http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news News at Teachers College, Columbia University en-us Copyright 2013 Teachers College, Columbia University webmaster@tc.columbia.eduacquaro@exchange.tc.columbia.edu https://www.tc.columbia.edu/images/tclogo.gif http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8984 4/29/2013 Streubert will be the first lay person to lead the 114-year old Catholic college, located in Morristown, New Jersey. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8985 4/29/2013 a href=http://www.tc.edu/academics/index.htm?facid=bt2158Barbara Tversky/a, an internationally recognized cognitive psychologist whose expertise includes spatial language and thinking, event perception and cognition, diagram production and comprehension, and gesture, has been elected to the a href=http://www.amacad.org/ target=_blankAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences/a. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8983 4/29/2013 Thomas P. Rock (Ed.D.02),TCs Executive Director of Enrollment Services, has received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award of NAGAP, the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8982 4/26/2013 Carol Burris (EdD 03), who has been a passionate advocate for challenging curricula for all of her students at South Side High School in Rockville Centre, NY, as well as an outspoken critic of reforms in New York State, has been named New York States new High School Principal of the Year. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8945 4/11/2013 Carol Ewing Garber, Associate Professor of Movement Sciences, will lead the worlds largest sports medicine and exercise science organization. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8933 3/29/2013 Howell Wechsler, Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) at the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that he will step down from that post in late May to become Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8931 3/28/2013 TC Deputy Provost John Allegrante has been named to the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8906 3/14/2013 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. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8895 3/13/2013 The new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will identify evidence-based best practices that can improve African American student achievement from cradle to career. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8846 2/12/2013 How Saadia Khan (Ed.M. 99, Ed.D. 12) has harnessed positive emotion in education http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8837 2/6/2013 Ackerman, 66, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Outstanding Education Practice from 2006 to 2008, directed the Inquiry Program, TCs largest doctoral program, as well as the Colleges Superintendents Work Conference before leaving to become Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. She also served as Superintendent in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. When Ackerman left TC in 2008, she wrote that she had a passion for the on-the-ground battle for our children who attend urban public schools. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8724 11/21/2012 Chris Emdin Teams up With Rap Artist GZA to Sponsor Science Rap Battle http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8716 11/19/2012 The TC Reading and Writing Project has raised more than $60,000 for schools affected by Hurricane Sandy. For former staff member Stacey Fell, the work seems all the more urgent after a week living without some basic comforts http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8719 11/16/2012 Marvin Sontag, a former TC Associate Professor of Psychology and Education who taught research methods and statistics, passed away on November 11. He was 79. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8713 11/8/2012 Even though she holds a doctorate degree from TC and is President of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), she believes that graduating from college can be the most difficult thing a Latino or any student of color can do. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8712 11/8/2012 Diverse magazine profiles Emeritus Edmund V. Gordon, Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, a leading scholar on divergent learning styles who popularized the term achievement gap and was an architect of the Head Start program. At 91, he is leading a historic commission that is exploring what education assessment will be, and should become, by 2050. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8691 10/12/2012 Henry Levin, TCs William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, has received an honorary doctorate from San Marcos University in Peru, the oldest university in the Americas. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8689 10/6/2012 Teachers College alumnus and former faculty member Carroll F. Johnson, who presided over integration of the White Plains, New York, school district -- the first U.S. school system to voluntarily institute a racial desegregation plan, and subsequently a model for school integration efforts nationwide -- has passed away at the age of 99.brbrRead the a href=http://nyti.ms/QTRc8dNew York Times obituary/a on a href=http://nyti.ms/QTRc8dCarroll Johnson/a http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8682 9/24/2012 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. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8655 8/23/2012 Stein is a clinical supervisor for TCs Clinical Psychology Program specializing in integrative and a mind-body orientation to therapy http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8649 8/17/2012 A steady champion for black schools, he came to national prominence as a skilled manager and who could work across lines http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8648 8/14/2012 Thomas Kennedy was a husband and father who had previously served two tours in Iraq http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8632 7/31/2012 TC alumnus Bryan Jackson receives one of Chicagos highest honors http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8630 7/30/2012 Organic lunch and conversation with TC Professor Emerita Joan Dye Gussow (Ed.D. -75, M.Ed. 74, Nutrition Education) and heirloom seed expert Amy Goldman (MA 78, Developmental Psychology; and Ph. D., 84, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University). Take a walk in Joans garden, too. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8631 7/30/2012 TC Professor Emeritus Ernst Rothkopf, who passed away last week, was a pioneer in applying technology to learning. Two years ago, TC student Michael Swart sat down with him for a look back at a long and fascinating career. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8626 7/27/2012 Fencer Maya Lawrence is competing at the Olympic Games in London http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8624 7/24/2012 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 http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8605 7/5/2012 Guillermo Linares (Ed.D., 05) is leading the fight to make undocumented immigrant students eligible for state financial aid http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8596 6/22/2012 TCs Lisa Miller, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, has been elected to serve on the American Psychological Associations Council of Representatives, the organizations governing body. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8595 6/21/2012 They call it the Big Apple, but in some parts of town, finding fresh produce is a tough row to hoe. A new documentary, produced by TC Board Vice Chair Laurie Tisch, highlights a solution http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8576 5/31/2012 A bibliophile and historian who also anticipated the digital revolution. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8567 5/21/2012 Christina Montville, Associate Director of Residential Services, was the TC team leader and organizer for the event. Steve Silverman, Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, and Dewayne White, Director of Campus Services, started the TC team and have walked every year since. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8534 5/11/2012 In both her art and philanthropic work, Pamela Ader focuses on the power of nature -- including the human will http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8533 5/10/2012 Andrew Gordon, Professor of Movement Sciences and Director of TCs Center for Cerebral Palsy Research, has been elected an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8490 5/1/2012 At the Colleges Student Outreach Showcase, Dawn Arno is credited for building two signature programs http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8489 4/30/2012 A new book by alumna Jill Iscol (written with faculty member Peter Cookson) tells the stories of young people trying to change the world. Now theres a workshop, too http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8450 4/11/2012 Six current or former Teachers College faculty members who are members of the National Academy of Education discuss their careers and a range of educational issues in a href =http://insidetheacademy.asu.edu/videotaped interviews that appear on Inside the Academy,/a a website hosted by Arizona State Universitys Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8400 2/24/2012 TC students and alumni recently learned about what its like to be a top U.S. education official. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8396 2/21/2012 Bertolino (EdD 2003) is the fourth TC graduate named to a high-level education position in two months. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8384 2/16/2012 A graduate of TCs leadership program for Army officers says the experience changed the very lens through which I view the world http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8382 2/14/2012 Spiro, who holds a doctorate in adult and higher education from Teachers College, will oversee the foundations $75-million Principal Pipeline initiative. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8374 2/3/2012 Mildred Garcia, who holds masters and doctoral degrees in Higher Education Administration from Teachers College, will lead the Fullerton branch of the largest university system in the country. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8351 1/19/2012 Expert on school choice reforms and school finance policy is one of four scholars who will edit the associations scholarly publication http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8334 12/20/2011 A unique bond between a TC faculty member and a former student http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8281 12/16/2011 Preaching good sex --and good relationships-- in an uncertain world