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THE RITCHIE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING and the THE GOODMAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION will soon welcome the North
Carolina Teacher of the Year – 2011-2012 Tyronna Hooker Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.
in Tom Smith
Auditorium, Ketner Hall
Mrs. Tyronna Hooker is the current North Carolina Teacher of the Year.
She has spent the last nine years
teaching social studies and exceptional children at Graham Middle School in
Graham, North Carolina. Upon
completing high school in Elizabethtown, NC she went on to earn a Bachelor of
Science degree in Criminal Justice from North Carolina Central University. After earning her teacher certification, she
furthered her education by graduating with a Master's degree in Education
with a specialization in Special Education from Elon University. Mrs. Hooker's original career goals did not involve teaching. She made a very conscious decision to enter
the wonderful, ever-changing field of education after years of employment in
the criminal justice system and employment with the Department of Social
Services. Her perspective on education
is different from other educators because in her experience most teachers
excelled in education as a children, but as a student, she struggled in the
classroom. She has transitioned into a leader at her school and serves on a
number of committees including the Positive Behavior Intervention Support and
Response to Intervention teams. Her
commitment to literacy is evidenced by her training in Literacy First, Wilson
Reading, and Corrective Reading. She
remains active in the profession through membership in the National Education
Association, North Carolina Association of Educators, and Alamance-Burlington
Association of Educators. (Bio, compliments of Ms. Hooker’s website) http://www.tyronnahooker.com
Teaser for what is to come next month... Dr. Cyndi Osterhus,Professor Linda Kesler, Dr. Aaron
Butler, and Ken Osterhus guided the ’08 and ’09 cohorts of West Scholars
through the many nuances of New York City.
The twenty-one Catawba West Scholars and four chaperones left North
Carolina on Saturday, January 7th and returned late in the evening
on Tuesday, January 10th.
Scholars had a planned agenda of activities and plenty of sight seeing
time. They went to a Broadway Play –
some saw The Lion King, others saw Phantom of the Opera. Five Scholars even used their “on your own”
time (and their own money) to attend a matinee of the Broadway Play,
Wicked. The group also trecked to the
Bronx and visited with David Ward, at the Bronx Collegiate Academy. Additional
student reflections and photographs will also appear in the March 2012
newsletter.
New York
Skyline photo compliments of Maggie McKee, ’09 Scholar, Mt. Airy, NC
Central Park
photo compliments of Taylor Doss, ’08 Scholar, Boonville, NC Saint John the Divine Cathedral
One of the
most exciting parts of New York City, for me, was when the a small group of
us visited The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. We went to listen to a Choral Evensong
concert. This service included
numerous pieces from the cathedral's chamber choir. I'm pointing out that it was a small chamber
choir of only about a dozen singers and these few singers were fantastic and
really filled up the massive cathedral. It was interesting to hear the contrast
between the traditional high church style cantoring and the more contemporary
hymns. The differences in harmonic
structure really stood out to me. The
responses and the singing of scripture passages had much more simple
harmonies and larger intervals whereas the more contemporary piece displayed
the dissonance and harmonic complexity indictative of 20th Century music. My favorite part of the service was when the
whole congregation sang the hymn. Because
of the small choir we were allowed to the sit in the choir stalls adjacent to
the choir and when it came time to sing the hymns it made it feel like I was
part of the choir. I would heavily
recommend visiting this cathedral for anyone who visits NYC, and if you can, make
arrangements to be there on a Sunday evening for the Choral Evensong you will
not regret it. This was easily one of
the best parts of my trip to NYC. Ice Skating at
Rockefeller Center
On my senior scholar trip to New York I went ice
skating at Rockefeller Center with Maggie, Sarah, and Suzy. This was the
first time I had ever been ice skating, and I had the time of my life. Suzy and Sarah were very good and helped us
to get comfortable on the ice. I also
learned an interesting fact about Suzy that I did not know. She took ice skating lessons when she was
younger. On the ice rink were people
of all ages and abilities. There were
people from all over the world. We
spoke with one from Columbia and another from Costa Rica. It was a great experience. Broadway Play Experience – The Lion King
When I was growing up, I often went to support my
sister in the community theater performances she participated in. Since being at Catawba, I have also had the
opportunity to see some amazing actors in our own school productions. In New York with the West Scholars, I had
the opportunity to see yet another play.
A play on Broadway! I chose to
see the Lion King because it has always been one of my favorite Disney movies
and I was curious to see how the Broadway actors would become the animated
cartoons that I've loved for many years.
In a packed theater, the Saturday we arrived in New York, the curtains
rose with the famous opening scene of the gathering of all the animals for
the presentation of baby Simba. This
scene was very powerful and made me cry.
Several other scenes left me with goosebumps. The actors wore head dresses with lion
faces on them, or they were practically human puppets (Zazoo, Timon). This was a very unique way of becoming the
character and I, surprisingly, hardly noticed the actual person, but rather
the puppet or the mask. The music in
the play included all the memorable songs from the movie, as well as some new
songs that helped tell the story a little better. The voices of the actors were amazing! I was also really impressed that the young
Simba and Nala were played by 9 year olds.
They were fabulous! The
giraffes were my favorite costume because they were played by men on four
stilts. It really looked like the size
and the legs of an actual giraffe. I
also thought the use of the floor as a prop for the setting was very
cool. For the pride rock, the floor
rose up and formed a spiral staircase, and it looked very similar to the rock
from the movie. The lighting also
played a big role in how each scene made me feel. I left the theater in awe. I had never experienced anything like that
before. I am so glad I was able to
experience the Lion King on Broadway, and I can't wait to go again to see something
new!
WHAT SCHOLARS ARE DOING!
24 Years of Lessons and Carols For the twenty-fourth consecutive year,
Catawba's Department of Music presented its annual Service of Lessons and
Carols in the Omwake-Dearborn Chapel.
Each year, since 2007, there have been West Scholars involved with the
wonderful event performances. This
year is no exception. Teacher
Education Department Chair, Dr. Rhonda Truitt was a reader in the Lessons and Carols
program and a number of West Scholars performed, including: ‘ 10 Scholar, Allison Andrews, ’09
Scholar, Amelia Baity, ’09 Scholar, Aubrey Barton, ’11 Scholar, Taylor Lee,
‘08 Scholar, Brent Messenger, ’11 Scholar, Chris Money, ’11 Scholar, Michelle
Newberger, ’11 Scholar, Nick Rodriguez, and ’11 Scholar, Zack Veitenheimer.
Also among the guests, we found pictured Dr. Shirley Peeler Ritchie, our Academy namesake.
(above, Barton
and Andrews) (above,Newberger) (above, Messenger)
(above, Lee) (above, Veitenheimer) (above, Money)
(above, Baity) (above, Rodriguez)
Dr. Shirley Ritchie
Dr.
Rhonda Truitt
Volunteer Catawba At Work Again Volunteer Catawba recruited
students to assist with an employee Christmas party at the Lutheran Home at
Trinity Oaks on Friday, December 2, 2011.
The activity involved working with the children of Lutheran Home employees
working on craft activities. ‘ 09 West Scholar Aubrey Barton, Salisbury, NC is
one of the Student Coordinators for Volunteer Catawba. The other West Scholars volunteering that
night were Jamie
Gynn ‘ 11 Scholar, China Grove, NC, 11’ Scholar, Kelly Schumacher, Easton, Maryland, Justin Morris, ’11 Scholar, Rockwell, NC and Matt Laurens, ’11 Scholar, Salisbury, NC. Volunteer Catawba is an outreach program
sponsored through the Lilly Center for Vocation and Values.
BARTON
MORRIS LAURENS SCHUMACHER
In volunteering at the Trinity Oaks Lutheran Home Staff
Christmas Party, Justin, Kelly, and I got to help children do some arts and crafts. They came to a table and we helped them make
felt snowmen and snowflakes. They
could put stickers on either of their hand made items, and decorate them to their
liking. Children made little penguins,
snowmen, letters, and scarves along with other items to put on the snowmen. We met some very funny children and even got
to make some snowmen for ourselves!
Vernaculars Fall Term Performance ’09 West
Scholar, Aubrey Barton, Salisbury, NC, and ’10 Scholar, Allison Andrews, Sherrills
Ford, NC, are singers with the Praise
Vernaculars, who
performed on Saturday, December 3rd. Aubrey
and Allison
can be seen under the spotlight in the performance photo below.
West Scholar’s Fall Internship Experience
Throughout the
Fall semester, I worked as an intern with Catawba College’s Center for the
Environment, on sustainability at Catawba.
Each of the three projects I worked on were designed to improve
Catawba’s “going green” efforts with the students, staff, and community. My first project was with Duke Energy,
working on improving Catawba College’s electrical grid. With new sub meters being added to
buildings across campus, there is now new information available on how the
campus uses energy and how we, as a student body, and staff, can work toward
monitoring our electrical use. Now, www.catawba.edu has the electric grid information visible
on it, so all the students, faculty and staff can see how much energy is
being used at that very moment. The
second project was building the base for a green office program for the
Catawba College faculty and staff.
The Green Office Program will allow all staff to learn more
environmentally friendly ideas centered in and out of the classroom. Professors and staff lead by example all
over Catawba making them a one of a kind collection. With the green office program in place at
Catawba College, the campus could become one of the most environmental
friendly campus’ around. Lastly, I am
still involved in Catawba’s research efforts toward the possibility of
placing an electric car charging station on our campus! Not only would this be Catawba College’s
first electric car station, it would be the first one in Rowan County, NC. With an electric car station, the college
could further itself in the reduction of our carbon footprint and lead the
way for plug-in vehicles. My duties
working on these projects ranged anywhere from research to field work with
Thurso Power in testing possible charging station sites. Even though the Fall semester has come to a
close and my internship has ended, I am blessed to have worked at the Center
and will never forget my work and the good times I had. I hope to continue with my work in the
field of sustainability and help make Catawba College the most
environmentally friendly college around!
Environmental Science Alumnus offers Advice Catawba College
alumnus Ben Prater '02 returned to campus in late November to help mark the 15th
anniversary of the Center for the Environment and the 10th anniversary of the building that houses it, and to share
some real-world advice about landing a job with current students.
While I had initially intended to see Ben Prater speak on
this day, I was unable to because I was helping a fellow West Scholar, Taylor
Doss, in giving tours of Catawba College to the 5th grade classes of North
Rowan Elementary School. Instead, I
read the website article based on his speech.
I feel that the advice he gives reflects highly on future teachers.
From cautionary tales about what not to post on Facebook, or on the internet
in general, to quick tips on making your interview stand out by sending a
"Thank You" card to your interviewer, I feel that I can take all of
what he said and utilize it. I also
felt that he viewed his undergraduate experience here at Catawba College the
same way that I do. He talked about
using this time for trial and error and experiencing new things through
travel and internships, both of which I have done. My favorite piece of advice from the
article, based on his speech, was the quote that said, "Over-achieve, but do it to your benefit" where he
highlighted the significane of personal development. The most important lesson for me to learn
in college has been that college isn't necessarily about how high the
numerals following the decimal in my GPA are.
I am here to make memories, take risks, grow as a leader, a friend, a
mentor, and a future teacher. My
simplified role and time for being "a student" is over with. College is a time meant to prepare a person
in areas that one's classes may not provide.
It is the life experience along with those classes that matters to me.
To read the full website article, click
this link: http://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2011/11/30/prater2011.aspx
'Sustainable Catawba' to
Coordinate, Strengthen Environmental Efforts By Dr. John Wear Students – and prospective
students – are placing more importance on colleges' sustainability record
than ever before. Environment & Energy, a publishing firm, recently noted
that "colleges are ... beginning to see that environmental initiatives
have impacts on how their peers, along with their current and past students,
perceive them. A school's reputation may hinge as much on its green
credibility as it does on conference titles and championships." Read
more: http://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2011/12/12/sustainablecatawba.aspx Pictured is Catawba Senior, Sarah
Moore, ’08 West Scholar,
Mocksville, NC (in the foreground)
West Scholar is a Featured Player in Hometown Parade
On Saturday, December 3rd I was in the
Fort Mill, South Carolina Christmas parade, and in better spirits than ever
before. I had a smile on my face the
whole time….because for my local community service I was the Fort Mill
Strawberry in the parade.
Fort Mill is very proud of its produce business, but I had no idea
people wanted to see the Strawberry just as much as they did Santa! Even though no one knew who I was, other
than my immediate family, this will count towards my fifteen minutes of fame. My father
brought my name up before the parade committee as a possible strawberry
candidate. He announced the parade on
public television with Mrs. Patty Mercer.
My father has always shown me that taking pride in my community and
helping others will make the city a better place to live. You can also have fun while you do it. As a future teacher, community service is
very important because teachers should set an example for their students both
in and out of the classroom. The
parade was a great opportunity for service and for fun. Editor’s
note: Dan Couchenour has been famous
for his smile, and friendly attitude since the first scholarship
interview! Nothing has changed.
Delphinian Society Gathers Before Winter Break The Delphinian Society is a campus organization
designed to enrich the lives of the women at Catawba College through creating
friendships and fellowships, service to the college community, and the
extension of aid to fellow students.
The Society’s intention is to provide opportunities for Catawba women
to enhance their academic and social skills, enabling them to grow and lead
meaningful and beneficial lives.
Membership is by invitation. As
you can see, The Academy for Teaching’s West Scholars and Teacher Education are heavily
represented in the Delphi membership.
West
Scholar members are: Aubrey Barton,
Casey Baucom,
Whitney
Corriher, Jordan Farmer, Taylor Hardy, Michelle
Newberger, and Kelly Schumacher. Additional Teacher Education majors are, Lauren Bost,
Delphi Secretary and, Hannah Fisher, and Danielle Garzon.
CATAWBA ATHLETICS NEWS
Soccer
Catawba Men’s Soccer Invited to ACC Hall of
Champions
On March 31st and April 1st, GUSA will host the
first annual ACC Hall of Champions Showcase.
The tournament offers an opportunity to watch ACC soccer and play against solid competition all at the same
venue. Greensboro United has
commitments from six ACC schools and seven other area colleges. The colleges that will be attending are: 1.
UNC 2.
Duke 3.
NC State 4.
Virginia 5.
Clemson 6.
Virginia Tech 7.
Elon 8.
UNC-Greensboro 9.
Greensboro College 10.
High Point
University 11.
Guilford College 12.
Catawba 13.
Lees McRae This tournament features youth games and top-level
collegiate games, to provide players a chance to watch the college games and
give college coaches a recruiting opportunity. All the games will be at Bryan Park Soccer
Complex in Greensboro, NC. We will
definitely be watching
Swimming
Featuring ’10 West Scholars,
Caroline Bostian, Pfafftown, NC and David Garcia, King, NC (12/20/11)
catawba athletics website Swimming Caps Off Successful Meet
with More School Records Broken
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- The Shark Invitational at Nova
Southeastern University came to a close yesterday with Tampa University
taking both men’s and women’s championships. Catawba College placed fifth on
the women’s side with 424 points while the men finished in fourth place with
609.5 points. Andrew McCollister (Rockwell, NC/Salisbury HS) completed a rewarding meet
with a school record and NCAA ‘B’ time in the 1650 free at 16:13.77, placing
sixth. He also finished eighth in the 200 breast at 2:11.49 as his point
total for the meet was third best overall on the men’s side. Magnus Lundgren’s
(Alvsjo, SWEDEN/Varmdo HS) time of 46.79 in the 100 free was a school record
and NCAA ‘B’ cut as he placed seventh. Katia Kruglov
(Karmiel, ISRAEL) finished off her record-breaking performance at the
four-day meet with another school record in the 200 back at 2:04.33, good
enough for second place and an NCAA ‘B’ cut. She also snagged the school
record for the 100 free at 53.39 as she led off the 400 free relay with
teammates Lindsay Yarborough (Lexington, NC/C. Davidson HS), Leah Constan-Tatos (Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA/St. Andrews) and Caroline
Bostian (Pfafftown,
NC/Reagan HS). The team finished eighth in a time of 3:42.72. Janin Kassner
(Giesen, GERMANY/Andreanum HS) placed ninth in the 200 breast with a time of
2:31.11. (12/19/11)
Catawba athletics website Kruglov and Zatterstrom Highlight
Third Day of Swimming Competition
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Indian swimmers kept up the trend
of snapping school records and producing NCAA ‘B’ cuts Sunday at the Shark
Invitational swim meet. Katia Kruglov
(Karmiel, ISRAEL) set a school record in breaking a 10-year-old archive in
the 500 free with a time of 5:07.06, an NCAA B cut. In the finals of the 100
back Kruglov re-broke her record and won the event with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time
of 58.21. For good measure, she then anchored the 800 free relay team with Lindsay Yarborough (Lexington, NC/C. Davidson HS), Leah Constan-Tatos (Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA/St. Andrews) and Caroline
Bostian (Pfafftown,
NC/Reagan HS) to an eighth place finish in 8:04.19. Bostian won the
consolation heat of the 100 back with a personal best time of 1:00.64. (12/18/11) Catawba athletics Website Records Continue to Fall for
Swimming in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Catawba swim teams had a strong
second day of competition at the Nova Southeastern Shark Invitational as six
more school records were beaten. Caroline Bostian (Pfafftown, NC/Reagan HS) placed eighth at 1:41.76, a school record. (12/5/11)
Catawba athletics website Catawba Swim Teams Sweep Pfeiffer as
McCollister Breaks Record
SALISBURY,
NC -- The Catawba swim teams picked up wins against rival Pfeiffer Saturday
at Johnson Pool. The women won all but one event in taking a 161-101 victory
while the men took home 12 of 14 events in their 157-105 triumph. Caroline
Bostian (Pfafftown, NC/Reagan
HS) took top prize in the 200 free (2:03.63) and 200 backstroke (2:14.69).
Lacrosse #1, Williams #27, Couchenour
Featuring ’11 Scholar, Jon Williams,Hillsborough, NC and ’10 Scholar,
Dan Couchenour, Ft. Mill, SC Lacrosse Looks Forward to Another Season Last
Spring, the lacrosse team set a school record with 12 wins and earned its
first-ever national ranking. The team
was ranked as high as 10th at the end of the year. Catawba also claimed the Deep South Tournament
Championship. We are hoping
for big things this season.
Basketball
(12/30/11)
Catawba athletics website Halftime Deficit Too Big to Overcome in Men's
Basketball Loss at Limestone
GAFFNEY, SC -- The Catawba men's basketball team found
itself down by 19 early in the second half then battled back to within a
point before eventually falling 78-66 to host Limestone on Friday night at
the Timkin Center. The Saints improve 7-6, sweeping the season series
from the Catawba Indians, who fall to 3-7.
Softball #6 Terry #7
Baucom #8 Hyder
Featuring ’09 Scholars, Amanda Terry, Cordova, NC and Casey Baucom,
Marshville, NC and ’11 Scholar, Sydney Hyder, Asheboro, NC (1/5/12)
catawba athletics website Softball
Announces MLK Day Clinic
The Catawba College Softball team will hold a
softball/baseball training clinic on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January
16. The clinic will be held at Extreme
Performance in Salisbury and will run from 9am until 4pm. The cost of the clinic is $75. Extreme
Performance is located at 1504 Kentucky Street.
Baseball #15 Beard #25 Laurens #2 Morris
Featuring ‘10 Scholar, Cameron Beard, Conover, NC, and ’11 Scholars,
Matt Laurens, Salisbury, NC and Justin Morris, Rockwell, NC (1/3/12)
Catawba athletics website Baseball
Announces Opening Tournament Schedule
Catawba College will host an opening season tournament at
Newman Park the first weekend in February. There will be a single game on Friday the
3rd followed by three games on Saturday. Play will conclude with a pair of games on
Sunday. Catawba will be in action each
day. Friday,
Feb. 3 4:00 – Catawba vs. Belmont Abbey Saturday,
Feb. 4 12:00 – Pfeiffer vs. Belmont Abbey 3:00 – Belmont Abbey vs. Mars Hill 6:00 – Mars Hill vs. Catawba Sunday,
Feb. 5 1:00 – Pfeiffer vs. Mars Hill 4:00 – Catawba vs. Pfeiffer
TEACHER EDUCATION NEWS “To
prepare reflective teachers who possess the professional knowledge, skills,
and dispositions necessary for effectively teaching students in a diverse
society.”
Cooperating Teacher Seminar Held on January
11, 2012 At the start of each new semester, Teacher Education hosts
and facilitates a seminar for Catawba student teachers for the upcoming
semester. This event includes the Catawba
student teacher and his or her cooperating host teacher from area school
systems. When possible, school
administrators also attend the event.
It is the beginning of the student teacher process for Catawba Teacher
Education seniors. The seminar provides
an opportunity for a first meeting between the student teacher and
cooperating teacher as well as information gathering prior to the opening of
public schools in the area. The invitees
were divided into two groups and met in the Hurley and Whitener Rooms of the
Cannon Student Center.
Poetry Readings by Creative Writing
Class Students
in the fall term Creative Writing: Poetry course held a reading of their own in
the mezzanine of the Corriher-Linn-Black Library at 7:00 pm on Sunday,
December 4. The reading was part of their final exam for the term. Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence, and
Professor of English facilitated the evening event. The following Teacher Education students were part of
the class reading their own poetry: Danielle Garzon, Jesse Siak, Chelsea Starr.
Teacher
Education Recruiting On Monday, December 5th, the Catawba School of
Education hosted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system recruiter for a meeting with the current Teacher
Education seniors.
Searching
for Employment? Collegecentral.com/catawba Use your college ID number and the password Indians
to register. Career Services wants to
get all current students and Catawba alumni registered for this free job
posting - career resource network service.
NOTE: Catawba alumni should create an ID number
(no more than 12 characters) and use the password Indians to register. Robin M Perry, Director Career Services Catawba College (704) 637-4384
Workshop
for Beginning Teachers Dr. Bonita
Bloodworth, Associate Director of the Academy for Teaching was on hand as
local teacher, Susan Heaggans facilitated
a Classroom Management workshop with beginning teachers in Ketner Hall on Friday,
December 16th .
TEACHER EDUCATION ALUMNI NEWS
Two Assistant Principal Positions Approved By County
Board of Education By Deneesha Edwards The Lexington Dispatch - Published: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Two new and temporary administrative positions were filled
Tuesday evening by the Davidson County Board of Education. At the monthly meeting, the board
unanimously approved Lydia E. Mack, as the assistant principal of
both Midway and Friedberg elementary schools, and retiree Max T. Cole as the
temporary assistant principal of Central Davidson Middle School. Mack replaces Dan Shamblen, who is now the
principal of Midway Elementary School. Her contract is for the remainder of
the school year. She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education
from Appalachian State University in 2004 and a Masters in elementary education from
Catawba College in 2008. In 2010 she earned an add on licensure in
school administration from Gardner-Webb University. She joined the system as a teacher at
Davis-Townsend Elementary School in 2004. She served as a teacher for four
years before serving as the reading specialist at Southwood Elementary School
from 2008 to 2010. This past year she was the lead teacher at Fair Grove Elementary
School. Cole is filling the position
that was left vacant by Deborah Y. Hill, who was approved last month as the
new principal of Tyro Middle School. After retiring from the system in 2003
as the principal of Ledford Senior High School, Cole has worked with the
system in different capacities at the central office, as a teacher and
assistant principal. He is in his 38th year of education. School officials
reported the position is temporary until they fill it full-time.
Professor to spend semester at
Harvard
Thursday, December 29, 2011, Salisbury
Post
Dr. Dolan
Hubbard, an honors graduate of East Rowan High School and a member
of the Catawba College Board of Trustees, will spend the 2012 spring semester
at Harvard University where he will be a Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow
at the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research.
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the director of the Du Bois Institute. Hubbard will
work on a book-length project titled “W.E.B. Du Bois and the Luminous
Darkness.” He puts Du Bois’ landmark work, “The Souls of Black Folk” (1903),
in conversation with The Declaration of Independence (1776), by Thomas
Jefferson; “Heart of Darkness” (1899), by Joseph Conrad; “The Liberal
Imagination” (1950), by Lionel Trilling; “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959), by
Lorraine Hansberry; “Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary
Imagination” (1992), by Toni Morrison; and “A Testament of Hope: The Essential
Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.” (1986). They set up a call and response
between oppression and freedom. He will
participate in the spring colloquium series where he will give a lecture
titled “Reflecting Black, Du Bois, Hansberry, and A Knock at Midnight” on
Feb. 22. Du Bois was the
first African-American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. He held teaching
positions at Wilberforce University and Atlanta University. The father of the
modern civil rights movement, he was one of the founders of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where he served as
editor of its organ, the Crisis. Hubbard is
professor and chairperson of the department of English and language arts at
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md. He was educated at Catawba College (’71),
the University of Denver and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He has received fellowships from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His research
interests include 19th- and 20th-century African-American literature,
Diaspora studies and Digital Humanities. He is an executive director of the
forthcoming documentary, “Black Scholars in America: The Story of the College
Language Association.” He is author or
editor of numerous works, including “The Sermon and the African-American
Literary Imagination.” He is a member of the editorial board of The Collected
Works of Langston Hughes and has served as editor of the Langston Hughes
Review. A Granite Quarry
native, Hubbard is the son of the late Olin and Elizabeth K. Hubbard. He is
married to the former Ruth Hampton of Kannapolis. They have two children,
Aisha and Desmond. They are members of Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church in
Baltimore.
Theresa Pierce is Award Recipient
Theresa Pierce, a graduate of Catawba’s Masters of Education program,
has been selected for an opportunity to travel to Denmark in June 2012 with
expenses underwritten by the Robertson Foundation as a representative for
Rowan County, with the Center for International Understanding based out of
Raleigh. This is a special Global
Teacher Award that has been designated for Rowan County. Mrs. Pierce was the 2011 Teacher of the
Year for the Salisbury-Rowan Schools.
She has a love of history and world cultures. This opportunity will provide a multitude
of opportunities for Mrs. Pierce to gather and return with incredible
insights as well as share our unique NC attributes with people she meets
during her travel.
Theresa
Pierce was the Salisbury-Rowan School System 2009 North Carolina Gilder
Lehrman Preserve American History Teacher of the Year winner. Pierce completed her graduate degree at
Catawba College and has worked for the Rowan-Salisbury Schools since 1997. At Horizons Unlimited, she was the History
Specialist, a position she began in March of 2008. Interviewed for a Salisbury Post article in June
2011, Pierce said, “I was teaching lots and lots of children, but I missed
the relationship piece,” she said. “So I decided to reapply for the classroom
and ended up being a curriculum coach, which is the best of both worlds
because I get to teach the teachers and teach the students. Pierce, 53, said forming bonds is so
important to her that she found her role as the history specialist at
Horizons Unlimited to be less fulfilling.
Other positions Pierce has held within the
school district include, the literacy/curriculum coach at Shive, Overton, and
Woodleaf elementary schools and teaching for nine years at Morgan and Granite
Quarry elementary schools. Pierce
achieved the honor of becoming a National Board Certified Teacher in 2005.
Our recruiting
season is at the half-way mark! Please
spread the word about Catawba College and the Teacher Education Department,
Academy for Teaching and the wonderful West Scholars Program!
A link to learn more about
the Academy for Teaching’s history http://www.catawba.edu/academic/teachereducation/academy/overview.asp A link to learn more about
the West Teaching Scholars program http://www.catawba.edu/academic/teachereducation/academy/scholars.asp A link to the West Teaching Scholars application http://www.catawba.edu/requests/app_teachscholar.asp A link to the Department of Teacher Education http://www.catawba.edu/img/dept/teach.jpg
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- ’08
and ’08 Cohort Excursion - NYC January 7 – 10, 2012 - Cooperating
– Student Teaching Seminars January 11, 2012 - Holiday January 16, 2012 - Admissions
Open House February 11, 2012 - NC
Teacher of the Year February 23, 2012 - ’10
West Scholars Meeting February 28, 2012 |
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Our Scholar profile this month will be all West Scholars
who are beginning their student teaching during the spring semester. |
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West Scholar Student Teachers
Taylor
Doss, Boonville, NC Student Teaching Kindergarten North Rowan Elementary School
Bridgett
Henderson, Statesville, NC Student Teaching, Algebra/Geometry West Rowan High School
Brent
Messenger, Kannapolis, NC Student Teaching, Band Central Cabarrus High School
Matt
Tamer, Winston-Salem, NC Student Teaching, US History South Rowan High School "A master can tell you what he expects of
you. A teacher, though, awakens your
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Additional Spring Student Teachers from the Department of Teacher Education Rachel
Barbee, Salisbury, NC Student Teaching, Math West Rowan Middle School Heather
Dalton, Harmony, NC Student Teaching, World History West Rowan High School Marissa
DiMarco, Voorhees, NJ Student Teaching, Physical Education Landis & Millbridge Elementary Paul
Friend, East Greenwich, RI Student Teaching, Civics/Economics West Rowan High School Carolyn
Hayes, Lexington, NC Student Teaching, Pre-K SRCC Headstart Jennifer
Hinson, China Grove, NC Student Teaching, Kindergarten Enochville Elementary School Melanie
Hudson, Greensboro, NC Student Teaching, Band Mooresville High School Kortney
Kavanagh, Shoreham, NY Student Teaching, Biology/Environmental
Science J. C. Carson High School Lyle
Naber, Melbourne, FL Student Teaching, World History Salisbury High School Fawn
Queen, Lexington, NC Student Teaching, Pre-K Tiny Tots Daycare Margaret
Steele, Mocksville, NC Student Teaching, Pre-K Central Davie Developmental
Preschool Andrea
Packer, Thomasville, NC Student Teaching, Kindergarten Pilot Elementary School
New York City 2012 Photos courtesy of West Scholars
’09 Scholars, Lizzle
Davis, Maggie McKee and Suzy Williams
On Broadway!
Times Square, anyone?
Maggie McKee and first time ice skater, Taylor Doss
on the Ice at Rockefeller Center.
New York City!
Maggie
McKee, Lizzle Davis, Taylor Doss
Maggie’s Nails!
Winter
Break Notes from a few West Scholars
My family spent
Christmas visiting family in Michigan and Pennsylvania before coming home to
North Carolina for New Years. While
traveling, we had to find WiFi wherever we went so I could work on my online
winter term class, which was World Music.
I'm looking forward to this semester since I got into the Honors
"Re-Reading Harry Potter" class, and I have been spending my spare
time reading ALL of the Harry Potter books again and watching the
movies. I can't wait to get back on
campus!
Over Christmas break, I did a great deal of relaxing and
traveling. I traveled to the mountains and explored the Blue Ridge mountains.
I found that my favorite mountain was Mount Jefferson. When I took a short
hike to the peak, I could see Virginia and Tennessee. To me, it was mind
blowing to be able to see three places at once. It was also very beautiful
and COLD! Also over Christmas break, I took the online class World Music with
Dr. Fish. I found that class to be very interesting and fun. I love music and
found myself bobbing my head to the different styles of music from countries
like Japan, Iran, China, and Africa. Overall, I feel refreshed coming back
from break and am ready to start a new semester! :)
Three
years ago, my family began a tradition of traveling to Urban Ministries in
Charlotte on Christmas Eve, to help provide a much needed meal to needy and
less fortunate people. Our job is to
make sure they never go thirsty during their holiday meal. Another group from a soup kitchen prepares
a meal of turkey sandwiches, soup, apples, salad, bread, and Christmas tree
cookies for dessert. One of my
brothers, my uncle, my aunt, and their two daughters prepared large caldrons
of sweet tea so the people would have something to wash their meal down, while
my brother and I passed out Solo cups filled with the delicious tea. About halfway through, a man suggested that
a few of us grab a wash cloth and clean the tables as people finish their
meal. He did not want them to have to
eat in others’ messes on this special occasion. He also believed we would be able to mingle
and meet interesting people; he was right.
One man I spoke with was angry.
He was angry that so many of the people in the room come back year
after year and simply expect to be fed when instead they should attempt to
help themselves by getting jobs. He
was very passionate about this subject and was practically yelling as he told
his story. In my opinion, the man was
right. I had seen both sides in the
past three years. Every year I’ve seen
a few of the same people who come in as if they own the place and expect to
be fed. They don’t say thank you, they
give you a “what are you looking at” look if you speak to them, they seem
unappreciative. On the other hand,
I’ve seen the complete opposite. This year, there was a father and his little
boy who was probably around seven years old.
The boy was playing with a green plastic toy car with purple
stripes. It was about the size of a
shoe. He seemed so happy as he rolled
the car across the table and the father sat quietly staring at his son with a
faint smile. I began to wonder if this
was the boy’s only present he would be getting for Christmas. This isn’t very “manly” of me to say, but
it broke my heart, and I realized what the angry man from before was talking
about. This is the type of person who needs to be at Urban Ministries. You could sense that the father was ashamed
to have to come there, but it was all he could do to make that day special
for his son. I’ll never look at a
person on the street the same again after my experiences at Urban Ministries
and I think everyone should have that experience. You’ll meet people that you never forget.
Every year for Christmas, my family spends the entire day at our
house opening presents, eating food, and laying around watching movies. However, this year, my dad surprised us all
by announcing that this year, we were going to spend Christmas in London,
England! All at once, our priorities
changed, and instead of focusing on Christmas decorations we were making sure
we had enough luggage and the proper warm clothes to take with us! The plane ride there was about six hours and
we arrived in England on Christmas Eve morning. The sky was a constant gray and the weather
was chilly. The city of London was
very busy and it seemed as though everyone was dressed in dark colors wearing
either a black or a brown coat! My
family ate at a fantastic pub where we all ordered the classic fish and
chips. The food was delicious! Throughout the next couple of days, we did
all of the touristy things such as Big Ben, The London Eye, Westminster
Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch, and the Tower of London. We shopped in Harrods and walked around Hyde
Park. My favorite thing that we did
was go to a soccer game. We saw
Chelsea play Fulham at the Chelsea stadium. It was an experience like no other. We were
standing up the whole game and soon were joining in with the singing and chanting.
The plane ride home was about nine
hours because of the resistance of the tail wind, and I think we were ready
to be home. London was quite an
experience and I will definitely never forget it! It was a great way to spend Christmas with
the ones I love.
Reflection
on Fall 2011 From West Scholar Senior
During
the Fall Semester, I was very busy outside of class working a part time job
at a local restaurant and running my own private tutoring service. I have always enjoyed challenging myself,
and this was definitely a challenge.
It was sometimes difficult to balance class work with my job and with
tutoring. I was tutoring around 12
hours per week. Tutoring has been such
a rewarding experience for me. To me,
it’s a fun way to work with students of all ages. It is rewarding to watch students grow and
the experience serves as a preview of what it is like to reap the rewards of
being a teacher. I was also busy last
semester teaching a Sunday School class, helping to direct a Christmas play,
and leading many youth activities at Monticello Baptist Church in
Statesville, NC. All of these
activities help me to gain valuable experience working with students and help
to prepare me for the field of teaching.
Even with all of these things going on, I remained very busy with my
class work at Catawba as well. Last
semester, I was able to complete my Capstone Project. During our Mathematics Capstone Experience
at Catawba, one of our main assignments is to pick a topic of research and to
spend the semester researching and developing our selected area of
interest. My topic was The Mathematics of Roller Coasters. I
was able to parameterize a roller coaster, find polynomials to represent each
curve of the coaster, develop a thrill factor, find angles of steepest
decent, find the speed of the coaster at any given point, and much more by
the time I completed the project. This
was a very interesting project that required a lot of work, and I am very
thankful for all the help that I received from the professors in the
Mathematics and Education departments.
They, as always, were very helpful at every step of my research. We were also asked to present this project
to students and faculty at the end of the semester. This was an opportunity for me to
essentially teach and share about my findings. Though I was very nervous
about giving this presentation, I believe that my time spent tutoring and
opportunities in various education classes to speak in front of crowds
definitely helped me to overcome my fears about presenting. I am very excited about student teaching at
West Rowan High School during spring semester. I believe that this will be another meaningful
experience to help me grow as a future teacher. I plan to embrace the experience and
attempt to learn as much as I can to prepare me for my future career. As my
time at Catawba comes to an end, I am becoming keenly aware of my
gratefulness for all the faculty and staff at Catawba who have helped me
learn and grow so much during my time as a student. It would not be financially possible for me
to attend Catawba without the West Scholars program and scholarship. The scholarship has help me financially,
and the program has helped to enrich my college experience by providing me
with many exciting experiences, adding to my growth and development as a
college student.
West Scholar Athletes At A Glance
’10
Scholar, Kyle Griewisch, Banner Elk, NC – Men’s Soccer
’10
Scholar, Anna Toole, Raleigh, NC – Women’s Soccer
’10
Scholar, Jana Burkhardt, Willoughby, Ohio – Women’s Golf
’08 Scholar,
Samantha Lackey, Seville, Ohio – Women’s Golf
’09
Scholar, Maggie McKee, Mt. Airy, NC – Women’s Tennis
’09
Scholar, Denise Grissom, Stokesdale, NC – Volleyball
’09
Scholar, Amanda Terry, Cordova, NC - Softball
’08
Scholar, Taylor Doss, Boonville, NC - Volleyball
’08
Scholar, Matt Tamer, Winston-Salem, NC – Men’s Basketball
’09
Scholar, Maggie McKee, Mt. Airy, NC - Cheerleading
’09
Scholar, Lizzle Davis, East Bend, NC - Cheerleading
Maggie,
Lizzle, and ’09
Scholar, Whitney Corriher, Salisbury, NC – Cheerleading
’10
Scholar, Anne Mabry, China Grove, NC – Cross Country
’11
Scholar, Courtney Tunstall, Mt. Airy, NC – Swimming
’10
Scholar, Caroline Bostian, Pfafftown, NC - Swimming
’11
Scholar, Grover “G” Moore, Burlington, NC – Football sidelines – white shirt, kaki pants.
Fun Random Scholar Photo! ’11
Scholar, Taylor Hardy from Jacksonville, NC is a work-study student for the Office of Public
Relations. Taylor is pictured here
with PR Officer, Tonia Black-Gold and staff member Nancy Mott.
West Scholar Alumni News
’07
Scholar Sends Year-end Update
by
Tyler Howe,
’07 Scholar “I am starting my Masters in Business Management in
January while working on a new career path; that of Pharmaceutical Sales and
as a future business owner. My days have been spent in contact with a few
business owners working out my resume to keep it more up-to-date. I decided to leave the teaching field to
move in with my grandmother in Rock Hill, SC to really help her out during
some rough times for her. After the
amount of work I put into my job, I realized that some things in life aren't
meant to be missed, even if it cuts off what is going on in your life at that
time. But I am very active in the
world of education. My brother (Andrew
- class of '07) and I are working on an online music studio that provides
"real" private lessons to students of low income homes, as well as
middle to upper class homes at a fraction of the cost per month with
"real" professional instructors.
It really hurts to watch wonderful students miss out on opportunities
because life at home isn't what they imagined, for whatever the
reason(s). So we have filed to create
this website in hopes that we can expand the Performing Arts with a great
service to individuals and to schools.
Eventually, it will be a resource to all areas of study, not just the
Performing Arts. I miss teaching. I miss what my students accomplished during
our time together. If presented the
right opportunity, I will be back in the classroom one day. My passion is teaching music, and I would
like to think that during my time at Catawba College, I learned how to be
very successful in the classroom. Thank you for all that was taught to me, as
it has really helped me thus far. God
Bless all of You, Tyler Howe”
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