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Clark’s Gail Liberman earns
Gail Liberman, director of Clark College’s Teaching and Learning Center, has been named a recipient of the 2008 Anna Sue McNeill Teaching, Learning and Assessment Award. The award recognizes contributions to teaching, student learning and assessment in a public two- or four-year college in Washington State. The award will be presented to her today in Spokane. Liberman has been coordinator of Clark College’s Teaching & Learning Center since 2006, after serving for nearly 20 years as the college’s dental hygiene program director. In 2007, she received the Martha Fales award for outstanding service to the state of Washington and the dental hygiene profession from the Washington State Dental Hygiene Association (WSDHA). Liberman is the second Clark College faculty member to receive the McNeill award. Biology professor Rebecca Martin is a past recipient. The award, which was established by SBCTC in 2007, honors Anna Sue McNeill, who served in higher education at the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges for 30 years.
Diversi, Neuhauser and Nelson
The 2008 Washington State University Vancouver Student's Award for Teaching Excellence will be presented to Marcelo Diversi, assistant professor of human development, during WSU Vancouver commencement ceremonies beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Amphitheater at Clark County. Diversi teaches courses in understanding family interactions and advanced adolescent development. His research focuses on Brazilian street youth and Latino immigrants in rural America. The students selected him for his dynamic teaching style, and his respect for the opinions and lifestyles of others. Two Chancellors Awards will also be presented at commencement to the following: David Neuhauser, 44, graduating from Washington State University Vancouver on May 10: the Chancellor's Award for Student Achievement. Neuhauser, who is graduating with a 3.87 grade point average. Tamara Holmlund Nelson, associate professor of education: the Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence, for her work on how science teachers translate new understanding into practice. Nelson taught secondary science and math for 13 years before completing her doctorate in curriculum and instructions, with specialization in science education, from the University of Washington in 2002. Terry Goodman hires on
Terry Goodman has joined the design group at Hopper Dennison Jellison PLLC, as director of the new land surveying section, which expands the civil engineering, land-use planning and landscape architectural service offered to include land surveying. Goodman has 30 years’ experience as a professional land surveyor. He is a registered professional land surveyor in six western states and Texas. Hopper Dennis Jellison now offers boundary and topographic surveying, platting services and construction surveying. ESD 112 gets $213,000 grant
Education Service District 112 has been awarded a $213,000 grant to develop an intervention and retrieval program to help keep students in school. The two-year grant will promote partnerships among schools, families and communities to build comprehensive dropout prevention programs. The program is targeted at children in foster care, within the juvenile justice system, and in special education. According to ESD 1112 Center for Career and Academic Advancement coordinator Tim Foley, the program will also target current dropouts to help them re-engage in school.
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