th Keynote Speaker - Dr. Samuel Betances

8thANNUAL NATIONAL URBAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Samuel Betances
Presentations by National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Center, Indianapolis Public Schools, University of Cincinnati – Urban Educational Leadership Program,
Cedarville University, No Textbook Answer preview, Renowned artist Dr. Willis “Bing” Davis, and more
Central State University
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1400 Brush Row Road
Phone: 937.376.6374
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Wilberforce, 45384
Fax: 937.376.6004
Online Registration:
https://www.regonline.com/2011_national_urban_education_conference_multicult
Celebrating 10 years of history and excellence
Institute of Urban Education
Advisory Board
Gordon Berry
Honorary
Advisory Board Member
Michael Andrews
Teacher
Trotwood-Madison City School District
Amy Baldridge
Curriculum Supervisor
Xenia Community Schools
David Estrop
Superintendent
Springfield City Schools
Stephen Gruber
Chair of the Education Department and
Associate Professor of Education
Cedarville University
Edna Jean Harper
Interim Dean, College of Education
Central State University
Timothy Heaton
Professor of Education
Cedarville University
(IUE Advisory Board Chair)
Jeffrey Mims
State Board of Education Member (3rd District)
Shauna Murphy
Principal
Woodward Career Technical High School
Cincinnati Public Schools
Rochanda Nenonene
First Year Experience Coordinator
Program Director, Urban Teacher Academy Administrative
Faculty, Department of Education
University of Dayton
Mary Ronan
Superintendent
Cincinnati Public Schools
Diane Suiter
Principal, Central Academy
Middletown City Schools
Jan Taylor
Principal, Kenwood Elementary
Springfield City Schools
Rexann Wagner
Superintendent
Trotwood-Madison Middle School,
Trotwood- Madison City Schools
Lori L. Ward
Superintendent
Dayton Public Schools
Linda Johnson-Towles
eLearning Manager
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Carlee Escue
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership, University of Cincinnati
Colleen Finegan
Professor and Department Chairperson
Teacher Education
College of Education and Human Services
Wright State University
Gene Harris
Superintendent
Columbus City Schools
Ernest Perry
Chief Innovation Officer
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Tammy Schwartz
Director, Urban Teacher Cohort
Miami University
Central State University
Central State University is the only public historically black college (HBCU),
and a nationally recognized academic institution in the heart of Ohio. Our
beautiful campus in Wilberforce is home to a proud 124-year tradition of
excellence in higher education. Central State offers leading edge programs in
urban education, manufacturing and environmental engineering, jazz studies,
and has graduated generations of leaders in fields ranging from education,
business, and communications, to the natural sciences and the fine and
performing arts.
John W. Garland
President, Central State University
Dr. Juliette Bell
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Institute of Urban Education
Central State University's Institute of Urban Education is the vision child of
CSU President, John W. Garland, who understood that with Central State's
long history of preparing teachers it could be instrumental in providing
educational training and services to educators who worked in inner city, low
performing, urban, and multicultural school settings. Since its inception in 2000,
the Institute of Urban Education (the Institute) at Central State University (CSU)
has served as a research, training, and technical assistance resource for
current and pre-service teachers and school administrators serving urban
school districts, their students, and families across Ohio and nationally. The
Institute has also developed and delivered direct services in the summer to
inner-city youth in the STEM areas. An external advisory board reviews the
work of the Institute.
Institute of Urban Education Staff
Dr. Kaye Manson Jeter
Executive Director, IUE
Philip Coates
Program Coordinator, IUE
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2011 National Urban Education Conference
Multicultural Education – Teaching and Believing
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Time: 8:15 -9:00 (Check In)
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Conference)
Location: Central State University, 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
(15 minutes from Dayton, Ohio)
Registration: $70.00 registration fee/online registration
To view highlights from last year’s conference go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gU-jSt0kUo
2011 National Urban Education Q&A
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What is the date and time of the conference?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Check-in and refreshment bar are from 8:15 am – 9:00 am
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Where will the conference be held?
Central State University, 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
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Who is the keynote speaker?
Dr. Samuel Betances, is the keynote speaker who is an educator and motivational speaker.
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What is the cost for the conference, and what does it include?
The registration fee for the conference is $70.00, which includes the morning presentation and afternoon sessions, as well as
morning /afternoon refreshments and lunch. You will be presented with a lunch ticket when you check in at the conference.
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How do I register for the conference?
Registration for the conference is online at https://www.regonline.com/2011_national_urban_education_conference_multicult
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How do I register a group, students from colleges or university, or if I am an Institute collaborative school?
Please contact Mr. Philip Coates, Program Coordinator, to help you to register groups and schools. He can be contacted at
(937) 376-6037.
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Which CSU campus building or facility will the morning and afternoon presentation sessions be held in?
The morning presentation (8:30 am to 11:45 am) will be held in Robeson Performing Arts and Cultural Center and the majority
of the afternoon sessions (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm) will be held in the Center for Education and Natural Sciences after lunch. All are
on the campus of CSU. Information about lunch locations will be provided during the conference. A map of the CSU campus is
included.
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Where do I park during the conference?
You will able to park anywhere on campus with a parking pass (attached), with the exception of reserved parking spaces.
Overflow/additional parking will be available on Wilberforce University’s campus at the Louis Stokes Health Center parking lot at
1055 N. Bickett Road, Wilberforce, OH 45384. Shuttle buses will transport attendees from the Wilberforce campus parking lot to
Paul Robeson Center in the morning and return to the parking lot in the afternoon.
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What are some of the local hotel accommodations if I need to stay overnight?
The local hotel is the Ramada Inn located at 300 Xenia Town Square, Xenia, OH, 45385, Phone: 937-372-9921. The Ramada is
centrally located in downtown Xenia. The Ramada Xenia is the closet hotel near CSU and is minutes away from many attractions
such as The United States Air Force Museum and Imax Theatre, Clifton Mill, Young’s Jersey Dairy, The Afro American Museum
and Cultural Center, Belfair Country Store, The Fairfield Commons Mall, The Greene Mall, Ervin J Nutter Center, Kings Island and
the shops at Kings Yard Shops in Yellow Springs. There are also local hotels and Bed and Breakfasts inns in Beavercreek and
Fairborn Ohio and locally.
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If I have questions about the conference, whom do I contact?
The Institute’s office phone number is (937) 376-6374, or you may contact Mr. Philip Coates, Program Coordinator, at
(937) 376-6037 or [email protected]. Our fax number is (937) 376-6004. The Institute staff will be there to give you
support for the conference and answer your questions.
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Empowering and inspiring educators and
community stakeholders to do a better job of
teaching our children
What is the outcome of
the conferences and
what does the Institute
provide?
1.
Resources for urban school districts
and districts with children from
different backgrounds and cultures
 The IUE provides resources
including a library, film, video, and
educational materials on effective
teaching and learning
2.
Educating new and current teachers
 Provide teachers the opportunity to
learn new ideas and best practices
that work in the classroom
About CSU’s National
Urban Education Conferences
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The conference is designed to challenge educators to do a better job
of teaching and reaching our young people and learn what works and
does not work in the classroom
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This well-established conference attracts pre-service and active
educational professionals, including, teachers, principals,
administrators, students, paraprofessionals, community service
activists, and corporations from around the country.
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Attendees are given the opportunity to intermingle and share ideas
with all levels of stakeholders in the educational community. The
Institute provides some of the most renowned keynote speakers and
presenters in the country.
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The Institute assists educators with the challenges they face in
st
the 21 Century classroom
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 Educate new and current teachers
on diversity and cultural
competency issues is another
service we provide
3.
Network Of Experts
 One of the Institute’s strengths is
providing teachers, school staff,
and administrators opportunities to
network with experts in the field.
“Teaching is not filling up a pail,
it is lighting a fire.”
-William Butler Yeats
8th Annual National Urban Conference – Teaching and Believing
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Morning Session
Paul Robeson Performing Arts and Cultural Center
8:15—900 am
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Check In / Refreshments
9:00—9:30 am
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Conference Introductions
Welcome and Introductions
9:30—10:00 am
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Musical Performance
Institute of Urban 10th Anniversary Presentation
10:00—10:15 am
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Break
10:15—11:30 am
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Keynote Speaker
11:30-1:00 pm - Lunch
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Norman E. Ward Center (Ballroom)
Afro American Museum and Cultural Center
Afternoon Sessions
Center for Education and Natural Sciences
1:00—2:55 pm
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Two-Hour Concurrent Sessions
1:00—1:55 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
2:00 to 2:55 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
3:00—3:55 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
4:00—4:55 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
Evening Session
Cedarville University, Jeremiah Chapel
6:30 —8:00 pm
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Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
*Subject to change
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Dr. Samuel Betances, Keynote Speaker
Multicultural Education – Teaching and Believing
As a biracial, bi-cultural, and bilingual citizen of the world, Dr. Betances has worked
in all fifty states, all six U.S. territories and in various countries including Japan,
Korea, Germany and Mexico. He inspires willing learners to aim high, reject
rejection, and embrace themselves and each other as powerful team members
working toward a more prosperous future. Decades of university teaching,
publishing articles and consultant-ships with private and public organizations bring
to each event a breadth and depth of understanding on how we must make sense of
differences.
Dr. Betances has merged eloquence and teaching skills to deliver his powerful
message with conviction: "It matters less where we are from; what really matters is
where we are going. Accept our diversity. Embrace it. Make it work for you. Harness
the rainbow." This great motivator was not supposed to make it. Out of the bowels
of inner city poverty, stigma of minority group status, violence, welfare, and illiteracy
in two languages, he arose. With strong spiritual convictions and a passion for
reading, Samuel Betances has taken the hard lessons from the mean streets of life
and reshaped them into his personal vision. He embarked on a journey from
dropping out of school to a Doctorate from Harvard University. Today, America's
foremost communicator on the challenges of casting away barriers of teaching
urban school children is an honored Professor Emeritus, a consultant to U.S.
Presidents, CEOs, managers, community groups, clergy members, educators, and
a role model for youth. Dr. Betances is a superb workshop leader. His style is to
guide a highly interactive, inclusive, fun, and spirited search for solutions.
Dr. Jennifer Cruz
Special Musical Performance
Dr. Jennifer Cruz is an Assistant Professor of Piano and the Program Director of the
Music Mentors program at Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio. With roots
on the island of Guam, she was raised in Brookfield, Wisconsin. She began her
piano studies at the age of four with Suzanne Lent. After being discovered by
Alexander Toradze at a master class in Milwaukee, she graduated from high school
early to join his studio in January 1996. She received her Bachelor’s Degree at the
University of Indiana-South Bend under his tutelage. Dr. Cruz moved to New York
City in 1999, to study at the Manhattan School of Music with Phillip Kawin.While
pursuing her Masters Degree in New York, she worked at the Boys Choir of Harlem
School as an accompanist, and as a pedagogue at the Bronx School of Music and
Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn.
Dr. Cruz received her doctoral degree at the University of Cincinnati, CollegeConservatory of Music under the illustrious team of Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff.
She has taught at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati and has
performed in recitals and master classes in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, New York,
California, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Israel, and Guam. Her affiliations include Mu Phi Epsilon, College Music Society, and
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). She is currently the Vice President of the Western District Ohio Music Teachers
Association (OMTA), a member of the Culture Works Associate Board, and Music Director at College Hill Community Church in
Dayton, Ohio.
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Believing in Cultural Competency and Diversity
Woven Traditions –
Weaving the Web of
Multicultural Education
Implementing a
District-Wide Cultural
Competency Action
Plan: Challenges and
Benefits
During this two-hour workshop,
participants will reflect on the
challenges, struggles, and pitfalls
of implementing a district –wide
cultural competency action plan.
Ms. Patricia Payne
Director, Indianapolis Public Schools,
Office of Multicultural Education and
Crispus Attucks Museum, Indianapolis,
Indiana
Patricia Payne, LHD,
is director of the
Indianapolis Public
Schools Crispus
Attucks Center,
which comprises the
Office of Multicultural
Education and the Crispus Attucks
Museum. The state-of-the-art
African/American History museum opened
in 1998. The Center is located on the
campus of Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet
High School, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her
leadership in designing and facilitating
workshops on diversity, developing culturebased curriculum, providing cultural
awareness programs and promoting
community service has
helped make the Indianapolis Public
Schools a national leader in multicultural
education, student advocacy, and
community activism.
She is a certified trainer for the Intercultural
Development Inventory (IDI).
Exploring and
Understanding Diversity
Do You See What I See?
Exploring and understanding
diversity with “20/20 vision” to see
diversity as it ought to be seen.
This seminar will renew your
passion and calling to teach in our
ever-changing society and world.
Dr. Lena
Crouso
Assistant Professor
of Education,
Muskingum
University
Dr. Lena Crouso is Assistant Professor of
Education for Muskingum University where
her focus is on Diversity, Leadership,
Motivation, and Global Perspectives. She
was born of Indian parents, and was raised
in the Hindu religion. She experienced the
beauty of her heritage, yet faced many
obstacles from cultural barriers, and the
spiritual uncertainty of her religion. In
addition to serving on the boards of several
non-profit community organizations, she
has also served on panel and radio spots
for Race Relations, Inc. She is the founder
of Women of Witness, International
(WOW), a grassroots community outreach
ministry devoted to meeting the needs of
women through faithful acts of kindness.
A Two (2) Hour Workshop
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This interactive session will support
pre-service and practicing
educators on their journey to
“Cultural Proficiency” as they
examine the challenging facets of
Multicultural Education, which
include racial prejudice reduction,
Equity pedagogy, and the creation
of empowering school cultures.
One, who truly believes in the
teaching of Multicultural Education
through an equity lens,
understands that the work begins
with self-examination. Multicultural
Education requires not only a
subtle shift in our own teaching
practices and personal
relationships, but also important
shifts of critical consciousness that
prepare us to see and react to the
socio-political contexts that so
heavily influence education theory
and practice.
Ms. Marla M. Marsh &
Ms. Monica M. Marsh
Adjunct Professors, Ashland University
Marla M. Marsh and Monica M. Marsh are
co-authors of Woven Traditions© Cultural
Competency Curriculum
(www.didyouknowpublishing.com/woventra
ditions). The Curriculum includes
classroom-teaching tools, 30 hours of
Professional Development Training, A Plan
of Action, Teacher and Student Standards
with Benchmarks, Assessments and much
more. So rigorous that graduate level
course credit can be offered too. Just this
fall The Ohio State University has added
“Woven Traditions” as a course of study!
Marla
Marsh is
currently the
principal at
Mayfield
Elementary
School
(Middletown,
OH) where
she leads the
Equity Team.
She began her career in 1984. She
received her BA in Education from The
Ohio State University and her Masters
(Curriculum and Supervision) from Wright
State University, and she is licensed K-12.
In addition, Marla is an adjunct professor at
Ashland University.
Monica Marsh
is currently the principal at D. Russel Lee
Career Technology Center - Butler
Technology Career Development Schools.
(Hamilton, OH) Monica currently holds the
office of Secretary for the Career and
Technical Education Equity Council (based
in Tulsa, Oklahoma). She, like her twin
sister Marla, began her career in 1984
where she received her BA in Education
from The Ohio State University and her
Masters (Curriculum and Supervision) from
Wright State University, and she is
licensed K-12. In addition, Monica is an
adjunct professor at Ashland University.
"More money is put into prisons
than into schools. That, in itself, is
the description of a nation bent on
suicide. I mean, what is more
precious to us than our own
children? We are going to build a
lot more prisons if we do not deal
with the schools and their
inequalities.” - Jonathan Kozol
A Two (2) Hour Workshop
Believing We Can Manage a Classroom
L.E.A.S.T. Scenario-Based Urban Education Project
Are you having trouble with your student’s classroom behavior? Then, you will not want to miss this session. L.E.A.S.T.
is a classroom management tool that works in every classroom.
L.E.A.S.T. is a design for discipline, which has been developed by the Institute of Urban Education. The program focuses on
classroom management in the urban school areas, introduces a variety of skills, concepts, and practical strategies that must
be followed to ensure safe environments conducive for teachers and students to thrive in the classroom. The information that
is presented is supported by more than twenty-five years of application and simultaneously supports, and popular new
theories in the area of classroom management.
Ms. Gloria Towner
National Certified Teacher /Trainer, Nashville, Tennessee
Gloria Dailey Towner served as an employee of the Tennessee Education Association as UniServ Coordinator assigned to Metro
Nashville Education Association. She served for 19 years at TEA as Coordinator of Instruction and Professional Development.
She is a former elementary teacher in Nashville Public Schools. She holds a BS in Elementary Education and an MA in
Administration from Tennessee State University, with additional graduate studies at Iowa State University. Mrs. Towner was also
a national trainer/facilitator with the National Education Association. She also does training in the areas of discipline, classroom
management, teacher evaluation, and diversity. She has more than 36 years in the education profession.
A Two (2) Hour Workshop
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Believing in Advocacy and Prevention for Our Children
Bullying Prevention---What Can We Do
This session will offer a variety of bullying prevention resources for families, schools, and
communities. These resources include a model anti-bullying policy and related presentation
materials, online training, Web information and onsite workshops. Districts can take
advantage of these tools for help in meeting their legal requirement to establish a
policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying. Because of increasing knowledge
about the negative effects of bullying on children and school climate, school districts must
adopt policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying.
Mr. Frank Porter
Director, Counseling Services, Central State University
Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis, Advocacy, and You
In this session, a video and power point presentation will be used to educate the audience
about the Children’s Defense Fund. “Cradle to Prison Pipeline,” national report that
highlights policies and changes needed to prevent children from entering the pipeline (child
welfare, financial support, juvenile justice, education, and health). The objectives are to
provide data and information that will inform and motivate individuals to advocate for and
support programs that impact families and children. Participants will be encouraged to
share their advocacy efforts.
Ms. Barbara Turpin, KIDS COUNT Director & Senior Policy Advocate
Barbara joined CDF-Ohio in March 2005. She is the KIDS COUNT Director and also serves as the Senior Policy Advocate. Barbara holds a BS in Social
Work and has completed the core coursework for MS in Criminal Justice. Barbara spent the last sixteen years as the primary program developer at the
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services for the Title IV-E Adoption Assistance/ Foster Care program. She also coordinated Ohio’s Kinship
program, including the Statewide Kinship Advisory Council. Prior to her work at ODJFS, Barbara spent fifteen years at the Ohio Department of Youth
Services as a group leader and social worker.
Dr. Susan Ignelzi, Women’s Advocacy Action Network Policy Coordinator
Dr. Ignelzi has been a volunteer with Children's Defense Fund-Ohio since May 2005 and became a consultant for the Women’s Advocacy Action
Network in 2009. Dr. Ignelzi is a seasoned public and private sector administrator with 34 years of organization-building achievements in education,
health, and social services. She has a Doctor of Philosophy from Ohio State University, Faculty of Human Service Education, a Master of Arts in
Education and Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Dr. Ignelzi has worked in many administrative positions, being
responsible for policy and program development. Dr. Ignelzi has several publications relating to children’s issues (e.g. Building Family-Centered,
Community-Based Systems of Care: International Congress on Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Community).
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Believing We Can Close the Achievement Gap
Too Many Children Left Behind - How
We Can Close the Achievement Gap
This two-hour session, held in two different locations,
will be a forum led by Central State University students,
trained as forum leaders, to discuss The Closing the
Achievement Gap. There will also be a review of a
documentary, produced by the Kettering Foundation,
called “No Textbook Answer – Communities Confront
the Achievement Gap.” Forum attendees will be able to
interact with research work by the Kettering Foundation,
Central State University, educators, and community
stakeholders, to find consensus on solutions.
A Two (2) Hour Forum
“Good teachers are “gap-closers”---they don’t accept
any excuses for low student achievement. The critical
lesson to learn is that the power is in the teacher to
make a difference in students’ lives. No special
equipment, reform, or technology is needed. The good
news is that the solutions to the problem have been
found. The only questions left are how will this
information be disseminated, and do we have the will to
implement the solutions.”
Dr. Edna Jean Harper
Interim Dean, Central State University, College of Education
Currently, Dr. Harper is the Interim Dean of the College of Education
at Central State University. She joined the faculty in 2009 as an
Associate Professor and Chair of the Professional Education
Department. She has served in educational arenas from pre-school to
graduate school and from teacher to superintendent. For the past ten
years, Dr. Harper has been a trailblazing superintendent of urban
school districts. She was the first African American and first female
superintendent in Elyria City Schools (1998-2004) and she was the
first African American Superintendent in the Springfield City Schools.
(2004-2008). While superintendent of Elyria City Schools, she led the
district from academic emergency to continuous improvement.
Dr. Lee Esprit
Professor, Central State University, College of Education
Dr. Lee Esprit is a tenured professor whose initial appointment to
Central State University was September 1, 1972. He served as
Chairman and on the University Senate Committee on Promotion and
Tenure for 23 plus years and as Xenia City Commissioner and
Councilman, two years as President for 12 years. Dr. Esprit served on
five NCATE Accreditation teams in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He
serves, and has served on the Board of Directors, Montgomery
County American Red Cross for 15 plus years.
Central State University Students
Trained Forum Leaders
Dr. Asa Hilliard III
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Believing in Urban Educational Leadership
Urban Education Leaders: Professional
Development and Life Learning
Symposium
Training School Leaders in Urban
Environments: Ethics, Leadership,
Legal Responsibilities, and Funding
This symposium will discuss the academic preparation in
Urban Educational Leadership (UEL) and their
professional experience in leading urban schools. The
Urban Educational Leadership (UEL) doctoral program at
the University of Cincinnati is an innovative,
interdisciplinary, practitioner-oriented program designed
by national experts in the content and process of
educational leadership development. The presenters in
this symposium are second-year doctoral students in the
Urban Educational Leadership program. These doctoral
students are also acting principals, assistant principals,
teachers, and district board office representatives.
This session will address curricula and approaches
focusing on leadership strategies, ethics, legal
responsibilities, and adequacy necessary for school
leaders in urban, low socioeconomic status and highminority environments. The presenters will discuss
strategies and topics taught in an effective urban
education leadership program; specifically, principal
training and certification.
Ms. Janet Rumple Decker, Ph.D., J.D., Ms. Carlee
Poston Escue, Ph.D., R. Ms. Gregg Tracy, Ed.D. University of Cincinnati – Urban Educational
Leadership
Mr. Aaron Bouie, Mr. David Coyne, Ms. Amy Crouse,
Mr. Greg Finke, Ms. Shari Revels-Davis, and Ms.
Melissa Stewart, University of Cincinnati – Urban
Educational Leadership
“You cannot teach a child you do not love; you cannot
teach a child you do not respect; you cannot teach a
child you do not understand.”
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
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Believing We Can Help Parents Help Their Children
University's Adopt a School Program, and creator and coordinator of
Xenia's Volunteer After-School Enrichment Program.
Believing Parents Can Help Too!
Cultural synchronization in classrooms operates within
the framework of teachers who recognize and value the
cultural capital of the students in their classrooms.
Researchers (Scott & Marcus, 2001, Marcus, 1996)
suggested that creating a bi-directional bridge between
homes and schools helps teachers value and use the
cultural capital children bring to school and helps parents
know the culturally relevant activities existing in the home
that support student learning.
This workshop introduces participants to barriers to
school participation as described by low-income parents
in an urban community. In addition, the workshop will
highlight the Parents as Expert Teachers training
program designed to create effective linkages between
parents and teachers with the goal of enhancing student
achievement.
Ms. Shallon Coleman
Executive Director, Abigail's Journey, Incorporated
Ms. Coleman serves as Executive Director of
Abigail’s Journey, Incorporated, which is a nonprofit, faith, based organization, which trains
individuals to advocate for the poor and disenfranchised. The
organization provides comprehensive advocacy and case
management strategies, which champions and empowers individuals
and families into a life style that is self-sustaining. She has held a
position as Human Service Manager for Wesley Community Center in
Dayton, Ohio. Ms. Coleman is a graduate of Central State University.
Ms. Cheryl Marcus
Self-Study Coordinator and Liaison to Higher
Learning Commission (HLC), Central State
University
Cheryl D. Marcus has a deep interest in and belief
in the value that parents play in the lived experiences and schooling
experiences of their children. She is the Self-Study Coordinator for
Central State University and has an Education Specialist degree in
educational leadership at the University of Dayton. Her literacy
activities working with parents and students include coordinator of a
church-based literacy program, project coordinator of Central State
Does Parent Involvement /
Family
Engagement
Promote
Success In
Children?
The presenter will talk about research that proves parent
involvement increases student achievement, discuss why
parents should be involved in the learning process, give
examples of schools that have parent involvement/family
engagement and talk about the shared responsibility of
teacher and parent which can encourage a child to
achieve. (Section 1118 –Shared Responsibility)
Ms. Carrie Jasper and Kimberly Morton
U.S. Department of Education
Carrie Jasper is the Director of Outreach to Parents and Families in
the Office of Communications and Outreach at the U. S. Department
of Education (ED). She is also the writer and editor of a quarterly
newsletter for military families, Touching Base. Ms. Jasper has also
worked in Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Title I
and Impact Aid Programs. She has also written several publications
for the Department among them Parent Power, Empowering Parents
School Box, Tips for Reading Tutors, the Activity Book (for students)
and Preparing for College. She is a former teacher of the D.C. Public
Schools and the Archdiocese of Washington. Ms. Jasper holds a
Masters in Math Education from Howard University and a Bachelor
from the District of Columbia Teachers College. She is the president
of The Lucinda L. Jasper Scholarship Fund, Inc. and a member of the
Board for Our Black Authors Foundation in Largo, Maryland.
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Believing in Identity and History
Who Am I? Developing Positive Ethnic and Racial Identity through Use of Historical
Event and Fact, Promoting a Sense of Heritage and Achievement
Participants examine, for professional awareness and consideration, historical identity as a factor in student achievement.
The presentation includes: 1) A historical overview of education in African-American History and its role of in identity building;
2) Introduction to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center School Tours and; 3) Introduction to National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center eLearning Resources
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, is one of the nation’s most
recognized museums and cultural learning centers. The center is dedicated to honoring the legacy of perseverance,
courage, and multicultural cooperation embodied in the dramatic saga of the Underground Railroad in the years leading up
to the Civil War. Programs offered at the center are designed to raise awareness about the historic and continuing struggle
to establish universal freedom in both United States and around the world. “We reveal stories about Freedom’s heroes, from
the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging, and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps
for freedom today.”
Ms. Linda Johnson-Towles, eLearning Project Manager
Mr. Richard Cooper, Interpretative Services Manager
Ms. Kieli Ferguson, Education Sales Manager
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Believing in Identity and History
African American Characters and Heroes in Civil War Novels
For Children and Young Adults
This session will look at fifteen Civil War novels written from 1987 – 2010, and will analyze the African American characters
and slavery and how this could be taught effectively in a multicultural classroom. These novels capture the fortitude and the
essence of those remarkable men and women who changed their communities and their country, which can be transferred to
young students to show cultural identity.
Dr. James Stone
Professor of Literature and History, Central State University
Dr. James Stone earned his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in 1990 and has taught at the collegiate, elementary, and middle
school levels. Prior to his time at Central State University, he was the Reading Professor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello,
and Reading Professor at the University of South Dakota. His dissertation, The Evolution of Civil War Novels for Children was honored
as a dissertation of distinction. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and worked on the Ohio Project, which was addressing
closing the achievement gap in the State of Ohio.
Dr. David Childs
Professor of Social Studies Education and History, Central State University
Dr. David Childs is Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education and History at Central State University in the College of Education.
He earned Master’s degrees in Social Studies Education and African American History at Miami University of Ohio. He also earned his
Ph.D. at Miami, with a research focus on the History of African American education and the black church. He is currently co-authoring a
book with Dr. James Stone entitled Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil is a historical fiction text that is situated on a slave plantation right before
the Civil War. It features the friendship of a poor white youth and young slave boy, focusing on the slave’s quest for literacy and
freedom.
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Believing in Science and Mathematics in a Multicultural Classroom
Using the 21st Century Skills and New Science Conceptual
Framework in a Multicultural Classroom
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This session discusses the "next generation" of national science standards and 21 Century
Skills for effective teaching, curriculum planning, and how students learn science.
Dr. Rajeev Swami
Associate Professor of Science, Central State University
Dr. Rajeev Swami is an associate professor of Science Education at Central State University. Former President of the Science
Education Council of Ohio (SECO) and President –Elect of the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA), Dr.
Swami brings a variety of teaching strategies to serve Urban Students population for K – College. Prior to joining CSU, Dr. Swami
taught Chemistry and Physics in the Cincinnati area and Science Methods and Multicultural Education in teacher education program at Northern
Kentucky University. Rajeev received his B.S in Education, Masters in Science Education and Doctorate in Education from University of Cincinnati. Dr.
Swami is an expert in science education, teacher education and multicultural education. He frequently speaks at the National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) and other regional and International conferences to address the needs of diverse learners.
Understanding the African American Learner
in Mathematics
This presentation addresses why we need to have the critical conversation
about what is best for African American students in mathematics, and how
critical race theory addresses this conversation. Research will be presented
about how African American students perceive themselves as learners and how this differs from the teacher perception of
them as learners and how teachers can use this information to diffuse cultural conflict that plays out in the classroom.
Further, research about culturally relevant teaching and teaching strategies will be presented to help teachers to close the
achievement gap and so their African American students will want to excel in mathematics.
Ms. Tamra Ragland, Assistant Professor Mathematics Education, Central State University
Tamra earned her B.A. in Mathematics from Kentucky State University, and her M.Ed. from Wright State University. She also
earned National Board Certification in Adult and Young Adolescent (AYA) Mathematics, and is designated a Master Teacher by
the Ohio Department of Education. She has more than 10 years of urban mathematics teaching experience in various capacities
such as Middle School Mathematics Coach, High School Curriculum and Instruction Coach, Teacher-on-Loan, and Mathematics
Teacher in grades 7-12. She has presented numerous presentations including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM), Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM), National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Greater Cincinnati
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCCTM), Dayton City School District, Dayton, OH and Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission,
Kansas. Currently, Tamra is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Cincinnati, and working on her dissertation entitled, If I were the teacher: African
American students’ classroom perceptions, and attitudes in mathematics. She is also Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Central State
University where she teaches undergraduate mathematics methods and education courses.
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Believing We Can Help the Child Through Language and Literacy
Challenging the Deficit Mindset: Changing
Perceptions to Overcome Stereotypes in Special
Education and Programs to Assist Learners
This presentation will analyze common language labels and attitudes
that are used in educational discussions that make a deficit mindset
visible. It will challenge the use of such terms as 'struggling readers' and "limitedEnglish proficient" that does nothing for students but label them, limit them, and
position them as 'behind" their classmates.
Dr. Margaret Grigorenko, Assistant Professor of Education, Cedarville University
Dr. Margaret Grigorenko serves as Assistant Professor of Education, specializing in the areas of
literacy/reading and Special Education. She received her B.S. degree from Bowling Green State
University, her M.Ed. from Cedarville University and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. She has
worked at Cedarville University since 2006.
How to Create a Positive School Climate Using
Multicultural Literature: Grades Pre K-8
Do you have these problems in your school district?
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Are too many children being sent to the principal’s office?
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Are too many students being suspended?
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Are fights breaking out before, during, and after school?
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Are students using Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging to intimidate other
students?
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Do teachers really know how to help students resolve conflicts?
If you answered “YES” to the first 3 questions and “NO” to the last, then you will be pleased to know that this workshop offers
classroom activities that will help you teach the three foundational themes critical for creating a positive school climate and
for meeting standards for social-emotional learning: Identity Awareness, Perspective-Taking, and Conflict Resolution.
Ms. Brenda Sullivan, Literacy Consultant for Zaner-Bloser Company
Brenda Sullivan holds a B.A. degree with a double major in elementary education and psychology from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois.
She has taught elementary school, mentored new teachers, coached girls’ basketball, been a modern dance instructor, and a Girl Scout Troop Leader.
Ms. Sullivan was an educational consultant and sales representative for twenty-seven years in Illinois for the Houghton Mifflin Company. She delivered
professional development workshops and in-service reading program training to inner-city Chicago and South Cook County schools, and districts.
Additionally, Ms. Sullivan trained new Houghton Mifflin consultants. As a literacy consultant for Zaner-Bloser, Ms. Sullivan presents conference
workshops on a variety of literacy topics and conducts teacher-training for Voices Reading, a unique program that blends reading instruction with socialemotional development. The focus of Ms. Sullivan’s consultative work with schools and districts throughout the Midwest is creating positive school
climate through reading and literacy instruction.
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Believing In the Creative and Performing Arts To Teach
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine
STEAM3 – Using Creative Arts to
Teach Science and Mathematics
The STEAM3 presentation shows how the creative arts can be used to teach science and
mathematics. The combination of the S.T.E.M.M. disciplines of science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, and medicine with art and music are used to teach each discipline.
Dr. Benjamin Montague
Art and Art History Department, Wright State University
Dr. Ann Farrell
Math and Statistics Department, Wright State University
Dr. Bill Jobert
Music Department, Wright State University
About the Presenters
Ben Montague, assistant professor of art and art history, and Bill Jobert, instructor of bassoon and assistant director of bands, taught the first STEAM3
class in Fall Quarter 2008. “Neither of us had a background in science or math, so there was a lot of learning to do,” said Montague. Montague and
Jobert selected four art education majors and four music education majors to create a three-day interdisciplinary unit that would be taught to local
elementary or middle school science or math students. To help students discover the connections between art, music, science, and math, Montague
and Jobert asked them to create a list of commonly used terms in each area and discuss the similarities.
Believing In the Performing Arts To Teach
Culture, History, Identity, Movement, and Drama
It’s About the Drama
It’s About the Drama focuses on how integrating the art; specifically performing arts, into your classroom can be an effective
and dynamic tool for teaching and learning. Dr. Jefferson will briefly explore the meaning of arts integration, its importance in
educating young minds, and then look at practical ways of collaborating with community and cultural organizations to
strengthen student achievement.
Dr. Annette E. Jefferson, Professional teaching artist, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Humanities Scholar, Ohio
Humanities Council
Dr. Jefferson is a survivor. Told in junior high school that she was not smart enough to attend college, Ms. Jefferson went on to earn the
right to be called Dr. Jefferson as a three-time graduate of The Ohio State University. Professionally, Dr. Jefferson is founder and
principal of DeARK Enterprises where teaching creatively is done through telling and training. Both modes link past to present to
empower others to move from personal history to new and productive horizons. Dr. Jefferson has traveled the length and breadth of Ohio
and beyond its borders to share American History through African American History. Dr. Jefferson brings to life Sojourner Truth and other women of African
descent. In addition to being a professional teaching artist with Artist-in-Schools of the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Dr. Jefferson is also a humanities
scholar and is part of the Speakers Bureau of the Ohio Humanities Council.
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Believing In The Visual Arts To Teach
Culture, History, Identity, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Adornment: As Art and Culture
Adornment: As Art and Culture is a multicultural art project, designed to
enhance understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.
The arts can, if allowed and properly utilized, play a major role in the vital task
of understanding, appreciating, and valuing others. This cultural diversity
concept and project was originally a part of the curriculum for art education and education
majors at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio during the 1980’s and 1990’s.
The interest and appeal of this diversity project exceeded the CSU campus and included
presentations across the United States, Canada, Beijing and Shanghai, China, Ghana, West
Africa, as well as the National Conference of Teachers of English, National Conference of
Artists in New York, North Carolina, and Georgia.
The Adornment: As Art and Culture project has been continually presented to educational, artistic, and cultural institutions
via the Willis “Bing” Davis Art Studio in Dayton, Ohio.
Dr. Willis “Bing” Davis, Educator, Renowned Artist, and Curator
A professor emeritus of Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio) residing in Dayton, Mr. Davis’ career as an exhibiting artist has reached national
and international levels with his work included in permanent public collections across the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Senegal,
Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon. His numerous private collections include those of Dr. and Mrs. William H. “Bill” Cosby, Jr.; U.S. President and Mrs. George
H.W. Bush, Sr.; Mr. Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esq.; South Africa President Nelson R. Mandela; U.S. Senator John H. Glenn, Jr.; and U.S. Senator
Elizabeth Dole.
His career as a curator and educator is equally illustrious, including exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem; the American Craft Museum; the
Smithsonian Institution Renwick Gallery; the Savannah College of Art and Design; the National Museum of Art of Senegal West Africa; the U.S.
Embassy in Accra, Ghana and the Museum für Angewandte (Applied Arts) in Frankfurt, Germany; as well as professorships, visiting lecturer positions
and artist-in-residence positions in universities, elementary and secondary schools throughout Ohio. He has also served as the President of the Board
of Directors of the National Conference of Artists.
The Dayton Art Institute and the University of Dayton are jointly presenting Marking the Past/Shaping
the Present: The Art of Willis "Bing" Davis, a retrospective of works by the nationally acclaimed Dayton
artist. The University of Dayton will display Davis’ photographs, masks, and ceramics, while The
Dayton Art Institute will host an exhibition of his oil pastels. A full-color exhibition catalogue with
interpretive essays will accompany the show.
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Believing in Music To Teach
Culture, History, Sound, Identity, Science, Technology, Mathematics
What’s Rock Got to Do With It? Using Popular Music in the
Urban K-12 Classroom
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is at the forefront of bringing popular culture into K-12 teaching with programs
specifically designed to teach across the disciplines. Learn how to connect popular music to your own classroom curriculum,
from the history of hip-hop to the science of sound, by creating a new and exciting learning environment that can help meet
the needs of all students, no matter their level or learning style.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s education
programs have become one of the most celebrated and
award winning emanating from any fine arts museum in the
nation. Music gives us a microphone to speak to the world.
In addition, music has the power to bring generations,
nationalities and people together. Now more than ever, it is
critical to study and understand how music is changing our
world as well as reflecting it.
Ms. Stephanie Herger, Education Programs Manager, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Stephanie Heriger holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Music from Dickinson College and an M.A. in Historical Musicology from the
University of Michigan, where she was also a Ph.D. candidate. Her dissertation research focuses primarily on twentieth-century
American music and she has presented on various popular music topics, including hip-hop with a paper entitled “Beats, Rhymes,
and Life: Afrohumanism and the Native Tongues Family.” She has taught both music history and music appreciation classes at the
University of Michigan and general humanities courses at Wayne State University. Before coming to Cleveland, Stephanie taught
for the New Orleans’ Recovery School District as an elementary special education inclusion teacher, post-Katrina, where she actively worked to
integrate the arts into her own core-curriculum teaching. Stephanie has been active in arts education and outreach for the last ten years, working
alongside both music and visual arts organizations in New Orleans, Louisiana; Southeast Michigan and her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Most recently, she served as the Assistant Director for Country Day Creative Arts, a nationally recognized summer arts academy in Metairie, Louisiana.
A trained pianist and singer, Stephanie is also an active performer.
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Believing In Music To Teach
Culture, History, Sound, Identity, Science, Technology, Mathematics
Who and What We Believe, or Do Not Believe, Matters in Learning and Teaching
This presentation discusses our belief systems and how they affect how we learn and teach. The
session will focus on how to inspire and motivate technically and academically unprepared
students by way of ensemble or group settings, challenging and encouraging students through
ethnomusicology, percussion pedagogy, and music appreciation. The discussion will address
learning as an individual, learning as part of a group, and learning as a researcher or contributor.
Dr. Lennard V. Moses
Dr. Lennard V. Moses, Director of Percussion and World Music Studies, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
Lennard V. Moses - born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, grew up in Laventille, and was a member of the legendary Desperadoes
Steel Orchestra. He is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Percussion and World Music at Central State University in
Wilberforce, Ohio. He is an affiliate faculty for the Center of African Studies and has taught and performed at the Summer
Honor's Institute in Central State. Lennard also teaches world music at Cedarville University and is music consultant for the
Mound Street Academy in Dayton, Ohio. His invitations include serving as guest artist, panelist, lecturer, and clinician with
percussion and world music ensembles and steel bands. He has had professional performing experience and speaking
engagements throughout the United States, Canada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, England (including Royal Albert Hall and
on BBC Television) and Indonesia, and has been invited twice to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Lennard collaborates
in cross-discipline teaching and performance for teachers' in-service workshops. He composed the theme music for WHIO television special, "Alex
Haley: An American Hero", has had several of his compositions published by Ludwig Music Publishing Co., and has been published in the journal
Percussive Notes Research Edition. Lennard's university clinics include Northern Illinois University, Indiana State University at Terre Haute, Akron
University, Ohio State University, University of Illinois, Earlham College, Western Illinois University, Whitenburg University, University of Dayton, Kent
State University, Wright State University, Cedarville University, Wilberforce University, Antioch College, University of Pittsburgh, and a multitude of high
schools, junior highs, elementary schools and charter schools. His research interests and performance areas include African, African American, Latin
American, and Caribbean music as well as cultural studies.
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Map of Central State University Campus
Central State University, 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
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Center for Education and Natural Sciences
Robeson Performing Arts Center
National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center
Norman E. Ward University Center
Additional / Overflow Parking
Wilberforce University - Louis Stokes Health and Wellness Center (Parking Lot)
1055 North Bickett Rd, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
 Shuttles will be provided from LSHWC parking lot to Robeson Performing Arts Center (AM)
 Shuttles will be provided form Center for Education and Natural Sciences to LSHWC (PM)
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