FACULTY FOCUS

Jim Hiebert, the Robert J. Barkley Professor of Education, answers questions about some of his recent research on classroom teaching and learning in mathematics, including a study that used video to compare teaching methods in countries with high mathematics achievement.

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ALUMNI ACCOLADES

Rudolph Karkosak, '91EdD, was one of four alumni of the College of Education ad Public Policy honored with the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award at a dinner held Friday, June 5, as part of the University of Delaware's first-ever Forum and Reunion Weekend.

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

When Samanta Lopez, central complex coordinator for University of Delaware Residence Life and graduate student in the School of Education, was in seventh grade, a teacher and mentor told her, "You are going to make a difference" and that has been her goal ever since.

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CLASS NOTES

Editor’s Note: We want to hear what you’re up to! Please send news about your life and career since you graduated from the School of Education to bchajes@udel.edu.

Education alums team up to teach full-inclusion kindergarten

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Dana Luff, '06 and Jacy Poultney, '08 were featured in an article in the Wilmington News Journal as they team-taught the first full-inclusion kindergarten class with severely disabled students at the new Townsend Early Childhood Center in Delaware’s Appoquinimink School District.

Anthony J. Montcalmo ’66, of Baltimore, a former graduate school faculty member in Towson University’s Human Resource Development Program, has been named president of the Asian Arts and Culture Center Advisory Board at Towson.

Edward Heyden ’74M, of Hallandale, Fla., an associate professor at Carlos Albizu University in Miami, has been named president-elect of the Florida Association of Counselors, Educators and Supervisors for 2009-10.

Vincent Mumford ’98EdD, of Mount Pleasant, Mich., a professor at Central Michigan University, where he established the Center for Global Sport Leadership, received the 2008 Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award.

MARRIAGES:

Susan Eith '99 to Christopher Mielechowsky, August 2, 2008

BIRTHS:

Arina Katelyn, born September 7, 2005, adopted from Moscow, by Bonnie Ellingsworth Varrato ‘91 and Tony Varrato ’88 (AS), of Georgetown, Del.

Brandon Tyler, born July 5, 2008, to Karen Jacobs Newman ‘98 and Stewart Newman, of Oakhurst, N.J.

Braden Thomas, born September 29, 2008, to Allison Herrick Pullen ‘98 and Nicholas Pullen ’96 (AS), of Doylestown, Pa.

Landon Riley, born December 21, 2007, to Allison Warrington Rothschild ‘98 and Adam Rothschild, of Richmond, Va.

IN MEMORIAM:

Thelma Calhoun Mayhew ‘32, of Milford, Del., November 10, 2008

Annette Sonaio King ‘41, of Northfield, N.J., December 2, 2008

Mary Costello ‘56M, of Pillow, Pa., December 7, 2008

Joseph McVey ‘48, ‘52M, of Medford, Ore., October 27, 2008

Harold Schulz ‘49M, of Milwaukee, Wisc., October 27, 2008

Lucy Finn McNeal ‘51, of Detroit, Mich., December 17, 2008

Gay Jones ‘54, of Wilmington, Del., November 28, 2008

Joseph Lauletta, Sr. ‘56, of Phoenixville, Pa., November 16, 2008

Philip Toman ‘61M, of Newark, Del., November 11, 2008

Joseph DeAngelis, Jr. ‘62, of Wilmington, Del., November 17, 2008

Marea Alexander Broadbent ‘64, March 25, 2009

Diane Scatasti Young ‘66, ‘69M, of Wilmington, Del., January 8, 2009

Hilary Hartman Coulson ‘70M, of Wilmington, Del., December 28, 2008

Kathleen Crist Schneider ‘78, of Middletown, Del., November 24, 2008

Charles Naylor ‘79M, of Wilmington, Del., December 26, 2008

Zenobia Hikes ’98, of Blacksburg, Va., October 27, 2008

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