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PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
October 24, 2003
Contact:
Terry Hapney, Director of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3112; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell: (740) 352-5566
E-mail: thapney@shawnee.edu
WHO:
Hocking College, Marietta College, Ohio University,
Shawnee State University, Southern State Community College,
University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College, and
Washington State Community College
WHAT:
Southeastern Ohio Articulation Partnership for teacher
education
signing ceremony
WHEN:
Monday, October 27, 2003, 1:15 p.m.
WHERE:
Selby Grand Lobby, Vern Riffe Center for the Arts on
the
campus of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth
WHY:
The members of the Southeastern Ohio Articulation
Partnership for
teacher education, by mutual agreement, have determined that degree
and/or
licensure requirements for professional teacher preparation at a
partner
institution may be satisfied by the completion of equivalent
coursework
at any of the other partner institutions. Course equivalencies have
been
developed by faculty members from each institution. Each
college/university
is in the process of appointing a campus coordinator who will serve
as the
point of contact for students wishing to transfer using this
agreement.
HOW:
As part of this agreement, students are encouraged to
complete the
identified block of courses at one institution in order to receive
credit for the
corresponding courses at the transfer institution. In the event that
a student
has not completed the entire block, a course-by-course review will
be
conducted by the campus coordinator to determine eligibility of
professional
education courses for transfer. The campus coordinator’s review
will be
limited primarily to the professional education courses and is
intended to
supplement the normal institutional process for the review of
transfer credit.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This agreement is a partnership
between the eight institutions listed above-a pathway for regional
residents
who can begin working on a teacher education baccalaureate degree at
a community or technical college and finish the degree at a
four-year university. This agreement will make the transition much
easier for students and institutions.
University/college officials scheduled to take part in the
signing
ceremony include:
Hocking College--Dr. John Light, President
Marietta College--Dr. Dottie Erb, Chair, Teacher Education
Ohio University--Dr. Bonnie Beach, Associate Dean, College of
Education
Shawnee State University--Dr. Rita Rice Morris, President
Southern State Community College--Dr. Lawrence Dukes, President
Univ. of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Comm. Coll.--Dr. Greg Sojka,
Provost/VP, Academic Affairs
Washington State Community College--Dr. Mark Nutter, Dean, Arts,
Sciences, & Industrial Technologies
Other faculty/staff members will also be present from the partner
institutions.
For more information,
call the Shawnee State University
Office of Communications at (740) 351-3810.
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