Monday Minutes

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!

 

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!

  

Dr. Ann Ewbank

From the Advising Office 

• The last day to drop a course without a W is today, February 1, at 5:00 pm. Course drops require anAdd/Drop form.
• The Education Advising Center is currently offering remote advising only.

• Phone or Webex Appointments: M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, as available. You can schedule appointments at www.montana.edu/education/advising/calendars.html.
• And, as always, you can contact us via email or phone. We’re available to respond during normal business hours (M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm).

• All Monday Minutes are archived and available for your reference.
• Make sure to check the MSU COVID-19 webpage frequently as university and system-wide updates are available all in one place.

From the EHHD Assistant Dean

Greetings EHHD Students! 

I hope your spring semester is off to a great start and that you healthy and doing well! I wanted to share a new program we are trying out this semester to offer you a chance, once a month, to engage with each other. We have two students, Michael and Hannah, who will be facilitating monthly conversations over Webex to create some community when the pandemic has made this a bit more difficult this last year. We invite you to join us for some well-being check-ins. The first will be next Tuesday night, February 2^nd, from 6-7pm. Please sign on here (full sign on info below). 

The next two will be Tuesday, March 2^nd, and April 6^th, from 6-7pm. We hope you can join us for a conversation about what’s working well for folks, what resources are available, and how we can help each other get through, hopefully, this last semester of feeling isolated due to the national health issues. I know it helps me to have regular chats with students, faculty, friends, and family, and we wanted to offer this opportunity for all of you to just check in. So come, bring your dinner or a cup of coffee, and join us for a conversation and check-in. 

Hope to see you there! 

Webex info:

https://montana.webex.com/meet/h47t816 | 927457296

 

Kayte Kaminski, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean/Director of Student Success
College of Education, Health & Human Development
Montana State University
250 Reid Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717
406.994.4135
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Scholarship Opportunities

• The priority deadline for EHHD one-year scholarships is next Monday, February 1. If you haven't already, be sure to submit an application at http://www.montana.edu/ehhd/scholarship/index.html.
• The Big Sky Retired Educators Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship open to education students graduating in Fall 2021 or Spring 2022. See the attached flyer for more information.
• Apply for MSU food security scholarships at https://montana.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eF3V1xIzSwvHSJ. For more information, contact Marci Torres (marci.torres@montana.edu).

Job Opportunities

• Tutor wanted for 2^nd & 5^th graders: We are interested in a part time tutor or POD educational group for our 6 and 10 year old daughters. They are in 2nd and 5th grade.  We are looking for someone to help manage and guide them through a math, writing, reading, social studies and science curriculum. They have been distance learning all year. We are hoping for someone that's available Monday - Thursday from 8-11am or 12 pm. Fridays are not quite set in stone yet.  We're thinking of either 8am - 12 pm every other Friday, to potentially every Friday.  Wages $15-18 DOE, negotiable with the right fit and experience. Please email both of the following contacts, if you are interested:

• Loni Odenbeck, loni.odenbeckdvm@gmail.com, 406-600-5855
• Patrick Odenbeck, patrick@mysteryranchusa.com, 406-600-5854

• Tutor wanted for high school junior in online school: BHS junior online student needs help developing good study habits, completing homework assignments & preparing for and taking tests and quizzes in algebra, chemistry, AP psychology, and US history/English combo class. Student understands math and science concepts, but struggles to focus and complete tasks. Help is needed Tuesday through Thursday or potentially Monday through Friday. Hours flexible, and looking to collaborate, thinking 9 am-12 may work well. Contact Marianne Jackson Amsden at 406-920-0888 or gallepmt@yahoo.com.
• KE Camps looking for summer camp staff (Riverside Country Club, Bozeman): Camp staff are wanted for a summer camp offered at Riverside Country Club in Bozeman. See the attached flyer for more info, or visit https://kecamps.workbrightats.com/jobs/country/us/state/Montana-MT for job descriptions and applications. Contact Dylan Morris (dylan@kecamps.com) with questions.

Events

• The Center for Bilingual and Multicultural Education will host Get-Together Thursdays this Thursday, February 4, 12:15-1:15pm. The topic is Jeopardy with MSU trivia. Join in via Zoom!

• See the attached flyer for information about CBME's full slate of spring 2021 programming.

• MSU Aspiring Educators will hold an initial meeting on Thursday, February 11, at 7:00 pm: As a part of the aspiring educators club, members will be able to be involved in professional development events and be presented with tools that can build their preservice teacher toolbox. We have our first meeting coming up on February 11th at 7pm. This will be a meet and greet along with learning more about the benefits of being a part of the Aspiring Educators club. If anyone would like information about the meeting or club they can email msuaspiringeducators@gmail.com.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources

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.

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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