African Art Exhibit, Ethiopian Cuisine & Live Caribbean Steel Drum Musical Performance, Wed, 2/27, 12-2 pm. University Center, Chancellor’s Suite

Education, cultural enhancement, food, fun and fellowship

Center for College Readiness Spring Lecture Series (5 Honor Stole Pts Each)

Joseph Nelson, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Boys’ & Girls’ Lives University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Mr. Nelson is a Ph.D candidate in Urban Education at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He holds a BA in Sociology from Loyola University, Chicago. He previously worked as a Research Consultant at New York University’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Nelson taught first-grade in a single-gender classroom for 2-years.

 

The focus of Mr. Nelson’s lecture will be the construction of masculinity at a single-sex middle school for African-American boys in New York City.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Jubilee Hall 112

5 KDP Honor Stole Points

 

 

Mellie Torres, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow at New York University’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. Dr. Mellie Torres received her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University, a Masters in Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Seton Hall University. Prior to her doctoral studies, Torres was a high school mathematics teacher in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey.  Dr.Torres has received numerous fellowships and honors, including the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship, the Mainzer Fellowship in Gender Studies, the Fredrick Douglass Summer Teaching Fellow, and the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education.

Ms. Nellie's research explores the relationship between the multiple and intersecting social identities (race/ethnicity, class, and gender) of Latino male students and their academic identities.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Jubilee Hall Auditorium

5 KDP Honor Stole Points

Crisis Prevention and Intervention Workshop

Crisis Prevention and Intervention featuring Margaret Brady-Amoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Professional Psychology and Family Therapy will be held on Thursday, February 21st at 5:30 PM, Seton Hall University, Jubilee Hall, 4th floor, Dean’s Conference Room – Room 465.

The recent school-based tragedies have prompted a great deal of concern about school and community safety as well as mental health. This presentation will provide an overview of crisis prevention and intervention geared towards students preparing for careers in education and mental health.

Professional Development Hours and 5 ΚΔΠ Honor Stole Points awarded for attendance

Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 19th by sending an e-mail to kdpxigamma@gmail.com.