Author: rareese

May 25 through June 5, 2020

Have you ever wanted to study abroad? Come explore Irish history and culture in context on this two-country adventure, from ancient stone circles of the Republic of Ireland to the political wall murals of Northern Ireland.

This off-campus course (5500:480/5500592) will provide you with an exciting opportunity to investigate the process of individual and social development through expeditionary learning. | Get more information

Informational meetings

• Friday, November 1, from 12:15-1:15 pm
• Thursday, November 14, from 6:00-7:00 pm.

Both sessions will be held in Zook 103.

Cost of the 13-day adventure is approximately $1,800, not including airfare and tuition. A $500 deposit is due by Friday, December 30.

• I’m interested!

Fall is in the air, and with it comes FIRST LEGO League tournament fever. This year’s Challenge is CITY SHAPER, during which teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Innovation Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO^® MINDSTORMS^® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. 

The first event is a Tournament Tune-up and Rally to help teams get ready for the big event in December. The CITY SHAPER Tournament Tune-up is scheduled for Saturday, November 2, from 12:00-3:00 pm in Zook Hall on the UA campus.

• Register your team for this FREE tune-up event.

The FLL and Jr. FLL Northeast Ohio District Tournament will be held on Saturday, December 14, in the Jean Hower Taber Student Union. Teams will put their engineering, problem solving, computer programming and teamwork skills to the test and their robots maneuver to solve a real-world problem.

Volunteers are also needed for Tournament day. You can sign up to be a judge, a referee, or a general volunteer (time keeping, pit crew, registration help, etc.) | Sign up to volunteer

Get more information for both of these events on the Urban STEM website.

On August 5, student interns from the Center for Literacy joined Dr. Shelley Houser, Director, and Mija Trammell, Literacy Coach, at a professional development session at Copley-Fairlawn High School. The topic of the PD was the newly adopted reading curriculum that Copley-Fairlawn will be implementing in grades K-4 beginning this fall.

Event	Date	Time
Diversitas (with UA's Financial Planning Dept.)	Thurs., Nov. 21, 2019	8:00 am - 1:30 pm
Spring Open House	Thurs., Feb. 17, 2020	4:30-6:30 pm
Financial Fitness 4 Life Workshop $30 STIPEND to teacher	Sat., Mar. 14, 2020	9:30-11:30 am
Summer Youth Camp	July 6-10, 2020	9:00 am - 3:30 pm

In June 2019, Shelley Houser, Director of the Center for Literacy, and Mija Trammell, Literacy Coach, worked together with staff from the Summit Education Initiative and joined over 40 United Way volunteers on their Day of Action to package Key Steps to Reading Success materials for these families for the upcoming school year.