Winter 09 Winter ChalkboardIndiana University School of Education Alumni Association Beating Jim Crow with Education The IU School of Education and African American Scholars in the mid-20th Century Mission Statement The mission of the Indiana University School of Winter 09 Winter Education is to improve teaching, learning, and Chalkboard human development in a global, diverse, rapidly Indiana University School of Education Alumni Association changing, and increasingly technological society. 1 Dean’s Perspective: 16 Growing with the needs of the times 2 Highlights 4 News Briefs 6 Faculty Profile: Dionne Danns 7 In Memoriam 8 Alumni News 14 10 9 Alumni Profile: Leslie Hopper 10 Shaping education through changing times 14 Discovering solutions on site, with a big potential payoff for students 16 A lifeline to higher education: the IU Chalkboard is published semiannually by the Indiana University Alumni Association, in coop- eration with the School of Education Alumni Association, to encourage alumni interest in and School of Education support for the Indiana University School of Education. This publication is paid for in part and African American by dues-paying members of the Indiana University Alumni Association. For more informa- tion about membership or activities, contact (800) 824-3044,
[email protected], or visit alumni from the South www.alumni.indiana.edu. IU School of Education Dean ..................................Gerardo M. Gonzalez 19 Class Notes Director of Communications and Media Relations, Editor ..........................................Chuck Carney Executive Director of Development Honor Roll 26 and Alumni Relations ...............................................Sarah Baumgart Director of Annual Giving and 34 Snapshot Alumni Relations .......................................................Michelle Stuckey IU Alumni Association President/CEO ...................Tom Martz Director of Alumni Programs ..................................Rachael Jones Crouch Editor, Constituent Periodicals ...............................Sarah J.