Relationships in Asia

  In early June, a delegation from TC that included President Susan Fuhrman, Provost Tom James and several faculty members traveled to Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, meeting with alumni and prospective students.

  published 7/6/2011

• The Cahn Fellows Expand to New Jersey

  TC's program for top principals now includes two from Newark

  published 7/1/2011

• Remembering It All

  Emeritus Professor Len Blackman reads from his new memoir

  published 6/1/2011

• Looking Beyond the Negative Realities of Mental Disability

  Blackman Lecturer Elisabeth Dykens takes on the complexity of intellectual and developmental disorders

  published 6/1/2011

• The Kids are Alright

  The Kids are Alright

  published 5/20/2011

• Family Business

  Artesius Miller is starting a charter school in Atlanta. His great-grandmother would approve

  published 5/20/2011

• Inside the Beltway

  A unique, five-day experience immerses TC students in the world of education policy

  published 5/20/2011

• Ready to Enter the Building

  TC's Summer Principals Academy is breaking new ground in preparing 21st century school leaders

  published 5/20/2011

• Alumni News: Laying the Ground for Literacy

  Andrs Henriquez has helped make teen literacy a national priority

  published 5/20/2011

• Alumni Council President's Message

  A message from Robert Weintraub, President, Teachers College Alumni Association

  published 5/20/2011

• Teachers College Alumni Council

  Teachers College Alumni Council

  published 5/20/2011

• Alumni News: Class Action

  Carter Stewart was always interested in equity issues in education. He didn't figure on ending up as a U.S. Attorney

  published 5/20/2011

• Alumni News: The Psychoanalyst Who Didn't Take Things Lying Down

  Tony Bass helped start a radical movement in psychoanalysis. Today's it's become mainstream

  published 5/20/2011

• Alumni News: Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 5/20/2011

• Probing the Nature of Giftedness

  Doctoral student and award-winning principal Anael Alston believes excellence is a quality that can be attained

  published 5/15/2011

• A Peacemakers' Reunion

  UN Ombudsman Johnston Barkat headlined an event for alumni of TC's International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

  published 5/12/2011

• A Letter from the President

  One might regard "Teachers College" as a misnomer when 40 percent of our students are preparing for careers in health and psychology.

  published 5/11/2011

• 2010: The Year in review

  The College hosts the U.S. Secretary of Education, provides humanitarian aid to Haiti, analyzes the impact of federal stimulus dollars, honors the Prime Minister of Namibia, welcomes four new trustees and focuses on literacy issues in older children.

  published 5/11/2011

• Development

  published 5/11/2011

• Honor Roll of donors

  Acknowledging our supporters from fiscal year 2009--2010.

  published 5/11/2011

• DONOR HIGHLIGHT

  published 5/11/2011

• Teachers College OFFICERS, Trustees and Councils

  published 5/11/2011

• Celebrating Wellness, in All Its Dimensions

  TC's third annual Academic Festival reflects a holistic approach to education embedded in the College's DNA

  published 5/4/2011

• Academic Festival III: The Sessions

  Presentations at TC's Academic Festival focused on topics ranging from creativity to nutrition to the study of genocide

  published 5/4/2011

• Seven Alumni Honored at 2011 Academic Festival

  published 5/4/2011

• Wellness is Theme of Academic Festival

  TC's third annual Academic Festival, which will be held on campus on Saturday, April 16, will be themed "Learn to Live Well: Bringing Education to the Table."

  published 3/29/2011

• Staff news

  Staff news

  published 3/29/2011

• A Message from President Fuhrman about the tragic events in Japan

  Our hearts continue to go out to the people of Japan and all who are suffering as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan. As we mourn the loss of thousands of lives, we are mindful of the immediate and longer-term challenges confronting the country. (Read More...)

  published 3/23/2011

• Bringing Education to the Table

  Wellness, of many kinds is the theme of TC'sthird annualAcademic Festival, in April.

  published 3/8/2011

• Susan Fuhrman Winter 2011 Letter

  The most successful New Year's resolutions incorporate the old and the new, drawing on past lessons to realize future aspirations.

  published 2/11/2011

• The Best Policy

  A new department centralizes the College's interdisciplinary policy work.

  published 2/7/2011

• Better Together

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

  published 2/7/2011

• The Best Policy

  A new department will centralize the College's interdisciplinary policy work and bring together some of the nation's leading experts.

  published 1/13/2011

• TEACHERS COLLEGE CREATES EDUCATION POLICY DEPARTMENT

  The new department will centralize the College's interdisciplinary policy work and bring together some of the nation's leading experts.

  published 1/13/2011

• Teachers College 2009 Officers, Trustees and Councils

  All Trustees, Honorary & Emeriti Trustees and Councils valid as of December 31, 2009.

  published 1/4/2011 5:14:00 PM

• Better Together

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

  published 12/17/2010

• Sharing Reforms Across the Pond

  Education policy has been so frequently shared across the Atlantic that sometimes champions of particular measures forget where their proposed reforms originated

  published 12/17/2010

• Recognizing the Work of Younger Faculty

  The Strage Prize spotlights originality, innovation and viability in the work of TC's younger faculty members. Lalitha Vasudevan, Assistant Professor of Technology and Education, is the 2010 winner.

  published 12/16/2010

• TC Campus News

  Keeping up with people, events and other news from Teachers College

  published 12/8/2010

• New Faces on TC's Board

  Five new Trustees have joined the Teachers College Board

  published 12/8/2010

• Wide Awake

  Maxine Greene propounds an outlook of "wide-awakeness" to art and life that continues to inspire many at TC and elsewhere.

  published 12/8/2010

• Playing to the Gallery

  TC's Macy Gallery exerts a powerful influence on artists who show there--and on art education students at the College

  published 12/8/2010

• Seek and Ye Shall Find

  Discovery is the stock-in-trade of TC's Hollingworth Science Camp

  published 12/8/2010

• The Teflon Grandmother

  In "retirement," Viola Vaughn has discovered her life's work: helping Senegal's girls keep the negative from sticking

  published 12/8/2010

• Keeping Order in "the House of God"

  Vivian Ota Wang referees the national debate on the uses of the human genome.

  published 12/8/2010

• The State of Play

  Seven experts preview a conversation on creativity they will hold at TC in spring 2011

  published 12/8/2010

• Life after Dancing? She's Managing

  Rachel Moore navigated a career-ending injury to become Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre

  published 12/8/2010

• Alumni Council President's Message

  The Association committees have been in full gear providing enhanced and strategic resources and benefits for the entire alumni community

  published 12/8/2010

• Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 12/8/2010

• Up In Lights for Extolling the Arts

  Three alumni of TC's Arts and Administration program are winners of a video contest held by Americans for the Arts, a leading nonprofit, in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

  published 12/8/2010

• Musing on the Barrio

  He's one of the world's best known Latino artists, but Raphael Montaez Ortiz regards ethnocentricity as a trap

  published 12/8/2010

• Social, Organized and Psyched

  A program at the center of its field convenes alumni from some of the world's major corporations and non-profits

  published 11/17/2010

• Better Together

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

  published 11/17/2010

• Calendar

  Information on events, conferences, workshops, book talks, exhibitions and other goings-on at Teachers College, Columbia University

  published 11/17/2010

• Eating Well--and Talking About It

  TC honored members of its John Dewey Circle in September with a reception the Lobby Atrium of the offices of Tishman Speyer Properties at Rockefeller Plaza.

  published 11/17/2010

• Sharing Across the Pond

  At TC, a day devoted to pondering education innovation -- and, sometimes error -- in the UK and US

  published 11/15/2010

• A Gift for TC's Rita Gold Center

  The Farber Foundation pledges to enhance TC's Leslie R. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund

  published 10/13/2010

• An International Welcome

  President Fuhrman and the TC community greeted TC's international students in September. The College's international enrollment has risen sharply in recent years

  published 10/13/2010

• Better Together

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

  published 10/13/2010

• Calendar

  Information on events, conferences, workshops, book talks, exhibitions and other goings-on at Teachers College, Columbia University

  published 10/13/2010

• Farber Foundation Pledge Supports TC's Rita Gold Center

  Teachers College has received a five-year $50,000 pledge from the Gloria and Hilliard Farber Foundation to enhance The Leslie R. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund provides scholarship assistance to children who otherwise would not be able to attend the Rita Gold Center.

  published 9/27/2010

• Hoop Dreams at TC

  Who knew that Clarence "Big House" Gaines went to TC? The story of two friends, an app and some surprising history makes for nothing but -'Net.

  published 9/15/2010

• A Homecoming in a Faraway Land

  TC's President spends a week in China, renewing and strengthening a century-long partnership

  published 9/1/2010

• The Power of Teachers College

  Teachers College is where brilliant minds come together to transform lives

  published 9/1/2010

• Hoop Dreams at TC

  Two friends, an app and some surprising history make for nothing but 'Net

  published 9/1/2010

• Transcending the Spin Cycle

  TC's new AVP of External Affairs is looking to engage a range of stakeholders in meaningful dialogue

  published 9/1/2010

• Letter to TC Faculty by Margaret Crocco

  published 7/20/2010

• A Festival of Leaders

  TC alumni, faculty, students, staff and many friends converge for a day focused on defining the next decade.

  published 6/24/2010

• Dedicating the Cowin Center and Honoring Its Benefactor

  At Academic Festival, a tribute to Joyce Berger Cowin

  published 6/24/2010

• "Hard Questions in a Spinning World"

  TC celebrates the launch of the Maxine Greene Society

  published 6/24/2010

• Thirty Years of 'Making Something from Nothing'

  Entrepreneurship is the focus at a reunion of TC's Arts Administration program.

  published 6/23/2010

• A Forum for Candid Conversations

  A student-run Racial Literacy Roundtable series offered participants the opportunity to freely examine issues of race, class, privilege and access--looking at their own biases as well as that of others

  published 6/23/2010

• Pulling Out All the Stops on April 24th

  TC to hold its Second Annual Academic Festival

  published 6/3/2010

• Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 6/2/2010

• Remembrances

  Remembrances

  published 6/2/2010

• The Accidental Educator

  Samuel Peabody set out not to be a teacher. He now defines himself as one in the broadest sense

  published 6/2/2010

• Alumni Council President's Message

  Alumni Council President's Message

  published 5/31/2010

• Teachers College Peace Corps Fellows

  Teachers College Peace Corps Fellows

  published 5/19/2010

• What it Takes

  Five TC graduates discuss the joys and frustrations of founding or leading innovative schools in New York City

  published 5/19/2010

• Empowering the School Community

  Empowering the School Community

  published 5/19/2010

• Helping the Best Get Better

  Four former TC Cahn Fellow principals describe the challenges they've faced in transforming their schools into some of New York City's best -- and the program's founder explains his vision. One of them - Lily Woo, pictured at left, is the focus of a chapter in the recently published book Leading Outside the Lines, by Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan. Leading Outside the Lines, Chaper Seven

  published 5/13/2010

• A Focus on Just Food

  A TC-hosted conference explores ways to right the City's nutritional disparities

  published 5/10/2010

• Closing the Gap Takes Faith

  A conference at TC marshals the faith-based community to address the nation's education crisis

  published 5/10/2010

• CALENDER

  CALENDER

  published 5/10/2010

• TC's 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

  The College honors five graduates who have done amazing - and amazingly varied - things.

  published 5/4/2010

• Putting the "Academic" in Academic Festival

  TC's second annual Academic Festival featured 13 different panels, presentations and performances, offered over the course of three sessions. The following six, described in brief, were also captured on video.

  published 5/4/2010

• From a Child at Risk to a Mover of Fences: Ulysses Byas

  published 4/30/2010

• A Festival of Leaders

  TC's second annual Academic Festival - themed "Leadership: Defining the Next Decade" - drew some 500 alumni, faculty, students, staff and friends of the College. Highlights included awarding of the first-ever TC President's Medal of Excellence to Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula and Ulysses Byas, a former principal at an all-black school in the segregated American South. Four additional alumni - Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Vivian Oto Wang, Viola Vaughn and the Reverend Lesley George Anderson - were honored with the College's Distinguished Alumni Award, and a fifth, Luis Rios, received the Early Career Award. The College also paid tribute to alumni and long-time trustee Joyce Cowin, formally dedicating the Cowin Conference Center. Click here to view video. (Large File Size)

  published 4/29/2010

• A Tribute to Joyce Cowin

  In a special video aired at TC's Academic Festival, family friends and colleagues paid tribute to longtime TC trustee Joyce Berger Cowin. Click Here to watch video.

  published 4/29/2010

• TC Mourns Passing of Griffin and Summerscales

  The College lost two of its faculty emeriti - William Summerscales, former Director of Institutional Advancement, and Gary Griffin, former Director of the National Center for Restructuring Schools, Education and Teaching (NCREST) in recent months.

  published 4/13/2010

• Academic Festival at TC: Pulling Out all the Stops on April 24th

  TC's second annual Academic Festival will feature a keynote address by the Prime Minister of Namibia, a round-table of TC alumni who have created and led innovative schools, faculty presentations on everything from technology in learning to executive coaching, a slate of events geared to parents, and a special tribute to longtime TC Trustee Joyce Cowin.

  published 4/13/2010

• It Will Take Faith to Close the Gap

  Peter Groff, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, keynoted "Write the Vision: Make it Clear," a day-long conference on the role of the faith-based community in closing the education achievement gap, hosted by TC's Vice President's Office for Diversity and Community Affairs and the College's Black Student Network.

  published 4/7/2010

• The Grace Dodge Society

  The Grace Dodge Society recognizes those alumni, faculty, staff, trustees and friends who, through their generosity, foresight and commitment, have provided for Teachers College in their wills, trusts or through other planned gifts. Reflecting the guiding spirit of TC's co-founder, Grace Hoadley Dodge, Society members share her view of education as the principal means to create better families, better communities and a better world.

  published 4/6/2010

• Estate Gifts

  Teachers College gratefully acknowledges the generous support received from the estates of our alumni, faculty, trustees and friends. These very important planned gifts provide significant funds for scholarship, professorships, program and general support.

  published 4/6/2010

• Honor Roll of Donors

  Our sincerest thanks to those of you who generously supported Teachers College during the 2008--2009 fiscal year.

  published 4/5/2010

• The Annual Fund

  Supporting the Annual Fund means providing vital operating dollars so that Teachers College faculty and students have the resources they need to work at the highest levels of excellence, day in and day out. By giving to the Fund, donors help the College thrive, ensuring our margin of excellence and inspiring others to follow their example. It is an honor to acknowledge and thank all our Annual Fund donors. The names of those giving $250 or more to the Fund are listed below.

  published 4/5/2010

• A Letter From the President

  In 1900, in a report to the Teachers College Board of Trustees, James Earl Russell, TC's first Dean wrote, "The influence we are even now exerting extends in all directions and includes within its scope all grades of public instruction, from the kindergarten to the university, and practically every phase of educational and philanthropic activity."

  published 4/1/2010

• Development

  Development

  published 4/1/2010

• Why Can't U Teach Me 2 Read?

  Cahn Fellows Alumni Network holds roundtable book discussion

  published 3/26/2010

• An Update from TC's President

  In the following letter to alumni, Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers College, highlights key happenings at the College this spring: March 2010 Dear Alumni: Many good wishes from all of us here at Teachers College. We are well into 2010 and the impact and influence of our work is evident every day: faculty members devising innovative solutions to urgent problems; timely events that convene prominent national and global experts; and talented students determined to make a difference in the world-and doing just that.

  published 3/12/2010

• One Busy Spring

  TC's second annual Academic Festival tops the a long list of big events at the College coming up in the next couple of months

  published 2/27/2010

• The TC Community Responds to the Crisis in Haiti

  Faculty, staff, students and alumni - many with a personal stake in the outcomes - are bringing their skills to bear.

  published 2/16/2010

• TC Art Exhibition Moves From Macy to Miami

  "Visions," curated by Maurizio Pellegrin and featuring student work, aired at Art Basel-Miami in December

  published 2/4/2010

• Inside Inside

  The source for news, events and people at Teachers College, Columbia University February 2010 Volume 15 Number 5

  published 2/4/2010

• Calendar

  Calendar

  published 2/4/2010

• Alumni News

  Alumni News

  published 12/22/2009

• Storytelling with Grandma

  Deep inside the maximum-security New York State prison known as Sing Sing, the inmates have a name for Joanna Chan (Ed.D., 1977): "Grandma."

  published 12/22/2009

• Grad is Gates Cambridge Scholar

  published 12/22/2009

• TC Holds first academic festival

  published 12/22/2009

• Remembrances

  Remembrances in memoriam

  published 12/9/2009

• President Fuhrman Outlines the State of the College

  TC President Fuhrman gave her 2009 State of the College Address on October 28th. Her theme was the College's impact - locally, nationally and internationally. The full transcript of her remarks follows.

  published 11/6/2009

• Calendar

  Calendar of events at Teachers College

  published 11/4/2009

• Big and Strong

  TC's entering class is the largest-'"and most diverse-'"in more than 30 years

  published 11/4/2009

• Silhouettes of TC Today cover

  Key to the images on the cover

  published 10/28/2009

• Arne Duncan Media Coverage

  published 10/26/2009

• Greetings from TC's President

  September 2009 Dear TC Alumni: Fall is a particularly resonant time at Teachers College, a time of renewed energy and fresh possibility. It is with great pride-speaking as both TC's president and an alumna-that I tell you about a number of exciting developments on campus and throughout the wider Teachers College community.

  published 10/26/2009

• The Secretary Calls for a Sea Change

  Speaking to a Teachers College audience on October 22nd, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Thursday called for a "sea-change" in the nation's teacher preparation programs and said most teachers colleges are "doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st-century classroom."View the speech.

  published 10/23/2009

• Charter School Founded by Klingenstein Grads Opens in Brooklyn

  On Wednesday, September 23, an impressive cast of New York City public school officials and politicians assembled in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn to cut the ribbon on a new building that will house three new schools-including a charter school founded by two alumni of TC's Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership.

  published 9/26/2009

• Alumna Honored as Educator of the Year

  Dedria Lacy, who received her master's degree from TC in 2004, was one of 10 teachers to receive Education Update's Outstanding Educator of the Year award.

  published 8/21/2009

• Shaping Education around the World

  From the College's earliest days, TC's approach to education has taken the wider world into consideration

  published 7/15/2009

• Times for a Change

  With economic uncertainty driving applications to an all-time high, TC held its first-ever information session for potential career changes on June 22.

  published 6/24/2009

• The Power of Teachers College

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

  published 6/22/2009

• Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 6/22/2009

• Pool Reopens with a Splash!

  Historic Aquatic Center refurbished and ready for summer

  published 6/22/2009

• Better Together

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives.

  published 6/22/2009

• TC Campus News

  Welcoming new staff, celebrating April's staff anniversaries, and honoring at the 20th Annual Long-Term Service Recognition Ceremony

  published 6/22/2009

• About this Special Issue

  Around the globe in TC Today, from world class cover art to what is inside

  published 6/17/2009

• Alumni News

  The latest on alumni events, services and other goings-on

  published 6/17/2009

• Her Gift Endures, As Will Yours

  Grace Dodge Society honors those alumni, friends and faculty who have made TC a part of their estate plans

  published 6/17/2009

• Teacher-in-Law

  Advisor to TC's Hong Kong alumni chapter, TC alumna Edith Shih is also Head Group General Counsel and Company Secretary at a Fortune 500 company with hundreds of lawyers working under her in 23 countries

  published 6/15/2009

• TC Aquatic Center Reopens with a Splash

  Some nine months after it closed for improvements and repairs, the historic Aquatic Center in the basement of Thompson Hall reopened on June 8-'"refurbished and ready for summer.

  published 6/8/2009

• A School (and Maybe a Movement) Grows in Shanghai

  With an American curriculum that's taught in English, the Fudan International School marks China's entry into the market for foreign students

  published 6/8/2009

• A World of Ideas

  Longtime journalist John Merrow keynotes an academic festival for TC alumni, students and friends

  published 6/1/2009

• Better Together

  The Power of Teachers College

  published 6/1/2009

• TC Alumna Appointed Head of Foundation

  Deborah Goodman List, who received her master's degree in health education from Teachers College, has been appointed the first executive director of the Connecticut-based Tiny Miracles Foundation, which provides support to families with premature babies.

  published 5/28/2009

• The Wide World of Teachers College

  The latest edition of TC Today magazine chronicles the College's many projects and initiatives around the globe, from Africa and China to South America and the Middle East.

  published 4/29/2009

• Exploring a World of Ideas

  Longtime journalist John Merrow keynotes a full day of events at an academic festival for TC alumni, students and friends that featured presentations by a stellar lineup of TC faculty on a wide range of topics.

  published 4/26/2009

• Its Not Just a Homecoming - it's a Festival

  Journalist John Merrow will keynote a full day of events for TC alumni, students and friends on April 25. Styled as an "academic festival" and themed "Thinkbank 2.0: A World of Ideas," the event will feature presentations by a stellar line-up of TC faculty on topics ranging from technology in education to bereavement in non-U.S. cultures, and will also include a musical jam session for alumni led by TC music education faculty. Register Today!

  published 4/6/2009

• Teachers College and the Economy: A Special Message from President Fuhrman

  Dear Members of the Teachers College Community:I want to share with you my thoughts about Teachers College and its future given the significant economic upheaval facing our country. Like all academic institutions, TC has been affected by the economy, and we are taking appropriate steps to respond. Through careful planning, we intend to move our agenda forward and advance our mission in the months and years ahead.

  published 4/2/2009

• Under Control

  And making the case

  published 3/24/2009

• ThinkBank 2.0: Innovation, Collaboration and Leadership in the New Global Commons

  An Academic Festival for TC Alumni and Friends

  published 3/24/2009

• Better Together

  The Power of Teachers College

  published 3/24/2009

• Calendar

  Upcoming events at Teachers College, Columbia University

  published 3/24/2009

• Alumna Sabrina Hope King Honored By New York's Independent Colleges And Universities

  TC alumna Sabrina Hope King received the 2009 Alumni Hall of Distinction Award from the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities on March 2 in Albany.

  published 3/18/2009

• TC Library to Lead New Innovation Initiative

  TC's Gottesman Libraries and its EdLab division will lead a new initiative to facilitate faculty work that explores new approaches to teaching, research and service in education, psychology and health. As part of the new effort, two TC operating units -- the Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation, which deals with continuing education, and Teachers College Innovations, which runs induction programs for new teachers -- are being closed in the restructuring and will cease to operate as free-standing entities under those names.

  published 3/9/2009

• The TC Pool: Plans to Reopen in June

  In a note to the community, Harvey Spector, TC's Vice President for Finance and Administration, affirms the College's commitment to continued use of the pool well into the future.

  published 1/27/2009

• TC Celebrates Obama Inauguration

  Hundreds of Teachers College students, faculty and staff turned out to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama. The TC Office of External Affairs taped a series of interviews with alumni, students and staff as they prepared to watch the inauguration on their thoughts of the new president and their hopes for the Obama administration.

  published 1/21/2009

• Existential Author

  published 1/15/2009

• Remembrances

  published 1/15/2009

• Alumni Council President’s Message

  published 1/15/2009

• Alumni News: Planning for Giving to the Annual Fund

  PLAN AHEAD FOR YEAR-END GIVING TO THE ANNUAL FUND

  published 1/15/2009

• What's Inside the Fall 2008 issue of TC Today, Volume 33 No.1

  published 1/15/2009

• The Power of Independent Thinking

  TC's Klingenstein Center is developing leaders who improve education by constantly questioning it-'"and themselves

  published 1/7/2009

• TC Campus News

  The latest news from the campus

  published 1/1/2009

• Teaching The Levees at TC

  Applying lessons from Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath to build a stronger sense of community within the College

  published 1/1/2009

• Election 2008 and TC's Education Debate

  Presidential education advisors spar over teacher preparation, merit pay and federal funding

  published 11/1/2008

• Making More New Friends

  TC's international outreach efforts now include new partnerships with the Dominican Republic and Bhutan

  published 11/1/2008

• Summer Principals Leadership Academy Learns It Takes Two To Tango -- Leaders And Followers

  The Summer Principals Academy develops communication skills and empathy in educational leaders by tapping their creativity and imagination and through intensive self-awareness training. During a six-week summer session last summer, participants visited the Metropoliatan Museum of Art.

  published 10/27/2008

• Different Schools of Thought

  Lisa Graham Keegan and Linda Darling-Hammond, education advisors to John McCain and Barack Obama, clashed early and often in their debate at Teachers College on October 21st, presenting starkly different assessments of American education and its future. TC President Susan Fuhrman moderated, and a post-debate panel included TC faculty members Jeffrey Henig and Lucy Calkins.

  published 10/24/2008

• Savoring Refreshments

  Savoring Refreshments

  published 10/13/2008

• Calendar

  published 10/13/2008

• In brief Gabriela Simon-Cereijido

  Gabriela Simon-Cereijido (M.S., 2000) has been awarded the Trailblazer Award of the Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University, LAACU.

  published 10/10/2008

• TC's Cadets

  The College's master's program for West Point is making its mark on military training

  published 10/10/2008

• Welcoming a Diverse Class

  They come from all walks to walk Dewey's halls.

  published 10/10/2008

• Taking TC on the Road

  On top of the smoldering Picaya Volcano in Antigua, Guatemala, my friend Jeannie Park and I are standing just feet away from slow-moving but radioactive-red molten lava. Our guide has told us that it is safe -- the volcano drips lava in slow, predictable streams down the mountain -- but the heat and sulfurous stench make it a struggle to stand even this close. Still, I stretch my six-foot walking stick out and poke the lava, smiling like a kid at the sheer joy of this unique experience -- and stepping away quickly when the tip catches fire...

  published 9/24/2008

• Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 9/15/2008

• Alumni Council President Message

  published 9/15/2008

• Alumni News

  The latest on alumni events, services and other goings-on

  published 9/15/2008

• The Year in Review

  A retrospective of the year's events and happenings.

  published 5/21/2008

• Farina and Kotch to Talk Shop

  This Tuesday, April 8th, Carmen Farina and Laura Kotch - two former top officials in the New York City Department of Education -- will read from their new book and conduct a discussion with a group of leading public school experts, teachers, officials and principals at Teachers College. The event will take place from 3:30 to 5 pm in TC's Cowin Conference Center.

  published 4/4/2008

• An Historic Gift

  In February, Teachers College received a $20 million gift-'"the largest in its history-'"from John and Pat Klingenstein for ongoing support of its Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership. The Klingenstein Center, founded in 1978, is the nation's preeminent program for developing leaders of independent schools,

  published 4/2/2008

• Teaching--and Debating--the Lessons of Katrina

  In September, TC marked the launch of a 100-page teaching tool developed by its faculty, students, staff and alumni to be deployed in conjunction with director Spike Lee's four-hour HBO documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."

  published 4/1/2008

• TC Receives $20 Million Gift From John and Pat Klingenstein

  Teachers College has received a $20 million gift -- the largest in its history -- from John and Pat Klingenstein for ongoing support of its Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership.

  published 2/29/2008

• A Field Returns to Its Roots

  The annual gathering of comparative international education will take over campus during spring break. The meeting is expected to draw upwards of 1,500 scholars and students from around the world, and it will feature some 300 panel sessions and 1,200 papers.

  published 2/13/2008

• Community College of Philadelphia's Tagliareni Elected President of NLN

  Elaine Tagliareni, RN, EdD, is the first community college professor to be elected president of the National League for Nursing. (Courtesy of the Community College of Philadelphia)

  published 1/28/2008

• Peace Corps bring global skills to classrooms, immigrant children

  About 600 former Peace Corps members have worked in high-needs city schools since 1985 through the Peace Corps Fellows program at Columbia University's Teachers College. About 300 are in classrooms now.

  published 1/27/2008

• A New Electronic Publication Debuts: "News You Can Use" from TC

  As 2008 gets underway, Teachers College is releasing "News You Can Use," a new electronic publication that updates education school deans, public school superintendents and other leaders in the field on new research findings, community outreach programs, model curricula and other groundbreaking work from Teachers College.

  published 1/15/2008

• TC Mourns Four from Its Faculty

  Teachers College lost an active professor-Leslie Williams-and retired faculty members Robert Bone, Kenneth Herrold and Elizabeth Maloney in November. All were leaders in their fields.

  published 12/12/2007

• TC alumni award winners are pioneers in fields ranging from sex ed to disaster management

  In October, Teachers College honored five alumni with awards for service to education.

  published 12/11/2007

• Recognizing Five Pioneers

  TC alumni award winners are pioneers in fields ranging from sex ed to disaster management.

  published 12/1/2007

• Barrack Academy Taps New Head of School

  After an 18-month search, the board of directors at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy has tapped Philadelphia-area native Steven M. Brown as the next head of school.

  published 11/29/2007

• A Universe of Black Film

  The African Diaspora Film Festival has grown each year since its genesis in a kitchen-table conversation between a couple of film fanatics frustrated by the shallow pool of black films in New York.

  published 11/23/2007

• Despite Lacking Sight, Some Still Harbor a Vision for Columbia

  published 11/9/2007

• Organizing Principal

  In the South Bronx, Ramn Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover

  published 10/4/2007

• Getting a jump start on reading

  Beerstecher said her inability to grasp what variables were in high school math puts her in the perfect position to understand how the preschool-aged children she works with feel when they're struggling with reading.

  published 10/3/2007

• Alumni News

  TC graduates are forging new connections between TC and schools in surrounding communities.

  published 10/3/2007

• When Ties to a Parent Are Cut by the Other

  Mr. Rabiega is one of 40 research subjects in a new book by Amy J. L. Baker, about parents who turn a child against the other parent, "Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome."

  published 9/23/2007

• Crocco Discusses Levees Curriculum on WNYC

  Recently, Margaret Crocco, Professor of Social Studies and Education, was a guest on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio. Prof. Crocco discussed "Teaching The Levees: A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement."

  published 9/17/2007

• In the News for the Week of September 10, 2007

  RI weighs the positives and negatives of NCLB * TX will pay up if districts allow young adults another chance to get a diploma * Thousands of children are sent home from school with backpacks full of food * Early education advocates face big challenges with business leaders

  published 9/14/2007 12:20:00 PM

• Sage launches doctoral leadership programs

  The oldest of the baby boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964) this year turn 61. As more and more of them reach retirement age, the leadership positions they filled in education and nursing are suffering the loss.

  published 9/9/2007

• Bells are ringing

  Students and teachers find new leadership, new settings

  published 9/9/2007

• Belated tributes to a notable African-American artist

  He's the first African-American artist to portray racial themes within the context of modernism.

  published 9/7/2007

• Launching "Levees"

  On Thursday, September 6th, TC launched "Teaching The Levees: A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement," a 100-page teaching tool developed by TC faculty, students, staff and alumni. The curriculum is cued to the four-hour HBO documentary by Spike Lee, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Act," which captures firsthand the plight of New Orleans and its people during and after Hurricane Katrina.

  published 9/7/2007

• Remembering a Life of Protest Tempered by Forgiveness

  Dr. Carolyn Goodman, a clinical psychologist who lived on the Upper West Side died on August 17, 2007.

  published 8/21/2007

• Come On In, The Water's Fine

  It may be the oldest functioning indoor swimming pool in the U.S. -- and one of only a couple of indoor community pools on the Upper West Side. It's been patronized by generations of local families, and its alumni include a British knight and possibly even the comedian George Carlin, who grew up around the corner.

  published 8/20/2007

• Goodbye and Welcome

  Of all the occasions in our packed and busy year, this is the most important - and the most joyous - because it's the day when not only you, our graduates, but also we, the faculty, staff, alumni and friends of TC, can congratulate ourselves on a job well done.

  published 7/22/2007

• TC Names Judy Chadourne as Interim Vice President for Development and External Affairs

  Teachers College has named Judy Chadourne, an experienced development officer who retired in 2003 as Vice President of University Advancement at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), as its Interim Vice President for Development and External Affairs.

  published 7/12/2007

• Helping the Best Learn from Each Other

  Most professional development programs - whether in education or any other field - market themselves as offering knowledge their enrollees lack, and are therefore willing to pay for. The Teachers College Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished New York City Principals takes the opposite tack.

  published 6/15/2007

• 2006: The Year in Review

  The College welcomes a new President, tackles the question of whether and how to revise the nation's education law, takes significant steps to increase financial aid to students, opens a state-of-the-art new conference center, develops a curriculum to deal with civic issues raised by Hurricane Katrina and receives official accreditation for its campus in Japan.

  published 5/8/2007

• TC's Presence at AERA: Eclectic, Wide-Ranging and Award-Winning

  Teachers College was out in force once again at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, held this year in Chicago in early April. The meeting - the largest in AERA history, with more than 15,000 attendees - featured 154 presentations by TC faculty, students and staff. TC faculty, students and alumni also received honors at the meeting.

  published 5/8/2007

• Get Involved!

  At TC, we view the time spent as a student as only the beginning of a lifelong affiliation with the College. The Office of Alumni Relations, the Student Relations Committee of the Alumni Council and the TC Ambassadors Program work together to engage current students and to educate them about the mission of the College and the role that alumni play in facilitating that mission.

  published 4/25/2007

• Council President's Message

  Dear Alumni: It was with great pride that I had the opportunity to address the thousands of guests at the Inauguration of TC's 10th president on January 31, representing all of TC's alumni. An alumna herself, Dr. Fuhrman stresses the importance of celebrating TC's rich heritage. As president of the alumni council, I am humbled to serve as the link between you and our new President.

  published 4/25/2007

• Welcome, New Alumni Council Board Members

  The TC Alumni Council, which helps to plan Acade- mic Homecoming, the Distinguished Alumni Awards event and Com- mencement activities, recently welcomed seven new members who bring a variety of strengths to the Board.

  published 4/25/2007

• Academic Homecoming

  In November, more than 100 alumni and friends of TC attended Academic Homecoming, an afternoon devoted to learning about the groundbreaking faculty, alumni and student research at TC and to reconnect with fellow alumni.

  published 4/25/2007

• Every TC Student Has a Story...

  When Terri Nixon '00 attended Teachers College, Prudential Securities' tuition reimbursement program covered most of her expenses.

  published 4/25/2007

• Ties That Bind

  What keeps alumni loyal and involved? For TC Trustee Ruth Gottesman (M.A., 1952; Ed.D., 1968)-- chief benefactor with her husband of the College's beautiful Gottesman Libraries-'"it starts with a positive student experience that, hopefully, blossoms into a genuine belief in the mission and ideals of the institution and, ultimately, lifelong relationships with its students, faculty and even trustees.

  published 4/25/2007

• Alumni Honored

  Distinguished Alumni Awards and Early Career Award...

  published 4/25/2007

• Teachers College Alumni Council

  The Teachers College Alumni Council consists of 35 members who represent all 90,000 graduates. The Council partners with the Department of Development and External Affairs to advance the goals of the College by providing alumni with op- portunities to remain involved in the life of the College through social activities, volunteer efforts and financial support.

  published 4/25/2007

• Alumni News, Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other

  published 4/25/2007

• Teachers Remember September 11th

  At 8 a.m. on 9/11, over 8,700 children and 400 teachers showed up for school in downtown Manhattan as they did every morning. Within two hours, more than 5,000 students and nearly 200 teachers were running for their lives."

  published 4/24/2007

• The TC Annual Fund follows four sponsored students

  TC alumni who contribute to the TC Annual Fund can now read about their dollars at work by logging on to www.tc.edu/supportTC.

  published 4/24/2007

• Library 2.0: It's All Happening at the Gottesman

  New services are just one part of how the library has changed since Trustee Ruth Gottesman wrote the check that began its renovation. There's a look and feel about the five floors of Russell Hall that say, very clearly, that this isn't just a facility for storing books, but instead, a place where people engage and things happen.

  published 4/12/2007

• NBC Foreign Correspondent Speaking at TC

  Andrea Mitchell, NBC's chief foreign correspondent, will be speaking about current affairs and her recent book, Talking Back-'to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels.

  published 4/10/2007

• "Living Up to the Legacy of Teachers College"

  I am overjoyed beyond words to return to Teachers College. I defended my dissertation exactly 30 years ago this month. I still have to pinch myself to believe that I've made that journey.

  published 2/26/2007

• Doing Good Research that Makes an Impact

  "Education is acknowledged as the economic policy issue worldwide-'"and education schools should be in the forefront of the debate," said TC President Susan Fuhrman at the opening of the academic forum that kicked off the two days of inauguration festivities at the end of January. "It is essential that we take the lead in framing critical issues of the day."

  published 2/26/2007

• What We Can Achieve Together

  Among the many wonderful moments from the two days of inauguration ceremonies at the end of January, I will particularly treasure the experience of standing in Riverside Church and looking out at the combined might of Teachers College-'"our faculty, staff, students, alumni, trustees and many friends-'"and thinking about the even more amazing potential contained within this institution.

  published 2/22/2007

• Quotes by Inauguration Greeters

  Read quotes from some of the inauguration greeters.

  published 2/2/2007

• Doing Good Research that Makes an Impact

  The inauguration forum addresses the central challenge to today's ed schools

  published 2/2/2007

• Living Up to the Legacy of Teachers College

  Inauguration Remarks by Susan H. Fuhrman, Tenth President of Teachers College, Columbia University

  published 2/2/2007

• A Celebration of Ideas and Values

  On January 31st, Teachers College will inaugurate its tenth president, Susan Fuhrman, who began her role in that office in August. The ceremony will take place in The Riverside Church on Wednesday January 31st, beginning at 2 p.m.

  published 1/22/2007

• Doing What We Do Best

  One of the hallmarks of Teachers College is that we are, despite our name, about more than just about teachers.

  published 1/22/2007

• Macy Gallery Grows Up

  Macy Gallery, part of the Art and Art Education Program at Teachers College, welcomed Kevin Soltau as its new Gallery Director in September 2006. Soltau, an art education master's candidate, recently announced Macy's spring exhibition schedule.

  published 1/22/2007

• Spike Lee's "Levees" Inspires A Social Studies Curriculum

  A group of TC faculty members, students, staff and alumni has received $975,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to develop a multi-disciplinary curriculum and online resource to complement "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," the recent HBO Documentary Film directed by Spike Lee, about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans.

  published 1/22/2007

• TC Curriculum to Supplement Spike Lee's "Levees" Documentary

  A group of faculty members, students, staff and alumni from Teachers College, Columbia University, has received $975,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to develop a multi-disciplinary curriculum and online resource to complement the recent HBO Documentary Film directed by Spike Lee, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans.

  published 1/10/2007

• Teachers College to Inaugurate Susan Fuhrman as Its Tenth President on January 31st, 2007

  Teachers College, Columbia University, will hold formal ceremonies on January 31st to inaugurate Susan H. Fuhrman as its 10th president. Dr. Fuhrman, a noted education researcher who was an early analyst of the state education standards movement, is a TC alumna who became the College's president in August 2006.

  published 12/14/2006

• Building On Our Research Legacy

  In November, Teachers College held its Homecoming and its second annual Symposium on Educational Equity on the same day - to my mind, a perfect convergence of events.

  published 12/13/2006

• Blogging Student Life at TC

  TC Alumni who contribute to the TC Annual Fund can now read about their dollars at work by logging on to www.tc.edu/supportTC . There, they'll find accounts of life at TC blogged by four students-'"Jessica Cruz, Omari Keeles, Joe King and Sarah Norris-'"all of whom receive some Fund support.

  published 12/13/2006

• Alumni Awards

  In October, Teachers College gave its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards.

  published 12/13/2006

• Coming of Age in Japan

  On September 20, Teachers College's Japan Campus received the official designation of "Foreign Graduate School, Japan Campus" from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

  published 10/27/2006

• Reflections on 9/11

  Isaac Brooks reads from his story at the Book Talk event for Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11.

  published 10/27/2006

• Coming of Age in Japan

  On September 20th, Teachers College's Japan Campus received the official designation of "Foreign Graduate School, Japan Campus" from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

  published 10/3/2006

• International Symposium on African and Diasporic Languages and Education Bios

  Bio's for International Symposium on African and Diasporic Languages and Education staff.

  published 9/29/2006 12:11:00 PM

• Educators Explore the Global Influence of African, Creole and African American Languages

  An International Symposium on African and Diasporic Languages and Education at Teachers College's Cowin Center October 5-7, brings together international experts who will discuss the educational concerns of incorporating language variations and the political consequences they can have on policy, development and education.

  published 9/29/2006

• Building Oz in the Projects

  Ira Weston, Principal of Paul Robeson High School for Business and Technology on Albany Avenue in Brooklyn, sees his glass as half full. While "at risk" might be the term others would use to describe the 1,500 primarily African American students who attend Robeson - a forbidding-looking fortress of a building in one of the City's poorest neighborhoods - Weston prefers to call them "at promise." _ "It's just a way you define your own reality," he says. "I would rather be a principal of a school with 1,500 'at promise' students than 1,500 'at risk' students. I look for the good in kids. I look for the majesty and talent rather than the deficits."

  published 9/28/2006

• The Alumni News Director's Message

  DEAR ALUMNI, WELCOME TO A NEW ALUMNI SECTION

  published 9/28/2006

• Alumni Council President's Message

  Dear Fellow Alumni, I am pleased to have the opportunity to extend warm greetings on behalf of the Alumni Council. As Teachers College alumni, we share a common thread in our professional lives. Whether our focus is public policy, health care, psychology or education, we are all actively engaged in serving the public interest.

  published 9/28/2006

• TC Mourns Barbara Goodman

  Barbara Goodman, longtime TC Trustee and former Board Chair of the College, passed away in June. A philanthropist and former teacher, Goodman, 74, earned a master's degree from TC in childhood education in 1954. In 1992 she received the College's Distinguished Alumna Award.

  published 9/28/2006

• High-Impact, Low-Profile

  Anyone with money can give it away. Making it count takes work--and among heads of private family foundations, few have worked harder or more effectively than John Klingenstein.

  published 9/28/2006

• New TC Trustees

  TC has added two new Trustees to its Board, Pat Green and Christopher Williams.

  published 9/26/2006

• Re-Imagining New Orleans

  The elephant in the room. It's the image for a bad situation that's being ignored. But for a small group of students and alumni from Teachers College and Columbia University who visited New Orleans early in 2006, it may have been forever eclipsed by the sight of a 180-ton barge sitting in the middle of a street in the city's abandoned Ninth Ward.

  published 9/20/2006

• 2005 at TC: The Year in Review

  The College strengthens its efforts in teacher education and policy research, redoubles its commitment to lifelong learning, launches a new Campaign for Educational Equity, hosts a groundbreaking symposium on the costs of inadequate schooling, dedicates a new campus in Harlem and bids farewell to a remarkable president.

  published 9/20/2006

• Study says teacher training is chaotic

  Former President of Teachers College at Columbia University, Arthur Levine released his report on Monday depicting that teachers emerging from colleges are unprepared once they are in their profession.

  published 9/18/2006 11:52:00 AM

• NYC Teachers Reflect on 9/11

  "At 8:00 a.m. on 9/11, over 8,700 children and 400 teachers showed up for school in downtown Manhattan as they did every morning. Within two hours, more than 5,000 students and nearly 200 teachers were running for their lives." --Linda Lantieri, contributor to Forever After.

  published 9/18/2006

• New York City Honors a Son of Nepal

  He grew up in a remote village in northern Nepal, walking two hours each day to and from school. And in July, Tara Niraula, a TC alumnus who is currently a Senior Research Scholar and Director of Research Projects at the College, was among five distinguished South Asians honored recently by William C. Thompson, New York City Comptroller, for their leadership and contributions to strengthening immigrant communities in New York and beyond.

  published 8/1/2006

• A Taste for Change

  Pat Green, the newest member of TC's Board of Trustees, is a Barnard graduate who earned an M.A. in Curriculum & Teaching at Teachers College. She's been a New York City public school teacher; a political wife (her husband was the late Congressman S. William Green, who from 1978 to 1992 represented the district that included Manhattan's Upper East Side); the chair of Barnard's Board of Trustees; and a longstanding supporter of TC. Her past involvement with the College includes service on both the Alumni Council and the President's Advisory Council, helping to renovate the campus and, most recently, generously supporting The Campaign for Educational Equity. Below she talks about her past experiences and what she hopes to accomplish on TC's board.

  published 4/25/2006

• Oldest Living TC Alum Tells All

  Most TC alumni remember their first day at Teachers College. The excitement of learning from some of the top names in education, the confusion of finding your way through labyrinthine hallways, the admonition from the Students' Executive Council that "students are to wear hats when they go to Columbia, or to the parks."

  published 4/13/2006

• Verna Francis: A TC Alumna Has Brought Out the Best in People

  Verna Francis was one of the last audience members to approach the microphone at TC's two-day symposium on educational equity back in October, but her words drew applause from the remaining crowd. "We must not refer to our African American and Hispanic children as -'at risk' and -'disadvantaged,'" cautioned Francis, 74, a TC alumna. "The very terms are demoralizing to teachers, to parents and to the children. Children need to be told they can achieve anything they want to achieve."

  published 4/13/2006

• Teachers College Medal Recipients Named for 2006 Convocation

  This year's Convocation at Teachers College will include a line-up of honorees who hail from the fields of philanthropy, medicine, journalism, government, academia and entertainment.

  published 4/12/2006 11:48:00 AM

• Dr. Kathleen Morin Receives Columbia Teachers College Award

  Arthur E. Levine, President of the Columbia University Teachers College, presented Dr. Kathleen Dunlevy Morin with the College's 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award at a gala awards dinner at Columbia University on November 15, 2005.

  published 1/6/2006

• Class Notes

  published 11/22/2005 12:15:41 PM

• Welcome to the Fight

  "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

  published 11/22/2005 11:34:24 AM

• A Leadership Vacuum

  Educational leadership is critically needed for the nation's schools, yet the quality of most preparation programs for principals, superintendents and other education leaders ranges from "inadequate to appalling," according to a major study by TC President Arthur Levine released in March.

  published 11/21/2005 3:48:58 PM

• Teaching For Tomorrow - The Making of a Teacher

  Each year, some students in TC's Program in Social Studies complain they're getting "too much theory." They want the kind of "classroom management" and "survival skills" training provided by fast-track teacher preparation programs like Teach for America (TFA). In essence, they're asking, "How do I keep the kids under control?"

  published 11/17/2005 4:36:09 PM

• Teaching for Today - The Making of a Teacher

  Watching the horrors of the South Asian tsunami, one wondered: if only certain social structures existed, would this natural disaster have been so devastating? So it goes with urban education, where we face what disaster experts might call a permanent emergency. Some education schools still argue that when learning activities are strong enough, classroom management is a non-issue. Some scholars envision political and economic solutions for our segregated, under-resourced schools. Yet the classroom teacher is left with one certainty: disasters will happen.

  published 11/17/2005 4:02:48 PM

• The End of an Era

  Arthur Levine had much to report in his annual State of the College address on September 14, but he saved the biggest news for last: he will step down as the Colleges President on July 1, 2006. His departure will cap a 12-year run during which the College tripled its endowment; refurbished and rehabilitated its physical plant; reorganized its academic departments and strengthened its faculty and Board of Trustees; conducted the largest capital campaign ever undertaken by a graduate school of education; and adopted a new mission focused on educational equity.

  published 10/11/2005 11:28:00 AM

• Arthur Levine Announces This Will Be His Final Year as Teachers College President

  Education school leader has tripled endowment, strengthened academic departments, and focused on educational equity during 12 year run.

  published 9/14/2005

• Arthur Levine: Letter to the TC Community

  I am writing to tell you that I plan to step down as President of Teachers College on July 1, 2006. Please know there are no scandals brewing and the colleges health and mine are just fine, though I could stand to lose about 25 pounds.

  published 9/14/2005

• Fact-Finding

  A delegation of 11 Chinese scholars met with representatives from several TC programs on August 16 including TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), the TESOL Certificate Program, Career Services and International Services.

  published 9/7/2005

• Fun in the Sun

  First annual Family and Youth Day on July 20 in Russell Courtyard.

  published 9/7/2005

• Alumni Relations

  Ruth Westheimer, popular sex therapist and alumna of Teachers College, spoke to prospective students on May 6 during TC's Admitted Student Weekend.

  published 6/21/2005

• Commencement 2005: Welcome to the Fight

  "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." With those words, borrowed from an American education reformer Horace Mann, TC President Arthur Levine bid farewell to the mass of doctoral students eagerly waiting to exit the ornate halls of Riverside Church. For more coverage of commencement -- including an account written by TC Board of Trustees co-chair Jack Hyland of Judy Collins' rendition of "Amazing Grace"

  published 6/7/2005

• Computer Security Breach: Frequently Asked Questions

  On May 20th, 2005, a hacker or hackers illegally accessed a server on the Teachers College computer system. The College discovered the intrusion the next day and immediately disabled access to the server, reported the illegal entry to law enforcement authorities and the Department of Homeland Security, with whom we are cooperating, and launched an internal investigation to determine where greater security measures might be needed.

  published 6/6/2005

• When Opportunity Knocks

  Alumna and Grace Dodge Society member Ruth Dresser has never said no to new horizons.

  published 4/12/2005

• TC Focus On

  David Gomez a Masters and Doctorate TC Student.

  published 4/12/2005

• Class Notes

  Connecting alumni far and near with Teachers College and each other.

  published 4/12/2005

• A Site that Keeps On Giving

  The Office of Development has launched a new Web site, and beginning with the TC home page, viewers will be given an opportunity to learn how they can help support the College -- without leaving their computer.

  published 3/23/2005

• Desktop Donation Debuts

  The Office of Development has launched a new Web site, and beginning with the TC home page, viewers will be given an opportunity to learn how they can help support the College -- without leaving their computer.

  published 3/23/2005

• Levine Finds Flaws in Graduate Education Programs

  President Arthur Levine’s research on graduate education programs found most suffering from irrelevant curriculum, low standards, weak faculty and little clinical instruction.

  published 3/15/2005

• Filling the School Leadership Vacuum

  TC’s president assesses the nation’s education leadership programs and calls for an overhaul of the system. Link to report inside.

  published 3/14/2005

• Richard Campagna

  Richard Campagna is a modern-day Renaissance man. An attorney and psychological counselor who speaks four languages fluently, many also recognize him from his bid for the U.S. Vice-Presidency in the 2004 election. At TC, Richard bridged his corporate experience with his commitment to civic responsibility and desire to positively impact the world he has traveled so extensively. “The [TC] program in counseling psychology seemed to be the right discipline; it gave me exactly what I was looking for.”

  published 3/7/2005

• IN BRIEF

  Indide TC in Brief Notes

  published 2/23/2005

• Serenading Rita Gold

  On November 15, current students, staff and visiting dignitaries gathered to celebrate both. Gold (M.A., 1962)—a long-time educator and recipient of TC’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

  published 1/13/2005

• The Art of Balance

  By giving parity to the arts, the Heritage School helps poorer students get to college.

  published 10/13/2004

• New Faces

  Four new tenure-track faculty members and five new staff members discuss their unique perspectives and experiences

  published 9/17/2004

• New Year, New Look

  Bringing you better coverage of Teachers College.

  published 9/17/2004

• The Big Apple Corps

  From Mauritania and beyond to the NYC Public Schools

  published 9/17/2004

• Trustees, Officers and Councils

  Trustees, Officers and Councils

  published 8/31/2004

• TC Welcomes Laurie Dorf as New Executive Director of Development and Program Services

  Laurie Dorf, the new Executive Director of Development and Program Services at Teachers College, has wasted no time in settling into the role.

  published 6/7/2004

• A Symbol of Change

  TC Homecoming contemplates 50 years of Brown v. Board of Education

  published 6/1/2004

• By Way of Introduction

  The Editor's Note

  published 6/1/2004

• Class Notes

  Alumni far and near stay connected with Teachers College and each other

  published 6/1/2004

• In Memoriam

  A tribute to recently deceased alumni. Listed by class are those whose names were provided through family notices or newspaper clippings. Please contact TC Today to submit information to the editors. This edition covers May 2003 through March 2004.

  published 6/1/2004

• Staff Notes

  TC Welcomes Laurie Dorf

  published 6/1/2004

• Distinguished Alumni Awards Presented at November Dinner

  What brought together the six people for a dinner at President Levine’s home on November 17th was not just that they all are graduates of Teachers College, but graduates who have lead exemplary careers since earning their degrees. All six have touched the lives of many through their diverse work in non-profit, government, education and entertainment.

  published 11/26/2003

• TC/NYU Conference Honors Educator Phillip Jackson

  To honor a career in education spanning more than 40 years, Teachers College and the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU collaborated to convene a special conference in honor of Philip W. Jackson. A renowned educator, Jackson is the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Education and Psychology at the University of Chicago where he has been a member of the faculty since 1955.

  published 11/26/2003

• Isabel Martinez

  They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and the ambitious dreams of Isabel Martinez are no exception. The doctoral student from Houston envisions a future that encompasses professorial endeavors, research initiatives, and community activism, and believes that TC is the place that will help her to attain these goals. “I felt like I couldn’t create a community-wide transformation without credentials,” Isabel says when reflecting upon her work back home, and so began a journey that led her to the College.

  published 11/17/2003

• The Library of the 21st Century

  The transformation of the Milbank Memorial Library, well-known for containing the world’s largest and richest collection of materials on the educating professions, into The Gottesman Libraries, an entirely new design that will become a state-of-the-art intellectual research center and national resource.

  published 10/31/2003

• Doug LeBlanc

  If Doug LeBlanc is dreaming, then you are advised not to wake him. He is living every man’s fantasy: earning multiple graduate degrees from one of the most prestigious institutions in the country while pursuing a career he loves as a wellness teacher at The School at Columbia University. “It’s a dream come true,” he says, so who can blame him for wanting it to last?

  published 10/27/2003

• John Young

  John Young knows what it is like to be in the classroom. He has played the role of both teacher and pupil, and is currently starring as an Ed.D candidate in the Gifted Education program. But John’s quest for his doctorate goes beyond the glitz and lights of The Great White Way to the pith of what makes students tick. “I love looking at achievement issues,” he says, and plans to do so to better understand the factors that contribute to the academic successes of minority pupils.

  published 10/6/2003

• Capital Campaign Celebration: A $151.6 Million Success

  After gathering for the groundbreaking of the new Gottesman Libraries, the College Community moved en masse, as if it were a movable feast, to the cafeteria, where it held a joyous celebratory end to the most successful Capital Campaign in the College’s history.

  published 9/30/2003

• Julie Schell

  Julie Schell, an Ed.D. candidate in her second year in the Higher Education program, has extensive experience in helping those who may not know how best to help themselves. Her personal story is one of triumph through resiliency, filled with chapters of first-hand knowledge of how to overcome by persevering. It begins in her hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, but for quite some time, her life has been an expertly played hand rather than a reckless gamble in the desert. Her experiences have made her both a champion of equality and a woman focused on improving society through her contributions to the field of education. “When I think about the future,” says Julie, “I close my eyes and see myself as an activist and as a productive scholar.”

  published 9/22/2003

• Jennifer Jones

  Jennifer Jones is a woman with a plan—-a plan that challenges conventional pedagogical approaches to educating children by creating for them a learning space that is both progressive and learner-centered.

  published 9/8/2003

• In Brief: Diane Dean and Katie Embree

  Diane Dean (Finance and Administration) and Katie Embree (TC Innovations) were part of a Higher Education Leadership Forum with three other TC alumni also participating.

  published 9/2/2003

• In Brief

  Colette Mazzucelli (CEO&I) was named International Educator of the Year 2003 by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.

  published 9/2/2003

• Alums Help TC Students Make a Difference

  Endowed scholarships allow donors to make a gift in perpetuity while ensuring that Teachers College will be able to bring the best and most diverse students to campus. Our students enter TC with a multitude of goals and aspirations, but all of them come with the vision of making a difference. Scholarships help make their visions possible. The following four alumni are examples of donors who have made such gifts.

  published 8/1/2003

• Class Notes

  Class Notes

  published 8/1/2003

• In Memoriam

  In Memoriam

  published 8/1/2003

• Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders in Education

  "Since its inception, Teachers College has served the needs of urban and suburban schools, in this country and abroad, with a commitment to disavantaged children and urban schools. While the conditions facing eduators today are more challenging than ever, the College remains faithful to its mission."

  published 8/1/2003

• Educating Current Leaders in Practice and Policy

  Through conferences, lectures and other forms of outreach, Teachers College provides leaders in educational practice and policy with the latest information they need to keep abreast of what is new in the field.

  published 8/1/2003

• Shaping the Public Debate on Education

  John Allegrante, Professor of Health Education and President and CEO of the National Center for Health Education (NCHE), testified this year before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.

  published 8/1/2003

• TRUSTEES OFFICERS AND COUNCILS

  TRUSTEES OFFICERS AND COUNCILS

  published 8/1/2003

• Randall Rentner

  Randall Rentner grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a product of public schools. He is also a priest at Corpus Christi Church across 121st Street from Teachers College.

  published 6/8/2003

• The Grace Dodge Society Annual Luncheon: Klaassen Fellow Yankowitz Speaks from the Heart

  On a beautiful June afternoon the Grace Dodge Society, which was created in 2001 in honor of alumni and friends who have remembered Teachers College in their estate plans or have made a life-income gift, held its second annual luncheon in the President’s House to honor its members.

  published 6/1/2003

• TC Student Senate's First Annual Faculty Recognition Ceremony

  The First Annual Faculty Recognition Ceremony was held by TC's Student Senate in May. At that ceremony, the Senate recognized faculty and staff in different departments for their on-going support of and contributions to student excellence, student life and issues, and TC Student Senate.

  published 6/1/2003

• In Brief

  Chuck Kinzer (Math, Science and Technology) is the 2003 winner of the Computers in Reading Award from the International Reading Association (IRA) and he gave a keynote address at the IRA Annual Conference on May 11th in recognition of this. The award is for the multimedia case-based instructional system he has created, which is being used in colleges around the country to help teachers teach reading better.

  published 5/1/2003

• Teachers College Alumna Leaves Institution $1.6 Million for Faculty Development

  Mrs. Elsie Wachtell, who died on April 9, 1994, at the age of 90, has left to the College some $1.6 million, which will be used for faculty development. The bequest is one of the largest in the history of the institution.

  published 4/22/2003

• Randall Rentner

  Randall Rentner grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a product of public schools. He is also a priest at Corpus Christi Church across 121st Street from Teachers College.

  published 4/1/2003

• Alumni in the News: Linda K. Goldberg

  Linda K. Goldberg (EdD, 1991) is one of the five finalists for the position of Fitchburg State College president.

  published 3/14/2003

• Alumni in the News: Maia Cucchiara

  Maia Cucchiara (MA, 1997) is quoted in an article entitled “Teacher Attrition Saps Urban Schools in Philadelphia Region, across Nation.”

  published 3/12/2003

• Jenne K. Britell

  Jenne K. Britell (PhD, 1981) is featured in an article entitled “Girl Scouts to Honor Six Women With `Smarts and Savvy' in Finance and Investments.”

  published 3/4/2003

• TC Students Speak Out

  On February 13, the TC Senate sponsored a “Speak Out” as a public venue for the discussion of collective student concerns to help inform, empower and represent student voices at the College.

  published 3/1/2003

• The Klingenstein Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary

  What is the Klingenstein Center and what have they been doing for the last 25 years? Under the direction of Pearl Rock Kane, recently named the Klingenstein Family Chair for the Advancement of Independent Schools, the Center has become renowned for preparing independent school administrators and teachers for increased leadership roles.

  published 3/1/2003

• Alumni in the News: Marion Thompson Wright

  Marion Thompson Wright (BS, 1916), (1902 - 1962), historian and educator, is profiled in an article entitled ‘New Jersey Black History”

  published 2/28/2003

• Edgar Schein Addresses TC Metro NYC Alumni Club

  Management expert Edgar Schein, who is the Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, spoke at a reception at the Columbia Club on November 21st. More than 200 alumni, faculty and students were in attendance.

  published 12/1/2002

• TC Tokyo 2002 Graduation

  The 14th annual commencement ceremony took place at International House in Roppongi, Tokyo, in October for graduates of the M.A. TESOL program.

  published 12/1/2002

• Reception Honors Dewey Circle Donors

  A cabaret-inspired evening of food, drink, artwork displays and musical entertainment was provided as a thank you to members of the Teachers College John Dewey Circle, those who give $1,000 or more to the TC Annual Fund. Held at Casa Italiana, the reception brought together donors to the Fund and some of the Dewey scholars who benefit from their generosity.

  published 12/1/2002

• The Wired Tower: Perspectives on the Impact of the Internet on Higher Education

  Leading educators, administrators, business professionals and investors, including Arthur Levine, President of Teachers College, offer widely diverse perspectives on the impact of the Internet on higher education in The Wired Tower (Prentice Hall) edited by Matthew Pittinsky.

  published 12/1/2002

• Dean Darlyne Bailey Profiled in Education Update

  Darlyne Bailey, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Teachers College, was profiled in a recent edition of Education Update.

  published 10/25/2002

• Alumnus Named to All-USA Teacher Team

  ohn Keon-- the band teacher at Hudson Middle school in Pasco County, Florida-- is one of 18 teachers named by USA Today to its All-USA Teacher Team.

  published 10/18/2002

• Sunshine Scholarship

  Jena Curtis, a doctoral student in the Department of Health & Behavioral Studies, is the first recipient of the Diane and Abraham Sunshine Scholarship.

  published 10/1/2002

• Working to Make Equity in Education a Reality

  The research pursued and published by members of Teachers College faculty continues to be the heart of our work.

  published 10/1/2002

• TC Reflects on 9/11 A Year Later

  For the second year in a row, the TC community gathered together in sadness. Last year, after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the community gathered in shock to comfort each other and reflect on what had happened to us as individuals, as a community and as a country. This year, the gathering was a time to mourn those whose lives were lost.

  published 9/12/2002

• TC Works on Strategic Plan

  The Teachers College community is being asked to participate in formulating a shared vision for the future of the College and to determine how that vision can be implemented.

  published 9/1/2002

• Pearl Kane Honored with the Endowed Chair for the Director of the Klingenstein Center

  John Klingenstein, who has been a Trustee since 1979, and has served as Vice Chair since 1997, recently announced that he and his family were establishing The Klingenstein Family Chair for the Advancement of Independent School Education. The first recipient of the chair will be Associate Professor Pearl Rock Kane.

  published 9/1/2002

• 9/11

  This year's report focuses on the agenda the terrorist attacks raise for educators and the ways in which schools, colleges, and Teachers College, in particular, might address it.

  published 8/31/2002

• Continuing to Repair the World

  Teachers College has, for more than a century, been preparing educators, psychologists, policy makers and planners for the challenges they will face, and sometimes those challenges can be unthinkable. Through support from donors for scholarships, renovation projects, new faculty, research, and technology as part of the ongoing Capital Campaign, the work of the College can continue to thrive. As of December 2001, the total amount of gifts to the Campaign reached more than $111 million toward its $140 million goal.

  published 8/28/2002

• The Scholarship Luncheon: Honoring the Leaders of Today and Tomorrow

  Providing more and more scholarships is a priority for Teachers College.

  published 4/1/2002

• Panel Discusses Strategies for Saving NYC Schools

  A panel of six Teachers College faculty members and advocates for public education discussed the future of New York City's public schools at the Columbia Club on March 14. The event, titled, "Can Urban Education Be Saved?" was organized by the Metro New York City Alumni Club, a chapter of the TC Alumni Association.

  published 4/1/2002

• TC Students Study in Chile and Argentina

  Fourteen students from the Program in Mathematics and other TC Programs traveled through Chile and Argentina during the first two weeks of January 2002 with Bruce Vogeli, the Clifford Brewster Upton Professor of Mathematics.

  published 3/1/2002

• Teachers College and Its Alumni Respond to WTC Tragedy

  Teachers College and Its Alumni Respond to WTC Tragedy

  published 1/1/2002

• Scholarships at Teachers College:

  Everyone connected with Teachers College agrees on the primary importance of scholarships.

  published 1/1/2002

• Marian 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 1/1/2002

• 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 1/1/2002

• Albert 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 1/1/2002

• Honoring 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 1/1/2002

• Alumni 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 1/1/2002

• TC 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 1/1/2002

• Class Notes (26:2)

  Brief bios of distinguished alumni.

  published 1/1/2002

• In Memoriam (26:2)

  This section is a tribute to recently deceased alumni

  published 1/1/2002

• Effects of Creative Collaborations on Learning Explored by Sussman Lecturer

  Vera John-Steiner, TC's Sussman Visiting Professor, did double duty on December 3 presenting the Sussman Lecture and this year's second BookTalk. John-Steiner, the Presidential Professor of Linguistics and Education at the University of New Mexico, discussed her latest book, Creative Collaboration, for an audience of students, faculty, alumni and staff in the Horace Mann Auditorium.

  published 12/1/2001

• The 13th Commencement Ceremony of TC Tokyo

  The 13th Commencement of the MA TESOL program of TC Tokyo.

  published 12/1/2001

• Future of TC and Plans for this Year

  Recently, a public school in Queens held Family Math Night, a night dedicated to get parents and kids to embrace mathematics as something that is fun to do and can be done as a family -- which kind of sounds like a kid's nightmare. But the 75 attendees of the night were immersed in a carnival like atmosphere and explored things like Venn diagrams, Tangrams and Twister. The event has grown from a program called EQUALS, founded at UC Berkeley in the 1980s.

  published 9/18/2001 6:12:33 PM

• Everett Lounge Dedication

  On May 10, the refurbished student lounge was dedicated as the Everett Lounge to honor Edith and Henry Everett, who provided funding for the renovation. In his remarks, President Arthur Levine said that the Everetts had given the College a long-needed boost. “Beyond having created the room, you have given us a model we can hope to emulate,” he said. Edith Everett, an alumna who received her master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration 50 years ago and recently received a Distinguished Alumni Award, told those in attendance, “It is a great joy to see the fruition of this effort. I hope you will enjoy it on a daily basis.” Her husband, Henry Everett, noted that they chose to fund the student lounge “because it is centrally located and because it is a central point for student activity and study.”

  published 9/18/2001 6:09:37 PM

• Faculty Briefs

  Jay Heubert (Organization and Leadership) received this year's annual Harvard Graduate School of Education's Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education. Past recipients of the award include Thomas Sobol, Theodore Sizer, and Thomas Payzant. As award recipient, Heubert was asked to make remarks at the Graduate School's pre-commencement activities. John Allegrante (Health and Behavior Studies) delivered the keynote address at SUNY Cortland's Fifth Annual Scholars' Day in April. Allegrante, a 1974 graduate of SUNY Cortland, spoke on "Behavioral and Educational Intervention to Improve Health: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Collaborative Research."

  published 9/18/2001 6:08:57 PM

• New College: Addressing the Persistent Problems of Living

  In 1932, in the midst of the most profound economic depression this country ever faced, Teachers College introduced the New College, an experimental college for teachers.

  published 6/1/2001

• BookTalk in Westchester Features Distinguished Alumna Frances O'Connell Rust

  At Westchester Community College (WCC) in April, at the invitation of Distinguished Alumnus and WCC President Joseph Hankin, an intimate group gathered to hear another Distinguished Alum, Frances O'Connell Rust, discuss her latest book, Guiding School Change: The Role and Work of Change Agents. This was the BookTalk series' first presentation in the Westchester area.

  published 6/1/2001

• Inside TC Faculty Briefs (6:9)

  faculty briefs on jay heubert and john allegrante

  published 6/1/2001

• Four To Be Honored at Convocation Ceremonies

  At the Master's Convocation, on May 15 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, three will receive the Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service. They are Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin, the David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University. At the Doctoral Convocation on Wednesday, May 16, Richard Robinson, CEO of Scholastic, Inc., will be presented with the Cleveland E. Dodge Medal for Distinguished Service to Education. The faculty will honor all four at a dinner the night before the Master's Convocation.

  published 5/1/2001

• Gates Millennium Scholarship Goes to Doctoral Student in Motor Learning and Control Program

  Laurel Daniels Abbruzzese, a doctoral student in the Motor Learning and Control Program was awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS)-a merit-based award for high-achieving students from low-income minority families.

  published 5/1/2001

• Burton Delivers Lowenfeld Lecture at NAEA Convention — Burton, Abeles, and Horowitz Receive the Barkan Memorial Award

  Judith M. Burton, Professor of Art Education, is the first person to receive both the Lowenfeld Award and Manuel Barkan Memorial Award from the National Art Education Association (NAEA) during the same year.

  published 3/1/2001

• International Alumni Outreach

  The TC Alumni Council is pleased to announce the creation of a new committee, the International Alumni Network (IAN).

  published 2/1/2001

• Teresita 'Tess' Magsaysay

  On December 18, 2000, Teresita "Tess" Magsaysay passed away in New York City. At Teachers College, she earned an M.A. in 1987 and an Ed.M. in Applied Linguistics in 1991.

  published 1/1/2001

• Petrides Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

  At the thirteenth annual Sonoma State University (SSU) Distinguished Alumni banquet, which was held October 12, Assistant Professor Lisa Petrides, who received her M.B.A. from SSU in 1991, was among four alums honored.

  published 1/1/2001

• Winning the Social War Through Education

  The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to support the groundbreaking research of Professors Cally Waite and Margaret Crocco, who will be studying "The Education of Southern African Americans in Northern Research Institutions from Plessy to Brown (1896-1954)."

  published 1/1/2001

• Capital Campaign Newsletter - TECHNOLOGY - COMPATIBLE VALUE SYSTEMS

  Thee Barlow honors Teachers College in her will. It is an apt word to describe her bequest. That is, to preserve a shared vision she and Teachers College have of the College as a forum where great ideas get a hearing and good thinking moves ideas into action. "In my estate planning for Teachers College," Ms. Barlow explained, "I am paying tribute to a value system that is compatible with my own."

  published 1/1/2001

• Henry Levin Delivers Speech on History and Implications of Vouchers at Founders Day

  For the second year in a row, Teachers College set aside a Saturday in November to celebrate Founders Day-an academic homecoming of sorts at which alumni, students, and staff gathered at the College to hear renowned speakers and get a sense of what is happening at Teachers College today.

  published 12/12/2000

• Go East, Young Woman

  In honor of the gratifying experiences she and her mother had at Teachers College, Dr. Uhlir donated $50,000 to establish an endowed scholarship in her and her mother’s name.

  published 12/1/2000

• Three Alumni Receive Distinguished Alumni Award

  More than 100 alumni, their guests, and other members of the TC community gathered at The Columbia-Princeton Club for a dinner honoring three distinguished alumni. This year's honorees were Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick (M.Ed. 1982, Ed.D. 1986); Joseph L. Dionne (Ed.D. 1965); and, Barbara Loomis Jackson (M.A. 1967).

  published 12/1/2000

• TC Celebrates Founders Day

  For the second year in a row, Teachers College set aside a Saturday in November to celebrate Founders Day-an academic homecoming at which alumni, students, and staff members gathered at the College to hear renowned speakers and get a sense of what is happening at Teachers College today.

  published 12/1/2000

• Scholarships Help TC to Enroll the 'Best and Brightest'

  Like many others considering education careers, Dawn Hering, Uzma Shah and Darrell Hucks asked themselves before applying to graduate schools of education, "How am I going to pay for this?"

  published 11/1/2000

• Marianne Tramelli: 'I Want to Put Career Services on the Map'

  Marianne Tramelli has only been at TC since August, but the new Director of Career Services has plans to make the Office "one of the first places that students go to and alums go back to when they need help in their careers. I want to put Career Services on the map."

  published 11/1/2000

• A Time for Renewal

  In November, 1999 TC held a gala to announce its $140 million capital campaign, the largest of its kind for a school of education. The event marked the "public phase" of the campaign to celebrate that it had already raised $73 million, more than half the goal. As we go to press the campaign has now reached $81 million.

  published 6/1/2000

• Dewey Circle Donors Honored for Leadership

  The John Dewey Circle Dinner is an annual "thank you" from the College to its leadership donors to the TC Fund, who contributed $1000 or more to TC's Annual Fund.

  published 6/1/2000

• NCREST Sponsors High-Stakes Testing Conference

  More than 600 people converged on Teachers College on the last day of March to attend a conference on "The Effects of High-Stakes Testing."

  published 5/1/2000

• Graduate of Peace Corps Fellows Program Wins Award that Celebrates African-Americans

  Rahsaan Harris, a graduate of TC's Peace Corps Fellows program who received a master's degree in Science in Education, was honored with 12 other former African-American Peace Corps volunteers for exceptional community service-both at home and abroad.

  published 5/1/2000

• Children's Television Workshop Names TC Graduate

  Children's Television Workshop, a non-profit educational organization best known as the creator of Sesame Street, named Stephen Gass group president of its online services. CTW has an award winning Web site in addition to its many television programs, CD-ROM, magazines, books, films, community outreach and product licensing. Stephen Gass holds an MA in developmental psychology from Teachers College

  published 4/6/2000

• The Teachers College Fund

  The Teachers College Fund is the vehicle to provide unrestricted giving to the College.

  published 4/1/2000

• A Time For Renewal

  The renewal process is at the heart of the five-year $140 million campaign launched by Teachers College to ensure its resources in people, programs and facilities match its reputation as one of the best professional schools of education in the country.

  published 4/1/2000

• The Capital Campaign is on the Move: Interview with Vice President Joseph Brosnan

  In November of last year, The Campaign for Teachers College moved into its "public phase" by announcing that it had already reached $73 million toward its goal of $140 million. The campaign is the largest one of its kind for any school of education.

  published 4/1/2000

• The Iscols: Exemplary Members of the TC Community

  Jill and Ken Iscol are dedicated to working towards justice and equity in education and are important members of the TC community.

  published 2/1/2000

• Teachers College: A Leader in Educating Leaders

  One year ago, the kickoff gala for the Campaign for Teachers College celebrated the public phase of the largest capital campaign in history for a graduate school of education--$140 million.

  published 1/1/2000

• TC Completes Initial Review of Administrative and Support Services

  Focus, shared responsibility, and commitment. These are some of the themes emphasized by Towers Perrin, the management consulting firm, in their recently completed evaluation of the College's administrative and support services.

  published 12/1/1999

• TC Honors Alumni Achievements

  Not all learning takes place in a classroom, and this year's six recipients of alumni awards are prime examples of the variety of ways educators reach out to students and the world at large.

  published 11/1/1999

• What's New in External Affairs?

  The Director of Communications and Assistant Director of Communications positions at TC are now filled.

  published 11/1/1999

• The New Teacher Institute Brings TC to Bushwick

  The New Teacher Institute helps to make the first years of teaching in urban school districts as smooth as possible with the resources of both Teachers College and experienced mentors.

  published 6/1/1999

• Straight to Internet Video: Capital Campaign Video on TC Web

  An eight-minute video that documents the impact of Teachers College on education in New York City and far beyond has been added to the TC Web site.

  published 6/1/1999

• Convocation Ceremonies Celebrate New Beginnings and Honor Contributions to Education

  The convocation and commencement ceremonies took place on rainy, dreary days this year. Yet, that did not dampen the spirits of the graduates and their families who had come from places as far as Argentina and as close as the upper west side of Manhattan.

  published 6/1/1999

• Georgia Alumni Gather at the Governor's Mansion

  Georgia's former Governor Zell Miller is personally interested in the importance of education in every aspect of life. He, himself, was a history teacher at Young Harris College when he got a leave of absence to run for the Georgia state senate. It may have been something the college did just to let him get it out of his system, but he won the election. That's where his political career began. Though he was popular, his political career had its ups and downs and at one point, he considered leaving politics. He received a letter from his college mentor, Dr. E. Merton Coulter, of the University of Georgia, who encouraged him to continue his quest. Coulter predicted Miller would make it to the governor's mansion someday. It turned out to be a safe bet.

  published 4/1/1999

• Donations To Education Schools May Be New Trend

  A New York Times article, which was printed on March 1, indicated the possibility of a long-awaited trend in light of recent large donations given to education schools. Joseph Brosnan, vice president of development and external affairs at Teachers College, Columbia University, was quoted in the article. He said that while education school alumni donors do not typically have the same level of wealth as business, law and medical school donors, now could be the time for education schools to receive its share of support.

  published 3/5/1999

• Going Off-Track: TC Alumna Michelle Fine Shows BookTalk Audience that Inclusive Classes Work

  Michelle Fine (Ph.D. in Social Psychology, 1980) showed one BookTalk audience a video she made about her research in Montclair, N.J., "Off-track Classroom: Privilege for All."

  published 3/1/1999

• When the South Said, 'No,' Teachers College Said, 'Yes'

  A Teachers College alumni event at the Governor’s mansion in Georgia this past fall brought to light the large numbers of black alumni from the South who attended the College in the 1940s and ‘50s.

  published 2/4/1999

• Former Teachers College Student Named Principal of the Year

  A Teachers College doctoral graduate, Michael Pladus, was just named the 1999 National Principal of the Year. Pladus is the principal at Interboro High School in Prospect Park, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. USA Today reported the news on its Web site January 27. The article, written by Tamara Henry, also said that Teachers College is "considered to be the best graduate school of education in the country."

  published 1/29/1999

• Christopher Scott: President of the Alumni Council

  The Alumni Council of Teachers College, under the leadership of President Christopher Scott, is charged with strengthening relationships between our alumni and the College. Dr. Scott is acutely aware that these relationships may take on different forms depending upon the unique and diverse backgrounds of our graduates.

  published 1/1/1999

• TC Fund Plays an Important Part in The Campaign for Teachers College

  Education is a defining factor in the future of our nation and the world. Today's educator must master rapidly changing technology and meet the demands of the new dynamics of the classroom.

  published 1/1/1999

• HONOR ROLL A Third Consecutive Record Year for Private Support

  The generosity of alumni, friends, faculty members, corporations and foundations have once again catapulted TC to new heights in achieving financial support for the fiscal year 1998-1999.

  published 1/1/1999

• Joyce B. Cowin: 'If you get a quality education, you will have confidence when you meet a challenge.'

  Joyce B. Cowin, TC alumna, TC Trustee since 1980 and Chair of the Heritage School Advisory Board, discussed the $3 million gift that she and her mother, Mrs. Sylvia Berger, gave to Teachers College for the construction of the student residence hall and conference center.

  published 1/1/1999

• New Leadership for the John Dewey Circle and Network

  Christina R. Davis is the 1999-2000 Chair of the John Dewey Circle, which was established in 1995 to honor donors whose generosity provides significant support for the mission of Teachers College.

  published 1/1/1999

• Eleanor C. Lambertsen Remembered

  Barbara Krainovich-Miller, president of the TC Nursing Education Alumni Association, welcomed alumni and friends to a memorial service last month in the Milbank Chapel for a special member of the TC community, Eleanor C. Lambertsen.

  published 1/1/1999

• CEO&I and Institute for Educational Leadership Launch Partnership with Intersession Course

  The Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation (CEO&I) at TC has established a new partnership with the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), a think tank based in Washington, D.C. Their first joint project will be a Federal Policy Institute held in Washington during the intersession-January 10 through January 15. Michael Timpane, a former Teachers College President, and Michael Usdan, President of IEL, will team teach the week-long course.

  published 12/1/1998

• Introducing Donald Sutton: Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations

  Donald Sutton is the newly appointed Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at TC.

  published 12/1/1998

• Dawn Gavin: 'TC Has Done a Great Deal For Me'

  Dawn Marie Gavin, who is the Dr. Gay Culverhouse Dewey Scholar for the 1998-99 academic year, is in her second year as a doctoral student in Special Education. Gavin is not new to TC. She received her M.A. in Special Education in 1995.

  published 11/1/1998

• Howard Gardner Presents Marx Lecture

  This year, Howard Gardner presented the fourth Marx Lecture on September 23. Gardner is the Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is best known in the field of education for his theory of multiple intelligences.

  published 10/1/1998

• TC Fund Hits New All Time High Record-breaking $1.1 Million

  Thanks to the overwhelming support of alumni and friends, the TC Fund has hit a new all-time high: $1.1 million.

  published 9/1/1998

• BookTalk: New Lecture Series Featuring TC Press Authors

  Alumni Relations, in conjunction with the TC Press and the Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation, is starting a new lecture series for alumni and other members of the TC community.

  published 9/1/1998

• Financial Priorities Committee Completes Work: TC Trustees Adopt FPC’s Recommendations

  At their May meeting, the trustees of Teachers College unanimously adopted the recommendations submitted by the Financial Priorities Committee.

  published 6/1/1998

• Academic Homecoming Featured Gilligan, Greene and Awards to Five TC Alumni

  The Horace Mann Auditorium was filled to capacity for Academic Homecoming on April 25 when Harvard Professor Carol Gilligan and TC Professor Emeritus Maxine Greene held a discussion on The Oresteia and patriarchy

  published 5/13/1998

• Professor Margaret Jo Shepherd's Retirement Party

  After 30 years as a member of the TC faculty, Margaret Jo Shepherd, Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Program on Learning Disabilities, will be retiring.

  published 4/6/1998

• Academic Homecoming

  Harvard Professor Carol Gilligan and TC Professor Emeritus Maxine Greene will hold a dialogue as the keynote address for Academic Homecoming on Saturday, April 25, in Horace Mann Auditorium. Following the keynote address, Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented at lunch to: Jerome T. Murphy, M.A. 1962, who is Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education; Bert Konowitz, Ed.D. 1969, who is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Arts and Humanities at TC; and Frances O'Connell, Ed.D. 1984, who is Associate Professor of Early Childhood/Elementary Education at New York University. Early Career Awards go to Norman Atkins, M.A. 1997, who is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the North Star Academy Charter School of Newark; and Grace Shen, Ed.D. 1988, who is the Executive Director of the Long Island Arts Council. The events begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Student Lounge. Lunch will be at 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.

  published 4/6/1998

• TC Communique Issue 1, Number 7

  The Financial Priorities Committee moved one step closer to selecting projects that should be given the highest priority by the College and in the upcoming Capital Campaign.

  published 4/1/1998

• TC Communique Issue 1, Number 8

  The trustees of Teachers College unanimously adopted the recommendations submitted by the Financial Priorities Committee at the trustees' May 7 meeting.

  published 4/1/1998

• TC Communique Issue 1, Number 6

  A review of recommendations from students, alumni, faculty and staff members confirmed a message that resonated throughout the Financial Priorities Committee hearings: improving the physical plant and increasing the amount of financial aid should be among the top priorities at Teachers College.

  published 3/1/1998

• 1998 Job Fair

  The Third Annual K-12 Educator's Job Fair will take place on Friday, February 27, 1998, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Job Fair, organized by the Career Services Center, will draw between 45-50 school districts and educational organizations, mostly from the tri-state area. It will be held in the cafeteria and is open to any student or alumnus of the College. A student/alumni ID is necessary for admission.

  published 2/12/1998

• Irene Gaskins Presents the Clark Lecture

  Dr. Irene Gaskins, founder and director of the Benchmark School for struggling readers in Media, Pennsylvania, was the Diana Brewster Clark lecturer at a November 19 event.

  published 12/16/1997

• The Klingenstein Center Celebrates Twenty Years of Success

  The Klingenstein Fellows program at Teachers College got under way this fall, preparing exceptional teachers from a variety of independent schools--from New Jersey to California to Hong Kong to Massachusetts to Vancouver--for increased responsibility as academic and administrative leaders.

  published 12/1/1997

• TC Communique Issue 1, Number 4

  Ten years from now, some Teachers College students might not set foot in a New York City classroom. Instead, they might attend class by sitting in front of a computer in their homes or in a classroom hundreds or even thousands of miles from Manhattan.

  published 12/1/1997

• Examining the Choices and Challenges for People with Disabilities

  A two-day conference at TC on November 14 and 15 examined controversial issues pertaining to disability--from eugenics to support for assisted suicides. The conference, When Worlds Collide: Choices and Challenges for People with Disabilities, was sponsored by the Center for Outcomes and Opportunities for People with Disabilities at TC.

  published 11/20/1997

• Watch for TC Communique

  The first edition of a new publication, TC Communiqué, focusing on the financial priorities process leading toward the anticipated TC Capital Campaign, will be available by the end of September

  published 9/23/1997

• TC Communique Issue 1, Number 1

  This year, the TC community is in the process of making some important decisions about the College's future financial priorities, leading toward the anticipated Capital Campaign. Periodically during the academic year, updates about the progress of that work will be reported through this new publication--the TC Communiqué.

  published 9/1/1997

• Alumnus Will Lead St. Patrick's Day Parade

  John L. Lahey, the president of Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Connecticut, and a graduate of Teachers College, has been named the Grand Marshal of the 236th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.

  published 1/15/1997

• Ask the Inside-ers

  Q: How can I get a copy of the new and beautiful "Columbia culture map?"

  published 1/15/1997

• Two Join Development Office

  Two major development officers are joining the Office of Development and External Affairs in February, Joseph S. Brosnan, Vice President, has announced.

  published 1/15/1997

• Two Noted Alumni Die

  Two noted alumni--one a major researcher on organizational change and the other a former U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg--have died recently.

  published 11/4/1996

• Irwin Named Vice-Chair of Trustees

  John N. Irwin, III, a New York City businessman who was named vice-chairman of the Trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University, Thursday, has two family connections with the institution:

  published 3/4/1996

• New Vice Chairman of Teachers College Trustees has Family Connections to Institution

  John N. Irwin, III, a New York City businessman who was named vice-chairman of the Trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University, Thursday, has two family connections with the institution:

  published 3/4/1996

• At 81, She's a Model TC Graduate

  But Josephine Buck-Jones, a member of the Teachers College Alumni Council, is finding success as a model -- at the age of 81.

  published 1/1/1996

• Study of Civil War in Mozambique

  Lisa Fenn, a native of Amityville, New York, and a student at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City, will be spending the next several months studying, among other things, how nearly two decades of civil war have affected education in the African nation of Mozambique.

  published 9/18/1995

• A New York Tradition for Teachers College Alumni

  A Teachers College alumni tradition seems to be developing in the Office of the New York State Commissioner of Education.

  published 8/10/1995

• Alumni Council President’s Message

  Alumni Council President's Message

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• John Dewey & Maxine Greene

  The John Dewey Circle brings together TC's most generous alumni and friends who provide yearly leadership support of $1,000 or more to the Teachers College Annual Fund. In these uncertain times Dewey Circle members are on the front line, an irreplaceable source of stability and strength for the College. Now, more than ever, TC needs you and others like you.

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• Trustees with a Global Perspective

  Four TC Board members are helping steer the College's international efforts

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• TC Campus Calendar

  TC Campus Calendar

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• The Power of Teachers College

  Brilliant minds coming together to transform lives

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• The Power of Teachers College

  Teachers College is where brilliant minds come together to transform lives

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• Helping the Best Get Better

  Through a chance business assignment, Chuck Cahn came to understand the importance of effective school principals. He decided to start a program to support them.

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