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Wells College Receives
Grant from TRW
A $5,100 grant from TRW Transportation
Electronics Division in Auburn will help Wells College improve science
education for young women.
Wells, in conjunction with a consortium
of small colleges, has developed a chemistry curriculum that is more "friendly"
to women than traditional teaching methods. The grant will help the college
share these ideas with area schools.
According to Wells Professor of Chemistry
Linda Schwab, "We believe that if the approach to teaching chemistry is
more discovery-oriented, if you pose a question or have a question posed
to you, and you go out and attempt to answer it yourself - then the process
of learning becomes much more exciting." She believes this approach to
teaching science is particularly beneficial to young women.
Wells is one of 15 hub colleges where
area high school teachers can work on developing and adapting experiments
to their own schools. With access to the colleges, the teachers receive
the support of scientists and find tools and experience to create curricular
activities that will ignite the enthusiasm of their students.
The sciences have been dominated by
males, and Professor Schwab says that it is vitally important to snare
the interest of potential women scientists early in their high school studies.
"The number of occupations in the sciences will continue to increase in
the coming decades. At the same time, there is a projected shortfall of
people who are qualified for these jobs. If women self-select themselves
out of the field, the future will be grim."
March 29, 1996
Wells Adds
Elementary Education Certification
Last summer, Wells received approval from
the State of New York to offer certification in elementary education. The
college now has an elementary education program rooted in the liberal arts
and community service.
Students pursuing provisional elementary
teaching certification at Wells select a major from the college's liberal
arts curriculum and minor in elementary education. They are candidates
for a bachelor of arts degree. The college also continues to offer certification
in secondary education.
While very much a part of the college's
liberal arts tradition, the program is field based and requires students
to spend much of their time in a school setting with children, says Dr.
Bird Stasz, Wells' director of elementary education.
"From the beginning, students spend
time in the college classroom learning methods and time in the elementary
classroom practicing these methods, enabling them to connect theory and
practice almost immediately," she says.
An emphasis on social responsibility
and community service is a strong component of the Wells program. "Community
service is no longer just volunteerism - it's volunteerism on top of career,
family, and many other responsibilities. Students in our program learn
that it is their responsibility to give back to the community," says Stasz.
The program allows students to work
in a variety of area schools including public, private, urban, and rural
settings. The Peachtown School, a private elementary school located on
the Wells campus, is a popular site for Wells students. Additionally, there
are many opportunities to participate in internships for academic credit
in schools across the nation and in other countries.
For more information about the teaching
certification programs at Wells College, call 1-800/952-9355.
February 29, 1996
Teams Compete
in New Women's College Conference
Wells College has joined the Atlantic
Women's Colleges Conference (NCAA Division III) for the 1996-97 academic
year. Beginning in fall 1996, Wells will compete against other member schools
in field hockey, soccer, swimming, and lacrosse.
Other women's colleges that are members
of AWCC are Hood College, Frederick, Md.; Mary Baldwin College, Staunton,
Va.; College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Md.; Trinity College, Washington,
D.C.; and Wilson College, Chambersburg, Penn.
The AWCC is committed to promoting
the highest level of excellence for women in academics and athletics through
organized regular and post-season competition among its members.
In addition to competing against teams
in the AWCC, Wells teams will continue to compete against schools in New
York State and will remain a member of the New York State Women's College
Athletic Association.
February 29, 1996
Two Trustees Named
Ronald A. LeGrand, director of Minority
Affairs and Business Development for Nabisco, Inc., recently became a member
of the Wells College Board of Trustees.
LeGrand earned his law degree at Boston
College and has done extensive work for the U.S. government as counsel
for the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse. He has also served as counsel
for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Operations.
He is a member of many organizations
including the American Bar Association, the National Organization of Black
Law Enforcement Executives, the Board of Directors and Board of Advisors
for the Homeless Children's Tutorial Project, and is co-founder of the
Boston College Law School's Third World Law Journal.
He says his most meaningful experience
on Capitol Hill was as Chief Investigator and Counsel to the Judiciary
Committee; LeGrand headed up the investigation into the background and
credentials of Judge Robert Bork during his proposed nomination for the
Supreme Court.
Continuing a tradition of family participation
since Wells College's inception, Stephen L. Zabriskie has accepted the
position of college trustee.
He holds a degree in English from Ithaca
College. A writer by vocation, he brings a wealth of professional and community
involvement to his new responsibilities at Wells.
He served as town supervisor for the
Town of Ledyard, New York from 1981 to 1993. He has also been a member
of the board of the Cayuga Lake National Bank, a director of Cornell Cooperative
Extension in Cayuga County, and a trustee of Auburn Memorial Hospital.
Zabriskie says he is interested in
the college properties and how Wells relates to the village in a historical
context.
February 29, 1996
Young Women of
Color Invited to Participate In Wells College Program
Aurora, New York... Wells College is seeking
10th and 11th grade high school women for participation in the spring session
of 21st & Wells - a pre-college planning program for African-American,
Latina, Asian, and Native American young women to be held on Thursday,
April 11 and Friday, April 12.
Twenty-first & Wells participants
will stay overnight on the Wells campus and experience academic life firsthand.
Workshops offering valuable information on college planning and life as
a college student will be presented to the high school guests by Wells
students, faculty and staff.
High school students from Cayuga, Onondaga,
Ontario, Seneca, Tompkins, and Wayne counties and the cities of Auburn,
Corning, Elmira, Ithaca, Rochester, and Syracuse are encouraged to apply.
Young women who meet the outlined criteria will be accepted into this free
program.
Applications are available at area
high schools or from Cynthia Oliver, Project Coordinator, Macmillan Hall,
Wells College, Aurora, New York 13026. Telephone: 1-800-952-9355, or e-mail
admissions@wells.edu. The application
deadline is Friday, March 22.
The 21st & Wells program is funded
by a grant from the Christian A. Johnson Foundation of New York City.
February 18, 1996
New Book Explores
Formation of Identity in Latina and Latino Youth
Aurora, New York... A book by Wells College
Professor Victoria I. Muñoz, Where "Something Catches": Work,
Love, and Identity in Youth, was recently published by the State University
of New York Press in their Identities in the Classroom series.
The book explores the formation of
identity in Latina and Latino youth. Using an innovative framework for
her study, Muñoz interviewed youths from different regions of Puerto
Rico about work, love, community, alternatives, and the support that they
have been given.
According to Deborah P. Britzman of
York University, "In a language that is at once Muñoz's own - even
as she acknowledges and extends the languages of others (notably women
theorists of color, artists, poets, and photographers) - this study maps
that most difficult and vulnerable terrain: identity as cultural, social,
historical, and unique."
Victoria I. Muñoz is assistant
professor of psychology at Wells College. She earned her B.A. and M.Ed.
from the University of Massachusetts and her C.A.S. and Ed.D. from Harvard
Univeristy. Also a photographer, the text includes documentary photographs
by Muñoz.
Professor Muñoz is available
for interviews.
February 12, 1996
Other Articles
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May,1998 |
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October,1996 |
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1999 |
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October,1997 |
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