UI Education College Advisers Meet Sept. 27-28
Wednesday, September 26 2001
September 26, 2001^MOSCOW - The 28-member University of Idaho College of Education advisory board meets Sept. 27-28 in Moscow to learn the state of the college and address teacher preparation and lifelong learning needs for residents in Idaho and beyond.^During a Thursday dinner at University Inn, two new college division heads will be introduced, Jim Gregson of Adult, Counselor and Technology Education, and George Canney of Teaching, Learning and Leadership. Also Cal Lathen, director of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, will give a presentation on the new UI Campus Recreation Center. ^The 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday meeting in the Student Union Building will include highlights provided by N. Dale Gentry, dean, strategic fund-raising goals with Kathy Belknap, college development director; and division plans. At 1 p.m., Michael R.L. Odell, director of the Institute for Mathematics, Interactive Technologies and Science, will speak on “Unlearning What You Know: Science Education at the UI.” ^Time will be allotted for adviser input and discussion. This board of advisers met for the first time Nov. 17 last year, and is chaired by Jerry Evans, former Idaho Superintendent of Schools from 1979-94. The one-year-old board is the first in the college's 80-year history, and is used as a sounding board and advocacy group during a time of educational reform, technological change and complex needs.^“We are extremely pleased with the quality of suggestions and support we are getting from our first board,” said Gentry.^ Each member serves a two-year term, and meets semi-annually, once in Moscow, once elsewhere. They are:^Moscow and Northern Idaho^Dale Gentry, dean, UI College of Education, Moscow^Douglas Hawkins, President, Litehouse Foods, Inc. Sandpoint^Nancy J. Larsen, Teacher of the Year 2000, Coeur d'Alene ^Gary Schroeder, state legislator, Moscow^Wayne Trottier, Plummer/Worley school district superintendent^Boise area ^Jesus de Leon, director of ESL and minority recruiter, Caldwell School District^Jerry Evans, former Idaho state superintendent and advisory board founding chair^Michael Friend, executive director, Idaho Association of School Administrators, Boise^Bob Haley, retired school superintendent, Meridian ^Bonnie Hawk, teacher, Lake Hazel Middle School^Maria Kilgo, K-12 program specialist, Micron Technology^Kali Kurdy, economics teacher, Borah High School^Camille Meadows, president, Tech Tools for Schools^Kathy Phelan, president, Idaho Education Association^Janet Orndorff, trustee, Boise School District^Nancy Reberger, retired teacher, Boise^Linda Reuling, teacher, Monroe Elementary, Boise^Southern Idaho^Rinda Olson, Skyline High School teacher, Idaho Falls^Nancy Taylor, former teacher, Twin Falls^Brad Thode, Wood River Middle School teacher, Hailey ^Washington^Donald Barlow, school board president, Spokane Public Schools^Janice Cowan, UI Foundation, Richland^Paulette Crowley, assistant superintendent, West Valley School District, Spokane^Matthew Douglas, procurement agent, Boeing, Edmonds^Patricia Riffle, member of UI National Campaign Council, Seattle^William Shreeve, retired chair, Eastern Washington University department of education, Cheney ^Other States^Carl Berry, president, California Resorts, Inc., and UI Foundation, Mill Valley, Calif.^Roy Truby, executive director, National Assessment Governing Board, Annapolis, Md.^Contact: Jerry Evans, board chair, (208) 338-0427, isdc2@juno.com; or N. Dale Gentry, UI education dean, (208) 885-6773, dgentry@uidaho.edu; Mary Ann Reese, UI College of Education communicatons, (208) 885-2841, mreese@uidaho.edu; Kathy Belknap, director of development (208) 364-4087, kbelknap@uidaho.edu^-30-^mar-9/26/01-ED ^
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