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Archive for April, 2009

I was recently invited by an education professor at Meramec college to discuss with her class the life of being a student fifty years ago. I was born in 1930 and spent my childhood and adolescence in schools during the Depression and World War II. I was raised in the South Bronx in New York City in a neighborhood that mainly consisted of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. The first Christian student I encountered in class was Joseph Jelik in the 7th grade. We lived in what was termed a slum. I was asked what was the most significance difference…

The College of Education is blessed with many outstanding faculty, staff, and students. Towards this end, each year in the Spring we recognize those faculty and staff that have had an especially good year. In addition, we recognize our students, both graduate and undergraduate, for their overall accomplishments in terms of their academic achievement and in terms of their contributions to our graduate and undergraduate programs. We had an especially stellar class of awardees this year and I must say, I am always proud of the wonderful faculty, staff, and students we have been able to attract to the College…

In January, 2008, the European Union created a border-free zone known as the Schengen area. This allows members of the European Union to freely move from one nation to another without worrying about visas or passports. However, new regulations only allow non-EU residents to remain for three months within a six month period and a non-EU citizen cannot go from a tourist visa to a work visa while they are in an EU nation. They have to leave and apply from another country. After being denied her work visa, an American teacher was offered a deal by her employer at…

Students from various Pakistan universities pledged to become ambassadors of peaceful change in their nation and work for the rule of law and order. The 45 students had completed a course on “Youth Capacities for Rule of Law and Good Governance.” The object of the course was to educate university students to assume leadership in fostering tolerance and peaceful resolution of conflict. The course consisted of five modules covering themes such as citizenship in the age of globalization, Islam in the contemporary world, causes of extremism and violence and their impact on youth, civic activism for the rule of law…

Vanessa Van Petten, a teenager and author of a popular parenting book written from the teen’s perspective, explains in a YouTube video why she uses she uses social networking sites: Teenagers participate in social networking sites for a variety of reasons.  It is a way to keep in contact with friends, to exchange pictures or to engage in a wide range of other social activities. The Pew Internet & American Life Project estimates that approximately 65% of US teenagers are participating in social networks.  MySpace has approximately 124 million monthly visitors and Facebook has 276 million visitors a month. Concerns…