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Warner Celebrates 10 Years Since Naming
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Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human
Development is now marking the tenth year of its naming,
and on this anniversary is recognizing the growth and
achievements made possible through the dedicated efforts
of Warner faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends.
The School was named 10 years ago to honor a multi-million
dollar gift in memory of alumna and trustee Margaret
Warner Scandling. The gift enabled the School to advance
its efforts in teaching and research, and to promote
education reform.
William Scandling's gift to honor his wife allowed
the School to hire more faculty, offer more student
scholarships and advance student programs, create more
partnerships with urban and suburban school districts,
and invest in student and faculty research that, in
turn, has attracted federal and state grants. "Without
Mr. Scandling's vision and foresight, as well as that
of other generous friends of Warner, we would never
have accomplished all that we've achieved so far,"
said Raffaella Borasi, dean of the Warner School.
Since the School renaming in October 1993, unique and
successful programs have been developed for preschool,
mathematics reform, inclusion, science education, and
literacy. The Warner Center for Professional Development
and Education Reform was created to give teachers the
opportunity to collaborate with other community partners
on classroom practices and reform models. Technology
has been integrated into the teacher-training curriculum
and administrative systems have been improved.
"This is the result of one family's deep faith
in this School and the School's ability . . . to nurture
the next generation of teachers," said Thomas H.
Jackson, University president, at an Oct. 9 reception
celebrating the tenth anniversary. Calling the Scandling
gift "truly transformational" for the school
and its future, Jackson pointed out that part of the
Warner School's mission is "to help us understand
our own educational goals and the roles of all the schools
at the University of Rochester."
Michael Scandling spoke at the event about his mother's
belief in the value of education and the self-sufficiency
it produced--whether for the larger community or for
her own son. In videotaped comments, William Scandling
expressed support for the leadership of the Warner School
and the accomplishments achieved in these 10 years.
First established as the College of Education in 1958,
the Warner School offers a broad spectrum of programs
for those seeking master's and doctoral degrees in the
areas of teaching and curriculum, educational leadership,
and counseling and human development. Faculty and students
are involved in research, project development, and scholarship
on a wide range of educational issues. As a professional
school within a national research university, the school
blends theory and practice to produce innovations.
Mrs. Scandling, who died in 1990, was a Rochester native
and member of the University of Rochester's Class of
1944. She came from a family deeply committed to education.
Her aunt, Frederica Warner, graduated from the University
in 1909 and later taught high school English. Mrs. Scandling
supported a wide spectrum of youth-oriented charities
and educational foundations, including one that funded
special projects that teachers in primary and secondary
schools wished to undertake for their students.
During her years on the Trustees' Council of the College
and the University Board of Trustees, she learned a
great deal about the work of the graduate school of
education and shared with her family the belief that
the school had a unique and vital mission among education
schools.
Before her death, she and her husband made several
generous gifts to the School, among them an endowment
that would create a professorship in the name of Mrs.
Scandling's aunt, and gifts to establish student scholarships.
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