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Volume XXIV No. 19
• May 12, 2000
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CSA
positions open - Top
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The following career service
positions are open:
- grounds keeper,
facilities services
- senior claims
clerk, business office
For additional
information, check the announcement bulletin
or contact the personnel
office.
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Professors
publish article profiling on-line instructors - Top
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An
article "Internet Teaching By Style:
Profiling the On-line Professor," written by
Dorothy Fuller, Rena Faye Norby, and Kristi
Pearce of the College of Education and Sharon
Strand of the College of Arts and Sciences, has
been recently published in Educational
Technology & Society.
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Pearce |
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Story
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Business professor presents
at New York Stock Exchange workshop - Top
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 Donald Altmyer, assistant
professor in the College of Business
&Technology at Black Hills State University,
will be presenting at the New York Stock
Exchange's 13th annual Graduate Teachers Workshop
July 24-27. The workshop will be held at the
Exchange's headquarters at 11 Wall Street in the
heart of the financial district area. The Graduate Teachers workshop is
for teachers who have
completed the five day
undergraduate teachers workshop. These workshops
provide educators with a thorough understanding
of the capital-raising process, the NYSE agency
auction market, regulation and technology. The
workshops are by invitation only, with preference
given to teachers who integrate the stock-market
information into their classroom curricula.
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At the graduate workshop,
teachers spend time on the NYSE trading floor
during actual business hours and have the
opportunity to observe and interact with market
professionals in action. According to Murray
Teitelbaum, director of Educational Services at
the NYSE, 45 teachers from across the country
will attend the graduate workshop. The title of Altmyer's
presentation is: "Using an online
stock-market simulation as a cross-discipline
learning tool." This presentation will
feature the South Dakota Stock Market Simulation
(SDSMS) program. This spring, over 300 teams of
South Dakota students from elementary school
through college participated in the SDSMS. These
teams invested $100,000 in "play" money
into a portfolio of stock investments. All
research and trading is performed on-line. The
homepage is located at www.sdakotasms.com.
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Eisenhower
grant funds science workshop for science teachers
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$36,000 Eisenhower Grant will fund a summer
workshop at Black Hills State University designed
to improve science teaching in grades 7-12,
particularly as it relates to physics. The 18-day summer workshop is
titled “Physics Modeling Workshop for School
Technology Infusion.” The principal
investigator and grant author is Dr. Rena Faye
Norby, assistant professor of education at BHSU.
Story
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Chiesman
Foundation funds grants at BHSU - Top
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 The Academy For Future
Teachers and the E.Y. Berry Library at Black
Hills State University were recent recipients of
grants from the Chiesman Foundation. The
future teacher academy received $6,800 from the
Chiesman Foundation to help support its annual
summer program. The academy, in its fifth year,
will be held July 16-19 at BHSU.
Dr. Carol Hess, project coordinator and author
of the grant, said, “The academy is designed
to promote
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teaching and provide
the participants with a variety of opportunities
to explore many of the critical issues facing
tomorrow's teachers.” Thirty high school
juniors and seniors from across the state will
participate in the four-day academy: The
Teaching Profession: Preparing Citizens for the
21st Century.
A second grant for more than $3,000 was
received from the Chiesman Foundation to purchase
curriculum materials for teaching civic education
for teachers and for use by the library. More
than 55 history and civics related documents were
acquired with funding from the grant.
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Employees
honored at CSA reception - Top
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Employees were honored at the annual
CSA luncheon recently. Several employees were
recognized for their years of CSA service.
Story
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CSA scholarship
awarded - Top
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 Jackie
Longbrake, a junior with a major in accounting
and a computer applications minor, was awarded
the annual CSA scholarship. BHSU President Thomas
Flickema presented the scholarship to Longbrake
(center) at the annual CSA luncheon. Also
pictured is CSA chairperson Corinne Hansen
(right).
Longbrake, who is originally from Howes, returned
to school after a ten-year absence. She has one
son, Kolby, who is seven years old.
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Grant
opportunities announced - Top
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Below are the
program materials received May 4-10 in the grants
office in Woodburn 220. For copies of the
information, contact our office at 642-6627 or
e-mail requests to us at grants@bhsu.edu
. Fellowship information will also be posted on
the Student Union bulletin board near the
information desk.
- NSF Computer Science, Engineering, and
Mathematics Scholarships – NSF. Letter
of Intent deadline: June 16, 2000.
(Optional). Proposal Deadline: Aug. 3,
2000. This program supports scholarships
for low-income students, enabling them to
pursue associate, baccalaureate, or
graduate level degrees in computer
science, computer technology,
engineering, engineering
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technology, or
mathematics. Academic institutions apply for
awards to support scholarship activities, and are
responsible for selecting scholarship recipients.
- Assistive Technology in Special
Education – DoED. This notice
supports the National Education Goals by
helping to improve results for children
with disabilities. Deadline: June 23,
2000.
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This week at BHSU
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items or send to media relations, Unit 9512,
BHSU.
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Friday,
May12
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Saturday,
May13
Commencement,
Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center, 10
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Monday,
May15 |
Tuesday, May16 |
Wednesday, May 17 |
Thursday,
May18 |
Friday,
May19 |
Saturday,
May20 |
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