Announcements
for Monday, January 28, 2008
from Phyllis B. Carter, School of
Education
North Carolina Model
Teacher Education Consortium Sponsored Praxis I and Praxis II Test Preparation
Seminars are now posted!
The cost for staff members of NCMTEC partnering school systems is:
Praxis I - $20 per day (Praxis I seminars are offered in Reading,
Writing, and Math)
Praxis II - $50 per day (Praxis II seminars are offered in many subject
areas)
Seminar schedules and the registration form are available at
www.ncmtec.org.
Currently, all seminars that we have scheduled have been posted. More
seminar subjects, dates, and locations will be posted as they are scheduled.
NCMTEC services are always contingent upon the availability of funding.
Praxis I Writing
Saturday February 16, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CCS Education Resource Center, Fayetteville
Praxis I Math
Saturday February 16, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CCS Education Resource Center, Fayetteville
Elementary Education (10011, 20012)
Saturday February 16, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CCS Education Resource Center, Fayetteville
Music (30111, 10113)
Saturday February 16, 2008 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
CCS Education Resource Center, Fayetteville
Special Education (This seminar is for the new test "0511" only)
Saturday February 16, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CCS Education Resource Center, Fayetteville
from Jeffery Womble, Office of
Public Relations
Dr. Marion Gillis-Olion, a professor in Fayetteville State University’s
Department of Elementary Education, has been named to the Chancellor’s Search
Committee. The appointment became effective January 25, 2008.
Dr. Gillis-Olion has extensive experience as an educator and scholar. Her
teaching career began in the public schools of New Jersey and Ohio. She
has taught at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the University of
Virginia, North Carolina Central University and the University of Arkansas at
Fayetteville. She began her career at FSU career as director of the Early
Childhood Learning Center and as a faculty member in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction where she earned tenure. She became the first
chairperson of the Department of Elementary Education and received appointments
as the Assistant Dean of the School of Education, the Assistant Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, the
Dean of the School of Education, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
She currently serves as a full professor and coordinator of the
Birth-Kindergarten program in the Department of Elementary Education.
For more information, please call (910) 672-1474.
Dr. C. Mason Quick, a longtime
Fayetteville physician who served as Director of Student Health Services at
Fayetteville State University (FSU) for 22 years, died Saturday, January 26.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 1, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s
Episcopal Church on the corner of Ramsey and Moore streets.
Dr. Quick was born in Hamlet and spent most of his early life in Taylortown.
He graduated from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. He earned his
medical degree from Howard University. A specialist in eye, ear, nose, and
throat medicine, Dr. Quick was in the medical profession for more than 40 years.
Among his many community and civic duties, Dr. Quick was a member of the board
for Habitat for Humanity, the Mental Health Board of Cumberland County, and was
a founding member of Operation Sickle Cell. He was also a member of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the African American Education and
Research Organization (AAERO). Mail donations to: AAERO Memorial Awards,
669 Country Club Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28301.
For more information about AAERO, visit
www.aaero.org.
from Dr. Jilly M. Ngwainmbi,
Department of Sociology
I forgot my flash drive on the
computer in the Taylor Science (TS) Building, room 203. If you have it or
know who may have it, please contact me at extension 1004, room 204-B TS
Building. Thank you.
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