Department of Education Monday Minutes

Here are your Monday Minutes for March 1-5, 2021. 

From the Department Head 

Dear Students and Colleagues,

March is National Women’s History Month and I thought I’d share the history of an amazing Montana woman. Sarah Gammon Brown Bickford (c. 1852 – July 19, 1931) was born into slavery in either Tennessee or North Carolina. In the 1870s she made her way to the Montana goldfields, trading work as a nanny for transportation. She ultimately became sole owner of the Virginia City Water Company, becoming the first and only woman in Montana—and probably the nation’s only female African American—to own a utility.  In 2012, the State of Montana honored her by inducting her into the Gallery of Outstanding Montanans. Recently, the Montana Extreme History Project delivered a lecture about her life and impact. Please join me in celebrating Sarah Bickford- a pioneer in many ways.

Portrait of Sarah Bickford.Image credit: Wikipedia

Take good care,

 Ann Dutton Ewbank's signature 

Dr. Ann Ewbank

Micki's Desk

  • Watch for an email Mid-March which contains your Summer and Fall registration pin.  Summer and Fall Registration will open on Monday, March 29th (updated date)
  • File your Program of Study form by the following dates:
    • Certificate: due 1st term of attendance
    • Masters: due 2nd term of attendance
    • Doctoral: due 3rd term of attendance
  • Use a Program Change form to revise courses on an approved program of study
  • Did you know that on webpage https://www.montana.edu/gradschool/policy/index.html is a comprehensive list of all Graduate School Policy.

News and Announcements

  • Please welcome Lisa Yarnell to our department! Lisa is the Office of Field Placement and Licensure’s new Licensure Technician and comes to the department from the MSU Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success.
  • Our next department meeting is March 2, 12:15-1:30 in Ann’s WebEx room.We will continue our departmental strategic planning efforts by examining the current EHHD strategic plan.
  • Please save the date for our virtual Teacher Education Program Induction and Student Teacher Sendoff on April 5, 5:30-6:30pm. Our keynote speaker is Marilyn King, Deputy Superintendent of Bozeman Public Schools.  Graduate Students are welcome to attend this virtual event for our undergraduate students.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources

  • Join the HEART Initiative at MSU for Human Trafficking: A Survivor’s Success Story with Theresa Flores March 2 at 5pm via WebEx (Register). You will leave equipped with helpful information on how to identify and possibly prevent human trafficking as well as ways to support past survivors. This event is sponsored by The HEART Initiative at MSU, The Office of the Dean of Students, MSU Women’s Center, President’s Commission on the Status of University Women, Honors Presents, and the VOICE Center. 
  • Why It Matters: The Native Vote in Montana March 3 at 4pm via Zoom (Register): In every election, the Native American vote is important. Many experts credit the Native American vote with being the deciding factor in elections across the country, including the 2020 presidential election and Senate races in Montana, Alaska, and North Dakota (The Aspen Institute). Panelists will discuss grassroots get-out-the-vote and census work as well as trends in Indigenous communities around civic engagement. Panelists include U.S. Staff Sergeant and Crow Reservation Organizer Lauri Dawn Kindness, University of Montana Professor Jason Begay, and Montana Native Vote Executive Director Marci McLean in a conversation moderated by journalist and Threshold podcast host Amy Martin. Sponsored by Humanities Montana.

 

Asian Student Interracial Association. Welcome to MSU's first all-inclusive Asian Organization! Mark your calendars for our first meeting: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021, 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Online meeting via WebEx. This club welcomes any MSU student interested in Asian culture and building community. For more information: https://asiamsu.Wordpress.com.

Professional Development & Engagement Opportunities

Redefining Rural Students' Success and Wellbeing: A Virtual Unconference on Practice, Research, and Innovation. Join us for an engaging and inclusive conversation on rural student success in American higher education! March 19 to 20, 2021. rural.uga.edu. ALL Georgia Program. Division of Academic Enhancement. University of Georgia.

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Kristofer Olsen, who along with Jeff Vick and the Bozeman Symphony performed "Karakurenai" by Andy Akiho for Ranch Around Concerts, socially distanced concerts at two ranches in the Bozeman area in September 2020!

Dr. Kristofer Olsen performing.

  • Our department’s success is determined by our collective accomplishments. Share your own accomplishments with pride! Or if you hear of a colleague or student’s accomplishment, please share. Please send accomplishments and kudos to ann.ewbank@montana.edu. 

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