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A Changing of the Guard on TC's Board of Trustees
Four new trustees have joined the Teachers College Board, while two long-time members have concluded their service. Outgoing Trustee Marjorie Hart (at left) was named Trustee Emeritus. The Board now numbers 36 members. Published: 7/20/2010
A Forum for Candid Conversations
A student-run Racial Literacy Roundtable series offered participants the opportunity to freely examine issues of race, class, privilege and access--looking at their own biases as well as that of others Published: 6/23/2010
Thirty Years of 'Making Something from Nothing'
Entrepreneurship is the focus at a reunion of TC's Arts Administration program. Published: 6/23/2010
TC's 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
The College honors five graduates who have done amazing - and amazingly varied - things. Published: 5/4/2010
TC's second annual Academic Festival - themed "Leadership: Defining the Next Decade" - drew some 500 alumni, faculty, students, staff and friends of the College. Highlights included awarding of the first-ever TC President's Medal of Excellence to Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula and Ulysses Byas, a former principal at an all-black school in the segregated American South. Four additional alumni - Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Vivian Oto Wang, Viola Vaughn and the Reverend Lesley George Anderson - were honored with the College's Distinguished Alumni Award, and a fifth, Luis Rios, received the Early Career Award. The College also paid tribute to alumni and long-time trustee Joyce Cowin, formally dedicating the Cowin Conference Center. Click here to view video. (Large File Size) Published: 4/29/2010
Academic Festival at TC: Pulling Out all the Stops on April 24th
TC's second annual Academic Festival will feature a keynote address by the Prime Minister of Namibia, a round-table of TC alumni who have created and led innovative schools, faculty presentations on everything from technology in learning to executive coaching, a slate of events geared to parents, and a special tribute to longtime TC Trustee Joyce Cowin. Published: 4/13/2010
TC's second annual Academic Festival tops the a long list of big events at the College coming up in the next couple of months Published: 2/27/2010
The TC Community Responds to the Crisis in Haiti
Faculty, staff, students and alumni - many with a personal stake in the outcomes - are bringing their skills to bear. Published: 2/16/2010
John Fischer, Former TC President, Passes Away
John H. Fischer, TC's sixth president and also a former dean of the College, passed away in late December at the age of 99. Fischer served as TC's president from 1962 through 1974. A former elementary school teacher, guidance counselor and vice principal, he came to national attention through his enforcement of desegregation as the superintendent of Baltimore city schools, a post he had assumed in 1953. Published: 12/21/2009
Conversations Across Cultures to Take Place This Weekend
The Macy Gallery's "Conversations Across Cultures" symposium this weekend will include lectures, panels, discussions and demonstrations about new ways to approach art. Published: 11/20/2009
The Hechinger Institute at Teachers College Enters Non-Profit News Sphere
The Hechinger Institute at Teachers College announced the creation of The Hechinger Report to provide in-depth coverage of national education issues. Published: 10/27/2009
The Passing of an Education Giant
Education reformer Theodore Sizer - founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools and author of Horace's Compromise -- died at 77 on October 21st. Sizer - former chair of TC's President's Advisory Council, and past recipient (with his wife, Nancy Sizer) of the Klingenstein Leadership Award from TC's Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership - gave his own account of his career in Those Who Dared: Five Visionaries Who Changed American Education, published by Teachers College Press in 2008. Published: 10/27/2009
The Art and Craft of Arthur Wesley Dow's Students
The Macy Gallery at Teachers College has mounted an exhibition of some of the artwork created by students of Arthur Wesley Dow, the legendary professor of fine arts at TC who is considered among the most influential teachers of arts and crafts in the nation's history. Published: 9/25/2009
Teachers College to hold Memorial service for Lucia Capodilupo
Teachers College will hold a Memorial service for Lucia Capodilupo, Director in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM. The service will take place in Milbank Chapel, at Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, NYC. Published: 9/8/2009
Examining the Educational Needs of Mexican Youth
TC's Faculty Working Group on Latina/o and Latin American Education will hold a conference on the educational experiences of Mexican youth and their families in the tri-state area on October 2 and 3. Published: 9/2/2009
Update on Influenza Preparedness
To the TC Community:
College staff have been working with Columbia University's Pandemic Response Team to refine our preparedness plans in anticipation of an increase this Fall/Winter in the number of reported cases of influenza including an expected increase in the H1N1 strain.
This memorandum summarizes the steps we have taken, the policies that will guide future actions and the procedures we will follow to minimize disruption to our day-to-day activities here at the College. Published: 8/18/2009
As part of their capstone projects, educators from throughout the country in TC's Summer Principals Academy set out to design New York City schools for underperforming students. Published: 8/12/2009
Digital Culture and Conversation
Three digital artists who have spent the summer at Teachers College as part of the EdLab Digital Art Residency will discuss their work and their experiences as artist-in-residence at a presentation on August 12 at the Gottesman Libraries. Published: 8/6/2009
Intense Learning, Amazing Food
A-list chefs keep teachers talking and learning at the Klingenstein Center's two-week Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers. Published: 7/23/2009
Lucia Capodilupo, who died on Monday of injuries sustained in a car crash, was a major force in advancing the College's research and community outreach programs. She was also the author of a widely read book on spiritualism and weight loss; an ordained minister who had presided at the weddings of TC co-workers; and an admired and much-loved family member, friend and colleague. Published: 7/22/2009
Shaping Education around the World
From the College's earliest days, TC's approach to education has taken the wider world into consideration Published: 7/15/2009
TC Alumna to Serve on New York State Commission
Jill Iscol, who serves on the President's Advisory Council at the College, has been appointed by Governor David Paterson to the New York State Commission on National and Community Service. Published: 7/13/2009
Urban Farming Project to Give Away Fruit and Vegetable Seedlings
EdLab, the creative services group in TC's Gottesman Libraries, and the College's Program in Nutrition are teaming up to provide free seedlings as part of a community outreach effort to educate people about urban gardening and growing their own food. Published: 7/8/2009
Reporting Wrongs with a Mouse and a Click
TC has launched a Web site and hotline that provide faculty, staff and students a way to anonymously and confidentially report allegations of misconduct in areas ranging from finance and accounting to environmental health and safety. Published: 7/5/2009
TC to Offer Veterans Yellow Ribbon GI Benefits
The College will defray a portion of the tuition costs for post-9/11 veterans as part of a program - set to begin in August - that helps make private colleges and universities more accessible to those who have served in the military. Published: 6/25/2009
With economic uncertainty driving applications to an all-time high, TC held its first-ever information session for potential career changes on June 22. Published: 6/24/2009
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Reunion in Islamabad (8/12/2010)
A Worthwhile Journey: The Story of Namibian Prime Minster Nahas Angula (4/29/2010)
Educational Equity at the Village Level (8/6/2009)
Namibia's Great Educator (7/14/2009)
Serving in the City (7/28/2010 1:04:00 PM)
For They Were Jolly Good Fellows (7/13/2010)
Immigrant students read their stories at Student Press Initiative Event (6/2/2010)
Studies Find Cahn Fellows Improve Student Performance (5/27/2010)
In Opinion Piece, TC's Allegrante Defends Academic Freedom (8/20/2010)
ESEA Reauthorization: Don't Bet the Store on Teacher Effectiveness (8/10/2010)
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Bailey to Lead National Committee on Success Measures at Two-Year Colleges (6/4/2010)
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A Tribute to Joyce Cowin (4/29/2010)
An Alumna's Scholarship Eases Pressure on Doctoral Students (12/1/2009)
Leaving a Legacy (9/10/2009)
Alumnus William P. Foster Succumbs at 91 (9/2/2010)
Bonanno Speaks With Toronto Newspaper About Chilean Miners Trapped Far Underground (9/1/2010)
Joan Dye Gussow, Nutrition Professor Emerita, Profiled in New York Times (8/19/2010)
TC's Aaron Pallas evaluates Race to the Top (8/18/2010)
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TC At Work: Mark Gadsden (7/28/2010 1:51:00 PM)
TC Trustee named CUNY Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges (7/2/2010)
Chartering Newark's Future (5/12/2010)
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