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INSIGHTS- October 2007 INSIGHTS DIVISION of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Volume 10 SCHOOL of THE ARTS AND PROFESSIONS Issue 2 Department of English and Modern Languages October 2007 It Pays to Apply for Scholarship English Education Major is Two Time Winner By Barbara Seabrook qualifications and must be committed to admission to the UMES Graduate education and teaching. Education Program, a professional recommendation, financial need Selection is based on grade point average Editor’s note: Dr. Seabrook is the (FAFSA form on file), and dispositions, (minimum 3.0), admission to the Teacher coordinator of the UMES English Teacher as measured by the submission of a short Education Program. Education Program, the recommendation essay and a personal interview. Priority of a teacher educator, financial need See a related article on how English Non- is given to students from the Eastern (FAFSA form on file), and dispositions, as Teaching majors can become certified to Shore of either Maryland or Virginia, measured by the production of a short teach, also written by Dr. Seabrook, on and Sussex County, Delaware. page two. essay and interview. The Hazel Scholars Program also requires an SAT score of 950 English education majors are reminded out of 1600 or 1410 out of 2400 on the to submit their application for official Shannon new SAT. acceptance into the Teacher Education Schoffstall, an Program at the end of their sophomore Some scholarships are open to all teacher English year. At the time of application to the education majors. Others are for special Education Teacher Education Program, English education majors only. Education majors major, won one education majors should also submit a can reapply each fall for additional of the scholarship application. University’s scholarship opportunities. The Hazel scholarship award is revoked if the Both applications are available on-line at prestigious Ms. Schoffstall Hazel student’s GPA falls below 3.0 or if the the UMES Department of Education Scholarships for recipient leaves the education program. website. Completed applications should be submitted to Dr. Michael Nugent in the second year in a row. Ms. Schoffstall There are numerous other types of Room 2032 of Hazel Hall. will receive a total of $3000, divided scholarships available to undergraduate equally between the Fall 2007 and Spring education majors, but YOU CAN NOT 2008 semesters. WIN IF YOU DON’T APPLY! She will complete her teaching internship In addition, The UMES Department of in the spring and will graduate in May Education is now awarding Hazel 2008. Scholarships to outstanding incoming Ms. Schoffstall was awarded this same graduate students in the following graduate $3000 scholarship during the previous programs: Career and Technology academic year. Education, School Counseling, Special Education, and the Master of Arts in The Hazel Scholarships are available to Teaching. Incoming graduate students all UMES education majors through the must be committed to the field of Welcome to two new members generosity of Richard Hazel, a Salisbury education and have a minimum of the English Department’s area businessman and philanthropist. undergraduate GPA of 3.2. Other criteria administrative team, Erica Scholarship recipients must meet certain for incoming graduate students to be Walker (L) and Taryn Bivens. considered for a Hazel Scholarship are FUN FOR A CAN I TEACH WITH A GOOD CAUSE B.A. IN ENGLISH? Public speaking instructor Will Rose took a break from the classroom recently to The Answer is Yes participate in the annual Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic. This year’s By Barbara Seabrook each state’s website. tournament English Non-Teaching graduates who have celebrated the any UMES English Non- Teaching majors are being an interest in the teaching profession may University’s want to consider the Master of Arts in recruited to teach language newly created Teaching (MAT) degree at UMES. arts once they graduate. Professional Golf M Information about this program is available Management Given the current shortage of teachers, from Mary Agnew in the UMES (PGM) Program. many school districts hire graduates with Department of Education. Dr. Agnew’s A portion of the a bachelor’s degree in English on a office is located on the second floor of Mr. Rose (2nd from R) funds raised from provisional license to teach, with the and his foursome enjoy Hazel Hall. the event will be stipulation that PRAXIS I and II tests the tournament For more information about the used to support must be passed and required education requirements to obtain licensing and students in the Photo provided by Mr. courses completed within a specified certification to teach in the State of PGM curriculum. Rose amount of time. The program is Maryland, visit the Division of scheduled to begin admitting students in The Maryland State Department of Certification & Accreditation at the 2008. Education will evaluate a graduate’s Maryland State Department of Education’s transcript and provide written website. This is the second time that Mr. Rose has confirmation of additional courses that For more information about the English participated in the tournament. “It’s all will be required for teaching certification. about fun and camaraderie,” he said. Education Program at UMES, contact Those who are interested should send a Barbara Seabrook, Associate Professor of copy of their transcript and a cover letter English and Coordinator of English RADIO requesting evaluation for English/ Teacher Education at Language Arts teaching certification to [email protected] or 410-651-6793. the Division of Certification and REVIVAL? Dr. Seabrook’s office is located in Accreditation at the Maryland State Department of Education, located at 200 Building #934-5, Room 6, adjacent to the University’s Alumni House. Her office Even though WHWK, the student radio West Baltimore Street in Baltimore. The hours for the fall semester are Monday, station, has been off the air since a pipe zip code for the department is 21201. broke last winter Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. and ruined the Specific information on requirements and and Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. station’s procedures for other states may be transmitter, student secured by writing to or logging on to interest in the operation has not diminished. WHO’S WORKING WHERE? General manager Mr. Stephens at the Fred Stephens WHWK table draped manned a table at with an “under Recent UMES English Alumni on the Move the University’s construction” banner recent “First Look • Deborah Meadows has left her job at WMDT TV in Salisbury Fair,” an event designed to acquaint the to join the staff of WJZ TV in Baltimore student body with organizations and clubs on campus. “We had eighty-nine students • Stephen Shorter is working in the Office of Communications sign up to get more information about for OSHA in the U.S. Department of Labor participating once we get back on the air,” he said. • Stacy Woods is employed as a Business Operations Associate at Aerotek, a corporate staffing company in Baltimore An effort to secure funding to transform the station into an Internet-only radio station is ongoing. PUBLISHER REPS VISIT E.P.E. English Faculty Test New Products TUTORING Representatives from Longman centered on how that tool interfaces with AVAILABLE Publishing visited the UMES campus Blackboard, the instructional software that recently to meet with members of the most UMES academic departments use to English faculty. augment their courses. Every UMES student must pass the Dave Hertzenberg The meeting was arranged University’s English Proficiency Exam demonstrated several by Dean Cooledge. Dr. (E.P.E.) before he or she can graduate. Internet-based tools Cooledge chairs the Again this year the English department available for use with faculty committee that will provide specialized tutoring for his company’s selected new textbooks students who have had, or fear they might textbooks including for use beginning this have, difficulty meeting that requirement. MyCompLab and semester in the Liz Bellavance MyLitLab. He was department’s basic is available accompanied by Chip composition courses and every Tuesday Noonan who oversees the company’s for technical writing instruction. and Wednesday custom publishing division. The newly adopted English handbook, from 10 a.m. Faculty members had the opportunity utilized in all English courses, was also until 2 p.m. in to ask questions about MyDropBox, a under discussion at the meeting. “The Room 1107 in new plagiarism detection tool being faculty feedback on this handbook has been Wilson Hall. used by the department. Discussion very positive,” Dr. Cooledge said. While her primary responsibility is Ms. Bellavance E.P.E. tutoring, LANGUAGE STUDY STUDIED she is also available to assist students completing writing assignments for Faculty Travel to Conferences English 101 or 102 as time permits. Appointments with Ms. Bellavance may be scheduled by emailing her at Two of the department’s fulltime foreign photos of some of her students’ final [email protected]. language professors have been selected projects. to present scholarly research at the “The (capstone project) is meant to provide upcoming fall conference sponsored by tangible evidence of progress from one the Maryland Foreign Language semester to another in the language TRAVEL TO Association. The event will be held at requirement sequence for all English Anne Arundel Community College later majors,” she said. She hopes conference this month. attendees will find the use of these sorts of PARIS Susan Cooledge will present research student presentations helpful in their own entitled, “L2 Reading Comprehension: assessment of student progress. UMES and Cultural and Lexical Variables that Dr. Champagne was also a presenter at the Salisbury University Influence Students' Written Recall of a Latin Francophone Text.” American are offering the Studies opportunity to visit The session will focus on what instructors Paris during the can learn about student comprehension of a Association upcoming winter French text by analyzing their retelling of annual the story in English.
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