[197] THEC's Rhoda to Address MTSU MTeach Meeting Tuesday

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MTeach contact: Leigh Gostowski, 615-898-5786 or Leigh.Gostowski@mtsu.edu


THEC’s Rhoda to address MTSU MTeach meeting Tuesday

MURFREESBORO — Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Rich Rhoda will address THEC’s initiatives in math and science during an annual MTeach stakeholders’ meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6, at MTSU.

The meeting, which will run from 9 until 11 a.m., will be held in the James Union Building’s Hazlewood Dining Room. Rhoda’s session will start at approximately 10:15.

MTeach program coordinator/instructor Leigh Gostowski said she anticipates Rhoda will discuss initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, “and how MTeach figures into those goals and the wider agenda,” she said.

Gostowski will share the state of the three-year-old MTeach program at 9:15.

Eboni Eaton, Corey Horton and Caitlin Rainey will share student experiences at 9:30. Sally Millsap, Mark LaPorte and Robin Bollman will discuss their master teacher experiences at 9:45.

Dr. Rick Vanosdoll, professor in the College of Education’s Womack Family Educational Leadership department and former director of the Tennessee Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Center, will deliver closing remarks at 10:45.

Stakeholders include MTeach staff; deans Tom Cheatham (College of Basic and Applied Sciences) and Lana Seivers (College of Education); participating faculty from both colleges; and other STEM education faculty.

Also expected to attend are MTSU Provost Brad Bartel and Dr. Phillip Waldrop, associate dean in the College of Education

Representatives from Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City schools are invited as are principals from other partner school districts.

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Media welcomed.

Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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