Week of May 6, 2012 to May 12, 2012

1. Monday, May 7, 2012

   1. 10:00 am

      Ming-Ching Li

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: The Acquisition of Tense and Agreement by Early Child Second Language Learners
      

      288A Education Building
   2. 1:00 pm

      Geralyn Schroeder Yu

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Professional Development Through the Study of Children's Interests: The Use of Collaborative Inquiry and Documentation Protocol Among Early Childhood Teachers
      

      339 Education Building
   3. 2:00 pm

      Jacquelyn C. Beard

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: LGB Youth's Risky Sexual Behavior: Protective Factors and Gender Differences
      

      398 Education Building
   4. 3:00 pm

      Maria Blanca Jimenez

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: An Examination of the Practice of Culturally Responsive Evaluation: A Case Study of the Girls Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (GAMES) Summer Camp at the University of Illinois
      

      I-STEM Building, 704 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL

2. Tuesday, May 8, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmDr. Christine McDonald
      LECTURE: Nature of Science and Argumentation--Exploring Possible Relationships
      242 Education Building
   2. 4:00 pmBenjamin Lough
      TALK: Occasional Conversations on International Education
      

      101 International Studies Building (ISB)

3. Wednesday, May 9, 2012

   1. 1:00 pm

      Carmen Ocon

      
      DISSERTATION: Performing the New (Public) School: Embodied Narratives In a Chicago Charter School
      

      339 Education Building
   2. 2:00 pm

      Stacy M. Bennett

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Higher Education Association Lobbying: Grassroots Outreach as a Signal of Constituent Opinion
      

      333 Education Building
   3. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmINFORMATIONAL MEETING: Undergraduate Transfer into the College of Education
      

      210A Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL

4. Thursday, May 10, 2012

   1.  EVENT: Seventh Annual GEOJAM
      Central High School and Edison Middle School
   2. 1:00 pm

      Haiyan Lin

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Item Selection Methods in Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing Adopting Polytomously-scored Items Under Multidimensional Generalized Partial Credit Model
      

      398 Education Building

5. Friday, May 11, 2012

   1. 9:00 am - 4:00 pmEARLY SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2012: Global Studies in Education
      

      28 Education Building
   2. 12:00 pm - 1:15 pmDr. Ebony McGee, Northwestern University
      STEM LECTURE: With Strength Comes Pain: Fragile and Robust Math Identities Among High-Achieving Black College Students
      

      242 Education Building
   3. 1:00 pm

      Mariana Alvayero Ricklefs

      
      DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Educational Policy and Literacy Learning in an ESL Classroom: Constraints and Opportunities
      

      288A Education Building

6. Saturday, May 12, 2012

   1. 7:30 pmEVENT: Latina/Latino Congratulatory Ceremony
      Krannert Center Great Hall