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CTELT Scholarship Winner

Coordinated by Eva Gould, Media Services Specialist, the CTELT Scholarship is available to CTELT employees and their immediate family in the spring and the fall semesters. The scholarship is made possible by generous donations from CTELT employees or FHSU alumni.

Congratulations to Jared Schiel, Graphics and Animation Specialist, for being awarded the CTELT Scholarship in Fall 2007. Jared has been taking classes to complete a master’s degree in Liberal Studies with concentration on organizational leadership.

Scholarship Activities

Dr. Robert Luehrs, Teaching Excellence Coordinator, and his wife, Christiane, retired FHSU Instructor of English, recently published an article, “Caroline Roe: Isaac the Outsider,” in Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., eds., The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction, Volume II (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007). The couples’ article concerns the historical crime fiction of Canadian novelist Caroline Roe, Whose sleuth is a blind, Jewish physician living in fourteenth century Spain. Robert and Chris have written a dozen essays and papers on “history mysteries.” This is an example of the far-ranging interests of the CTELT staff.

Dr. Hong Wang, Director of CTELT, has been selected to serve on two Program Committees of two prestigious international conferences sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) in 2008: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference and World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA). To serve on a program committee, a professional must be active in scholarly activities, have extensive publication experience, and review at least ten proposals. This year Hong will review 20 papers as her professional services for AACE. She is excited about this opportunity to serve as well as to have FHSU listed on the conference websites and printed on the conference programs.

Professional Development

Jake Glover, CTELT'S Interim Facutly Development Coordinator, attended the 32nd Annual Professional and Organizational Developers (POD) conference titled Purpose, Periphery and Priorities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania October 23 -29, 2007. With a focus on faculty and organizational development, the conference explored areas of pedagogy, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the impact of change on higher education. The conference also provided attendees opportunities for extensive and practical help from experts who have been in the practice for decades. Through this learning experience, Jake came back with valuable new contacts and resources for faculty development.

Jared Schiel, Graphics and Animation Specialist; Andy Tincknell, Video Production Specialsit; Dr. Hong Wang, Director of CTELT; Mitch Weber, Digital Photography Specialist, and Dr. Bo Yang, Technology Support Specialsit, attended a one-day Photoshop workshop Monday, December 3, 2007 at the Holiday Inn in Hays, Kansas. This workshop was provided by CompuMaster, the premier provider of business training in the United States. The two presenters of the workshop were very experienced in the usage of Photoshop and shared lots of tips and skills that can be used forCTELT services eitehr in media production or web development.