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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Dear Faculty and Staff,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">We – COE leadership, UO State and Federal Governmental Relations, individual COE faculty and staff, among others – are closely following legislative proposals in Salem. The Governor’s press release for House Bill 2166 (attached) serves
as one example of legislation that may impact COE academic programs. This bill, for instance, has four key provisions of interest to our college:
<b>Early Childhood Suspension and Expulsion Prevention Program</b>, <b>Social Emotional Learning Content Standards, Educator Equity,
</b>and <b>Nontraditional Pathways to Licensure</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in">We are communicating with individual units that might be impacted by new legislation, seeking faculty and staff input, and collaborating with the Oregon Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (OACTE), among other
organizations, to propose modifications that we think will serve Oregon’s children best. This work will keep us very busy during the current session. I am grateful to all of you who have contributed your time and expertise to this important work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in">Randy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Updates and Upcoming:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:black">Alpha of Oregon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b>Request</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">:
</span></span>The <a href="https://pbk.uoregon.edu/">Alpha of Oregon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa</a> is seeking fellow members among the UO faculty and staff to join the Membership Committee for the 2021 selection process for Juniors and Seniors. Chartered in
1923, the UO chapter has invited over 5,000 members-elect to join the society through 2020, including some retroactively to 1876, and has recognized the “Oregon Six” since 1930. The Membership Committee convenes three times during spring term to perform the
annual review of Juniors and Seniors and host an induction ceremony during commencement weekend. This spring the chapter will also be reviewing and discussing alterations to our eligibility requirements in light of diversity, equity and inclusion guidelines
provided by the national Phi Beta Kappa Society, and local institutional structures. Opportunities also exist to become involved in the annual
<a href="https://www.pbk.org/VisitingScholars">PBK Visiting Scholars Program</a>, engaging with the
<a href="https://www.pbkoregon.org/">Phi Beta Kappa Association of Oregon</a> and our emerging student chapter. There is also a unique opportunity to participate in the
<a href="https://www.pbk.org/Programs/Triennial">46<sup>th</sup> PBK Triennial Council</a> remotely this summer (August 3-6, 2021). Interested faculty and staff can reach out to Kevin Hatfield, President of the UO Chapter, directly at <a href="mailto:kevhat@uoregon.edu">kevhat@uoregon.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Reminders:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Food Security Resources: </b>The Food Security Task Force has created a slide (attached) of the resources we have at the university with the goal to end food insecurity in student households. Please be aware of these resources and share with students as
appropriate. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Accolades:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Renee Mitchell,
</span></b><span style="color:windowtext">EMPL DEd student, is featured on the </span>
<a href="https://www.uoregon.edu/">UO home page</a><span style="color:windowtext">. Per the UO site, “When it comes to the role art can play in empowering and building hope and resiliency in BIPoC youth, there’s no better teacher than the creative revolutionist
Renee Mitchell. A well-known columnist for the <i>Oregonian</i> and nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, Mitchell is the creative force behind I Am M.O.R.E. (Making Ourselves Resilient Everyday), a “heART-focused” youth development program. She’s developing
I Am M.O.R.E.’s theory of change, Empowered Resilience, as a UO doctoral candidate. Her talk,
<i>Art Saved My Life</i>, a conversation about the role art can play in empowering Black youth, was the January installment of Ideas on Tap, the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s monthly virtual pub talk.” I’ve also had the pleasure of serving as Renee’s
communications supervisor the last two years. Renee has applied her esteemed career as a journalist to great effect for our college, producing numerous compelling stories about our faculty research, service, and instruction.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Michael Thier</b>, EMPL PhD Graduate, was awarded the biennial Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association's Mixed Methods Research Special Interest Group. Congratulations,
Dr. Thier, and to all the <b>EMPL faculty and staff</b> who helped Michael along the way!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b>Ben Clarke and Lillian Durán
</b>assisted our UO federal government relations team this week. With only about 24 hours they provided clear and compelling examples of research halted or stalled by the pandemic. This information was shared with Oregon delegation staffers this morning in
preparation for testimony tomorrow about research recovery needs. On behalf of our college, university, and the education research community, thank you!
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