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IN THE NEWS

Podcast on Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Aging Population: The data is undeniable – we are an aging society. What does that mean? And how can we prepare today for tomorrow’s aging America? Join the Indiana Institute’s own Phil Stafford, Director, Center on Aging and Community and Mia Oberlin, Project Director, AdvantAge Initiative Center for Home Care Policy and Research in New York, in a Bioethics Channel podcast as they discuss how communities can prepare today for tomorrow’s aging America. Visit http://cdn1.libsyn.com/medicalchannelsonline/AdvantAge.052009.mp3?nvb=20090528142256&nva=20090529143256&t=0c14de8a076c835e0d988 to listen.

The AdvantAge Initiative helps counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are "aging in place" while creating livable communities for people of all ages. Visit http://www.vnsny.org/advantage/index.html for more information.

This podcast was hosted by Lorell LaBoube, Director of Communications, for the Center for Practical Bioethics located in Kansas City. The Center for Practical Bioethics is a nonprofit, free-standing and independent organization nationally recognized for its work in practical bioethics. For additional information, visit http://www.practicalbioethics.org/index.aspx.

ACROSS THE COURTYARD

Farewell to Carrie Chapman: The mission of the Center on Education and Lifelong Learning (CELL) at the Indiana Institute is to work with schools and communities to welcome, include, educate, and support all learners. No one at the Center has exemplified this mission more than Dr. Carrie Chapman. Chosen as the first research associate to help Dr. Sandi Cole in the newly formed Center in 1998, Carrie has been instrumental in helping to redefine and implement inclusive services and enhancing instruction for all students.

For eleven years Carrie has had a dual appointment at Indiana University. One half of her time has been spent as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction in the Special Education Department. She has taught via distance education using two-way interactive video and audio systems and web-based technologies. Her work has included co-directing a distance learning technology grant for special education graduate coursework and coordination of staff development opportunities for paraeducators and school professionals throughout the state of Indiana. Additionally, she has served as Program Director for Community of Teachers, an alternative secondary education teacher preparation program for the past several years.

During her time as a Research Associate at CELL, she has shared her expertise of collaboration and co-teaching, differentiated instruction and inclusive schools support and training for hundreds of Indiana’s K- 12 educators through regional and statewide professional development offerings and intensive training and on-site coaching. Carrie and long time colleague Cate Hart have co-authored Collaboration and teaming: Eight dramatic vignettes of teams working and learning together, an educational DVD and are just completing a Co-teaching field book. They have presented to numerous state and national professional development organizations.

Prior to joining CELL, Carrie spent 12 years teaching in public schools at both the elementary and secondary levels. Dr. Chapman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa, Master of Science from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.

She is leaving IU at the end of May and will begin her new position as a Professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato. Carrie’s husband David has already begun his new teaching assignment as professor at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Sons Matt and Ryan no doubt had a tremendous influence on their decision to relocate, as the Chapmans will now all live within a short commute of one another.

During her time at CELL, Carrie was a model of professionalism, and could always be counted on to find common ground, build community, and remind us to always align our work with our mission. She exemplified the author Parker Palmer’s call to always bring your identity and integrity to the work. Her dedication to education is evident in the rich legacy of teachers she has helped to improve their practice. While we are saddened by her leaving, our personal losses will heal, our professional voids will be filled, and our collaborations will continue (thanks to SharePoint). For now, we celebrate her many contributions to our work and wish the very best for Carrie and her family.

New Desk Reference Hourly Staff: To assist in meeting the disability information needs of Hoosiers, the Indiana Institute’s Center on Disability Information and Referral is pleased to announce the hiring of Tamara Marnell, a Library Science student,  to work as an hourly desk reference staff.  

Marnell recently graduated from IU with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She will be working at CeDIR and various library departments (currently Interlibrary Loan) for the next year while she prepares for graduate studies at the School of Library Information Science. Her ultimate goal is to work in a hospital or university as a medical librarian overseas.

LIBRARY CORNER

New Items: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.

Connor, L. (2008). Waiting for normal. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.

Parker, R. A. (2008). Piano starts here: The young Art Tatum. New York: Random House Children’s Books.