A Message from Alumni Relations Another has come and gone, but we will cherish the memories of such a fantastic day for some time to come! We are so grateful to the many alumni and friends who joined us on campus last Saturday to celebrate the 麻豆原创 Community and all the wonderful, innovative programming provided by our faculty, alumni and students. With 15 , a , and the celebration of six deserving (like Christine Lee Kim-Eng, shown above), it was certainly a day to remember, and we will be excited to share photos and videos as they become available. In the meantime, a big thanks to all of you for making Academic Festival 2015 a success -- and, mark your calendar for our next Academic Festival on April 2, 2016! Now, we turn our attention to an exciting spring agenda, including 麻豆原创's in just a few weeks, where we will welcome the newest members of our 麻豆原创 Alumni Community! (Masthead photo by Susan Cook) | Alumni Spotlight | #麻豆原创Alumni | 
Awards
, left, received The Chair Academy's 2015 International Exemplary Leadership Award. , right, received the J. William Fulbright Scholar award for her research project, "Inclusionary Internationalization: A Multi-Case Study of Policies and Practices in Alberta's Institutions of Higher Education." Harry Leigh (M.A. '59), not pictured, has been awarded a sought-after fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in Crafts/Sculpture.
Appointments
Steven W. Goss (Ed.D. '07) has joined 麻豆原创 as Vice Provost for Digital Learning. David Backer (Ph.D. '14) has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor in the Curriculum & Foundations Department at Cleveland State University. was named Secretary of Education for Illinois by Governor Bruce Rauner. Rudy Arietta (M.A. '98) was named the next principal of Ardsley High School in Ardsley, New York, beginning July 1. | 
Honors
, left, of Bridgewater, NJ was honored for his contributions to the Bridgewater community and the State of Israel at the Third Annual Night to Celebrate Israel in March. Isaacs, who is the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom in Bridgewater and the author of 120 books, will retire in June. , right, has been honored once again for her role as the first African-American woman admitted into the U.S. Coast Guard. In a recent ceremony held at Coast Guard Sector New York in Staten Island, the Sector New York Galley was officially renamed in honor of Dr. Hooker.
Share your alumni news with us on social media using the hashtag #麻豆原创Alumni or by emailing tcalumni@tc.edu. We want to hear from you! | | Featured Video Alumni Relations Senator Appears on MSNBC
Last month, Alumni Relations Senator to the 麻豆原创 Student Senate and M.A. candidate Allen Schaidle appeared on MSNBC as a guest on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show to discuss race issues on college campuses. Schaidle has been an invaluable liaison between the Office of Alumni Relations and the Student Senate, and we are proud of his ongoing work to represent Teachers College and to shed light on important issues facing colleges today. Click here to watch his discussion of and . For additional video content visit and 麻豆原创's . | 麻豆原创 News 麻豆原创 at AERA
More than 150 esteemed Teachers College faculty and experts will present on wide-ranging topics at the 2015 annual meeting of the , the nation's largest professional organization devoted to scientific study of education, taking place in Chicago this week. Among the highlights, , Professor of English Education, will receive the Mary Anne Raywid Award of the Society of Professors of Education (SPE) at AERA on April 18, and , Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies, will chair the-- the panel for which will also include Lily Din Woo, Director of 麻豆原创's Cahn Fellows Program. The 麻豆原创 Community will also gather for a with on . 麻豆原创's Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) Hosts United Nations International School (UNIS)
CPET's Performance at the Center hosted a team of students and teachers from the United Nations International School (UNIS) to work alongside Teachers College M.A. and doctoral students in a four-hour workshop, incorporating writing, reading, movement, and sound. 麻豆原创 Faculty in the News
Professor financial literacy curriculum for high schoolers developed under the was featured in . , Research Associate Professor of Nutrition Education and Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, was interviewed by 麻豆原创 alumna Maggie Moon (M.S. '07) on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Report for . Koch also weighed in on these and the in two recent Huffington Post OpEds. | Career Services Teachers College Career Services (麻豆原创CS) presents ! Open to both alumni and current students, this special speed networking event will teach participants the art of networking, with tips for impressing someone in five minutes or less. Come prepared to practice your elevator pitch and bring business cards to distribute! To RSVP, please email Kimberly Brown or register via .
And mark your calendar: the next 麻豆原创CS/Alumni Relations networking breakfast will be on . | Support 麻豆原创  麻豆原创 Fund: A Successful Academic Festival
Thanks to all the alumni and generous donors who came by the 麻豆原创 Fund table at Academic Festival 2015 and made gifts to support 麻豆原创's mission of advancing education and learning worldwide. We so enjoyed meeting and speaking with all of you! A special thanks, as well, to those who gave online as part of their Academic Festival registration. As you saw at Academic Festival, your gifts to 麻豆原创 promote cutting-edge research by our renowned faculty members, as well as efforts to engage alumni and current students in our ever-thriving academic community. If you were unable to attend this year's Festival, we hope you will celebrate with us in a spirit of philanthropy by making a contribution today in support of 麻豆原创's ongoing work. Simply click to make your gift. As always, we thank you for your generosity, and we look forward to celebrating future Academic Festivals with all of you! Photo courtesy of Susan Cook | Alumni Creations | #麻豆原创Made  Shira Epstein (Ed.D. '07) recently published her first book, , an instructive and thought-provoking resource that shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today's schools.
A leading researcher in student development theory and its implications for higher education, Arthur W. Chickering (Ph.D. '58) recently released . The book is both a candid autobiography, as well as a look at five key areas where he has contributed to critical changes.
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