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Who cares about handwriting, anyway? It’s the 21st century, after all. We have iPads and iPhones, computers that spell check and fonts that go from French script to Freestyle and back to Times New Roman. But to Laura Dinehart, an assistant professor at Florida International University’s College of Education, handwriting [...]
A study by FIU College of Education Professor Laura Dinehart concludes that a 4-year-old who practices his or her handwriting can do better in elementary school–both in reading and math–than someone who never focused on penmanship. Below are some of Dinehart’s tips to get a child interested in handwriting: 1- Have writing material [...]
At one point in his life, after he joined the army to escape a girlfriend who broke his heart, after he left his wife for gambling away their money, after he was kicked out of the military for abusing alcohol, Aaron Alvin Sr. lived in Memphis, homeless and addicted to [...]
First-of-its-kind program offers hope to students with intellectual disabilities In many ways, Carolina Puig’s freshman year at FIU is a typical one: new friends, new school, new adventures. Carolina, however, is not a typical FIU student. While her red book bag is filled with college textbooks, Carolina, 19, reads at [...]
FIU’s College of Education will host Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, renowned scholar on immigration and globalization, at a student workshop, lecture and book signing Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the MARC Pavilion at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The title of Suarez-Orozco’s lecture is “Immigration and Education in the Age of Global Vertigo.” The [...]
Master in Art Education Exhibition will be on view through Feb. 2 A few years ago, Master in Art Education student Doris Rodriguez-Graber became intrigued with the story of the Angel Oak, a live oak on Johns Island off the coast of South Carolina, estimated to be 1,400 years old. [...]
This was a proud week for approximately 3,600 FIU students. Joined by family and friends, the fall graduating class of 2010 received their degrees from President Mark B. Rosenberg in six ceremonies Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. For highlights of the first ceremony (which [...]
College of Education students and faculty members whose names were found in an unsecure database last month are being notified this week that some of their information may have been accessible to the public. This database was used in connection with the College of Education students’ E-Folio software application, which [...]
The Lumina Foundation for Education has appointed Marie V. McDemmond, interim dean of the College of Education, chair-elect of the board. She will begin her tenure at the annual meeting of the directors March 2010. Former president of Norfolk State University, McDemmond has served in many high-level college administrative positions [...]
