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Quincy Lucas Nominates Joe Biden for Vice President
Quincy Lucas (D) of Cohort 18 had the honor of speaking to the Democratic National Convention and officially nominating Joe Biden for Vice President of the United States of America. Later she had the privilege of meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden during the whistle stop train tour ride.
Quincy is President and Founder of Witney's Lights, Inc. On April 23rd she gave the keynote speech at the 25th anniversary of the Victims of Crimes Act at the invitation of US Attorney General Eric Holder. See pages 25-27 for additional photos.
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* P. 8-14 TRANSITIONS
* P. 15-18 PRESENTATIONS
∗ P. 19-21 PUBLICATIONS.
∗ P. 22-27 AWARDS / HONORS
∗ P. 28-30 GRADUATES & RETIREMENT
∗ P. 31-35 GRADUATION
∗ P. 36-38 PRESIDENT’S DINNER
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∗ P. 2 NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT.
∗ P. 3 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
∗ P. 4 SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI and
DELAWARE TEACHERS INSTITUTE
∗ P. 5 FROM THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR.
∗ P. 6-7 COHORT SPOTLIGHT
T H I R D I S S U E A U G U S T , 2 0 0 9
Dr. Joseph Crossen was most recently Assistant Superintendent of the Polytech School
District. Prior to going to Polytech, Dr. Crossen served as a teacher of English and reading and as an administrator at the building, district, and state levels. He holds a BA in English from Gannon University; an M.Ed. in reading from Edinboro State University; and an Ed.D. in curriculum planning and development from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr.
Crossen has taught English and reading and served as a curriculum worker and superintendent at the local level and as Director of Curriculum for the State of Delaware. He has taught as an adjunct at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the University of Delaware, and Wilmington University, teaching courses in teaching methods in reading and curriculum and instruction. Dr. Crossen lives in Dover with his wife, Sharon, who is a National Board Certified Teacher of English and drama. They have four children and one grandchild.
NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
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Volume 3, Issue 1 August, 2009
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Linda H. Frazer, Ph.D.
Dr. Lisa D. Belfield‘s passion for education blossomed in high school when her psychology teacher peppered his lectures with musical renditions of “Mr. Bo Jangles” on the acoustic guitar. His stimulating teaching methodology contributed to her love of psychology and motivated her to study
the field. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mansfield University in 1991. In learning about the processes that occur within an individual, it only seemed natural that her interests would progress towards wanting to know how social processes influence human behavior. This newfound interest motivated her to earn a master’s degree in social relations from Lehigh University in 1995.
After 10 years of working in college admissions as well as in professions dealing with behavior modification and therapeutic support, Dr. Belfield decided that her formal education was not quite complete; aspirations to be a leader in the field of education led her to study at Wilmington University. It was the unique cohort experience in the doctoral program which she most appreciated and had a large impact on her desire to move from administration to teaching in higher education. The class motto for Cohort XII was ChangEd.D. for life; and, never was a motto more true than in the four years she spent in the program.
Being back in the classroom fueled Dr. Belfield’s desire to facilitate the education of future generations and led her to Delaware Valley College where she was an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Sociology. As a pedagogue, Dr. Belfield engaged students in taking a critical look at the world in which they thrived, and encouraged them to see themselves as life-long learners in an intellectual arena. She was recognized at the college’s Founder’s Day ceremony as one of the most influential faculty members throughout a student’s college career.
Dr. Belfield’s background in psychology, sociology and education culminated in the focus of her dissertation, entitled, “My shoulders to stand on: The role of the mentor relationship in the career development of African American women faculty within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education”. This study explored the characteristics of mentors, identified mentor functions and examined the relationship among mentor influence and selected measures of career development. The findings of the study suggest the importance of both career-related and psychosocial mentor functions in developing an effective mentor relationship; and a strong relationship between level of mentor influence and faculty obtaining competitive grants, as well as promotion. The instrument designed in the study may be utilized to ascertain the needs of the mentee, the capabilities of the mentor, and to assess the effectiveness of the mentor relationship.
Dr. Belfield’s educational aspirations reached a pinnacle when she graduated in May 2006 from Wilmington’s Doctor of Education program in Innovation and Leadership; she was honored to be selected by the faculty to present the graduate ceremony commencement address.
As a direct result of her experience in the Ed.D. program, Dr. Belfield’s desire to engage in research grew and led to her current position as an Associate Research Scientist with Educational Testing Service. In this position, she is responsible for coordinating a large-scale professional development program with a $2 million annual budget seeking to: help Tennessee elementary schools achieve state standards in mathematics and close gaps in student achievement and teacher effectiveness.
Dr. Belfield believes that she has had and continues to have valuable experiences, life-long mentors, and friendships that have made her personal and professional life quite meaningful and fulfilling. One of her favorite quotes is, “Change is inevitable; growth is optional”. She encourages everyone to take the option to grow.
Dr. Belfield was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and currently resides in Delaware County, PA.
Dr. Belfield was a member of WGC Cohort-12F.
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Raymond F. Theilacker, Ed.D., (WGC, 2006) was named Planning Co-Director of the
Delaware Teachers Institute in New Castle County (DTI-NCC), a professional development model which partners teachers with university faculty for curriculum development and teacher leadership. The centerpiece of this approach is the participant’s production of a curriculum unit which is published locally and internationally on Yale University’s web site, at teachers.yale.edu. Recent evaluations of this unique approach, originally launched at Yale in the New Haven public schools 30 years ago, show that Teachers Institute participation strengthens those features of teacher quality most related to student achievement. The study also shows that teacher retention in participating school districts—largely urban districts with high concentrations of underserved students—is especially strong among Institute Fellows.
New Castle County Fellows in the national version of the Teachers Institute, (held annually at Yale for two intensive weeks), now number twenty classroom teachers. These sessions are led by distinguished Yale faculty in the Humanities and Science, and model the Institute approach for teachers and other participants. The Yale faculty work one-on-one and in seminars with teachers, as they develop their curriculum units. Teacher Fellows commit to disseminating their personally-written curricula, and to building support for a local incarnation of the Institute. A number of distinguished University of Delaware faculty have also attended a summer program designed specifically for them, and have made the same commitment.
Theilacker has been involved since the spring of 2004, while still a student in Wilmington University’s doctoral degree program in Innovation and Leadership (Cohort XII). The University of Delaware and four New Castle County school districts—New Castle County Vocational-Technical, Red Clay Consolidated, Appoquinimink, and Christina—have committed to a planning
phase in preparation for a New Castle County implementation of the Institute in the Fall of 2010 or 2011.
When asked about his involvement in this effort, with almost 39 years of classroom teaching behind him, Theilacker said, “Most professional development programs focus on instrumental
pedagogy; and I have often
thought that the best pedagogy is useless if the teacher-practitioner fumbles the content he or she is expected to teach.
“The Teachers Institute approach not only brings K-12 teachers together with the most outstanding professors in their fields, in an intimate, collegial relationship, but it adds incredibly powerful leadership training to the mix. For me, it just doesn’t get better than that,” he said. As a four-time National Fellow himself, Theilacker recalls his favorite story about how university faculty learn as much from the participants about classroom teaching, as the Fellows learn about content: “In October, following the publication of my unit
on the Popol Vuh (the ancient Mayan creation myth), my seminar leader, then chair of the Art History Department at Yale, emailed to tell me that she was using parts of my curriculum unit to teach her undergraduate classes! Now that’s my idea of collegiality! Forming strong connections between public school teachers and their university level colleagues may just be the one missing element in our quest to improve teaching
and learning that will turn things around. I sure think it’s powerful enough to make a difference.”
SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI AND
DELAWARE TEACHERS INSTITUTE (DTI-NCC)
Photo: Theilacker addresses the Yale commu-nity on the role of university faculty in a Teachers Institute, at the Intensive session of the Yale National Initiative, in July, 2008.
Photos are courtesy of Yale National Initiative to strengthen teaching in public schools
Photo: The New Castle County team (Summer 2008) at the Beineke Rare Book Library, on Yale’s campus. Left to right: Lori Paderewski, Appoquinimink S.D., Alan Fox, University of Delaware Philosophy professor, Christine Shaub, New Castle County Vo-tech, Kathleen Gormley, Red Clay Consolidated S.D., Barry Joyce, University of Delaware History and American Studies professor, Brian Bell, Appoquinimink S.D., Barbara Prillaman, Red Clay Consolidated S.D., Ray Theilacker, New Castle County Vo-tech S.D., Victoria Deschere, Appoquinimink S.D., Karen Yarnall, Christina S.D.; and Nancy Rudolph, New Castle County Vo-tech S.D.
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Greetings to current students and alumni!
This year has been an exciting year and a year of change. The doctoral program welcomed a new fac-ulty member, Dr. Joseph Crossen, to replace myself as a faculty member in Dover. With the addition of Dr. Crossen, there are now two full time faculty members at each of the three sites. In addition, the Doctor of Education Programs became an entity within the College of Education. In June this year the University created six (6) colleges which were previ-ously known as Divisions within the University structure. Although we lost a Dean, we gained a Di-rectorship which I am happy to say I have been asked to lead.
There have been additional changes this past year in leadership and in names of departments in the Uni-versity. Dr. Richard Gochnauer who was Dean of the Division of Education moved to Academic Affairs as an Assistant Vice President. Dr. John Gray was ap-pointed to the position of Dean of the College of Education. He assumed this role as of January 2, 2009. One of the major benefits of membership for the Doctor of Education Programs in the new College of Education will be access to resources and addi-tional faculty that we would not have had as a sepa-rate Division. I have been working hard this past year to develop “connections” between the EDD programs
and other aspects of the College of Education. So far, so good; we have been welcomed with open arms by our fellow educators.
As an example of the connection between former Di-visions, the faculty of the College of Education worked together during two retreats this past summer reviewing the data from four of the programs within the college. The EDD program was one of the pro-grams scheduled to be reviewed. Data collection con-tinues for the NCATE accreditation process.
I have also been able this past year to secure more options for students in our programs. Previously, all Organizational Leadership students only had the op-tion of “cross-listed” courses for their electives as they matriculated through the program. I am happy to say that they now have two additional options. First, we have an agreement with the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) program where our students may now take D.B.A. classes as electives to fulfill EDD requirements. Second, starting in September 2009, we will begin offering electives in “Higher Education Leadership” as an option for student elec-tives. The first of those courses is EDD 7206, “Issues in Higher Education”. The response has been out-standing!
This year saw the graduations of many members of Cohort 16. In August we will welcome the new members of Cohort 19. Another change this year will see the addition of a Friday night cohort in New Castle as well as the Monday night cohort. This ad-ditional cohort is in response to the tremendous num-ber of excellent applicants for this year’s cohort. It is not anticipated that this will occur every year.
We look forward to serving our students and keeping “In Touch” with our alumni.
Sincerely
Michael S. Czarkowski, Ed.D. Director, Doctor of Education Programs
From the DIRECTOR ’ s chair
Photo by Susie Czarkowski.
Pictured above are some members of Cohort 18 (GT) who traveled to Washington, DC on April 23 to hear cohort member Quincy Lucas give the keynote speech at the 25th anniversary of the Victims of Crimes Act. Quincy was in-vited to present this speech by US Attorney General Eric Holder.
Back Row: (left to right) Betsy Jones, Ted Legates, Ben Moseley, Robin Weinstein. Next Row: Helena Rudd, Rebecca Feathers, Lisa Alexander, Rosetta Roach, Renee Fisher. Next Row: Mark Hufe, Mike Edge, Rachael Rudinoff, Anand Singh. Front: Katie Holloway, Rita Fry. PS: There is an unidentified person behind the cohort 18 sign.
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Ann Gibason, Wilson Graduate Center.
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Pictured above are some members of Cohort 18 (GT) at Grotto's Pizza in Seaford, DE. Cohort member Laura McCann, employed by Grottos Pizza in the Human Resource Department, arranged for the experience. Grottos pro-vided the dinner and Laura showed a video about the owner and developer of Grotto's Pizza and his leadership philoso-phy. Grotto's celebrates its 50th anniversary next year.
Back Row: Brian Comroe, Cindy Mitchell, Lisa Marvel, Krystal Wright,Latonya Pierce, Henry Wagner, James Bell. Front Row: Stephanie Smith, Lynn Derickson, Chiara Fox, Julie Hoyt, Ruth Uhey,Teresa Disharoon, Laura McCann. Seated: Dr. Connie Kieffer.
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Cohort 1
On March 17, 2008 Harriet Brown (W) received the 2008 Empowering Women Award from the Women’s Center (Wilmington Campus) of Dela-ware Technical and Community Col-lege (Del Tech). According to Del Teach, the award “is given to a special female who has made a significant dif-ference in the lives of other females as well as the community.”
Sue Dutton (GT) in June, 2005 was named Supervisor of Student Services for Woodbridge School District. Previ-ously she served as a Principal in the Appoquinimink School District. She welcomed grandbaby Jaydon Mifflin on January 3, 2004.
In February of 2006 Jacquelyn Wil-son (GT) was named Director, Gradu-ate Education and Associate Director for the Delaware Academy School Leadership, University of Delaware, Southern Campus. She moved from the Delaware Department of Education where she served as Director of Profes-sional Accountability. Prior to that she was Principal at Lord Baltimore Ele-mentary School in the Indian River School District. See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
Cohort 5
Mike Davenport (W) continues at Washington College. He welcomed son Benjamin in May 2002. See Awards/Honors and Publications.
Edward Patro (W). See Publications.
Cohort 6
From November of 1999 to June 2007 Edward L. Guthrie (GT) was Chief of Police in the City of Pocatello, Idaho. In June 2007. after 32 years in law enforcement, he assumed the posi-tion of Technical Department Chair for the College of Technology, Idaho State University. Ed married Connie on June 28, 2000. Ed moved to DE as dean in the Division of Information Technology & Advanced Communication for WU. See Awards/Honors and Publications.
On July 2005 Olivia D. Roane (W) moved to Assistant Professor and Assis-tant Program Coordinator, MAT, MEE, MSE Programs for Wilmington University from Elementary Teacher for Christina School District. She be-came the grandmother of Brandon Everett Jones on June 22, 2006.
Cohort 8
Donna R. Main (GT). See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
Cohort 9
In August 2004 Leslie Petty (W) was named the Dean, School for Continuing and Professional Studies, Saint Xavier University. She moved from Assistant Dean, Graduate and Professional Stud-ies for Cabrini College. In August 2003 she welcomed David F. Petty, Jr. to the family.
Marion Proffitt (W). See Presenta-tions.
George Slentz (W) became MSIST Program Coordinator for WU in April 2004. Previously he was IT Consult-ant/Customer Service for State of DE.
Cohort 10
In August 2008 Katherine Hosler (W) was appointed to the Saint Peter and Paul’s School Board. At the first meeting she was nominated as the Sec-retary of the School Board. She also has the job of finding and applications for grants for the school and scholarships for the students.
Sondra Shippen (W) in August of 2006 assumed the position of Head of School for Kuumba Academy Charter School, DE. She was previously Direc-tor of Sponsored Programs for Cheyney University, PA.
Cohort 11
Nicole Durkin (GT) reports that Milford Middle School, where she is Principal, won the Superstars in Educa-tion Award for the L to J "eliminating permission to forget" program they implement in their school. The award included $2,500 to be used by the school and a dinner at the Riverfront in Wilmington on May 4th, 2009. It also included a video of the program and inclusion in the sharing forum with other schools in the Fall of 2009.
In 2008 Steve Quinn (W) was named the Assistant Principal in Springton Lake Middle School in Media, PA. .
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Cohort 12
Lisa Belfield (W) became Associate Research Scientist/Project Coordinator at Educational Testing Services in Princeton, NJ in December of 2007. She previously was Assistant Professor of Psychology and Sociology at Dela-ware Valley College Doylestown, PA. In her position Lisa coordinates all ac-tivities and research for the professional development project on mathematics education at ETS and five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in TN. See Awards/Honors, Presentations and Publications.
In 2008 Rosario Casiano (W) was working as Principal for the Trenton School District where she says around 98% of the students are minority. In September of 2007 she had assumed the position of Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Westampton Public Schools, NJ leaving the Curriculum Specialist position with the Tenafly Public Schools, NJ. See photo on page 21.
Lawrence Chatman (W). See Publi-cations.
Claudia F. Hearst Curry (W). Claudia is still serving as Founding Di-rector of the Women's Center at Com-munity College of Philadelphia. In addi-tion, since spring 2008, she has been an Adjunct Instructor in the Behavioral Health Human Services Department where she has taught Introduction to Leadership Studies and Leadership for Effective Organizations. See Awards/Honors, Presentations and Publica-tions.
Pat Fullmer (W). See Presentations.
Lucia Nemeth (W) and husband Scott welcomed daughter Graciela born No-vember 24, 2008. Graciela weighed 8.2 lbs and was 21 inches long. She joined big brother Noah who will soon
be 2. Scott is on his third year-long deployment to the Middle East. He is with the 10th Mountain Division (Fort Drum, NY) in the outskirts of Baghdad, and is expected home at the end of the year. While he is away, the kids and Lucia are enjoying spending time with her parents in Pennsylvania. They ea-gerly await Scott’s return.
In the fall of 2007 Donna Parker (W) was promoted to Associate Dean, Lib-eral Arts at Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ.
Margaret R. T. Prouse (GT). See Awards/Honors.
On July 1, 2007 David Salvo (W) moved from Principal to Assistant Su-perintendent of the Middle Township Public Schools, NJ.
In January 2007 Keisha Stephenson Taylor (W) moved from Facilitator/English Teacher for the Pemberton Twp. High School to Supervisor Pro-fessional Development/Teacher Induc-tion Mentoring for the Plainfield Public Schools in Plainfield, NJ. Then in No-vember 2007 she assumed the position of Supervisor, K-12 Language Arts for the New Brunswick Public Schools, New Brunswick, New Jersey. As of August 2008 she began working for the Center for Secondary School Design www.cssr.us as a School Change Coach. She said that she is having a fan-tastic experience working to support schools across the country!
Deborah Wright (W) has been an Adjunct with Wilmington University since 2005.
On April 1, 2006 Betty Wyatt-Dix (GT) moved from Assistant Principal to Principal in the Lake Forest School Dis-trict. She will be retiring from the Lake Forest School District on June 30, 2009. See Awards/Honors.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Noah and Graciela, children of Lucia Nemeth.
Photo: Terry Yancey-Bragg.
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Cohort 12 Cont.
Terry Yancey-Bragg (W) has been promoted twice at DuPont since re-ceiving her degree from WU in 2006. First, in September 2006 she was pro-moted to Global Manager for Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement and than received another promotion in 2008. Effective June1, 2008 she became the HR Director - Labor Relations and US Operations. She is enjoying her work at DuPont and teaches human resource courses at Immaculata University on occasion.
Cohort 13
Bridget Amory (GT). See Publica-tions.
Bill Bailey (W) reported in February 2009 that he has been appointed Princi-pal at Beverly Hills middle school in Upper Darby PA. The school has many immigrants among its students.
In August 2007 Audrey Carey (GT) changed roles within the Indian River School District. She moved from First Grade Teacher to Academic Resource Teacher. She welcomed Stone Carey into the family on October 24, 2007.
Joy Dickerson (W) was awarded ten-ure this past March. Along with that came promotion to Associate Profes-sor. Joy says that “I know that my ex-perience at Wilmington provided a ma-jor building block for my post secon-dary career.” See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
Terrilyn Hickman (W). See Presen-tations.
In June of 2007 Melvin Roberts (W) moved from Engineering Professor to Dean of Business, Computer and Tech-nical Studies at Camden County Col-lege.
Cohort 14
In 2009 Merv Daugherty (W) was selected as superintendent for Red Clay Consolidated School District, DE. Pre-viously Merv served as Principal HB DuPont Middle School, Director of Student Services, Assistant Superinten-dent of Academics and as Director of Instruction and Professional Develop-ment.
Wendi Foltz (W) reports that in addi-tion to working fulltime as Personnel Director in the Avon Grove School Dis-trict, she is a part time instructor in the Penn State Great Valley’s MBA pro-gram where she has taught courses in Diversity Leadership and Communica-tion Skills for Management.
J. Scott Hilberg (D) remains as Assis-tant Professor at Towson University. See Presentations.
Abraham Jones(GT). See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
In 2005 Janet Krauss (D) began working for Intervet as Employment and Development Manager.
Chris Lentz (W), former Teacher of Science, became Assistant Principal/Athletic Director for Ocean City School District, Ocean City, NJ.
In fall 2008 Evelyn Lim (W) started teaching doctoral courses online in the DBA program for Argosy University.
On May 14, 2007 Chris Russo (W) became School Business Administrator for the Delran Board of Education, NJ. He had previously been the School Business Administrator for the Woods-town Board of Education. Chris has served as President of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials. During the 08-09 school year he served as an adjunct professor for William Pat-terson University teaching masters level school business operations classes. This was very exciting as the new account-ability regulations were being imple-mented and he had input in the creation of these regulations.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Wendi Foltz.
Photo: Merv Daugherty.
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Cohort 14 Cont.
W. Emeka Obiozor (GT) on August, 2007 became Assistant Professor of Education and Exceptionality Programs at Bloomsburg University. He moved from Special Education Teacher for Dorchester County Board of Education, Cambridge, MD. He recently chaired a workshop session on "Globalization, Education and Entrepreneurship" at the University of Nigeria, Faculty of Educa-tion International Conference in Nsukka Campus, Enugu State of Nige-ria. See Awards/Honors and Presenta-tions.
Pat Saelens (GT) changed positions in August 2006. She moved from Cur-riculum Facilitator for the Dorchester County Board of Education to Coordi-nator of Elementary Instruction for Caroline County Board of Education.
In October, 2007 Katherine Siegel (D) assumed the position of Instruc-tional Support Team Facilitator for the Brandywine School District, DE. Pre-viously she was Resident Teacher on Special Assignment for the DE Depart-ment of Education. She welcomed
Reilly Marie Siegel into the family on July 18, 2007.
Dolores Szymanski (W) moved to Superintendent from Assistant Superin-tendent of the Burlington County Insti-tute of Technology on July 1, 2005. See Awards/Honors.
Brita Woodard (W) was appointed as the Principal of Stuart Elementary School in Willingboro ~ Pre-K to 4th grades and the autistic program. She says that it has been a blast and a chal-lenge already. They had a flood from
the storm on the same day of her ap-pointment. She walked into the build-ing, it was raining and yes SNOWing on that day, and those elements found their way into the school. She says it was a humbling day to say the least. Recently Brita has become the District Supervisor of Science Curriculum and Instruction. She has also become an an adjunct professor for Burlington County College in New Jersey and will be teaching her first class in September 2009, "Teaching as a Profession."
Cohort 15
Liz Anderson (W) began her new position as Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment and Institutional Research at Wilson College in July, 2009. Previ-ously she was Assistant Registrar for Information Technology at Holy Family University.
Peter Carpenter (W). See Awards/Honors.
In August 2006 Mary Ann Faralli (W) moved to the new position of Nursing Instructor for Delaware Tech-nical and Community College, Terry Campus, Dover, DE. Previously she was Nurse Manager, Telemetry for Sa-lem Memorial Hospital in Salem, NJ.
Ronn Johnson (W) welcomed new baby Morgan Johnson to the family on May 31, 2006. See Presentations.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Brita Woodard.
Photo: W. Emeka Obiozor.
Photo: Above, Ronn Johnson with son Jaden and daughter Morgan. Below, Ronn and wife Jewel.
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Cohort 15 Cont.
Estefania Lopez-Guisuraga (D) began as Teacher for the Polytech School District in August, 2006. She married George Becker in September 2007. Estefania and George welcomed George Joseph Becker “Little George” into the family on April 29, 2008. He was 8.6, a big boy! With the family just returned from a visit to Spain, Estefania reports that Little George seems to be speaking only Spanish.
Sean Moriarity (GT). Sean wel-comed new daughter Riley Erin Moriarty to the family on October 21, 2008. See Presentations and Publica-tions.
Sherry Sutton (GT), principal of St. Michael’s Elementary School, St. Mi-chael’s MD witnessed the marriage of her daughter on September 30, 2006 .
Cohort 16
Carol Birnbohm (W) was named as Assistant Superintendent for the Lenape Regional High School District in 2007. Previously she had been the district’s Director of Programs and Planning.
Neil Burti (W) was promoted to Prin-cipal from Assistant Principal for the Cherry Hill Board of Education, NJ in August 2007. Neil and wife Jessy have welcomed two children since Neil be-gan the program: daughter Chloe on June 24, 2007 and son Cooper on March 13, 2009. They have joined big brothers Caden (6) and Cameron (4).
Laurie DiRosa (W) and husband An-thony welcomed their first child An-
thony Ferdinand DiRosa into their fam-ily on November 7, 2007 at 12:33 PM. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long. Anthony now 20 months old is a whopping 26.5 lbs and about 33 inches.
On June 1, 2007 Michael Grossman (D) was promoted to Supervisor, Prison Education at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center from his pervious position of Teacher, Prison Education. See Presentations.
On March 5, 2007 Annie Kingcade (D) assumed the position of Human Resources Director for Upper Bay Counseling and Support Services mov-ing from State Human Resources Di-rector Devereux – New Jersey Treat-ment Center.
Anne Lara (W). See Awards/Honors.
Margaret (Maggie) Maxwell-Mood (W) in September, 2007 began as Adjunct for Salem Community Col-lege, NJ and Gloucester County Col-lege, NJ.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Mike Grossman, member of Co-hort 16, with Maureen Whelan, his su-pervisor, member of Cohort 17.
Photo: Anthony Anthony, Laurie and Anthony Ferdinand DiRosa, son of Laurie and Anthony. DiRosa.
Photo: Children of Neil Burti: Caden holding Cooper, Chloe, and Cameron. Phhoto: Estefania Lopez-Guisuraga with
husband George Becker and son Little George.
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Cohort 16 Cont.
Elisha Ozer (W) was promoted to Assistant Principal for the West Ches-ter Area School District. On July 7, 2007 Elisha married Don Kendig, Jr. They welcomed Donnie Kendig III to the family on April 3, 2008. Donnie was 6lbs and 19 inches.(Amazing since he was seven weeks early! To think, he endured hyperemasis,preeclampsia, virtually no fluid around the baby, and then full blown toxemia. Despite the complications he was still so big and long.) See Presentations.
On September 20, 2007 Doreen Palucci (W) changed positions within the Red Clay Consolidated School Dis-trict. She moved from Professional Development Specialist to Instructional Technology Coach. She welcomed new grandson Julian Robert Gold on De-cember 28, 2007. See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
Karen Panunto (GT). See Presenta-tions.
Kristi Peters (D) welcomed Delany Rose Peters to the family on December 27, 2008.
Robert Rescigno (D) became Vision Network Liaison for the University of Delaware/DE Business Roundtable in September, 2007. Previously he was Director, Scholars Program for Bank of America.
In of October 2008 Denise Spanish (W) began as In-Home Tutor (ELA and Math K-8). Her mother passed away in February of 2008.
Nick Terranova (D) was promoted from Corporal (Troop 2 Patrol) to Criminal Investigative Unit Troop 2 on May 15, 2008. Nick married Tiffany on December 5, 2008. Nick and Tif-fany welcomed new daughter Juliette Valentina Terranova on April 7, 2009.
In September of 2007 Jennifer A. Vallee (GT) began as Extension Educa-tor, 4-H Military Programs for the Uni-versity of Delaware, College of Agri-culture and Natural Sciences. Previ-ously she was Director of Donor Rela-tions for Wesley College.
Cohort 17
In September, 2008 Jackie Cousin (W) began as Executive Director, Pen-cader Hundred Community Center, Inc. Previously she was Program Sup-port Supervisor For State of Delaware/DSCYF.
Andrea Holocek (D). See Awards/Honors.
On July 1, 2009 Donna Lee Mitchell (D) moved to Title Grant Writer/Foundation Coordinator for Appoqunimink School District from High School Principal. She became a first time grandma with the birth of Aubrey on November 10, 2008. See Awards/Honors.
Kim Seifring (W) assumed the new position of Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant of Special Educa-tion for the Mt. Ephraim Board of Edu-cation on September 1, 2008. She was formerly Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant for the Camden County Technical School.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Nick and Tiffany Terranova with new daughter Juliette Valentina.
Photo: Donnie Kendig, son of Elisha Ozer, sitting in arms of big sister Kirsten.
Photo: Jackie Cousin.
Cohort 17 Cont.
Trish Tarantino (D) began work in sales for JC Ehrlich . She moved into a new home in December 2008. She will be competing July 15 and 16 in Las Ve-gas for Ms. United States. See Awards/Honors.
Angie Wenger (W). See Presenta-tions.
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Pam Brown (W) was elected Presi-dent of the Oxford Area Education As-sociation for a two year term beginning May 5, 2009.
Mindi Failing (W) was selected as Director of Technology Services and Information at Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center in Washington, DC. The center is on Gallaudet Uni-versity's campus. She began in January 2009. As of August 2009, Mindi will also be taking on the role as the interim principal for Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) as well as continu-ing in her role as Director.
Quincy Lucas (D) a fourth grade teacher at Silver Lake Elementary, Ap-poquinimink School District, had the privilege of being asked to give a speech at the Democratic National Convention and officially nominating Joe Biden for Vice President of the United States of America. See Awards/Honors.
Jennifer Palmer (W). See Awards/Honors and Presentations.
Georgiana Staley (W). See Awards/Honors.
Richelle Talbert (W). Richelle F. Talbert was named one of two recipi-ents of the 2009 National Scholarship Fellow Program co-sponsored by Nova Southeastern University and the Na-tional Association of Elementary School Principals. Richelle is currently an ele-
mentary principal in the Christina School District and is also the 2008 Na-tional Distinguished Principal from Delaware.
On July 1, 2009 T.J. Vari (W) began new position as Assistant Principal in the Appoquinimink School District. He moved from English and Spanish De-partment Chairman for NCCVT . He and his wife Andreina welcomed new daughter Madison Sofia Vari into the family on May 22, 2009. Madison weighed 7.2lbs, and was 20.5in. long. She joins big brother Noah Tomas Vari who will be three in November.
TRANSITIONS, Cont.
Photo: Big brother Noah Vari with new sister Madison Vari.
Photo: Quincy Lucas.
Photo: Pam Brown.
Photo: Left, Mindi Failing.
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Belfield, L. (2008, July). Strengthening Instruction in Tennessee Elementary Schools: Focus on Mathematics, Overview, Progress and Research Plan, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) Presidential Peer Semi-nar and Leadership Development Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Belfield, L. (2008, November). SITES-M Project: A new model for strengthening math instruction and performance. Panel presenta-tion at the Benjamin Banneker Association Conference on the Mathematics Teaching, Learning and Research of African American Students, Little Rock, AK.
Belfield, L. (2009, July). Improving mathematics instruction and student learning in the early years. Panel presentation at the Edu-cation Commission of the States National Forum on Education Policy, Nashville, TN.
Chatman, Lawrence. (2008). Persistence of Community College Engineering Science Students. Presented at the annual conference, American Society for Engineering Education Pittsburgh, PA.
Curry, Claudia (2006). Building Effective Teams…a journey toward organizational growth and productivity. Presented at the Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education 20th Annual Robert D. Lynch Student Leadership Develop-ment Institute, Altoona, PA.
Curry, Claudia (2007). Empowerment: A Strategy for Building Self-Esteem. Lecture presented at The National Multiple Sclero-sis Society Greater Philadelphia Chapter annual Women Against MS Conference, King of Prussia, PA.
Curry, Claudia (2008). Building Effective Teams…a journey toward organizational growth and productivity. Presented at the American College Personnel Association 85th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD.
Curry, Claudia (2008). Empowerment: An Inward and Outward Journey for Today’s Youth. Keynote presentation at the annual Reach One to Teach One Conference at Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA.
Curry, Claudia (2008) Empowerment: An Inward and Outward Journey for Women. Keynote presentation at the National Multi-ple Sclerosis Society Greater Philadelphia Chapter annual Women Against MS Conference, King of Prussia, PA.
Curry, Claudia (2008) Leaders as Agents of Change. Keynote presented at the United Parcel Service Metro Philadelphia First Annual Women’s Leadership Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Dickerson, J. (2007, July). Are the Students Prepared After Co-op? Pre-sented at the annual conference of I-CHRIE.
Dickerson, J. & McMullin, R. (2007). Building Alumni Success: Strategies to Enhance the Experiential Learning Model. A round-table discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators, Dallas, TX.
Lolli, J., Dickerson, J, & Chen-McCain, S.L. (2007). Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits in Joining a Professional Organization and the Resulting Outcomes: A Gap Analysis. Stand-up sympo-sium presented at the annual meeting of Asia-Pacific CHRIE, Beijing, China.
PRESENTATIONS
Photo: Joy Dickerson
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Lolli, J., Dickerson, J. & Rappaport, S. (2008). The Gen Y Approach to Career Development. Stand-up symposium pre-sented at the annual meeting of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators, Atlanta, GA.
Rappaport, S., Lolli, J., & Dickerson, J. (2008). The Gen Y Approach to Career Development . A stand-up symposium pre-sented at the regional EACE meeting, Providence, RI.
Dickerson, J. & McMullin, R. (2008). The Role of Faculty During the Co-op Journey. A roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Educators, Atlanta, GA.
Foltz, W. (2009). Generations at Work. Presented at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Educational Office Profes-sionals at the Penn State University, State College, PA.
Fullmer. Patricia. (2008). Designing and implementing a tutor training program. Presented at the annual College Reading and Learning Association Conference, Cleveland, OH.
Grossman, Michael. (2008). Leadership in Adult and Correctional Education: Competencies and Profes-sional Development Recommendations. Presented at the Correctional Education Association (CEA) Region II Conference, Ocean City, MD.
Whelan, W., & Grossman, M. (2007). Leadership in Correctional Education: Views from the Ground Level. Presented at the Correctional Education Association (CEA) Region II Conference, Ocean City, MD.
Hickman, T. (2008). Living Well, Learning Well: Clearing the Way for a Clutter-Free Mind and Body. Presented at the New-Courtland Education Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Hickman, T. (2008). Technology as a Tool to Teach Aging. Presented at the Association for Geriatrics in Higher Education. Baltimore, MD.
Hickman, T. (2009). Behavioral Health Services in the Long-Term Care. Presented at the Association for the Society on Aging/National Coalition on Aging. Las Vegas, NV.
Hilberg, J.S. (2008, March). ICT Fluency. Presented at the Society of Information Technology Education.
Johnson, R. (2006, November). Current trends in African-American education. Panel discussion at the annual National Alliance of Black School Educator's Conference. Orlando, FL..
Johnson, R (2007, July) Keynote speaker at Annual EOF Summer Leadership Conference. Rowan University. Glassboro, NJ.
Johnson, R (2008, May) "Inspired to Go Higher". Keynote speaker at the Annual Lawnside Scholarship Luncheon. Lucien's Manor. Berlin, NJ
Jones, A. (2008). Creating Capacity: Preparing Educators for RTI . Panel member of Symposium on Response to Intervention (RTI) and the importance of teacher preparation and professional development.
Lester, G. (n.d.). Presented dissertation at DE Nurse’s Association Research Conference.
PRESENTATIONS, Cont.
Photo: Mike Grossman.
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Main, D. (2004, Spring). Arts Enhance After School Programs. Presented at the Maryland Association of Boards of Education Conference.
Moriarty, S. (2007, June 10-13). Delaware State Police’s Leadership in Police Organization Program. Presented to the Interna-tional Association of Chiefs of Police at the State and Provincial Police Regional Conference. Dover, DE.
Obiozor, W.E. (2007). Applying Hip-Hop Culture in the Classroom. Poster presentation at the Conference on Black Graduate Students, USA. University of Maryland. College Park, MD.
Obiozor, W.E. (2009, May). Globalization of Special Education and Vocational Training: A Case for Effective Exceptional Program Services in Nigerian Public Schools. Presented at the University of Nigeria, Faculty of Education International Con-ference in Nsukka Campus, Enugu State of Nigeria.
Ozer, Elisha. (2008). Technology Transforming Teacher Practice. Presented at the annual National SchoolBoard Associations Technology and Learning Conference. Seattle, Washington.
Palmer, Jennifer; Soleau, Annie; & Suro, Mandy. It’s All About the Process: Adventures in Lesson Study. Presented at the 2008 Fall Invitational Conference of the Council of Educational Administrative and Supervisory Organizations of Mary-land, Annapolis MD.
Palucci, Doreen. (2006). I’m a Teacher, Not a Statistician!: The Challenges of Fostering Data-Driven Decision-Making Among Teachers. Presented at Delaware Board of Education Meeting, Dover, DE.
Palucci, Doreen. (2006). Who’s Visualizing Their Learning? Differentiating Instruction Using Non-Linguistic Representations. Presented at the annual Delaware Instructional Technology Con-ference, Dover, DE.
Palucci, Doreen. (2007). Mess Wid Me! A Place for Every Photo and Every Photo in It’s Place! Presented at the annual Delaware Instructional Technology Conference, Dover, DE.
Palucci, Doreen. (2007). Red Clay Growth Assessment Vignette. Presented at the Delaware State Committee Hearing of Growth Assessments, Dover, DE.
Palucci, Doreen. (2008). Restructuring in Delaware Schools: Views of Those Living through It. Presented at the annual Delaware Policy and Practice Institute, Dover, DE.
Panunto, K. (2008, November). Enhancing Students’ Learning through Clinical Simulation and E-Learning. Co-Presentation at the Clinical Education Redesign: Simulations, Innovations, and Partnerships conference. Indiana University School of Nursing, IN.
Russo, Christopher, (2007). President’s acceptance speech of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials. Pre-sented at the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials Workshop, Atlantic City, NJ.
Russo, Christopher, (2007). Role of School Business Officials and Introduction of Keynote speaker former Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend. Presented at New Jersey School Boards Workshop, Atlantic City, NJ.
Russo Christopher, (2008). Status of School Business in the State of New Jersey. Presented at the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials Workshop, Atlantic City, NJ.
PRESENTATIONS, Cont.
Photo: Doreen Palucci.
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Russo, Christopher, (2007). Impact of the Accountability Regulations on School Operations. Presented at the Leadership for Excellence in Education Meetings, Trenton, NJ.
Russo, Christopher, (2008). Impact of the Accountability Regulations on School Operations. Presented at the Leadership for Excellence in Education Meetings, Trenton, NJ.
Wenger, Angela. (2009). Autism Access: Connecting with Museums. Presented at the annual American Association of Museums, Philadelphia, PA.
Wenger, Angela. (2008). Working Mother 100 Best Companies: When Will Museums Make the List? Presented at the annual American Associa-tion of Museums, Denver, CO.
Wenger, Angela. (2008). Community Collaborations. Presented at the annual Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Philadelphia, PA.
Wenger, Angela. (2008). Youth Programs Network. Presented at the annual Association of Science-Technology Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Wenger, Angela. (2008). Diverse Communications. Presented at the annual Association of Science-Technology Center, Diversity Fellows Program, Philadelphia, PA.
Wilson, J. (2005). Redesign of Principal Preparation Programs. Presented at the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.
Wilson, J. (2006, December). School Leadership Teams: Debunking the Myth Leader as Hero. Presented at the National Staff Development Conference. Nashville, TN.
Wilson, J. and Knapp, M. (2006, December). Delaware’s Cohesive Leadership System. Presentation to the Wallace Foundation Leadership Issue Groups, Washington, D.C.
Wilson, J. (2007, September). Developing Delaware’s Cohesive Leadership System. Pre-sented to the Wyoming Department of Education, WY.
Wilson, J. (2007, October). Delaware’s Cohesive Leadership System. Presented at the Ken-tucky Department of Education Teacher Conference. KY.
Wilson, J. (2007, December). Delaware’s Performance Evaluation System. Presented to the Kansas Department of Education. KS.
PRESENTATIONS, Cont.
Photo: Angela Wenger during Diverse Communica-tions presentation for the Diversity Fellows program ASTC 08.
Wouldn’t you like to see your name in print?
Send your transition / presentation / publication information
to Ann Gibason at the Wilson Graduate Center.
Photo: J. Wilson.
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Amory, B. (2008). Understanding High-Stakes Assessments : Children's Perspectives. VDM Verlag: Saarbrucken, Germany. ISBN-10: 3836441594
Belfield, L. (2007, March). Sustaining our faculties: A critical dialogue about the men-toring experience of African American women faculty. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Belfield, L. (2007, April). African American women in academe: Navigating the system. Paper presented at Keeping our Faculties of Color IV: Recruiting, Retain-ing, and Advancing Faculty of Color Symposium, Minneapolis, MN.
Belfield, L (2009, Summer). Policy Notes: Preschool Education in New Jersey and the Nation (17)2, ETS Policy Evaluation and Research Center, Princeton, NJ.
Chatman, Lawrence. (2008). Persistence of Community College Engineering Science Students. Proceedings from the annual conference, American Society for Engineering Education Pittsburgh, PA.
Curry, C. H. (2008). Understanding the Empowerment Phenomenon: Effects of a pilot women’s empow-erment program on female college students. Verlag: Saarbrucken, Germany. ISBN 3-8364-8440-4
Curry, C. (2008). Pilot Women’s Empowerment Program. The Journal About Women in Higher Education, 1(1), 223-224.
Curry, C.(2009). Focus on leader, common problems to improve team effectiveness. Student Affairs Today, 12(4), 7. (written based on workshop presented at the American College Person-nel Association 85th Annual Conference.
Curry, C. (2009). Learn to avoid common pitfalls of teamwork. Dean & Provost. 10(10), 8.
Curry, C. (2009). Avoid common problems to improve team effectiveness. Enrollment Management. 13(3), 9.
Davenport, M. (2002). Excel with the NCAA bylaws (2002-2003 edition): A step-by-step attack for division III coaches and ad-ministrators. Church Hill, MD: SportWork, Inc.
Davenport, M. (2003). Almost forever. How to help your rowing equipment last an eternity. Church Hill, MD: SportWork.
Davenport, M. (2003). Buy it right! How to make a successful purchase of rowing equipment. Church Hill, MD: SportWork.
Davenport, M. (2005). Seven Things Not To Do Before The Head Race Season Starts. Church Hill, MD: SportWork.
Davenport, M. (2005). Seven Questions to Ask Before You Start That Outboard Motor. Church Hill, MD: SportWork.
Davenport, M. (2005). Top Three Ways Coaches Waste Money. Church Hill, MD: Sport-Work.
PUBLICATIONS
Photo: Claudia Curry.
Davenport, M. (2007). Guest editorial. Time to speak up for athletes . NCAA News, 05-07-07.
Davenport, T. and Davenport, M. (2007). Co-Author. (2007). Acid reflux in infants and children. Church Hill, MD: SportWork.
Dickerson, J. P. (2007). Early professional outcomes of hospitality management alumni: A comparative analysis of ca-reer success indicators from three experiential learning models. Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University, 2007 (Proquest Dissertations and Theses, AAT 3255431).
Lolli, J., Dickerson, J, & Chen-McCain, S.L. (2007). Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits in Joining a Professional Organi-zation and the Resulting Outcomes: A Gap Analysis. Refereed paper published in Conference Proceedings from the annual meeting of Asia-Pacific CHRIE, Beijing, China.
Dickerson, J. (2007). Are the students prepared after co-op? Refereed paper published in Conference Proceedings from the annual meeting of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators, Stand-up presentation, Dallas, TX.
Dickerson, J. & Kline, S. (2008). The early career impact of the co-op commitment in hospitality curricula. The Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 8 (1), 3-22.
Dickerson, J. (2008). The realistic preview may not yield career satisfaction. The International Journal of Hospitality Management, doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2008.06.015.
Guthrie, E. (2000, December). Higher Learning and Police Training. Law and Or-der, December 2000.
Guthrie, E. (2004, December). Qualitative Traits of the Professional Law En-forcement Officer. FBI Bulletin, December 2004.
Lavender. J. (2008). Looping through Preschool. VDM Verlag. ISBN-10: 3836482495
Litzenberg, Corrine. (2008). Captain Albert and Me An Asbury Park, Ocean Grove Adventure Tale.
Moriarty, S. (2007, Winter). Delaware State Police’s Leadership in Police Or-ganizations Program. I.A.C.P. Division of State and Provincial Police. S&P Update.
Moriarty, S. (2007, Spring). The First Leadership in Police Organizations Course. The Delaware Trooper.
PUBLICATIONS, Cont.
Wouldn’t you like to see your name in print?
Send your transition / presentation / publication information
to Ann Gibason at the Wilson Graduate Center.
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Moriarty, S. (2009). Leadership Development For Law Enforcement: A model for Program Implementation. Philadel-phia: Xlibris Publishing. ISBN13: 978-1-4415-3234-3 (Trade Paperback 6x9). ISBN: 1-4415-3235-8 (Trade Hardback 6x9).
Moriarty, S. (2009, June). The Leadership in Police Organizations Program in the Delaware State Police: Recommen-dations for Law Enforcement Leadership Development. Police Chief 76(5), 20-29. http:plicechiefmagzine.orgmagazineindex.cfmfuseaction=display&article_id=1792&issue_id=52009
Patro, E. (2008, February). Teaching Aerobic Cell Respiration. The American Biology Teacher. 70(2).
Russo, C. (2005). School Security Revisited: One Business Administrator’s Per-spective. Key Post, Volume XXII, No.1 – October.
Russo, C. (2006). Safe Routes to Schools, Key Post, Volume XXIII, NO. 1 October.
Russo, C. (2007). President’s Communiqué. Key Post, Volume XXIII, NO. 4 July.
Russo, C. (2007). President’s Communiqué. Key Post, Volume XXIIII, NO. 1 Oc-tober.
Russo, C. (2008). President’s Communiqué. Key Post, Volume XXIIII NO. 2 Janu-ary.
Russo, C. (2008). President’s Communiqué. Key Post, Volume XXIIII NO. 3 April.
Russo, C. (2008). Past - President’s Communiqué. Key Post, Volume XXIII, NO. 4 July.
PUBLICATIONS, Cont.
Photo: Rosario Casiano (W-12) , Principal of Hedgepeth/Williams School, Trenton, NJ with two students in the fall of 2008.
AWARDS/HONORS
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Belfield, Lisa. (2006). Most influential faculty member throughout a student’s college career recognition, Delaware Valley College Founder’s Day Ceremony.
Belfield, Lisa. (2006). Outstanding Service Award, Mansfield University ACT 101 Advisory Board.
Belfield, Lisa. (2008). Educational Testing Service Spot Award for significant contribution to organizational/divisional results or successful completion of a short-term project.
Carpenter, Peter. (2009, February). American Association of School Administrators: Shankland Award.
Carpenter, Peter. (2009, January). Audrey D. Doberstein President’s Award for Leadership, Wilmington University.
Curry, Claudia. (2007). National Association of Negro and Professional Business Women’s Clubs, Inc./Philadelphia and Vicinity Professional Achievement Award.
Curry, Claudia. (2008). Urban Education Foundation Outstanding Dedication to the Academic Achievement of Urban Youth Award.
Curry, Claudia. (2008). Philadelphia NAACP 100 Black Influential Women in Philadelphia Award.
Curry, Claudia. (2009, May 2). Woman of Wisdom Award. Presented by the Community Col-lege of Philadelphia New Choices/New Options Leadership Alumni committee at the 4th Annual Red Carpet Awards and Dinner Gala.
Dickerson, Joy. (2007 and 2008). Received two provost grants for faculty development and research.
Davenport, Mike (1999, Winter). Doctoral Student Award Wilmington University.
Davenport, Mike. (2002, Spring). Outstanding Achievement Award for DIII Compliance, National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators (NAACC)
Davenport, Mike.(2004-2006). Governor’s Physical Fitness Council selected as member of Governor’s Council.
Davenport, Mike. (2005). Jessie Ball DuPont faculty member, summer seminar at the National Humanities Center.
Davenport, Mike. (2008). Coach of the Year Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference.
Guthrie, Edward. (2004, November). Fed-eral Bureau of Investigation Commu-nity Leadership: Director’s Award.
Holecek, Andrea. (2008, July). 2008 Dela-ware Excellence in Nursing Practice Award for Advanced Practice.
Jones, Abraham. (2006, July). University of Pittsburgh NCTA Study Tour to Japan.
Donna Mitchell with a group of principals at Christmas celebration in France.
Photo: Claudia Curry receiv-ing Woman of Wisdom award.
AWARDS/HONORS, Cont.
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Jones, Abraham. (2007, September). Executive Board Member, Delaware State Education Association.
Jones, Abraham. (2008). Appointed to NEA IDEA/Special Education Resource Cadre. For three year term. See video at http://ondemand.neaacademy.org/.
Lara, Anne. (2007, August). Siemens Achievement Award.
Main, Donna R. (2003). National Board Certification.
Mitchell, D.L. (2008-09 School Year). MHS Siemen’s Advanced Placement Award for Math/Science/Technology.
Mitchell, D. L. (2008, December). Selected by DE Sec Education to participate in Principal Exchange to Paris France.
Obiozor, Williams Emeka. (2007). Award of $500 to prepare and present a paper for the ICS Lecture Series: The Institute of Culture and Society. The paper Appli-cation of Hip Hop Culture in Teaching Students with Disabilities in American Public Schools was selected among the papers for the 2008 Lecture Series.
Palucci, Doreen. (20007, June). Received $200 State Honorarium for Vignette.
Palmer, Jennifer. (2009, May). Harford County Public Schools Curriculum Award.
Prouse, Margaret R.T. (2007, May). Delaware Technical and Community College Excellence in Service.
Russo, Chris. (2007). President, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials.
Staley, Georgiana (2009, April). Proba-tion and Parole Offi-cer of the Year for the State of Delaware.
Staley, Georgiana. (2009, May). Finalist for the Delaware Award for Excellence and Commitment in State Service.
Tarantino, Trish. (2009). Ms. Delaware United States 2009.
Szymanski, Dolores. (2006, January). Director, Board of Directors, United Way of Burlington County, NJ.
Szymanski, Dolores. (2006, September). Chairperson, Burlington County Public Em-ployee Charitable Campaign (United Way), NJ.
Photo: Georgiana Staley receiving the award for Probation and Pa-role Officer of the Year for the State of Delaware from DOC Commissioner Carl Danberg.
Photo: Donna Mitchell with Siemens Achievement Award.
Photo: Dolores Szymanski.
AWARDS/HONORS, Cont.
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Szymanski, Dolores. (2009, May). Elected as 2009 Campaign Chairperson of Burlington County Annual United Way Campaign.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2000). Appointed to the Dela-ware Professional Standards Board.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2000). Won Governor’s Office Parent Partnership Award.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2001). Lord Baltimore Elemen-tary School, Indian River School District, Ocean View, DE where she was Principal was named National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Department of Education.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2001-2007). Appointed to Board of Trustees at University of Delaware.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2002). Delaware’s National Dis-tinguished Elementary Principal.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2004). Awarded Second Mile Award by University of Delaware while working at DE Department of Education.
Wilson, Jacquelyn. (2007). Appointed to Beebe Hospital Board of Directors.
Wyatt-Dix, Betty. (2006). Congressional Award, Technology Champion Leadership Award.
Photo: Jennifer Palmer, center, with Kristen Gayo Teeter, right, receiving award Harford County Public Schools Curriculum Award from the Board of Education for unit on non-fiction text structure. Stephanie McClure, left, is a teacher who also won an award that night.
Photo: Trisha Tarantino. Ms. Delaware United States 2009.
AWARDS/HONORS, Cont.
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Photos: Quincy Lucas makes Vice Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention..
AWARDS/HONORS, Cont.
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Photos: Quincy Lucas with Presi-dent Obama dur-ing whistle stop train tour ride with the Pres and Vice President.
AWARDS/HONORS, Cont.
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Photo: Quincy Lucas with President Obama and Vice President Biden whistle stop train tour ride with the Pres and Vice President.
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January 2009 Graduates
Name (Cohort-Site) Title
Elizabeth G. Anderson (15-W) Freshmen Retention: The Impact of a First Year Experience Program on Student Satisfaction and Academic Performance.
Patricia Kennedy Bicknell (15-W) Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient-centered Care Delivery: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Factors Influencing
Effective Implementation of Patient-centered Care. Darryl C. Calloway (14-D) The Ecology Corps: An Evaluation of a Middle School Environmental Program. Peter Sundin Carpenter, II (15-W) Professional Learning Communities: A Case Study of Three Elementary Schools. Peggy O. Enslen (15-W) Developing the Employability Skills of Medical Assisting Students in a Vocational High School. Todd A. Fishburn (15-GT) Mobile Device Reading Interventions in the Kindergarten Classroom. Nancy Nicholson Fox (15-D) Tick-borne Diseases: An Evaluation of a Lyme Disease Prevention Education Curriculum for Eight, Nine,
and Ten Year Old Children. Jason S. Hale (15-W) Performance Management Reviews: An examination of the effects of Performance Management Reviews on
school district financial management in Delaware. Jessica Marie Hill (14-GT) Crossing the Thin Blue Line: An Autoethnographic Account of Gender Discourse Within the Fraternal Or-
der. Abraham H. Jones (14-GT) The Implications of Responsiveness to Intervention Expected Impact in Delaware. Victoria Scott McConnell (15-GT) Targeted Learning Community. Shay-Lynn McPhail (10-GT) The Verbal Assertiveness of Adolescent Females: An Observational Study
of Classroom and Small Group Behavior in a Seventh Grade English Language Arts Classroom.
Amy Lynn Patrick (15-W) Students Online Learning Experience at an Urban Liberal Arts Univer-
sity: Factors that Influence Course Performance, Student Involvement and Student Satisfaction.
Doris Elaine Person (14-GT) Four Community-Based Afterschool Programs in a Rural Southern Dela-
ware Public School District. Judith M. Ramirez (14-GT) Hear What We See: Portraits of Cancer Survivance A Phenomenological Study Through the use of Photog-
raphy. Franklin D. Read (15-W) The Impact of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) on the Instructional Practices of Ele-
mentary School Teachers and on the Reading Achievement of English Language Learners. Monica D. Tarburton Rysavy (15-D)An Action Plan for the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District To Improve Teachers’
Integration of Technology into the Classroom.
Graduates from August, 2008 through Spring, 2009
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Name (Cohort-Site) Title
Sherry R. Sutton (15-GT) Teachers’ and Administrators’ Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation. Melinda Lee Tartaglione (15-D) Accelerated Reader and its Impact on Special Education Students at Middletown High School. Robin Rider Taylor (15-D) Use of Growth Models in School Accountability Systems under No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Anthony C. Bryson Wright (12-F) Teacher Preparation: Perceptions of Alternate-Route Certificated Personnel in a Mid-Atlantic District. Matilde Campos Young (15-D) A Comparative Study of English Language Learners and Non-English Language Learners' in a school district
in Delaware performance in National Standardized Achievement Tests of Reading Assessment: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
May 2009 Graduates
William F. Anderson (16-W) The Use of Academic and Demographic Characteristics to Predict Student Persistence during First-to-Second Year at a Private Four-Year College.
George J. Crowley (14-W) The Relationship Between the Implementation of Middle Grade Level Reform and Student Achievement.
MaryAnn B. Faralli (15-W) The Impact of Instruction on Emotional Intelligence Levels of Undergraduate Nursing Students.
Janet M. Girolami (15-W) The Effectiveness of a High School Reading Remediation Program on Student Achievement in Reading.
Patricia A. Goslee (12-GT) Relationship Between Behavior Infractions, Gender, Ethnicity, and Grade Level Among Middle School Ado-lescents.
Edward Hall (11-GT) Minority Student Retention Program: Student Achievement and Success Program at Anne Arundel Commu-nity College.
Christopher J. Hancock (15-W) An Exploratory Analysis of a Scale Developed to Measure Self-Efficacy in Adventure Education.
Yvonne R. Hilton (15-W) The Impact of Student Satisfaction with Institutional Factors on Freshmen-to-Sophomore Year Persistence at an Historically Black University.
Marisa L. Hockman (16-GT) Teacher Preparation: Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
Darby H. Hudson (11-GT) Homework: Elementary Teacher Practices and Perceptions in One Delaware School District.
David Jezyk (15-W)) A Case Study: Examining the Impact of Two Inclusion Models on the Academic Success and Self-Advocacy Skills of Seven Special Education Students at Delcastle Technical High School.
Robert J. Kime (15-GT) The Effectiveness of a Positive Behavior Support Program at Benjamin Banneker Elementary School.
Lynda R. Hertrick (Lake) (15-GT) The Academic Influence of Second and Third Grade Looping in One Delaware School District
Anne L. Lara (15-W) Using Competency Management as a Foundation for Employee Development in a Global Information Tech-nology Company.
Eleanor S. Ludwigsen (15-W) Teacher Effectiveness and the Effect on Student Achievement in Middle School Mathematics.
Joan S. Mattson (15-W) The Impact of Curriculum Revised to Closely Align to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards Grade Benchmarks on the Achievement of Seventh and Eighth Grade Students as Measured by the New Jer-sey Assessment of Knowledge and Skills 7 and 8.
Brenda J. Mister (15-GT) Minority Nursing Students: Educational Experiences in a Rural Community College Nursing Program.
Defenses from August, 2008 through Spring, 2009
Name (Cohort-Site) Title
Mark E. Nowak (15-GT) Dissertation: Perceptions of Stakeholders Regarding the Implementation of High-Stakes Testing Policies.
Samuel D. Paoli (15-D) A Comparison of Overall Academic Success of High School Student Athletes Versus Non-Athletes.
Kristine S. Peters (16-D) Peer Play Intervention and its Effect on the Social, Communication, and Play Skills of the Students with Autism Ages 3-5.
Heinz A. Retzlaff (15-GT) Outsourcing: A Description of Operations and Performance.
Barbara R. Riley (15-D) A Pilot Project for First Year Community College Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Pre-College Level Courses: Supported Higher Education Program.
Marcia A. Sprankle (12-GT) Teachers’ Beliefs Towards the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.
Defenses from October, 2008 through Spring, 2009 Cont.
Retirement
Photo Right: Dr. Joe Deardorff on a cool night in January on Manasoto Beach FL.
Photo Below: Dr. Joe Deardorff at WGC Retire-ment party.
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PREPARING FOR GRADUATION!
Photo: Peter Carpenter, Dr. Linda Frazer, Peg Enslen, Bud Read, Eliza-beth Anderson..
Photo: Sherry Sutton, Dr. Pam Curtiss, Doris Person, Dr. Connie Kieffer, Jessica Hill, Victoria McConnell, and Abe Jones.
Photo: Dr. Mike Czarkowski, Darryl Calloway, Dr. Lew Atkinson, Monica Ry-savy, Robin Taylor, Nancy Fox , Melinda Tartaglione, and Matilde Young.
Photo: Jason Hale, Elizabeth Anderson, Peg Enslen, Peter Carpenter, and Bud Read.
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May 2009 graduates in Wilmington, DE: Joan Mattson, Ellie Ludwigsen, Chris Hancock, Anne Lara, George Crowley, Janet Girolami, Yvonne Hilton, Dave Jezyk, Mary Ann Faralli, Sam Paoli and William Anderson..
GRADUATION!
Photo: Bud Read receiving diploma from Wilmington University President Jack Var-salona as John Gray, Dean, in the background, calls names.
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GRADUATION!
Photo: Peter Sundin Carpenter, II receives Audrey D. Doberstein President’s Award for Leadership, Wilmington University from President Jack Varsalona.
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AFTER THE GRADUATION CEREMONY!
Photo: Two January WU graduates with Vice President Joe Bi-den.
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Photo: Mary Ann Faralli, winner of the EDD Academic Award with daughters after graduation.
Photo: Anthony Wright celebrates with cake.
Photo: Peter Carpenter beams after receiving the President’s Leadership Award during the gradua-tion ceremonies.
AFTER THE GRADUATION CEREMONY!
Photo: Bud Read with family after graduation.
Mary Ann Faralli with husband Dominick after gradua-tion.
Yvonne Hilton standing by her special transportation for the big graduation day.
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Photo: Janet Girolami with family after graduation.
PRESIDENT’S DINNER!
Graduates celebrate their achievement.
Photo: Chris Hancock and Jason Hale. Photo: Janet Girolami and Mary Ann Faralli.
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Photo: Dave Jezyk, Liz Anderson, Chris Hancock, Bud Read, Joan Mattson, Janet Girolami, Ellie Ludwigsen, Ann Giba-son, Jason Hale, Peter Carpenter, Peg Enslen, Mary Ann Faralli, Yvonne Hilton and Dr. Linda H. Frazer.
PRESIDENT’S DINNER!
Members of Cohort 18 celebrate the end of year 1.
Photo: Standing, Tracye Moore, Mindi Failing, Georgiana Staley, Sharon Beard, Eugenia Roberts, Priscilla Vanderhoff, Jennifer Palmer, Karen Petr, Lisa Della Vecchia, Joe Aviola, T.J. Vari, and Jessie Kubek. Seated, Kim Chiodi, Sharon Ko-nowitz, Alyssa Moore, and Milika Singleton.
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Wouldn’t you like to see your name in print?
Send your transition / presentation / publication information
to Ann Gibason at the Wilson Graduate Center.
PRESIDENT’S DINNER!
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