Homeschool HUB News Update--March 17
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Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy
The information below is offered to you as a service. Please research and decide for yourself the value to your family. The Homeschool HUB does not endorse any programs or services other than those offered by the Homeschool HUB.
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GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) Online high School for Gifted Students
G3) Free Robotics Class Videos
G4) Become an Isle Royale Teen Artist
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What does this mean?
Ground
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Answer to the last puzzle:
Dead men can't fight.
Can't face each other "back to back"
Can't shoot each other with swords.
G2) Online high School for Gifted Students
Davidson Academy – Announces New Online High School
The Davidson Academy is pleased to announce the launch of a new full-time online high school option opening for the 2017-2018 academic year! Consequently, the Davidson Academy will now offer two educational options for students – the online high school for those living anywhere in the U.S. and the day school on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. The Academy is a proven leader in educating our nation's brightest students. Since 2006, the Davidson Academy has been recognized as an exceptional school for profoundly gifted middle and high school students already living in the Reno area and those who can move to Nevada. For those who cannot move, now there will be a full-time online high school option. This new online option reflects the Davidson Academy's commitment to the profoundly gifted student population by offering a rigorous online academic environment where these students can thrive among their intellectual peers.
Davidson Academy's Online High School – The application for the online high school is open. For the 2017-2018 academic year, the online high school will include courses for incoming freshmen and sophomores. Courses for juniors and seniors will be added in subsequent years. Applicants must be 12 to 15 years old as of Sept. 30, 2017, submit ACT or SAT scores for incoming 9th and 10th graders according to the Online High School Qualification Criteria and commit to being full-time students. This age requirement will be expanded upward as more advanced high school courses are added in future years. For Nevada residents, both options – attending either the online or Reno school – are free, and there is no application and assessment fee. However, out-of-state students must pay a $100 application and assessment fee. If accepted, out-of-state students must also pay tuition calculated based on a flexible tuition model personalizing tuition for each family. The application deadline is April 15, 2017. Please visit the Online High School's How to Apply page.
Davidson Academy 's Reno School – A free, public day school for profoundly gifted middle and high school students located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, the Academy is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. Classes are grouped by ability level, rather than by age-based grades, thereby providing profoundly gifted young people an educational opportunity matched to their abilities, strengths and interests. To attend the Davidson Academy in Reno, students must be at the middle or high school level across all subject areas and score in the 99.9th percentile on IQ or college entrance tests, such as the ACT or SAT. Please visit the Reno school's Qualification Criteria and How to Apply pages. The application deadline for the 2017-2018 school year has passed. The 2018-2019 application will open in August.
2017 THINK Summer Institute – Three-Week Academic Residential Program
The Davidson Institute is seeking gifted teens to attend the 2017 THINK Summer Institute. THINK is a three-week residential summer program on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno where students can earn up to six college credits by completing two university courses. The 2017 THINK Summer Institute will run from July 15 through August 5. Tuition is $3,700 and covers course credits, books and materials, room and board, and the cost of planned activities. Need-based scholarships are available. To qualify, students must be 13 to 16 years old during THINK and must submit a SAT or an ACT score report. The application deadline is March 31, 2017.
Davidson Fellows $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 Scholarships
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development offers high-achieving young people across the country the opportunity to be named a 2017 Davidson Fellow, an honor accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Music, Literature, Philosophy or Outside the Box. Applicants must submit an original piece of work that is recognized as significant by experts in the field and that has the potential to make a positive contribution to society. The scholarship may be used at any accredited college or university. The 2018 Davidson Fellows application will open in November.
Davidson Young Scholars Application Available
The national Davidson Young Scholars program provides FREE support, information and resources to families of profoundly gifted students. Through an online community and annual event, Young Scholars have the opportunity to meet others with similar interests and abilities, as well as utilize their talents to maximize their educational potential and make a difference in the lives of others. Parents collaborate with a team of knowledgeable Family Consultants who provide individualized services based on each family's unique needs, including educational advocacy and planning, social and emotional development, and identifying enrichment opportunities. Once enrolled, families choose their level of involvement in program services, in addition to exclusive opportunities such as online courses and a summer camp for 8 to 12 year olds. The Davidson Young Scholars application deadline is the first of each month.
G3) Free Robotics Class Videos
Register here: http://www.superchargedscience.com/opt/hslda-robotics-tc-opt-03-2017/
(Once you register they'll email detailed videos on how to do the experiments from the class even if you can't attend or missed the class , including how to build a working robot from stuff you have around the house).
Dear Home Educator,
My name is Aurora Lipper, Founder of Supercharged Science. I've been teaching science for over 15 years, worked for NASA, been on the faculty at California Polytechnic University and written over 15 award-winning science curriculums and programs (They have won awards like Cathy Duffy's Top 102 Picks, Practical Homeschooling's #1 science curriculum, and lots more).
If you're interested in ANY of the following, then this is for you:
1. Giving your kids a first-class, A+ education in science WITHOUT needing to teach it yourself.
2. Not worrying if you don't know a thing about science or the experiment. (Just follow what I show you step-by-step!)
3. Having your kids learn about:
What a robot is and what they are used for in real life
How robots work using electricity, motors, gears, pulleys, wheels, pneumatics and hydraulics.
How school robotics teams are now run like sports teams, but for kids who like science (plus learn real-world hands-on STEM skills). And, you don't need to attend a school to be in their after-school robotics program (It's where all the Brainiacs hang out).
I'll guide your kids through building a working robot and give them plans for several more.
Help kids understand how engineers use math and physics to design robots that do everything from building cars to landing on mars.
How new robots will help do everything from finding cures for diseases to fighting fires to exploring Mars.
And, of course, we'll talk about the robotic self-driving cars that have been talked about so much recently.
Thursday, March 16th was the LIVE online class.
(Even if you couldn't attend, register anyway and I'll send you a link to videos for doing the experiments.)
G4) Become an Isle Royale Teen Artist
Isle Royale National Park is now accepting applications for the summer 2017 Isle Royale Teen Artist Exploration. The artistic discovery is geared to all aspiring teen artists who want to develop their art through experiencing wilderness, and is open to all visual and performing artists, writers, and composers ages 13 to 18 at time of participation.
Elisha Houle, the 2016 teen artist said of her time on Isle Royale: "Isle Royale and the Teen Artist-In-Residence Program has opened my life to so many amazing things. My art has taken on a new dynamic; I appreciate so much more the wild and natural ways of life the Island showed me."
Over the course of 1 to 2 weeks between June and August, the selected teen artist can explore the island as he or she would like--hike and backpack along wave-washed shores, canoe quiet bays of Lake Superior, or take boat tours. An artistic mentor will provide coaching during the artistic and wilderness exploration. Let the solitude and serenity of the island inspire your creativity.
The selected artist will be a park volunteer and be required to donate a piece of artwork representative of their stay on Isle Royale to the park. If seventeen or younger, a legal guardian must accompany the teen artist.
Applications due soon. See this site for more info: https://www.nps.gov/isro/getinvolved/teen-artist.htm
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Homeschool Curriculum Fair--Saturday!!
2) High School Model United Nations Conference at Western Michigan University
3) Bethel College presents spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
4) Bethel College Hosts Cadet Teacher Day for High School Students
5) Free Haidt event at Wharton Center
1) Homeschool Curriculum Fair--Saturday!!
Saturday March 18th 9am-2pm Ring Lardner Middle School in Niles, MI
The Curriculum Fair will include new and used curriculum vendors. Come and find deals on material or check out some new curriculua in person. This year they have decided to have a discussion panel addressing the topic of "Special Needs Students." There will also be presentations of Classical Conversations and advice for new homeschoolers.
See attached flyer.
2) High School Model United Nations Conference at Western Michigan University
My name is Ken Steuer and I am the faculty advisor for the Model United Nations Club at Western Michigan University. I would like to invite your home school students to attend our annual WMU event for high school students.
The MUN at WMU Club began hosting a High School MUN Conference on campus last year and we are offering another program this year from March 24-26, 2017. Our conference is designed for students who have limited MUN experience, primarily freshmen and sophomores but also juniors and seniors who are new to the activity. The chairs and moderators in each session will explain procedures and sometimes recommend actions to help participants move forward on their agendas. WMU faculty members will also be present to help students if they have any questions.
The students serve as delegates of different countries and meet either in Security Council or General Assembly committee simulations. The goal of the program is to improve students' research skills (to represent their countries), public speaking abilities, debating skills (on the floor and during recesses), and provide them with a challenging perspective on international issues. This year, participants will address the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956 in the Security Council (a historical simulation), Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in a General Assembly committee, and Syrian Refugees and Human Rights in a second General Assembly committee. Their task is to represent a country, determine an agenda, and then pass resolutions to alleviate the crisis or problem.
To prepare for the conference, students are welcome to attend practice sessions on Sunday afternoons on March 11th and March 19th in 1028 Brown Hall from 3:00-6:00 PM. We will be training club members on dais proceedings and it would be a great opportunity for your students to see what the negotiations in action. We will provide the material for the simulation and your students do not need to prepare anything for these practices. The sessions are free and parking is available in the lot in front of Miller Auditorium.
Regarding the conference, registration opens on Friday evening and continues on Saturday morning. The opening ceremony begins at 8:30 AM on Saturday. The cost for the weekend event is $60, which includes breakfast, lunches in a WMU student cafeteria, and a t-shirt. For more information about the conference, including registration, please visit:
https://munwmu.wordpress.com/
Students can find out more about the issues they will be negotiating, the conference schedule, a preparation guide, and other material.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail (Western is on Spring Break this week). We look forward to meeting some of your students and please have them or their parents contact me if they would like additional information.
Sincerely,
Ken Steuer
3) Bethel College presents spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
The Bethel College Theatre Department presents its annual spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Performances are March 24, 25 and 31 at 7:30 p.m., and March 25 and April 1 at 1 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Purchase tickets online at BethelCollege.edu/Tickets or call the ticket office at 574.807.7080, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. The performance on March 31 will be interpreted for the Deaf community. The cost is $18 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, and $10 for children 10 and under.
Follow the Bethel College Theatre Department on Facebook (Facebook.com/BethelTheatre), Twitter (Twitter.com/TheatreAtBethel) and Instagram (Instagram.com/BethelCollegeTheatre) to see updates on rehearsals and production for the play.
Oklahoma is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals (www.rnh.com). Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs," by Lynn Riggs.
4) Bethel College Hosts Cadet Teacher Day for High School Students
The Bethel College Education Department is hosting a Cadet Teacher Professional Development day on March 23 for high school juniors and seniors who are considering a future as a teacher.
According to the National Education Association, a 2016 survey of college freshman found that the number of students who say they will major in education has reached its lowest point in 45 years. Kristie Cerling, Ed.D., Bethel's program director and department chair for education, sees this event as a way to help turn that number around.
"Recognizing that we are in a time of teacher shortage, Bethel College takes it seriously to provide opportunities for high school students to experience a day in the life of a teacher with hopes of inspiring a new generation of educators," she says.
Participants will experience a day of teaching strategies, education classes, and connecting with some of Bethel's education majors and professors. Students will also visit Bethel's onsite Lab Kindergarten and observe a classroom in action.
To register, visit https://bethel_college.formstack.com/forms/cadet_teacher_day_registration. For more information, contact Bethel's Education Department at 574.807.7495.
5) Free Haidt event at Wharton Center
Jonathan Haidt on "How to Work with Righteous Minds"
Pasant Theater, Wharton Center
March 22, 2017
5:30-6:30pm
The event is free, but we are asking people to register to ensure seating.
Visit: https://vprgs.msu.edu/event/jonathan-haidt-righteous-minds for more information, and to register.
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who is widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of morality. His early research radically transformed the field, pulling it away from its earlier focus on moral reasoning. Haidt showed that moral intuitions and emotions come first—flashes of gut feelings that people then strive to justify, after the fact. This explains why it is so difficult to win a moral argument with good reasoning. Haidt's research has helped people to understand those who differ from them morally—not just across nations, but across the political divide within each nation (see www.CivilPolitics.org). In his latest work, he is applying his research on moral psychology to the study of business ethics. He is developing tools and techniques that leaders can use to improve the ethical functioning, trust and ultimately profitability of their companies (see www.EthicalSystems.org).
Haidt earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1985 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then did postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and in Orissa, India. He was a professor in the department of Psychology at the University of Virginia from 1995 until 2011, when he joined the NYU Stern School of Business.
Haidt has excelled as a teacher and public speaker. He won three teaching awards from the University of Virginia, and one from the governor of Virginia. His three TED talks have been viewed more than 3 million times. He has presented his work at the World Economic Forum, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the British Academy, and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts. He was named a "Top 100 Global Thinker" by Foreign Policy magazine in 2012, and one of the 65 "World Thinkers of 2013" by Prospect magazine. Haidt is the author of more than 90 academic articles and two books. In addition to The Righteous Mind, Haidt is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, about which The Guardian (UK) wrote: "A marvelous book... I don't think I've ever read a book that laid out the contemporary understanding of the human condition with such simple clarity and sense."
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Kim Birchall
517-884-1284
S356 Case Hall
842 Chestnut Road
Student HR
Program and Financial Assistant
James Madison College
Michgan State University
East Lansing, MI 48825
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Go to Boxtops for Education.org for more info, and then SAVE SAVE SAVE those labels. Each one nets 10 cents and every 10 cents adds up. You can give them to any HUB board member or bring them to any functions that we have. Thank-you!
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Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy
The information below is offered to you as a service. Please research and decide for yourself the value to your family. The Homeschool HUB does not endorse any programs or services other than those offered by the Homeschool HUB.
Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com
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Yes, you are welcome to forward the newsletter to anyone who might be interested! :-)
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) Online high School for Gifted Students
G3) Free Robotics Class Videos
G4) Become an Isle Royale Teen Artist
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
What does this mean?
Ground
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Answer to the last puzzle:
Dead men can't fight.
Can't face each other "back to back"
Can't shoot each other with swords.
G2) Online high School for Gifted Students
Davidson Academy – Announces New Online High School
The Davidson Academy is pleased to announce the launch of a new full-time online high school option opening for the 2017-2018 academic year! Consequently, the Davidson Academy will now offer two educational options for students – the online high school for those living anywhere in the U.S. and the day school on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. The Academy is a proven leader in educating our nation's brightest students. Since 2006, the Davidson Academy has been recognized as an exceptional school for profoundly gifted middle and high school students already living in the Reno area and those who can move to Nevada. For those who cannot move, now there will be a full-time online high school option. This new online option reflects the Davidson Academy's commitment to the profoundly gifted student population by offering a rigorous online academic environment where these students can thrive among their intellectual peers.
Davidson Academy's Online High School – The application for the online high school is open. For the 2017-2018 academic year, the online high school will include courses for incoming freshmen and sophomores. Courses for juniors and seniors will be added in subsequent years. Applicants must be 12 to 15 years old as of Sept. 30, 2017, submit ACT or SAT scores for incoming 9th and 10th graders according to the Online High School Qualification Criteria and commit to being full-time students. This age requirement will be expanded upward as more advanced high school courses are added in future years. For Nevada residents, both options – attending either the online or Reno school – are free, and there is no application and assessment fee. However, out-of-state students must pay a $100 application and assessment fee. If accepted, out-of-state students must also pay tuition calculated based on a flexible tuition model personalizing tuition for each family. The application deadline is April 15, 2017. Please visit the Online High School's How to Apply page.
Davidson Academy 's Reno School – A free, public day school for profoundly gifted middle and high school students located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, the Academy is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. Classes are grouped by ability level, rather than by age-based grades, thereby providing profoundly gifted young people an educational opportunity matched to their abilities, strengths and interests. To attend the Davidson Academy in Reno, students must be at the middle or high school level across all subject areas and score in the 99.9th percentile on IQ or college entrance tests, such as the ACT or SAT. Please visit the Reno school's Qualification Criteria and How to Apply pages. The application deadline for the 2017-2018 school year has passed. The 2018-2019 application will open in August.
2017 THINK Summer Institute – Three-Week Academic Residential Program
The Davidson Institute is seeking gifted teens to attend the 2017 THINK Summer Institute. THINK is a three-week residential summer program on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno where students can earn up to six college credits by completing two university courses. The 2017 THINK Summer Institute will run from July 15 through August 5. Tuition is $3,700 and covers course credits, books and materials, room and board, and the cost of planned activities. Need-based scholarships are available. To qualify, students must be 13 to 16 years old during THINK and must submit a SAT or an ACT score report. The application deadline is March 31, 2017.
Davidson Fellows $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 Scholarships
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development offers high-achieving young people across the country the opportunity to be named a 2017 Davidson Fellow, an honor accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Music, Literature, Philosophy or Outside the Box. Applicants must submit an original piece of work that is recognized as significant by experts in the field and that has the potential to make a positive contribution to society. The scholarship may be used at any accredited college or university. The 2018 Davidson Fellows application will open in November.
Davidson Young Scholars Application Available
The national Davidson Young Scholars program provides FREE support, information and resources to families of profoundly gifted students. Through an online community and annual event, Young Scholars have the opportunity to meet others with similar interests and abilities, as well as utilize their talents to maximize their educational potential and make a difference in the lives of others. Parents collaborate with a team of knowledgeable Family Consultants who provide individualized services based on each family's unique needs, including educational advocacy and planning, social and emotional development, and identifying enrichment opportunities. Once enrolled, families choose their level of involvement in program services, in addition to exclusive opportunities such as online courses and a summer camp for 8 to 12 year olds. The Davidson Young Scholars application deadline is the first of each month.
G3) Free Robotics Class Videos
Register here: http://www.superchargedscience.com/opt/hslda-robotics-tc-opt-03-2017/
(Once you register they'll email detailed videos on how to do the experiments from the class even if you can't attend or missed the class , including how to build a working robot from stuff you have around the house).
Dear Home Educator,
My name is Aurora Lipper, Founder of Supercharged Science. I've been teaching science for over 15 years, worked for NASA, been on the faculty at California Polytechnic University and written over 15 award-winning science curriculums and programs (They have won awards like Cathy Duffy's Top 102 Picks, Practical Homeschooling's #1 science curriculum, and lots more).
If you're interested in ANY of the following, then this is for you:
1. Giving your kids a first-class, A+ education in science WITHOUT needing to teach it yourself.
2. Not worrying if you don't know a thing about science or the experiment. (Just follow what I show you step-by-step!)
3. Having your kids learn about:
What a robot is and what they are used for in real life
How robots work using electricity, motors, gears, pulleys, wheels, pneumatics and hydraulics.
How school robotics teams are now run like sports teams, but for kids who like science (plus learn real-world hands-on STEM skills). And, you don't need to attend a school to be in their after-school robotics program (It's where all the Brainiacs hang out).
I'll guide your kids through building a working robot and give them plans for several more.
Help kids understand how engineers use math and physics to design robots that do everything from building cars to landing on mars.
How new robots will help do everything from finding cures for diseases to fighting fires to exploring Mars.
And, of course, we'll talk about the robotic self-driving cars that have been talked about so much recently.
Thursday, March 16th was the LIVE online class.
(Even if you couldn't attend, register anyway and I'll send you a link to videos for doing the experiments.)
G4) Become an Isle Royale Teen Artist
Isle Royale National Park is now accepting applications for the summer 2017 Isle Royale Teen Artist Exploration. The artistic discovery is geared to all aspiring teen artists who want to develop their art through experiencing wilderness, and is open to all visual and performing artists, writers, and composers ages 13 to 18 at time of participation.
Elisha Houle, the 2016 teen artist said of her time on Isle Royale: "Isle Royale and the Teen Artist-In-Residence Program has opened my life to so many amazing things. My art has taken on a new dynamic; I appreciate so much more the wild and natural ways of life the Island showed me."
Over the course of 1 to 2 weeks between June and August, the selected teen artist can explore the island as he or she would like--hike and backpack along wave-washed shores, canoe quiet bays of Lake Superior, or take boat tours. An artistic mentor will provide coaching during the artistic and wilderness exploration. Let the solitude and serenity of the island inspire your creativity.
The selected artist will be a park volunteer and be required to donate a piece of artwork representative of their stay on Isle Royale to the park. If seventeen or younger, a legal guardian must accompany the teen artist.
Applications due soon. See this site for more info: https://www.nps.gov/isro/getinvolved/teen-artist.htm
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) Homeschool Curriculum Fair--Saturday!!
2) High School Model United Nations Conference at Western Michigan University
3) Bethel College presents spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
4) Bethel College Hosts Cadet Teacher Day for High School Students
5) Free Haidt event at Wharton Center
1) Homeschool Curriculum Fair--Saturday!!
Saturday March 18th 9am-2pm Ring Lardner Middle School in Niles, MI
The Curriculum Fair will include new and used curriculum vendors. Come and find deals on material or check out some new curriculua in person. This year they have decided to have a discussion panel addressing the topic of "Special Needs Students." There will also be presentations of Classical Conversations and advice for new homeschoolers.
See attached flyer.
2) High School Model United Nations Conference at Western Michigan University
My name is Ken Steuer and I am the faculty advisor for the Model United Nations Club at Western Michigan University. I would like to invite your home school students to attend our annual WMU event for high school students.
The MUN at WMU Club began hosting a High School MUN Conference on campus last year and we are offering another program this year from March 24-26, 2017. Our conference is designed for students who have limited MUN experience, primarily freshmen and sophomores but also juniors and seniors who are new to the activity. The chairs and moderators in each session will explain procedures and sometimes recommend actions to help participants move forward on their agendas. WMU faculty members will also be present to help students if they have any questions.
The students serve as delegates of different countries and meet either in Security Council or General Assembly committee simulations. The goal of the program is to improve students' research skills (to represent their countries), public speaking abilities, debating skills (on the floor and during recesses), and provide them with a challenging perspective on international issues. This year, participants will address the Suez Canal Crisis in 1956 in the Security Council (a historical simulation), Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in a General Assembly committee, and Syrian Refugees and Human Rights in a second General Assembly committee. Their task is to represent a country, determine an agenda, and then pass resolutions to alleviate the crisis or problem.
To prepare for the conference, students are welcome to attend practice sessions on Sunday afternoons on March 11th and March 19th in 1028 Brown Hall from 3:00-6:00 PM. We will be training club members on dais proceedings and it would be a great opportunity for your students to see what the negotiations in action. We will provide the material for the simulation and your students do not need to prepare anything for these practices. The sessions are free and parking is available in the lot in front of Miller Auditorium.
Regarding the conference, registration opens on Friday evening and continues on Saturday morning. The opening ceremony begins at 8:30 AM on Saturday. The cost for the weekend event is $60, which includes breakfast, lunches in a WMU student cafeteria, and a t-shirt. For more information about the conference, including registration, please visit:
https://munwmu.wordpress.com/
Students can find out more about the issues they will be negotiating, the conference schedule, a preparation guide, and other material.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail (Western is on Spring Break this week). We look forward to meeting some of your students and please have them or their parents contact me if they would like additional information.
Sincerely,
Ken Steuer
3) Bethel College presents spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
The Bethel College Theatre Department presents its annual spring musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" Performances are March 24, 25 and 31 at 7:30 p.m., and March 25 and April 1 at 1 p.m. in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center – Auditorium.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Purchase tickets online at BethelCollege.edu/Tickets or call the ticket office at 574.807.7080, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. The performance on March 31 will be interpreted for the Deaf community. The cost is $18 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, and $10 for children 10 and under.
Follow the Bethel College Theatre Department on Facebook (Facebook.com/BethelTheatre), Twitter (Twitter.com/TheatreAtBethel) and Instagram (Instagram.com/BethelCollegeTheatre) to see updates on rehearsals and production for the play.
Oklahoma is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals (www.rnh.com). Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs," by Lynn Riggs.
4) Bethel College Hosts Cadet Teacher Day for High School Students
The Bethel College Education Department is hosting a Cadet Teacher Professional Development day on March 23 for high school juniors and seniors who are considering a future as a teacher.
According to the National Education Association, a 2016 survey of college freshman found that the number of students who say they will major in education has reached its lowest point in 45 years. Kristie Cerling, Ed.D., Bethel's program director and department chair for education, sees this event as a way to help turn that number around.
"Recognizing that we are in a time of teacher shortage, Bethel College takes it seriously to provide opportunities for high school students to experience a day in the life of a teacher with hopes of inspiring a new generation of educators," she says.
Participants will experience a day of teaching strategies, education classes, and connecting with some of Bethel's education majors and professors. Students will also visit Bethel's onsite Lab Kindergarten and observe a classroom in action.
To register, visit https://bethel_college.formstack.com/forms/cadet_teacher_day_registration. For more information, contact Bethel's Education Department at 574.807.7495.
5) Free Haidt event at Wharton Center
Jonathan Haidt on "How to Work with Righteous Minds"
Pasant Theater, Wharton Center
March 22, 2017
5:30-6:30pm
The event is free, but we are asking people to register to ensure seating.
Visit: https://vprgs.msu.edu/event/jonathan-haidt-righteous-minds for more information, and to register.
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who is widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on the psychology of morality. His early research radically transformed the field, pulling it away from its earlier focus on moral reasoning. Haidt showed that moral intuitions and emotions come first—flashes of gut feelings that people then strive to justify, after the fact. This explains why it is so difficult to win a moral argument with good reasoning. Haidt's research has helped people to understand those who differ from them morally—not just across nations, but across the political divide within each nation (see www.CivilPolitics.org). In his latest work, he is applying his research on moral psychology to the study of business ethics. He is developing tools and techniques that leaders can use to improve the ethical functioning, trust and ultimately profitability of their companies (see www.EthicalSystems.org).
Haidt earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1985 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then did postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and in Orissa, India. He was a professor in the department of Psychology at the University of Virginia from 1995 until 2011, when he joined the NYU Stern School of Business.
Haidt has excelled as a teacher and public speaker. He won three teaching awards from the University of Virginia, and one from the governor of Virginia. His three TED talks have been viewed more than 3 million times. He has presented his work at the World Economic Forum, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the British Academy, and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts. He was named a "Top 100 Global Thinker" by Foreign Policy magazine in 2012, and one of the 65 "World Thinkers of 2013" by Prospect magazine. Haidt is the author of more than 90 academic articles and two books. In addition to The Righteous Mind, Haidt is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, about which The Guardian (UK) wrote: "A marvelous book... I don't think I've ever read a book that laid out the contemporary understanding of the human condition with such simple clarity and sense."
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Kim Birchall
517-884-1284
S356 Case Hall
842 Chestnut Road
Student HR
Program and Financial Assistant
James Madison College
Michgan State University
East Lansing, MI 48825
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