PARC 2012-2013 Fellowship Competition for U.S. Scholars Conducting Field-Based Research on Palestine
Friday, January 13, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
UNCF New Orleans Local AEOS Rebroadcast - January 28th, 2012
Please coordinate with your Communications Department so they can also place on your website. The airing of "An Evening of Stars" has always been beneficial to our two local HBCUs, Dillard and Xavier Universities. The more people we have watching, helps to increase funding for our schools.
Thanks in advance!
Therese Badon
Tel: (504) 581-3794
Fax: (504) 523-6312
Cell: (504) 577-3510
FREE Simple K12 Webinars! Thursday January 12, 2012
Here are the details...
Time: 12:30 PM- 1:00 PM Eastern
Time, USA
Would you like to have students
participate in the learning
conversation, becoming more aware of
their goals and challenges?
Then join this webinar and discover
ways to integrate video cameras
into your curriculum.
Get on Track and Stay There with
Google Calendar!
Time: 1:30 PM- 2:00 PM Eastern Time,
USA
Do you sometimes find it difficult
to keep track of everything on
your busy schedule? If so, then an
easy-to-use online calendar may
be just what you need! In this
webinar we will show you how to get
your life organized with Google
Calendar.
When It Rains, It Pours: Cloud
Storage 101
Time: 2:30 PM- 3:00 PM Eastern Time,
USA
Participants in this webinar will
learn the ins and outs of cloud
storage. Come learn how the
cloud can help you and your students
access and manage files efficiently
and easily.
Getting Started with Khan Academy
Time: 3:30 PM- 4:00 PM Eastern Time,
USA
Have you ever thought about flipping
your classroom so that you can
do more collaborative and hands-on
projects in class? This webinar
will explore a terrific online
resource that can help make this
happen easily.
Using QR Codes to Engage Students
Time: 4:30 AM- 5:00 PM Eastern Time,
USA
Simple, free QR generators allow you
to create codes that can link
to YouTube, text, SMS, email, URLs,
and more. Learn how this
technology can be used to engage
students in a variety of learning
activities and resources, such as
scavenger hunts, checking
answers, providing supplemental
materials or tutorials, promoting
school or class events, and more.
Say It with Pictures: Edit and
Enhance Photos for Skill-Based Learning
Time: 5:30 PM- 6:00 PM Eastern Time,
USA
A picture may be worth a thousand
words, but sometimes when a
picture is enhanced, it can convey
even more! In this webinar we
will cover several easy online photo
editing techniques that can be
used to enhance photos for skill
based learning.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Xavier University News: Education Author to Highlight MLK Week Celebration
December 2011
New Orleans LA - Educator, speaker and author Dr. Steve Perry will be the keynote speaker for the 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week for Peace, Jan. 16-21, 2012.
The Martin Luther King Week for Peace is presented by Xavier, Tulane, Loyola and Dillard Universities. This year’s theme is “When Push Comes to Shove: Where Will You Stand?”
Highlighting the week is Wednesday’s (Jan. 18) annual convocation during which Lifetime Achievement and Student Community Service awards will be presented. Students from all four universities will also be honored.
In addition to the convocation, other MLK week activities include an interfaith service, Expressions of Unity celebration, and a community day of service. All events are free and the public is invited to participate.
Perry is the education columnist for CNN and Essence magazine, and the author of the bestselling self-published book Man Up! In his latest book, Push Has Come to Shove, Perry spares no sacred cows in describing what steps need to be taken to ensure that all American schools, whether urban or suburban, deliver a first-rate education to our kids – the kind of schooling that will return the United States to the top of the global education rankings.
He is also the founder of the Connecticut Collegiate Awareness Program (ConnCAP) at Capital Community College, which over a six-year period sent 100% of its low-income first-generation graduates to four-year colleges. That led to the establishment of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut’s lowest performing district, in 2004. Since its inception that school, too, has sent 100% of its graduates to four-year colleges. Capital Prep has been recognized by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best High Schools.
Dr. Perry’s uncompromising, no-excuses approach to designing the ideal educational experience for children led to his being featured on CNN’s documentary “Black in America” and from there to an official role as a weekly education contributor to the network. His “Perry’s Principles” and other reportage, regularly seen on both Anderson Cooper 360 and American Morning, tackles the most contentious issues being debated in American education.
A nationally sought after speaker, he has also appeared on hundreds of radio and television broadcasts and at education and cultural forums around the country.
The complete calendar of MLK events follows:
Monday, Jan. 16
- Interfaith Service, 6:00 p.m.
Lawless Chapel, Dillard University
Wednesday, Jan. 18
- MLK Convocation: Reception 5:30 p.m.; Convocation 6:30 p.m.
Presentation of Awards, Keynote Speaker Dr. Steve Perry
University Center (Grand Ballroom), Xavier
Friday, Jan. 20
- Expressions of Unity, 7:00 p.m.
McAlister Auditorium, Tulane
- MLK Student Event, 9:30 p.m.
Danna Center (St. Charles Room), Loyola
Saturday, Jan. 21
- Community Day of Service, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Staging area, Loyola (Danna Center)
For more information call 520-5420 or 865-5181.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: LA Gov. Bobby Jindal Opposes Proposal To Cap TOPS Grants
January 9, 2012
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal said he'll oppose any efforts to limit grants in the state's free college tuition program called TOPS, a recommendation backed by a higher education study panel last week.
The Governance Commission suggested a restructuring of TOPS to give all students a flat grant amount, capped at the same level for everyone, rather than tied to the cost of tuition at an individual school.
“We remain opposed to any efforts to cap TOPS. We think it is an important program that has been very successful,” Jindal said Wednesday.
Under the idea supported by the Governance Commission, lawmakers could set TOPS awards at two levels, for example, one at community colleges and another for four-year schools, with additional stipends continuing for those higher performing students.
Panel members said that “decoupling”' would give the state more ability to control the costs of TOPS, formally the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, and could give some students money to cover costs beyond tuition, like books and student fees.
The commission said TOPS awards could be adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index or some other inflationary measure.
The proposal would need legislative approval, and similar bills have been rejected repeatedly by lawmakers and resisted by Jindal.
Jindal was much warmer to other ideas offered by the study panel, including a proposal that would give the Board of Regents more power over the four individual university system boards and the state dollars allocated to them.
"I actually saw their work on governance to be very consistent with what we've supported before,” Jindal said.
The commission, which included lawmakers, higher education officials and business leaders, made 21 suggestions in its report to lawmakers, most of which would need legislative approval to be enacted.
REMINDER: DILLARD UNIVERSITY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF FACULTY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012
4:00 P.M.
PSB 131-135
Dillard University QEP Workshop Post-Survey (Open Until Friday, January 13, 2012)
Greetings!
On behalf of the Office of Academic Affairs and the QEP Director, I want to thank you for taking the time to participate in the QEP Workshop.
We invite you to answer a very QEP Workshop Post-Survey (only 3 questions!) to offer feedback. The survey will remain open until Friday of this week.
POD 2012 Conference Information
Please join us in exploring the theme: Pencils & Pixels: 21st Century Practices in Higher Education
Proposals may be submitted online beginning THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 and will be due by 5 PM (Pacific Time) on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012.
The complete call for proposals and proposal review criteria are attached.
Online versions will be available on the POD website and wikiPODia soon.
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