Saturday, April 30, 2005
Blog Statistics for April 2005
Just a quick note, since the counter was added to this site on 07 April 2005, there have been 47 visit to the Rural Ed SIG blog site.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Mulcahy Elected SIG Chair; Grad Student Rep Created
At the business meeting of the Rural Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association tonight, Dr. Dennis Mulcahy of Memorial University of Newfoundland was elected to the position of SIG Chair.
Dennis, a former Program Chair of the SIG, has been a member of the Rural Education SIG since its inception over a decade ago. He can be contacted at dmulcahy-at-mun-dot-ca and his home page can be viewed at http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dmulcahy/.
In addition, a new position of Graduate Student Representative was also created. This position, which will largely be defined during its first year of operation, was assumed by Michael Barbour. Michael can be contacted at mkb-at-uga-dot-edu.
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Dennis, a former Program Chair of the SIG, has been a member of the Rural Education SIG since its inception over a decade ago. He can be contacted at dmulcahy-at-mun-dot-ca and his home page can be viewed at http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dmulcahy/.
In addition, a new position of Graduate Student Representative was also created. This position, which will largely be defined during its first year of operation, was assumed by Michael Barbour. Michael can be contacted at mkb-at-uga-dot-edu.
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Sunday, April 10, 2005
AERA Dinner and Reception
The Rural Education SIG presents a reception and dinner for all members and their guests on Wednesday , April 13, 2005 from 6:30pm – 9:00pm at Thursday's Restaurant (1449 rue Crescent - Montreal)
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6:30 PM: Reception drinksFor more details see http://www.ncf.ca/ap/ruralsig/Rural_SIG_Reception.pdf
7:30 PM: Full dinner buffet for SIG members and guests
8:00 PM: Awards presentation
Afterward: Free admission to Thursday’s Club Club** There’s a dress code, no sneakers or shorts.
1449 Crescent Street
514.288.5656
http://www.thursdaysbar.com/index2.php?lang=en
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Thursday, April 07, 2005
New Rural Education Center Launches Research Projects
Taken from the April 6, 2005 edition of Education Week.
"Chapel Hill, N.C. - A new center established to research rural education is starting work on studies that could improve the ways rural educators engage their students in learning and help them to stay in school.
The National Research Center on Rural Education Support, financed by a five-year, $10 million federal grant, is beginning its work here at its home on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus."
To view complete article, visit http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/04/06/30rural.h24.html.
Tags: aera, rural, education
"Chapel Hill, N.C. - A new center established to research rural education is starting work on studies that could improve the ways rural educators engage their students in learning and help them to stay in school.
The National Research Center on Rural Education Support, financed by a five-year, $10 million federal grant, is beginning its work here at its home on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus."
To view complete article, visit http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/04/06/30rural.h24.html.
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Counter Added
Just a note that we have added a counter (see at the bottom of the bar on the left hand side of the screen) on the evening of Thursday, 07 April 2005. This will allow us to track the amount of traffic to the Rural Ed SIG site.
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