Dr. Linda Norris, Indiana University of Pennsylvania English Education faculty member, was recently named Pennsylvania Teacher Educator of the Year by The Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators.

IUP student teaching supervisors may now obtain portable video conferencing kits from the College of Education and Educational Technology.

Anyone wishing to be fingerprinted must preregister on-line at Cogent Systems. Fingerprinting will take place September 22–24, 2009, at the Robertshaw building. Each appointment takes ten minutes. The cost for the appointment is $36.

IUP’s College of Education and Educational Technology Unit Assessment system is now using an electronic assessment system to collect data on prestudent teaching, student teaching, and teacher work samples.

Approximately one hundred Early Childhood and Elementary Education students received their degree conferrals on May 3, 2009.

Dr. Edward Nardi was honored by the Department of Professional Studies in Education within the College of Education and Educational Technology with the Lloyd W. Briscoe Award for Outstanding Service to Students on May 3, 2009.

Representatives from the College of Education and Educational Technology faculty and staff met this April with local school officials to collaborate on building strong clinical and field experiences for IUP teacher candidates.