5/2/13 Activities

Here are the faculty and staff activities for May 2, 2013. 

Faculty and Staff Activities

Dr. Sharon Brusic, applied engineering, safety and technology, became the 37th recipient and first female to receive the Academy of Fellows Award on March 9 at the 75th annual International Technology & Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) in Columbus, Ohio. This is the highest recognition that ITEEA can bestow upon any person. The award is given to an individual who has gained prominence in and brought honor to the profession of technology and engineering education.

Laurie B. Hanich, educational foundations, recently published an empirical research article with colleagues Michele Mazzocco, Gwen Myers, Katie Lewis and Melissa Murphy.  The article, “Limited Knowledge of Fraction Representations Differentiates Middle School Students with Mathematics Learning Disability (dyscalculia) v. Low Mathematics Achievement,” is published in The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Drs. Lisa House and Joseph Lynch, counseling and human development, saw their research article titled “An Evaluation of a Unique Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention of College Students: Demonstrating Effective Partnering within Student Affairs” published in the Michigan Journal of Counseling: Research, Theory, and Practice.

Dr. Cynthia Taylor, mathematics, co-authored “Bingo! Select Games for Mathematical Thinking” in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, March 2013, which is available at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. In addition, she gave an invited lecture titled “Examining Elementary Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Practices” at the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America Spring Meeting (EPaDel) in Carlisle, Pa., on April 6. The presentation focused on identifying instructional practices that mathematics educators use in their content and methods courses to provide opportunities for their students to learn about the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Obituary:

Nathan Weiss, age 90, formerly of East Hempfield Township, and president emeritus of Kean University, died on April 9. Weiss taught at Millersville University and was the husband of Dr. Bernice R. Rydell, vice president for finance and administration emerita at Millersville University.