THURSDAY, NOV.1, 2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 3A
Engineers and educators may join forces to teach
By Eve Lamborn Kansan staff writer
Two University of Kansas deans are considering joining forces to teach high school students about technology and to improve the capabilities of University of Kansas students in the teaching field.
Angela Lumpkin, dean of education, said the goal was to make high school students more prepared for college.
She said she and Carl E. Locke Jr., dean of engineering, have considered ideas such as team-teaching courses, which would be taught by professors from both schools, and having KU students teach science classes in Lawrence public
SCHOOLS.
"We want to make sure teachers, when they leave KU, are optimally prepared to teach science, math, engineering and technology," she said.
schools.
Locke and Lumpkin attended a national conference, "Taking the Lead: A Deans Summit on Education," earlier this month to gain more ideas.
Lynn Murison, outreach administrator for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Educational Activities Board, which co-sponsored the conference, said this was the first time educators from engineering and teaching were brought together.
"Right now, teachers at the K
through 12 level really need help teaching technology." she said
"We need people to push the economy and solve the problems that will come up," she said.
Murison said engineers would be needed in the coming years as the baby boomers retire.
Pairs of deans from fifty universities in the United States and other countries attended the conference, which also was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the United Engineering Foundation.
Contact Lamborn at 864-4810.
Challenger Eagle to take flight before Kansas football game
By Ryan Malashock Kansan staff writer
The well-traveled Challenger Eagle will fly during the pregame show before the University of Kansas' game against Oklahoma Saturday.
A patriotic symbol, the eagle highlighted the pregame festivities at Game 3 of the World Series in New York Tuesday night. The eagle has flown at every Yankee game since the Sep.11 attacks.
The eagle and its handler will be at Memorial Stadium Saturday night, and the eagle will be presented during pregame ceremonies before Kansas' game vs. Nebraska.
"Getting the eagle gives us the opportunity to show just how patriotic KU is," said Marc Gibson, assistant director of marketing.
Throughout its life, the 12-year-old bird has flown at the World Series of 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001, the 99 Fiesta Bowl, the David Letterman show, Good Morning America, Dateline and the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics. The bird also has flown for several presidents.
Earlier this season, the marketing department brought in a field-size United States flag to cover the field during pregame ceremonies in Kansas' game. Gibson said the eagle would evoke stronger feelings.
pregame ceremony in the country Saturday."
"Seeing the eagle should be even more touching and more emotional than that," Gibson said. "We should have the best
the marketing department first came up with the Challenger Eagle idea last week, and Gibson said he had been calling people and looking for sponsors since last Friday.
Gibson said the department successfully raised the money needed and said bringing in the eagle would cost the University nothing. Several private sponsors and Pi Beta Phi sorority have donated the money.
"We knew this was one of the ways to kind of show our national pride," said Brianne Brannan, president of Pi Beta Phi. "We wanted to sponsor the American Eagle Foundation."
Contact Malashock at 864-4810
Holiday Exhibit still open through today
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and candy skulls. They also visit relatives' graves.
"It involves the whole family," said Santos Nunez, program director for the Multicultural Resource Center. "It's great because it is a way of seeing how everything connects and is a part of life. It shows you do go on after death."
She said the center, with help from the University of Kansas Hispanic Network and Hispanic American Leadership Organization, set up an altar in the center's study room.
Nunez said her family in the United States celebrated the Day of the Dead by reciting the rosary and praying.
She said it would be up until tomorrow afternoon for anyone to see.
"Cultural education is gaining more importance," said Andrew Weil, assistant director of public service for the museum. "It's a valuable exhibit to educate people."
The Museum of Anthropology also has a Day of the Dead exhibit, which is open through Nov.29.
Weil said the exhibit was popular. He said in one day 160 people passed through the exhibit.
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