Department of Education Monday Minutes

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

From the Department Head

Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty, 

Who doesn’t love to have a story read to them? Reading a book aloud is something that everyone can enjoy, no matter your age! Turtle wearing a medical mask carrying books and a megaphone. Save the date. World Read Aloud Day. February 3, 2021.

I encourage everyone to participate in this celebration by reading aloud to someone or having someone read aloud to you. Or check out Storyline where you can listen to celebrities read their favorite books to you!

 Ann Dutton Ewbank's signature 

Dr. Ann Ewbank

Micki's Desk

CALENDAR   and upcoming deadlines

    • Today is the last day to pay your tuition. Please contact Student Accounts at https://www.montana.edu/ubs/studentaccounts/ if you need immediate assistance.
    • Friday, Feb 5 Last day for graduate students to file Graduation Application. Attached is a pdf with instructions for the new online application.  Please reach out if you need assistance edgrad@montana.edu.
    • Feb 15 President’s Day Holiday (no classes; offices closed)
    • Apr 2 University Day Holiday (no classes; offices open)

Getting Started on Your Literature Review

Thursday, Feb 11 from 3-4pm
Where: Online

Learn the basics of a literature review - what it is, different types of reviews and how they are organized, and tips to find patterns, arguments, and gaps in the research. You'll also learn how to use Google Scholar and Web of Science to find the literature you need using citation chaining. Register for the Library Workshop today!

Focus Fridays

Focus Friday is an opportunity for graduate writers to participate in an online writing community and to connect with other graduate students working on major writing projects. Join every Friday or as your schedule allows: Follow this link to join the Focus Friday Team. Focus Fridays are open to all graduate students, all disciplines, and all stages and comfort levels with writing.

Required Online Education training

If you have not completed your online education training  (known as Prevention Education or AlcoholEdu) which is mandated by the Montana Board of Regents, take some time this week to complete it so you won’t have a “hold” on your student account come Summer Semester registration. See MyInfo attachment

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

  • 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.

Professional Development & Engagement Opportunities

  • The next Library Media Certificate Webinar is Tuesday, February 2nd at 6pm MST. Laura Trapp, LMC mentor and elementary school librarian, will present Collaborate with Your Specialist Colleagues. Consider collaborating with your music and physical education colleagues for a fun school-wide week of activities!  Laura will share details from her elementary school experiences.Click here to register for the webinar.
  • The Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Education will host Get-Together Thursdays February 4, 12:15-1:15pm. The topic is Jeopardy with MSU trivia. Join in via Zoom!

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Opportunities

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Book cover. Native American woman wearing medicine wheel earrings, holding a white feather, standing in swirling water. Behind her is the moon, and behind that, a line of people with hands joined. Below her, the title, We are Water Protectors. Beside her, the caldecott medal.

The 2021 Caldecott Medal was awarded to We Are Water Protectors, illustrated by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom, and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings. Michaela Goade’s vivid, swirling watercolors capture the sacredness of water and amplify Carole Lindstrom’s passionate call to action and celebration of Indigenous ancestry and community. Rich symbolism and repeating floral patterns appear alongside distinctive colors and atmospheric light to tenderly frame the defiant young protagonist standing up against the real-life horrors of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Michaela Goade (Tlingit and Haida) is the first Indigenous illustrator to be awarded the Caldecott, regarded as the highest honor for a children’s book illustrator.

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