A Message from Alumni Relations

Another Academic Festival has come and gone, but we will cherish the memories of such a fantastic day for some time to come! We are so grateful to the many alumni and friends who joined us on campus last Saturday to celebrate the TC Community and all the wonderful, innovative programming provided by our faculty, alumni and students. With 15 expert panels, a keynote address by Goldie Hawn, and the celebration of six deserving Distinguished Alumni (like Christine Lee Kim-Eng, shown above), it was certainly a day to remember, and we will be excited to share photos and videos as they become available. In the meantime, a big thanks to all of you for making Academic Festival 2015 a success -- and, mark your calendar for our next Academic Festival on April 2, 2016! Now, we turn our attention to an exciting spring agenda, including TC's Convocation in just a few weeks, where we will welcome the newest members of our TC Alumni Community! (Masthead photo by Susan Cook)

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Featured Video

Alumni Relations Senator Appears on MSNBC
Last month, Alumni Relations Senator to the TC Student Senate and M.A. candidate Allen Schaidle appeared on MSNBC as a guest on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show to discuss race issues on college campuses. Schaidle has been an invaluable liaison between the Office of Alumni Relations and the Student Senate, and we are proud of his ongoing work to represent Teachers College and to shed light on important issues facing colleges today. Click here to watch his discussion of how millenials understand racism and confronting racism on college campuses.

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TC News

TC at AERA
More than 150 esteemed Teachers College faculty and experts will present on wide-ranging topics at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the nation's largest professional organization devoted to scientific study of education, taking place in Chicago this week. Among the highlights, Janet L. Miller, Professor of English Education, will receive the Mary Anne Raywid Award of the Society of Professors of Education (SPE) at AERA on April 18, and Xiaodong Lin, Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies, will chair the Presidential Session "Fear of Failure Prevents Students From Learning: Perspectives From School Leaders"-- the panel for which will also include Lily Din Woo, Director of TC's Cahn Fellows Program. The TC Community will also gather for a reception with President Susan Fuhrman (Ph.D. '77) on April 19.

TC's Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) Hosts United Nations International School (UNIS)
CPET's Performance at the Center hosted a team of students and teachers from the United Nations International School (UNIS) to work alongside Teachers College M.A. and doctoral students in a four-hour workshop, incorporating writing, reading, movement, and sound. Read More>>

TC Faculty in the News
Professor Anand Marri's Loot, Inc. financial literacy curriculum for high schoolers developed under the Cowin Financial Literacy program was featured in Forbes. Pamela Koch (Ed.D. '00), Research Associate Professor of Nutrition Education and Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, was interviewed by TC alumna Maggie Moon (M.S. '07) on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Report for Livestrong.com. Koch also weighed in on these dietary guidelines and the food industry in two recent Huffington Post OpEds.

Career Services

Teachers College Career Services (TCCS) presents Speed Networking on April 30! Open to both alumni and current students, this special speed networking event will teach participants the art of networking, with tips for impressing someone in five minutes or less. Come prepared to practice your elevator pitch and bring business cards to distribute! To RSVP, please email Kimberly Brown or register via TCCS Link.

And mark your calendar: the next TCCS/Alumni Relations networking breakfast will be on Tuesday, May 5.

Support TC

TC Fund: A Successful Academic Festival
Thanks to all the alumni and generous donors who came by the TC Fund table at Academic Festival 2015 and made gifts to support TC's mission of advancing education and learning worldwide. We so enjoyed meeting and speaking with all of you! A special thanks, as well, to those who gave online as part of their Academic Festival registration. As you saw at Academic Festival, your gifts to TC promote cutting-edge research by our renowned faculty members, as well as efforts to engage alumni and current students in our ever-thriving academic community. If you were unable to attend this year's Festival, we hope you will celebrate with us in a spirit of philanthropy by making a contribution today in support of TC's ongoing work. Simply click here to make your gift. As always, we thank you for your generosity, and we look forward to celebrating future Academic Festivals with all of you! Photo courtesy of Susan Cook

Alumni Creations | #TCMade

Shira Epstein (Ed.D. '07) recently published her first book, Teaching Civic Literacy Projects, an instructive and thought-provoking resource that shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today's schools.

A leading researcher in student development theory and its implications for higher education, Arthur W. Chickering (Ph.D. '58) recently released Cool Passion: Challenging Higher Education . The book is both a candid autobiography, as well as a look at five key areas where he has contributed to critical changes.

Are you an alumnus or alumna with published works? For consideration in a future newsletter, send information on your work to tcalumni@tc.edu, subject: Alumni Creations, or share your publication news with us on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #TCMade.

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