Congratulations ... to seventeen new technology teachers who completed the CCSU program in the 2007-08 year! Five of these students graduated with honors: Bill Notation (Summa Cum Laude); Nick Piotrowski, Carey Poetzsch, and Jeff Teravainen (Magna Cum Laude); and Rick Strid (Cum Laude).

Spring 2008 Final Exam Schedule ► click here ...

May Events

May 30 ► Connecticut Spring Electrathon

May 12 ► Connecticut Technology Education Association conference @ CCSU

May 9  ► CT Technology Student Association annual conference... sign up here to volunteer

May 6  ► Naylor Pond Study... see Foster for details

May 2  ► Manchester third-graders visit CCSU's Technology Education department... see Foster for details

read "Technology Education Students and Faculty Continue Tradition of Excellence In The Classroom and Beyond" from the Spring 2008 School of Engineering & Technology newsletter

China!

A CCSU technology education major begins a semester in China this week, as two of our faculty arrive in a neighboring province for a two-week exchange program. Junior John McCandless is studying at Northwest University in Xi'an, China. Over the past month, he visited Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai, and traveled through Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Let Foster know if you would like to get in touch with John. Meanwhile, two of our faculty—Department Chair James Delaura and Assistant Professor Michele Dischino— left on March 2 for a two-week trip to China with 17 high-schoolers from Hartford. The program is hosted jointly by the Center for 21st Century Skills and the Ningxia, China Board of Education. [3/3/08]

advising for Fall 2008 and Summer sessions [2/8/08]:

Monday, March 24 through Friday, April 4 ►academic advising for continuing students Get your Fall 2008 registration PIN!

April 1 ►Summer course registration begins for all students, regardless of the number of credits you have earned.

April 7 through April 17 ►Fall course registration begins for students, based on the number of credits you have earned.

Foster on sabbatical in Fall ►From August to December. he will be doing research in Pennsylvania. He'll be back in January. [2/8/08]

important dates:

February 10, 2008 ► professional program applications due @ Barnard 248

February 15, 2008 ► student teaching applications due @ Barnard 309

February 21-23 ► ITEA: International Technology Education Association conference, Salt Lake City

May 12 ► Connecticut Technology Education Association conference @ CCSU

TBA ► Connecticut Spring Electrathon

student teachers meet ►The ten technology education majors who will be student-teaching this semester met with TE student-teaching coordinator Donald Schaer on January 18. Here are their names, along with their placements for the first eight weeks. After midterm, each student-teacher will be assigned a high school at which they will teach for eight more weeks. [1/21/08]

CCSU hosts Electrathon advisors meeting ►on January 16, for the fourth consecutive year, Connecticut electrathon advisors held their annual meeting at Copernicus Hall. Among the attendees were three members of the Electrathon America national Board of Directors, including Mike Grella, who has coordinated the Connecticut event since its inception, and representatives from Massachusetts and New York. The advisors also met with five CCSU students representing both TECA and the Electrathon safety inspection teams. We will post the date of the Spring Electrathon here as soon as it's available! [1/21/08]

Thank you to all First Lego League Volunteers [12/9/07] Thanks to you, we had another successful year!

Electrathon: Friday October 26 [10/17/07] – volunteers needed – more information here