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Chalkboard Winter 10 ChalkboardIndiana University School of Education Alumni Association China Driving Growth for Domestic and International Language Study IST Students Win COMPEtitiON Ashley Smith teaching at Stockton Specialty School, located in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, as part of the Urban Project. Dean’s Perspective MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Indiana University School of Education is to improve teaching, learning, and human development in a global, diverse, rapidly winter 10 Making our presence felt Indiana Unversity School of Education Alumni Association changing, and increasingly technological society. by Gerardo M. Gonzalez, Dean, School of Education of the patriarchs of Indonesia’s edu- try, and world. Our cover article takes 4 6 1 Dean’s cational system. If you conduct an you into the inner-city Chicago public Perspective Internet search on his name, you’ll find schools, where our teachers are gaining that the long-retired Jakarta University invaluable experience and the Chicago 2 Highlights professor is highly active in the debates schools are creating a new pipeline for surrounding his country’s educational teaching talent. The school is help- 4 News Briefs system today because of his wise and ing to shape our country’s relationship honored voice. Faculty Profile: with China through Chinese language 6 Additionally, we presented HESA’s instruction in the U.S. and English MELISSA GRESALFI highest alumni honor to IU Foundation instruction in China. An exchange is 7 In Memorium President Gene Tempel, a truly out- about to begin between the school at standing leader still at our university. IUPUI and a university in Guangzhou. 8 Alumni News And we welcomed Erna Alant as the And you’ll read about the alumna from Otting Chair in Special Education. Fort Wayne who has taught and led 9 Alumni Profile: Again, a Web search tells you quite a schools in Belgium, Germany, and else- lot about Professor Alant. You’ll find where and is now back in the U.S. to LINDA CURTIS ince this publication is a product she is not just respected in her native head up the school system that serves of our IU School of Education 10 16 School of Education South Africa for the work she has done family members of the military. 10 SAlumni Association, it’s only in special education, it is fair to say she We pause to honor our alumni, fac- Students Hit the Streets appropriate that I start with a reflec- is beloved. It is no wonder: a center she ulty, and students at very particular tion on the most recent class of distin- China Driving opened in Pretoria focuses on speech times during the year. I suggest that we 16 guished alumni, honored during a din- Growth for Domestic communications for the physically consider just how much good they do ner in Bloomington on Sept. 11. The and International disabled, quite literally giving voice to every day. Continuously, they help the trio of honorees represented years of Language Study those who had never spoken. IU School of Education live up to its achievement in the U.S. and the world Honestly, I found myself become a motto, “making a world of difference.” that began with their education here. 19 Class Notes little emotionally overwhelmed while The night was enhanced because we introducing Professor Alant. I was were also able to present the honor for 26 Honor Roll thinking about my own daughter, a an outstanding alumnus of the Higher special education Education and Student Affairs (HESA) 32 Snapshot teacher, and her expe- program as well as welcome a world- riences working with renowned researcher to an endowed people such as those chair in the school. Erna has committed The night offered a glimpse at what Gerardo M. Gonzalez Tom Martz Chalkboard is published semiannually her career to helping. our graduates are capable of doing. IU School of Education Dean IU Alumni Association President/CEO by the Indiana University Alumni Imagine what her work You will see more about the awards in has meant: she has lit- Association, in cooperation with the this issue (p. 3) and hear some of the Chuck Carney Rachael Jones Crouch erally unlocked a door School of Education Alumni Association, honorees’ stories, but I’ll just share here Director of Communications Director of Alumni Programs never opened. I am to encourage alumni interest in and that we had in our midst that night and Media Relations, Editor so proud that the IU support for the Indiana University School alumni who have shaped education Sarah Preuschl Anderson School of Education for the better wherever they’ve been. Sarah Baumgart Editor, Constituent Periodicals of Education. This publication is paid for has attracted a scholar Joseph Russell helped build the IU Executive Director of Development in part by dues-paying members of the of her stature to join Department of Afro-American Affairs and Alumni Relations Mediaworks Indiana University Alumni Association. our ranks. Cover design/interior layout from the ground. Young Hwan Kim is (From left to right) Jack Humphrey, presi- For more information about membership And as you read through this issue, dent of the IU School of Education Alumni Michelle Stuckey making new ways of obtaining educa- or activities, contact (800) 824-3044, you’ll see an incredible array of projects Association, Joseph J. Russell, MS’68, Director of Annual Giving tion possible for people across South by our students, faculty, and alumni EdD’70, Erna Alant, H.A.R. Tilaar, MA’66, and Alumni Relations [email protected], or visit Korea and throughout Southeast Asia. EdD’67, Young Hwan Kim, PhD’94, Gene DDOCK, IU PHOTO that touch lives across the state, coun- www.alumni.indiana.edu. H.A.R. Tilaar can truly be called one Tempel, Dean Gerardo Gonzalez. CRA CK I R Chalkboard • 1 H i g h l i g h t s H i g h l i g h t s Faculty members publish, receive honors sales expectations during its first three Alumni Recognition Dinner months on the market. honors global reach, innovative Computer Clubhouse has more than 100 chapters across the globe. Each practice chapter gives youth access to the latest The three recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award include education in technology, which has resulted in in- leaders in Korea and Indonesia as well as the former dean who helped build nation- credibly creative projects, Peppler said, al recognition for what was then known as the IU Department of Afro-American noting that some members have even Affairs. The 32nd annual awards, presented at a dinner September 11, honored begun lucrative Web design businesses those who hold an IU School of Education degree and have made a lasting impact Don Hossler Dionne Cross The World is Open through their experience. through their work since leaving the school. “I think that is the part of the model The honorees included Young Hwan Kim, PhD’94, a professor in the Depart- ment of Education and chair of the Educational Technology Division at Pusan The Association for Institutional Research important for informed citizenship as al- technology is changing worldwide edu- that gets forgotten a lot,” Peppler said. National University in Korea. Kim was the planning director of Pusan National (AIR) has named Indiana University gebra for all.” cation. The World is Open: How Web “The kids really do produce fantastic University Cyber University, and is now the president of the Institute of APEC Col- School of Education Executive Associ- The National Council of Teachers of Technology is Revolutionizing Education and amazing things because they start to become peer mentors. They show laborative Education, which conducts international teacher training workshops on ate Dean Don Hossler as the Sidney English (NCTE) named Gerald Cam- documents the many ways in which he e-learning. In accepting the honor, he spoke of how his father saved money and each other tricks of the trade and really Suslow Award recipient for his distin- pano, associate professor in the De- says innovations have made it possible constantly emphasized the need to study hard. Kim said his father long spoke of force each other to be cutting edge in guished scholarly contributions to insti- partment of Literacy, Culture, and Lan- so that “anyone can learn anything from his son earning a PhD in the U.S. so that he could return to Korea and help poor the facility.” tutional research. The award committee guage Education, as the 2009 recipient anyone else at any time.” people. “This honor is a part of my father’s dream,” Kim said. Peppler first became involved with selects honorees “for their cumulative of the David H. Russell Award for Dis- The book is inspired by the best-sell- Honoree Joseph J. Russell, MS’68, EdD’70, is now executive vice president and and on-going scholarly efforts to keep tinguished Research in the Teaching of ing work of New York Times columnist Computer Clubhouse in Los Angeles consultant of DLM Virginia Corporation Adult Residential Care Communities. He institutional research on the cutting English, one of the most distinguished Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat. In while she was at UCLA. The book out- brought what then was called the IU Department of Afro-American Affairs to nation- edge of research, practice, policies and awards in English language education. that 2005 book, Friedman documented lines ways of setting up similar programs al prominence as its chair and dean. He retired as vice provost of Ohio State Univer- procedures in higher education,” ac- The organization selected Campano for 10 “flatteners” that have made econom- as well as giving examples of what stu- sity in 1994.