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The Education Department at the University of Saint Mary gathered to recognize its teacher candidates and M.A. in Education Candidates on May 5, 2015.
The program included inspirational words from 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year, Jeff Baxter, and Alum of the USM teacher education program and 2015 Horizon Award winner, Nichole Gurwell.
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Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
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Businessman, Educator. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Little is known about his childhood. He moved to Texas in 1838. In 1840 he started one of many businesses of which he would become involved. Houston and Galveston Navigation Company was established in 1851 and in 1858 Rice was the owner of a brig called the William M. Rice. It carried ice from Boston to Galveston. Rice also served as a director of the Houston Insurance Company, which insured carriers and freight. He incorporated the Houston Cotton Compress Company, several railroads and a stage line from Houston to Austin. He was the alderman from the Second Ward from 1855 to 1857 and he served on the petit jury and the grand jury in Harris County. He was a member of Liberty Company No. 2, an early formation of a volunteer fire department for the City of Houston, which was organized in 1852. Rice and T. W. House purchased a Hunneman Hand Fire Engine from Boston. The price was $2000.00 and would be the first fire truck that the volunteers acquired. It arrived in Houston in 1852. Serving in many capacities such as, Odd Fellow, director of the Houston Academy, trustee of the Houston Educational Society, the Second Ward School, and the Texas Medical College, Rice was among the wealthiest men in Texas. Rice married Margaret Bremond on June 29, 1850. She passed away on August 13, 1863. For the next two years he stayed in Monterrey, Mexico. He returned to Houston in 1866. On June 26, 1867 he married Julia Elizabeth Baldwin Brown, daughter of an early mayor of Houston. They moved to New Jersey but split their time between New Jersey and New York and took occasional trips to Houston for business. On one of the business trips Cesar Maurice Lombardi who was interested in building a high school in Houston approached him. Having changed his will previously to include a fund for a school for needy boys, Rice was interested. It was decided that he would fund an institute of higher learning. The charter for the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art was incorporated in Austin, Texas on May 19, 1891. Due to his wife's health he moved to Houston in April 1896 with hope that the weather would improve her condition. After her death on July 24, 1896 a dispute ensued over her will. During the years of court proceedings, Rice's valet, Charlie Jones, to gain control of his estate, hatched a plan. He began drugging Rice with cyanide pills. Jones eventually murdered Rice with a lethal dose of chloroform. Jones was released although he did commit the murder. When the estate was settled in 1904 there was approximately three million dollars in an endowment for the university. On October 12, 1912, the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Art and Science held its inaugural festival. At that time the endowment held a sum of about nine million dollars and all students were able to attend the university without charge. This privilege did not end until 1965.
Bio by Julie Karen Jackson/2005
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Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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For any questions, please email contact Takeshi Yamada, Art & Rogue Taxidermy, Museum of World Wonders, official website. www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/
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For any questions, please contact Dr. Takeshi Yamada. His email address is posted in the chapter page (the last page or the first page).
(Updated April 7, 2015)
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The ATI Marketing Team gathered for a photo celebrating the end of the 2nd Annual Nurse Educator Essentials conference at the Marriott on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. Go Team ATI!
Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
A myriad players in this free-for-all Hockey game!
Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
In June 2018, the Education Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory hosted 50 pre-service teachers for a weeklong professional development workshop, during which they got hands-on experience with STEM lessons, heard from JPL scientists and engineers, and toured the Pasadena, California, facility. The experience was part of NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Educator Institute, which takes place at NASA centers across the country each summer. The first of the two sessions at JPL this summer focused on elementary-school STEM education.
Learn more about the educator institute at: www.txstate-epdc.net/nasa-mei/
To explore the STEM lessons featured in the institute, plus more, visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lyle Tavernier
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In June 2018, the Education Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory hosted 50 pre-service teachers for a weeklong professional development workshop, during which they got hands-on experience with STEM lessons, heard from JPL scientists and engineers, and toured the Pasadena, California, facility. The experience was part of NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Educator Institute, which takes place at NASA centers across the country each summer. The first of the two sessions at JPL this summer focused on elementary-school STEM education.
Learn more about the educator institute at: www.txstate-epdc.net/nasa-mei/
To explore the STEM lessons featured in the institute, plus more, visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lyle Tavernier
June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm
Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1862.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
Creativity & Innovation in Managing Teaching & Learning
Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar
Innovations in Higher Education: Re-imagining Learning
Teachers and Counselors from around the state witness aerial refueling aboard a KC-135R from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee WI
Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García addresses the audience of future teachers, thanking them for choosing the teaching profession, and challenging them to make a difference in students' lives. Photo by Matt Gush
Ms. Edna Cadogan delivers the External Examiner's Report at the Graduation Ceremony of the Burrowes School of Art. She is emphasizing the need for students to draw and sketch more to improve the quality of their output.
remix of "mistaken for strangers" cc by Glen Scott - original here: www.flickr.com/photos/glenscott/1160993551/in/faves-35237...
In “Wild Weather Fun,” a new workshop at Clover College, youth explored the amazing side of weather and became a weather scientist. Instructor: Tyler Williams, Extension Educator
4-H Clover College is a four-day series of hands-on workshops for youth presented by Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Clover College has grown from 8 workshops in 1996 to 58 workshops in 2016!
In Nebraska, the 4-H youth development program for ages 5-18 is part of Nebraska Extension. Learn more about Lancaster County 4-H at lancaster.unl.edu
Image for the group Get Pushed, where members sign up for a push, get paired with another willing partner (victim?), and after reviewing their partner's photostream, comes up with a challenge for an image that is outside their comfort zone.
R26: This image is inspired by a challenge (or PUSH) from Krista Mills (www.flickr.com/people/kristakmills/), teacher extraordinaire currently in China and my push partner from the previous round R23. She and I agreed to do a mutual push for R26. The push was to provide an image representing a popular quote from literature, as we both like to read. (Her push response for this round can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/kristakmills/7998778347/in/photostream).
The quote: "The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities."
DAVID COPPERFIELD, CHARLES DICKENS
Ever since eighth grade, I have know I have a knack for teaching math and science. My senior year in college, I tutored over 150 students in classes varying from Algebra to Calculus 2, physics, chemistry, computer programming and Spanish... My dream (wish) has been since then to teach at community college or University, probably after I retire from my current job, which is in the paint and coatings industry, so the image behind me fits well for what I currently do. . Here, this image shows me giving a presentation (which I DID do) at a technical conference on Friday, somewhat of a joining of what I do and wish to do. And, taking that wish further, I have made the first step to go back to grad school to make it happen.
The way this relates to the quote is that I am now DOING the teaching and mentoring, instead of just wishing I will someday. Needless to say, I respect the teaching profession and give teachers in general a lot of credit for the stress and lack of respect they get.
As always, thanks for your views and comments!
OPENING CALENDAR
December 11, 2014
PUBLIC SESSION
Invocation
Francisco Gonzalez, Board Member
Presentation of the Colors
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Leadership Academy JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
Mikyia Musa, 6th grade student
Winfield Scott School No. 2
Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
William F. Halloran Jazz Choir
Pledge of Ethics
Liliya Ruzayeva, 6th grade student
Winfield Scott School No. 2
Core Beliefs – Video
PERFORMANCES
"Candy Cane Twist" by Andy Beck
Winfield Scott School No. 2 Intermediate Choir:
Annice Benamy, Choir Director
"Get it Together, Harambee! by Will Schmid
Winfield Scott School No. 2 Concert Choir and Percussion Ensemble
Annice Benamy, Choir Director Valeri Liiva-Katz, Instrumental Director
“O Christmas Tree” Traditional German
William F. Halloran Jazz Choir
“Cantaloupe Island”
William F. Halloran Jazz Ensemble
PRESENTATIONS
Academic Excellence
William F. Halloran School No. 22 @31 –2014 National Blue Ribbon School
Stars of Excellence
Tracy Espiritu- Only NJ recipient of the prestigious $25,000 Milken Educator Award
New Jersey Positive Behavior Support in Schools (PBSIS)
The purpose of the NJ PBSIS initiative is to build capacity to support the social-behavioral needs of all students, including students with disabilities.
Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Academy Universal PBSIS Team
Fatimah Bey
Donald Dulorie
Faye Best
Javier Valencia
Chanel Williams
Olayinka Akinsuyi
Todd Lecher
Janice Torpey
Admiral F. Halsey, Jr. Leadership Academy PBSIS Universal Team
Jeff Roszkowski
Valerie Burgos
Mel Endick
Megan Marx
Ned Long
Anamaria Llanos
Celal Tuncer
Adrian Bennett
Nancy Ravaioli
Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy PBSIS Universal Team
Michael Ojeda
Cheryl Ann Popielarski
Alexandra Mickens
Mona Wanis
Donald Steup
Timothy Millheim
Kristy Kumar
Community Excellence
Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery for donation to Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Academy Process Technology classroom
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