Dr. Joe Baust to receive Earth Day Award
The Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) is
pleased to announce that Dr. Joe Baust, Director of the
Center for Environmental Education, College of Education,
Murray State University has been selected to receive an Earth
Day Award at the Environmental Quality Commission’s
Annual Earth Day celebration to be held Friday, April 18th at
Berry Hill Mansion in Frankfort. The EQC is happy to
Recognize Dr. Baust for his outstanding service, dedication
and commitment to protecting Kentucky’s environment.
The EQC, a seven-member citizen advisory board
created under state law to advise the Governor and state
officials on environmental matters, has established a
tradition of honoring Kentuckians who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to KY’s environment. Each year the EQC receives nominations from the public and state government personnel for its Earth Day awards and selected individuals, businesses, teachers, students, and other groups from across Kentucky are honored for their environmental stewardship activities.
Nix Receives “Outstanding Leader in Technology” Award
Brenda Nix (left) has been selected as the
“Outstanding Leader in Technology” by
the Kentucky Society for Technology in
Education (KySTE). Shown with her are
Niki Locklear (center), who was selected as
the outstanding teacher, and Michelle
Crowley, KySTE President.
Brenda is director of the Kentucky
Academy of Technology Education (KATE);
her position at KATE allows her to work with
the Kentucky Department of Education,
Murray State University College of Education, and school district administrators to provide professional development in educational technology.
Under Brenda’s leadership, the online Technology in Classrooms of Kentucky project (TICK), researchers have created and searched out excellent classroom activities and lessons that include an instructional technology component. Selected lesson plans and activities are aligned to state curriculum and technology standards for students, state Experienced Teacher Standard X for Technology, ISTE NETS for Students, and Levels of Teaching Innovation (LOTI).
To read more about Brenda Nix and her letter of nomination, go to:
http://www.kyste.org/files/Brenda%20Nix.doc
Congratulations to Brenda Nix ~ Outstanding Leader in Technology Education!
MSU NSTA Students present Shar-a-thon
Laura Youngblood, president of the MSU Student Chapter of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and Mohamed El Awadly and others conducted a Shar-a-thon with members of other student chapters of NSTA. Other conference attendees included: Tom Lough, and Ray Szczepaniak, co-advisors of the MSU Chapter, Cindy Birkner and Emily Parrish. The 2008 National Conference of NSTA was held March 27-30 in Boston, MA.
South Heights Third Grade Students Visit MSU
Last week the College of Education’s Undergraduate Advising Center and Ambassadors hosted 85 third-grade students from South Heights in Henderson County. The third grade students and COE Ambassadors gained much knowledge from this experience.
Mr. Robin Carroll is the principal at South Heights. Pictured to the right is one group of third-grade students that visited with MSU President Randy Dunn.
COE Faculty Members Present LiveText Session
During an institutional sharing and presentations session at the LiveText: Kentucky Users Conference in Louisville, Dr. Marty Jacobs (ACS) and Dr. George Patmor (Dean’s office), shared and presented work at MSU in developing a survey using LiveText that addressed Standard I in compiling an institutional report prior to the College of Education’s NCATE visit in the fall.
