Dr. Mary Swinker and Dr. Jin Su developed and presented “How to Wear Your Jeans” in How to Wear Your Genes events at the Spirit of Women Hospital Network, Indiana Regional Medical Center, Pa., June 18, 2009.
Dr. Fredalene Bowers, Dr. Kris Ramassini, and Dr. Sarah Brown presented a workshop called “Researching, Reflecting and Embracing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity” at the annual Higher Education Institute: It’s Our Future: Investing in Each and Every Child, Grantville, Pa., on June 1, 2009.
Dr. Sarah Brown presented her research titled “Chronic and Severe Peer Rejection: Impact on Children’s Engagement in School” at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Denver, Colo., on April 2, 2009.
Dr. Fredalene Bowers and Ms. Marion R. Henry presented the workshop “Effective Advocacy for Teen Parenting Programs” at the twenty-ninth annual National Healthy Teen Network Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., in November 2008.
Dr. Fredalene Bowers received the Center for Teaching Excellence’s Faculty Recognition Award for Academic Advising and Mentoring in April 2009.
Dr. Jin Su was recognized as an Outstanding Professor (voted by student members) for Spring 2009 by the Panhellenic Association at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jin Su’s article “Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Selection in the U.S. Textile-Apparel-Retail Supply Network” was published in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.
Dr. Fredalene Bowers’ article “Developing a Child Assessment Plan: An Integral Part of Program Quality” was published in Child Care Exchange, November-December, 2008.
Dr. Sarah Brown has coauthored two book chapters that will be published this summer and fall. The first will appear in The Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective. The second is in the Handbook on Motivation at School.
Dr. Janet Blood has published a dress in Threads magazine.
Dr. Kris Ramassini developed and taught a new class called “Early Intervention.”
]]>Dr. Fredalene Bowers secured $40,000 in external funding to develop a special partnership between IUP’s Human Development and Environmental Studies Department, the Northwest Regional Key, and Indiana County Head Start. Mrs. Marion Henry was the instructor for a six-credit Child Development associate course in the Child and Family Studies program. Twenty-four students successfully completed the course, and a banquet was held on May 29 to recognize the students. Lydia Cerroni of Northwest Regional Key was the keynote speaker.
Also attending the banquet were Marion Henry, instructor; Fredalene Bowers; and Mary Swinker, department chairperson.
]]>Dr. Fredalene B. Bowers, professor and member of the North American Reggio Emilio Alliance, and Ms. Marion R. Henry, instructor, participated in the 2008 Study Tour of the Reggio Emilio Program in Reggio Emilio, Italy. Since early fall 2008, Bowers and Henry have been working closely with staff members and administrators of the Indiana County Child Care Program in Davis Hall to implement "the “Reggio Approach,” as it is known.
Reggio Emilio is not a curriculum or a method of instruction—rather, it is an approach based on philosophical principles of many early childhood psychologists, including Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, Gardner, and Bruner. This approach is based on a “respect for the potential of all children,” a rich environment which is engaging and welcoming, an emergent curriculum resulting from the interests of the children, and a focus on the “languages” of children, such as art media, dramatic play, and music. In addition to regular, collaborative staff meetings, the faculty and staff are also visiting other Reggio Emilia-inspired programs.
IUP’s Early Care and Education Program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, is recognized as a Four Star Program by the Pennsylvania Keystone Stars, and is licensed by the Department of Public Welfare.
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For more information regarding costs, itinerary, etc., please e-mail Dr. Fredalene Bowers at fbowers@iup.edu.
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Dr. Sally McCombie of Family and Consumer Sciences received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching in Spring 2006, one of the highest honors IUP bestows upon faculty. She has served for 11 years as the coordinator of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education program. In her classroom, she uses a variety of engaging instructional techniques, modeling how effective teachers provide learning opportunities based on a unique blend of content and pedagogy. Congratulations Dr. McCombie!
Ellen Mikowychok (Interior Design) and Jennifer George (Family and Consumer Sciences) graduated from the Honors College in 2006.
Our students do many hours of community service. Those enrolled in CDFR 463 do 30 hours of community service during the course. CDFR 419 and 317 students work and volunteer in the University Child Care Center and Indiana Head Start Program. Student organizations in Family and Consumer Sciences, Child and Family Studies, and the Interior Design program also engage in community service.
Faculty have been actively engaged in research, writing, presentations, service and other projects and have received various awards.
Gehring, Thom, Fredalene B. Bowers, & Randall Wright. Anton Makarenko: The "John Dewey of the U.S.S.R.". The Journal of Correctional Education, Dec 2005, Volume 56, Issue 4.
Bowers, Fredalene. Understanding and Communicating with Preadolescents and Adolescents. Presentation at St. Andrews Village Professional Staff Development Training. December 2005.
Bowers, Fredalene & Marion R. Henry. “Increasing the Potential for Academic Success: Working with Teen Parents and At-Risk Students Living in Poverty.” Presented at the 4th International Hawaiian Conference on Education, January 2006.
Bowers, Fredalene & Marion R. Henry. “Recent Research in Neuroscience and the Implications for Early Childhood Education.” Presented at the 4th International Hawaiian Conference on Education, January 2006.
Bowers, Fredalene and Maria McCarthy (Co-Facilitators). January and February 2006 - Five Week Parenting Series, Trinity United Methodist Church.
Bowers, Fredalene. The Importance of Play, Indiana Hospital Parenting 101 Program, March 6, 2006.
Bowers, Fredalene. Presentation entitled Adolescent Development, Effective Strategies for Working with Families. Student Assistance Program Training, Armstrong-Indiana Drug & Alcohol Commission. March 22 & 23, 2006.
National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. Faculty Appreciation Reception, IUP HUB, Dr. Fredalene Bowers received the 2006 Best Faculty Member Award (voted by student members).
On October 29, 2005, the IUP Student Section of the PA Association of FCS hosted a state-wide meeting in Ackerman Hall. Sixty undergraduate FCSE majors met, coming from IUP, Marywood and Seton Hill Universities. Dr. Brooke Judkins was the keynote speaker, and a panel of practitioners, many of whom were IUP alumni, communicated "words of wisdom" to the undergrad pre-teachers.
Dr. Sally McCombie developed a new online version of Consumer Sciences 101.
Frey, D.K., Hines J.D. & Swinker, M.E. InfoWIZARD Web-portal for problem-based learning, Poster Presentation at the International Textiles and Apparel Association Annual Meeting, November 1-6, 2005 in Alexandria, VA.
Hines, J.D., Frey, D. K., & Swinker, M.E. (2005). Lifelong learning: Web-based information literacy module for merchandisers. Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, 97(4), 55-58.
Hines, J.D., Swinker, M.E., Frey, D. K., & Broughton, K. (2005). Embedding information literacy into a merchandising curriculum. MountainRise, 2(1). Retrieved January 25, 2005, from http://facctr.wcu.edu/mountainrise/ archive/vol2no1/html/embedding_information.html
Swinker, M.E. & Hines, J.D. (March, 2006). Understanding consumers' perception of clothing quality: A multidimensional approach. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 30 (2), 218-223.
Dr. Frank Viggiano, Human Development and Environmental Studies, appeared on National TV (139 US Markets) on the following dates: September 8, November 2, December 2 (Comcast Cable Network & Black Horizons, WQED-TV 13 PBS), December 15 (Pittsburgh Today, KDKA-TV 2 CBS), December 17-18 (Lifequest, WQED-TV13 PBS), December 19 (This Morning, WUSA-TV CBS, Washington, DC), and December 31 (Lifequest, WQED-TV PBS).
In November, 2005, NBC-TV in Las Vegas invited Dr. Frank Viggiano to do a Holiday Gift TV segment. In addition, the LV Review Journal asked Dr. Viggiano to contribute to a story on Holiday Shopping in which IUP was mentioned.