Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Fourteen Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni in the Class of 2010 will re-enter the classroom this fall as educators with Teach for America, a national nonprofit that recruits recent college graduates to help erase what it describes as educational inequity found in many urban and rural low-income communities.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, recognized distinguished student and faculty achievement over the past year in a May 6 ceremony.

Job search expert and author Orville Pierson will talk about the best ways to network and search jobs during a presentation on Thursday, April 22, at 4:30 pm in LaRose Digital Theatre.

Pamela M. Kiser, Watts-Thompson Professor in the Department of Human Service Studies and interim dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s fourth Distinguished University Professor.

Alison Morrison-Shetlar, vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., has been named dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, and professor of biology at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Her appointment by Provost Steven House comes after a national search.

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, a national expert on teacher education research, comes to Â鶹ÊÓƵ on March 10 for an evening lecture that explores a current school focus on testing, and how educators can use their teaching in the service of social justice.