Monday Minutes

From the Department Head

Dear Students and Colleagues, 

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden met with a group of teachers the day after the Presidential inauguration. The video is about one hour. You may know that Dr. Biden has decided to continue teaching at her community college in Delaware. I am excited to see our field elevated and represented by Dr. Biden!

Take good care,

  

Dr. Ann Ewbank

From the Advising Office 

• The last day to drop a course in MyInfo (without signatures) is today, January 25, at 5:00 pm. You can drop courses by navigating in MyInfo to Student Services > Registration > Add/Drop Classes. Courses can still be dropped without a W through Monday, February 1, using an Add/Drop form.
• The last day to add a course is today, January 25, at 5:00 pm. An Add/Drop form is required. After today, course adds will be permitted only in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the dean.
• The Education Advising Center is currently offering remote advising only.

• Phone or Webex Appointments: M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, as available. You can schedule appointments at www.montana.edu/education/advising/calendars.html.
• And, as always, you can contact us via email or phone. We’re available to respond during normal business hours (M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm).
• All Monday Minutes are archived and available for your reference.
• Make sure to check the MSU COVID-19 webpage frequently as university and system-wide updates are available all in one place.

Scholarship Opportunities

• The priority deadline for EHHD one-year scholarships is next Monday, February 1. If you haven't already, be sure to submit an application at http://www.montana.edu/ehhd/scholarship/index.html.
• The Big Sky Retired Educators Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship open to education students graduating in Fall 2021 or Spring 2022. See the attached flyer for more information.
• Apply for MSU food security scholarships at https://montana.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eF3V1xIzSwvHSJ. For more information, contact Marci Torres (marci.torres@montana.edu).

Events 

• Wearing our Ancestral Heritage - January 27, 2:00-3:30 pm - via zoom: Please join the Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Education for the Indigenous Language Preservation/ Revitalization/ Maintenance webinar series. Biskane Mishtadim Ikwe, Jill Falcon Mackin, Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe, will virtually present. So much was lost so fast through the process of colonization--people, language, and knowledge--leaving us without connection to the very essence of what is to be who we are. Re-indigenization, living our ancestral heritage, is a messy and sometimes conflicted process. Cultural knowledge and identity has often skipped generations in our families. We can heal, identify, pick up the teachings, bundles, songs, ceremonies, and language that is our ancestral heritage. The time is now. Please join this conversation about cultural knowledge recovery and identity.
  • See the attached flyer for information about CBME's full slate of spring 2021 programming.

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