Kimball Recognized for Essay, Delivers Address
Bruce Kimball, professor in educational leadership, was presented with the National Education Association 2004 Art of Teaching Essay Prize for an essay describing the teaching career and innovations of C.C. Langdell, who served as dean of the Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895.

Kimball also recently delivered the inaugural address at the installation of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Texas A&M University. His title for the event, attended by former President George Bush, was: "In Defense of Liberal Education, Now Under Siege by the Disciplinarians, Technologists, Outcomers, Bottom-liners, and Marketeers."

Hursh Publishes Article, Appears on Radio Program
David Hursh, associate professor, teaching and curriculum, along with doctoral student Bonnie Whitney and master's student Kyra Hawn, published the article "No Child Left Behind: An Attack on Equality and Public Education" in the Fall/Winter 2003 issue of the School Administrators Association of New York State Journal.

In addition, Hursh also was a guest on the Bob Smith radio show on WXXI 1370 in February to speak on charter schools. He will be on sabbatical from September to December 2004 and will be a visiting scholar at the University of Bristol, in Bristol England.

Curren Judges Finals at Ethics Bowl
Randy Curren, professor, educational leadership, judged the national finals of the Collegiate Ethics Bowl in Cincinnati, Ohio in February. Also in February, Curren presented the talk "Teaching Ethics to Educators: Some Models and Methods of Analysis" at the national meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. In March, he presented a paper in Toronto, Canada at the annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, titled "Reconciling Feminist and Socio-Political Grounds of Classroom Authority."

Santora Conducts Workshop
Ellen Santora, assistant professor, teaching and curriculum, organized the second annual "Every Vote Counts" workshop at the Susan B. Anthony House in March. The focus of the workshop was the use of primary sources for learning about significant issues in the evolution and organization of the Women's Suffrage Movement.

Wechsler Discusses Minority Access to Higher Education
Harold Wechsler, professor, educational leadership, presented "Street Car Colleges: A History of Minority Access to Higher Education" in March at Rush Rhees Library. The talk examined the encounter of first and second generation Americans and the colleges they attended before 1960.

Larson Speaks at Conference
Joanne Larson, associate professor, teaching and curriculum, conducted the talk "New Literacy Studies and Classroom Practice" at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research mid-winter conference in February. The talk provided a small forum for people to talk to senior researchers.

Wischnowski, Perrault, Abas Present
Michael Wischnowski, assistant professor, educational leadership, Anne Perrault, doctoral student and director, PT3 project, and Peter Abas, doctoral student, presented a poster session at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in Phoenix, Ariz. in March. The poster session described the activities of the three-year effort to build technological capacity in Warner faculty sponsored by a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology grant.

The poster highlighted efforts to increase access to high quality professional development around instructional uses of technology, the creation of demonstration sites in local school for use by faculty and student interns, and the development of new courses concentrating on instructional technology in several content areas.

Mackie Welcomes New Daughter
Congratulations to Karen Mackie, instructor, counseling and human development, and her husband Wayne Hilyard on the arrival of their daughter Margot Leona Ellen Hilyard. Margot was born on March 3 weighing 7lbs., 9oz and measuring 20 inches.