January 2009 News Stories
- Maddie Orenstein Receives Grant to Work with Chicago Students
Senior Maddie Orenstein received a $1,000 grant from the nonprofit Campus Compact to facilitate programs where Northwestern students partner with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students. She will be collaborating with the SESP student organization Promote 360.
1/5/09 - Lindsay Chase-Lansdale in Sun-Times: 'Early Education a Must'
Professor Lindsay Chase-Lansdale's letter to the editor in the Chicago Sun-Times advises the new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan of the critical importance of early childhood education.
1/5/09 - Neal Sales-Griffin: Linking Learning and Organizational Change to Student Government
Neal Sales-Griffin, a SESP senior who is president of Associated Student Government at Northwestern, walks out of his learning and organizational change classes at Annenberg Hall and heads straight over to Norris Center to put what he's learned into action.
1/7/09 - Penelope Peterson to Present at National Teacher Education Conference
Penelope Peterson, dean of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy, will consider trends in international research when she presents at the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Chicago on February 7.
1/19/09 - SESP Faculty, Staff, Students Invited to Black History Month Discussions
In honor of Black History Month, faculty, staff and students of the School of Education and Social Policy are invited to participate in interpretive discussions of the meanings of two speeches.
1/21/09 - Chase-Lansdale Partners on Research to Support Young Parents' Education
Partnering with the Ounce of Prevention Fund, SESP professor Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn of Columbia University will undertake a Gates-funded project to investigate ways to boost postsecondary education among young, low-income parents.
1/26/09 - Camillia Matuk Organizes Campus Darwin Exhibit
As a Darwin Fellow with the One Book One Northwestern initiative, learning sciences doctoral student Camillia Matuk is organizing a campus-wide exhibit in honor of Charles Darwin's birthday.
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