Thursday's Kamm Higher Education Lecture Postponed
Weather in Washington D.C. precludes speaker from traveling to Stillwater this week
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The Oklahoma State University College of Education has announced the postponement of the 18th Robert B. Kamm Distinguished Lecture in Higher Education, originally set for Thursday, Feb. 11. Large amounts of snow and travel difficulties in the Washington, D.C., area have left featured speaker Dr. Peter Eckel unable to travel to Stillwater this week for the event. Plans are being made to reschedule the lecture for a date in April. Details will be announced once they have been finalized.
For more information on the Kamm Lecture series, please visit the website at: www.okstate.edu/education/kamm/.
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OSU College of Education to Host Brock Symposium March 25
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Harlem Children's Zone Creator Geoffrey Canada to headline event
On Thursday, March 25, the Oklahoma State University College of Education will host the 2010 Brock Symposium on Excellence in Education on its OSU-Tulsa campus. The event features Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, whose work has become a national model and been called "one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time." The 2010 Symposium theme is "Communities Approach to Rebuilding Education."
Canada's Harlem Children's Zone project (HCZ) targets a 100-block area and aims to serve 10,000 children by 2011 by building an infrastructure of support through educational, social and medical services starting at birth and
Canada and the HCZ project have garnered national attention for their work. Author Paul Tough wrote the book "Whatever It Takes," released in 2008, which provides a detailed look at the work of Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone. Canada and HCZ have been highlighted by a number of national media outlets, including a piece that appeared on 60 minutes in December 2009.
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