College Bulletin - March 2009

UM Joins National Effort to Train More Science/Math Teachers

Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative

Recognizing the need for more math and science teachers in middle and high school, the University of Maryland has joined a collaboration of public universities and university systems nationwide in committing to the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative (SMTI). SMTI was announced during the annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) annual meeting last November in Chicago. Nearly 80 institutions made a preliminary pledge at that time. Today, the number of institutions committing to SMTI continues to increase and has surpassed the original goal of 100 universities.

"By joining this collaboration, the University of Maryland has the opportunity to focus our on-going efforts to improve the teaching of mathematics and science," said College of Education Dean Donna Wiseman , who is the SMTI liaison for Maryland. "In particular, our involvement with SMTI indicates a commitment to increasing the number of outstanding candidates who will become teachers in these critical fields, to ensuring the quality of their preparation, and to advancing successful approaches to retain new science and mathematics teachers in the profession."

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CEPAL Spring 2009 Colloquium, March 26:
Diversity and Community in American Life

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Nyumburu Cultural Center

The campus community is invited to attend the spring 2009 colloquium of the Center for Education Policy and Leadership's (CEPAL) Annual Series, Diversity and Community in American Life. Professor of Law Paul A. Lombardo (left) of Georgia State University will discuss "Gender, Science, and the Legalization of Forced Human Sterilization: The Case of Buck v. Bell."

Lombardo was the last person to interview Carrie Buck, the petitioner in Buck v. Bell--a 1927 United States Supreme Court case that upheld state laws mandating eugenic sterilization of the "feebleminded and socially inadequate." Buck and her family were condemned in an infamous Court opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes that declared, "Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Lombardo's new book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell tells the story of Buck's case. A book signing will follow the colloquium discussion.

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A Golden Celebration, March 28:
CSP Program Marks 50 Years at Maryland

Since its beginnings in 1959 as the Vocational Guidance program, the College Student Personnel (CSP) program — housed within the College of Education's Department of Counseling and Personnel Services — has developed into an award-winning academic program boasting alumni who are college presidents, university faculty and administrators, counselors, and other student affairs professionals at all levels nationwide.

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, CSP is hosting a Friends of Maryland Party and Cruise on the Potomac, Saturday, March 28 , for alumni and friends of the program (visit the CSP50 web site to register; deadline is March 20).

The program also marked this golden milestone by establishing the CSP Professional Development Fund to support student and faculty scholarly presentations and dissemination of research. Should total funds raised reach the minimum required amount of $25,000 the fund will become an endowment account to perpetually provide support of the same.

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