Woodring News and Events
Saturday, November 07, 2009
- Miller Hall Renovation In Progress
- Holocaust Survivor Noémi Ban to Speak at WWU (11/9)
- CIRCLE Grant Sponsers Documentary Movie: Papers (11/12)
- Two Woodring Professors Co-Author Free Online Handbook for Teachers
- Woodring Offers New Rob Brand Elementary Education Scholarship
| Miller Hall Renovation In Progress | |
| The renovation of Miller Hall (home of WWU's Woodring College of Education) began in June 2009 and phase 1 is scheduled to be complete by Summer 2010. View the Facilities Management Project page for more information and updates. View photos of the renovation. | |
| Contact: | David Willett Phone: (360) 650-6813 |
| Holocaust Survivor Noémi Ban to Speak at WWU (11/9) | |
| Noémi Ban, a local Holocaust survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, will share her story at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, in Arntzen Hall 100 at Western Washington University.
Nov. 9 is the 71st anniversary of the Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” a night during which the SA, SS and the Nazi party coordinated the damage to and destruction of thousands of synagogues, Jewish businesses and homes. This night of anti-Jewish terror and violence was the beginning of the Holocaust. Ban will speak about how she lost most of her family, and how she shares her story to inspire current and future generations to prevent similar genocides from happening again. “Your generation may be the last one able to listen to a survivor,” Ban has told WWU students. Reservations for her hour-long talk are mandatory and free to the public. To make your reservation please visit the Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education (NWCHGEE) Web site. Note that as of 11/5 Noémi's presentation is full. We have created a waiting list, so feel free to make your reservation request and we will add your name to the waiting list. Ban will follow her talk with a question-and-answer period and then a book signing. Ban’s speech is sponsored by Woodring's NWCHGEE and the Center for Education, Equity and Diversity. To learn more, view the press release for this event or read more about Noémi on the NWCHGEE Web site. | |
| Location: | AH 100 |
| Date: | 11/9/2009 |
| Time: | 6:00-7:00pm |
| Contact: | NWCHGEE Phone: (360) 650-3827 |
| CIRCLE Grant Sponsers Documentary Movie: Papers (11/12) | |
| Papers, a newly released documentary, will be showing on campus on Nov. 12 at 7pm in Fraser Hall 4. It features 5 young people who are turning 18 in the US without papers. Each year, 80,000 students turn 18 and are faced with a questionable future without papers in the US but with no connection to their parents’ country of origin, many who don’t even speak their heritage language. The Circle Grant is sponsoring the film to bring attention to Washington’s HB 1079 and the Federal DREAM act. The movie will be followed with a panel of speakers to answer questions and offer resources. | |
| Location: | Fraser Hall 4 |
| Date: | 11/12/2009 |
| Time: | 7:00pm |
| Two Woodring Professors Co-Author Free Online Handbook for Teachers | |
| The Heart of Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success is a handbook for teachers written and compiled by OSPI, Dr. Ray Wolpow of Secondary Education and Dr. Susan Kincaid of Human Services. It contains valuable information helpful to teachers on a daily basis as they work with students whose learning has been adversely impacted by personal trauma. The entire handbook is available free online to read, print, copy or redistribute. | |
| Contact: | Mona Johnson Phone: (360) 725-6050 |
| Woodring Offers New Rob Brand Elementary Education Scholarship | |
| Woodring College of Education has a new scholarship, named in honor of Bellingham educator Rob Brand.
“Rob Brand is a living legend. He has been a part of teacher preparation at Western since he was an elementary student in the Campus School,” said Chris Ohana, chair of the Elementary Education Department at Woodring College of Education. “Rob has contributed to hundreds, if not thousands, of our students through meticulous observations and caring words,” Ohana said. “It isn’t just a profession to Rob. It is his life. We named this scholarship after Rob in recognition of the institution he is.” After graduating from Western and teaching for a number of years in Oak Harbor and Bellingham, Brand returned to Western and earned a master’s degree in educational administration. He then served nearly 30 years as an elementary school principal, working at five different Bellingham schools and teaching in Educational Administration in Woodring College. After retirement in 1992, and unable to sit still, he returned again to Western and the Department of Elementary Education. He has been there ever since. “It goes without saying that I am sincerely humbled by this recognition. It is my hope that future recipients of scholarship assistance will find the teaching profession to be the challenging, yet satisfying and rewarding journey that has been mine to enjoy,” Brand said. Scholarships will be awarded every year to the candidate in Elementary Education (in Early Childhood or Kindergarten - Eighth Grade) who best exemplifies the qualities of hard work and caring that are so intrinsic to Rob Brand. Criteria for selection will include financial need, professional excellence and leadership qualities. For more information, contact the Elementary Education Department at: 650-3336. For more information about donating to the scholarship, please contact Michael Reinke at: 650-2368. View a slideshow of the recent dedication of the Rob Brand Elementary Education Scholarship. | |
| Contact: | Elementary Education Phone: (360) 650-3336 |
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