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Highlights to Look Forward To
Explore AI: Learn how to use AI to help YOU save time as an educator and discover strategies for using AI with your students, handling AI detection, and more!
Tech Spa: Our Tech Spa was SUCH a hit last year, we brought it back! Clean and rejuvenate your device to get it ready for a new academic year.
Fun Giveaways
Make sure to save the date and add this event to your calendar. This year’s PD event will feature specific sessions at designated times, focused on your pedagogical practices. We will be handing out an agenda for this event at Conclave so you’ll know exactly what’s in store for the morning.
Stay turned for a special invitation that will reveal this year’s theme. You won’t want to miss out! Looking forward to seeing you on August 23rd!
ECE News
Dr. Chhanda Islam has participated in the International Literacy Association's Awards & Grants program for the last two years. Among the finalists, the committee recognized Barbara Wasik and Annemarie Hindman from Temple University for their deserving achievements. The Professional Collaborator Award recognizes an ongoing professional collaboration between two or more people who regularly contribute to the professional knowledge base of literacy educators.
An article written by Dr. Chhanda Islam titled Using Technology to Help Struggling Readers Improve Their Reading Outcomes: Applications to Support K-12 Teachers and Teaching was published in the International Journal of Language and Linguistics.
The journal Education and Development has elected Dr. Chhanda Islam to its board of editors. Education and Development is a prestigious international open-access peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and discourse in the field of education. The journals will be published by British Reading Oasis and Discovery Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 15838465.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Fall Conclave 2024!
First Day of Classes!
The COEHS Dean getting real with K-12 students earlier this summer.
Classroom Response Kit Project 2024
Thank you to Dr. John Clayton’s General Studies class at the Governor’s Scholars Program at Murray State University. These students packed 500 classroom response kits that will be sent across the Commonwealth.
Murray State graduates and current students in the Library Media Program showed up for a wonderful professional development day in Owensboro at Apollo High School on July 9th. The Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) held their annual Summer Refresher, hosted by Murray State graduate Jonathan Paff, librarian at Apollo High School. One picture is of all the attendees who completed their coursework and Murray and the second picture is of current and former students of Terri's. Terri presented three sessions at the conference.
Murray State University has announced the establishment of the Lois McClure Kemp Memorial Scholarship Endowment in Family Consumer Sciences, funded by gifts to the Murray State University Foundation by her daughters Jana Kemp and Mary Kemp Murray, along with other family members and friends. The scholarship will assist undergraduate students majoring in Family and Consumer Sciences at Murray State.
SHOUT-OUTS
SHOUT-OUTS
Shout-Out to Holly Bloodworth for being reappointed to the Kentucky Board of Education!
To send your own shout-out, click on the button below to fill out the form. It's a great way to show colleagues how awesome they are!
It will appear in the Midweek Round-Up as well as on the Faculty and Staff Shout-Out Board by the Dean's Office! Be sure to check it out when you're walking by!
COEHS CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
COEHS CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
Fall Semester - 2024
August 16 - Fall Conclave
August 20 - Classes Begin
August 29 - COEHS Student Picnic
September 2 - Holiday
September 10 - Scholarship Banquet
September 13 - 15 - Family Weekend
October 9 - 1 HALF ENDS
October 10 - 11 - Fall Break
October 14 - 2 HALF BEGINS
November 5 - Presidential Election
November 9- Racer Day
November 27 - 29 - Thanksgiving
December 6 - Classes End
December 7 - 13 - Finals
December 14- Commencement
CONNECT WITH US ONLINE
CONNECT WITH US ONLINE
Want to add something to the next Midweek Round-Up?
Want to add something to the next Midweek Round-Up?
Click the button below to let Claire Layne in the Dean's Office know!
Click the button below to let Claire Layne in the Dean's Office know!
Remember to be as detailed as possible! Contact Claire with any questions.
Remember to be as detailed as possible! Contact Claire with any questions.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
― Yogi Berra
Hide & Seek
You may have noticed an ever-growing scavenger hunt in Al Hall. From mini farm critters and sea creatures to tiny troll dolls, who knows what you'll find! Thank Dr. Mahoney for starting this domino effect. 😉
Find Pirate Donald Duck hidden in Alexander Hall. 👀 Whoever finds him first wins a free swag item!
Snap a photo and send to clayne@murraystate.edu then hide him somewhere new. Good luck!
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