Syracuse University's School of Education (SOE) is sponsoring two events on
Tuesday, April 21, during this year's SU Showcase-each highlighting the school's
commitment to promoting inclusion and diversity within the Syracuse community.
'Local Literacies, Global Visions'
The School of Education's Reading & Language Arts Center will present the "Local
Literacies, Global Visions" oral history project, funded by
Imagining America: Artists
and Scholars in Public Life. The presentation takes place from 12:30-2 p.m. in Room
304B of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center.
The project is a collection of stories told by young newcomers to Syracuse. "We
sought to better understand the lives of young people who dream-dream of going to
college, of becoming doctors, nurses and forensic scientists, of creating new lives for
themselves and their families in the U.S., while at the same time daring not to forget
their roots," says Kristiina Montero, assistant professor of reading and language arts.
"It is important for these young people to tell their stories, and it is even more
important that we listen and learn from their experiences."
Visitors will be able to experience the students' oral histories as collected by a group of
doctoral students in the School of Education. They also will have the opportunity to
meet newcomers from Burundi, Liberia, Nepal, Somalia and Sudan who now are
students at Nottingham High School.
TDC Survey
The School of Education is also sponsoring a Teacher Diversity Corps (TDC) survey,
to be administered to students across the SU campus on April 21.
The survey, designed by TDC students, asks questions about issues of racial
segregation and integration within courses and throughout the campus. Information
gathered about students' perceptions of diversity on campus will be used to help
more clearly align programs in the School of Education and across the University
with a positive vision of diversity.
TDC students involved in the survey will spend the day circulating throughout the
SU campus wearing specially designed neon green T-shirts. The TDC is a member of
the New York State Education Teacher Opportunity Corps. For more information
about the TDC survey, contact Stanley Ford II at stford@syr.edu.
