Daniel Silva Sep 2, Patrick John Coleman Sep 2, Tariq Sep 2, Jaye Johnson Sep 2, Raman Frey Sep 1, IanSanders Sep 2, Mary Mon Sep 1, Thomas Stachl in Walk of Growth Sep 2, Tim Wasem Sep 2, Michael Spotts Sep 1, Courtney Wilbur Sep 1, Have the presenter of every session you attend sign your signature form. Take a picture of your signed forms with your phone. Submit the complete form to the conference office and email the picture to info newcaje. Choose 3 of the sessions listed below.
Choose 1 of the sessions listed below. Choose 2 of the sessions listed below. Attend the Community of Practice Luncheon for New and Newer Principals If you want to amend the requirements, or would like further guidance regarding session selection, speak to Cherie Koller-Fox or Amy Ripps Tools for Healthier Synagogues and Leadership Monday What is Design Thinking? Part A Tuesday 4: Can You Hear Me Now? Choose 4 of the 12 sessions listed below.
Choose 2 of the 8 sessions listed below. If you want to amend the requirements, or would like further guidance regarding session selection, speak to Cherie Koller-Fox or Amy Ripps You can self-select but generally someone who has been in the position 5 years or more. Learning the Skills to be Cool and Calm! More than a Day at the Food Pantry: Exploring Compassion Through the Exodus Flash!
Josiah Discovers Biblical Scroll! You know best the areas in which you are experienced and those in which you seek improvement. New Songs for a New Year: Music, Methods, and More! Before and after the conference, some participants and local community members will spend five to six hours exploring a myriad of subjects with great scholars. How do we equip our students with the understanding of where Jewish Identity fits into the American Landscape? How is THIS thinking different from all other thinking? Re-Imagining Your Religious School: Luncheons are a way to make a large conference feel smaller and more intimate.
Each luncheon will be a gathering of people who have something in common, from the same job to interest in a particular topic. This is not a workshop, but rather a facilitated conversation. You will also have an opportunity at lunch to sign up for an ongoing community of practice.
Boxed lunches will be available for participants attending the luncheons. Most of you should have signed up in advance. The luncheons will begin about 30 minutes after the last morning session and should last about one hour. Please be considerate of the workshop coming in after the luncheon and clean up all signs that there was lunch being eaten in that room. Educators with fewer than five years of professional experience were welcome to apply. Fellows will gather for Shabbat and a Sunday pre-conference for networking, goal setting, and working in mentor groups.
After the conference they will work together to design a year-long project to advance Jewish education, inspired by what they learned at NewCAJE. Kroehler Science Center Old Main Smith Hall Join in the fun of creating original pieces of Jewish art to be used on our Shabbat tables and for Havdalah. Led by Debi Mishael. From Exile to Return: From the breach of the Temple walls commemorated on 17 Tammuz , we seem to move from this period of mourning, sin, and exile right into forgiveness and return. That path, as the rabbis have told us, is a narrow strait. Navigating it can be tricky.
And, as we stumble along that road, how do we find meaning in the journey? Subsequent sessions will focus on the dominant themes we find in this cyclical period that begins with 17 Tammuz and mostly ends on 10 Tishrei. Return to your original service groups, or sit in on another.
Rabbi Janie Grackin Blessing after dinner: Participatory and wonder-making, led by Ben Kintisch. Doubt and Faith, Belief and Skepticism. Shabbat is a great time to relax and clear your mind. It is also a wonderful space for reflection. Join Stephanie as she guides your thought through some relaxing exercises and, with guided imagery and meditation, takes you on a journey into deeper thought.
You will end feeling fully refreshed and rejuvenated. An orderly change of leadership is described in Parashat Pinchas. What can we learn from this story that informs the current contentious climate of fear and polarization around the US elections? Led by Paul Solyn: Pinchas, whose story began last week in Parashat Balak and concludes this week, kills Zimri, a Hebrew man, and Cozbi, a Moabite women, for having sexual relations.
He is often held up as an exemplar, someone whose acts we should emulate and imitate. Yet, to many of us today, he stands out as a horrible example. In America of , perhaps he reminds us more of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in the Pulse club in Orlando, than of anyone we want to be like. Yes, my parents really did name me Pinchas. But you can call me Matityahu.
Stacey Zisook Robinson, Part Two: But is destruction always a bad thing? And, as our text tells us, over and over, after destruction there will also be a time of rebuilding. What needs to be destroyed? How do we rebuild? Do we have to destroy something in order to change? And just where is God in all of this? Stacy Zisook Robinson, Part Three: Forgiveness, just like that. Is it inevitable, then, this inexorable march through our calendar?
What are the steps to Teshuvah return? Stacy Zisook Robinson, Part Four: Following Havdalah, we will synthesize some of our thoughts about what we have learned in a communal activity that builds upon the three previous sessions. We thank our Service Leaders: We thank our Torah readers: We thank all of you who participated in making our Shabbat so special, especially Jeri Robins, who organized and planned a wonderful Shabbat for us all. Stacey Zisook Robinson is a poet and essayist who lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her teenaged son and their cat. She blogs at staceyzrobinson. Currently working as a religious school teacher and preschool music teacher at Temple Beit Hayam in Stuart, FL, Marcia is a veteran of Songleader Bootcamp and strives to use Jewish music as a teaching tool in her curriculum.
It is another thing to teach Trope to a class of students all at once. Participants in this workshop will learn a variety of techniques to teach Trope successfully in the group setting, including techniques for teaching special-needs students. How could they cry out that they wanted to return to Egypt, and dare to invoke the pagan gods through the worship of the Golden Calf? In this session, we will reevaluate this story through the lens of compassion and understanding, and see if we can identify lessons of empathy to bring back to our students.
This session is for everyone, but we will end with ways to share this story and our learnings with children and adults of every age. Investigate the goals of family education and consider the elements of successful programs. In small groups we will create new family experiences to use in the coming year. This workshop is for new as well as veteran teachers, family educators, and directors.
Schools encourage the use of technology in the classroom, but we must use technology to enhance the learning process, not as an end in itself. This session will provide ideas for incorporating technology into Jewish classrooms in a meaningful way. What are the core values of your school? Is there a plumber on call for when the bathroom stops working on Sunday mornings? These, and more, are all questions you should be able to answer!
Most classroom procedures and learning activities can incorporate student movement. The use of songs, blessings, prayers, dance, learning games, Total Physical Response techniques, such as Hebrew Through Movement, all enhance classroom management and discipline. People attending this workshop can expect to learn new methods of engaging students through activity and movement.
It is not one program, but rather a combination of programs, as well as the ingenuity of the teacher. This method works well in any classroom. This workshop is for anyone who works with teens or music, or just wants to participate in a unique musical Tefilah. The kickoff session of a HUC-JIR MARE capstone curriculum designed to engage teens in meaningful design of their own creative Tefilah experiences, this program is intended to start conversations and generate ideas.
The curriculum rationale, outline, a sample lesson plan and strategies for teachers will be shared, along with anecdotes from its implementation. Getting to be Free: All at Once or a Slow Process? Or was it a multi-stage process? Join us to examine a series of exciting texts up close Hebrew and English both available and explore the question of how freedom happened. Experience the world of storytelling and how it can enhance all aspects of your teaching, at any age level.
Explore story worlds of folklore, sacred, traditional, historical, and personal tales. Gain insight into the magic and power of story to deepen the spirit of your teaching. We will use stories which are adaptable for all ages. You will learn how to learn stories, learn at least one story, and work with technique, presentation, and skills. Leave the workshop with story techniques to involve, engage, and inspire students. Getting to Know You Quilt Goldspohn Hall 37 Janie Grackin A hands-on art project for all ages, the Quilt Project creates an Art-Installation display that creates insight into ourselves and our students by exploring our personal connection to Judaism.
Participants will learn, practice, and master the basic steps used in most Israeli folk dance choreography, and receive a CD with classic and modern dance music, including arrangements from the liturgy. No prior dance experience necessary and breakout sessions are available for higher and lower ability levels, including those with bad knees, limited mobility, or two left feet.
Bible Stories for Young Children Goldspohn Hall 31 Rena Rotenberg We will look at the reasons for incorporating Bible into early childhood curriculum and identifying the criteria for choosing stories. Thinking About Goals, Program and Assessment Goldspohn Hall 14 Cheryl Magen Everyone needs an easy-to-learn rubric for organizing learning units, balancing budgets, and knowing what success looks like.
Come learn what GOPA is, and how it can be incorporated into your organization and support the work you do. You can define your goals and hold yourself and others accountable in new and measurable ways. Participants will leave knowing and testing a rubric that can frame the work they do and the life they lead. According to the book of Kings II Kings, Chapter 22 , he instituted a series of religious reforms, and when the Jerusalem Temple was cleaned out as part of them, a mysterious scroll was unearthed.
Find out what this scroll was, how it had an enormous impact on the development of the Torah, and how we still read it and put parts of it in Mezzuzot and Tefillin today. This year, supplementary high school teams joined day school teams from all over the country to debate a question on a Talmudic topic. Moot Beit Din exposes high school students to the vitality of the Jewish legal system and helps them to fine-tune their critical thinking skills by applying halakhah Jewish law to hot topics such as stem cell research or immigration policy.
Grappling with current issues from a rabbinical perspective, students learn to think on their feet, connect the past and the present, and create a compelling case. This is a way to involve students who are on their high school debate team, or Model UN team, which is all the rage. Come and discuss creative ways to fund the program and get your community involved. The Chorale has been invited to perform on the stage during the Tuesday night concluding performance. All singers are welcome, regardless of experience. A fabulous time is guaranteed for all! Come join me in this interactive and fun youth congregation service!
No need for musical instruments as we use our voices and our hands to create the ruah! Get some guidelines for activities or art projects to facilitate experiential learning as it pertains to the Jewish holidays. These suggestions are specifically geared towards second graders and younger, but can be adapted for any elementary aged classroom. Hear how we mastered the arts of Hebrew Through Movement and one-on-one decoding using free materials. Learn how we maximized the use of our resources already available to further enhance the experience.
Experiment with ways to add a personal touch to the material so that it is appealing to all learners! This concept often gets thrown around in Jewish conversations without a clear definition. This workshop will not promise to offer one definition but will start a conversation about six important facets of Jewish Peoplehood. With the help of engaging videos from the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education we will explore: We will also explore the educational implications of describing Jewish Peoplehood in these terms.
From our opening dinner reception and interactive Jewish improv with the Bible Players, deep text study and learning will ensure you are prepared for a year of success. After welcoming remarks, we will participate in a creative experience to put us in the mindset for a great conference. Karina Zilberman of the 92nd St. Learn to nurture relationships with trust and kindness. A Shabbat Experience that Engages the Congregation: Join us for a workshop that will introduce you to a joyous, soulful collection of new melodies for Erev Shabbat and provide you with some of that peaceful experience.
Participants will learn the melodies and the harmonies, and leave with the sheet music of these original melodies. Produced by Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg. Come and play late night with an open mike kumsitz. There will be snacks and beer, wine, and soft drinks available. Join us for a session of learning and fun! Led by Everett Fox, we will delve into a few well-known passages from the Book of Exodus.
Participants will not only read the traditional text closely, but also have a chance to contribute their personal understanding and interpretations. We will then consider some classic Midrash, and look at how Hollywood has portrayed the passages, viewing some clips from The Prince of Egypt. Produced by Sandra Lilienthal. Come enjoy a short film called Match and Marry. This documentary takes a look at matchmaking, as well as love and marriage, and is filmed mainly in the New York Orthodox community.
Although focusing on the Jewish culture, its messages are universal. The film will be followed by a discussion led by Batsheva Frankel who, along with her husband, was interviewed in this film. We will discuss the traditional Jewish views of marriage, and our role as Jewish educators in teaching students about love, marriage, and relationships, looking from the perspectives of different denominations and traditions.
In this session we will talk about dealing with it in motion like changing the tires while the car is moving, and spend some time developing insights and tools for prevention and preparation in the future. Using and Creating Effective Games Fine Arts Batsheva Frankel Many creative teachers have the excellent instinctual understanding that learning through games is not only valid, but is in many cases, especially in complimentary schools, crucial.
The key to creating games, and eventually training our students to use critical thinking and analyzing skills to devise their own games lies with our ability to fashion games that in every way reflect the lessons we are trying to convey. YOU can make a Tallit for yourself or a loved one in just one session. Stories, ideas, instruction, assistance, and the opportunity to make a memory that will touch your heart forever. Class size limited to Directors, Part-time Teachers, and Limited Budgets: New EXcellent Teacher training to support supplementary school teachers four years ago.
This workshop will distill what the NEXT Program has learned about the nature of impactful professional learning, as well as specific strategies education directors can employ to encourage their faculty members to participate in ongoing professional learning. Can I Afford to Retire? Smith Hall Brian Silberberg Educational workshop for those nearing retirement. With life expectancy and the cost of living on the rise, many are faced with the stark reality that their hopes and dreams may have to be placed on hold a while longer.
Allow me to educate and empower you to a successful retirement. MagneticShul is a toy and educational tool designed to engage children in shul through developmentally appropriate play with ritual and the choreography of the sanctuary. VisualTorah is the chance to create a visual story of the parshiot using felt shapes.
Goldspohn Hall 33 Anat Ankava, Ronit Razinovsky, Ana Turkienicz This session aims to help participants become reflective practitioners and identify areas in need of change using the methods and mindsets of Design Thinking. Participants will learn how to think outside of the box and ask the questions that are necessary in understanding the needs and values of their communities, while outlining the first steps to promote change in their professional settings. Goldspohn Hall 32 Beverly Socher-Lerner Come see a new model for text-study that is child-led, immersive, and project-based!
The materials you see were originally piloted at Makom Community in Philadelphia for a mixed-age setting of year old students. Is your Hanukkah candle lighting boring? Looking to add something new for Shabbat?
Music teachers will be able to use these songs in their classrooms, but the session is intended for all educators and anyone who wants to enhance our holidays with joyful singing. The engaging, fun, and flexible use of games can review prior knowledge, teach new information, measure academic retention, foster critical thinking , develop problem solving skills, model teamwork, and enhance community building.
In this session we will experience a diverse variety of Hebrew and Jewish studies games through active participation. The creation and sharing of new games, as well as, creative programming will be a focus. Bringing Comedy to the Classroom Carnegie Hall 13 Andrew Davies, Aaron Friedman, Bible Players Andrew and Aaron are master educators and improvisers who will give you the tools to use theater, comedy, and improv in your classroom.
Together we will explore the biblical character of Jacob and connect his story to our own. We will be writing stand-up comedy, using acting techniques, and building kehillah through improv games.
The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution
When we put our Jewish Values in Motion and on the stage they become unforgettable. The Chai Mitzvah program offers a brilliant response to this famous Talmudic debate: Experience hands-on Judaism that combines study, social action, and spirituality to build community! Discover an experiential program that is easy to implement, flexible, and appropriate for families, teens, and learners of all ages. Come to this session prepared to relax, connect, and have fun. Self-Paced Learning in Hebrew School Goldspohn Hall 22 Rae Antonoff With spotty attendance plaguing supplemental Hebrew schools around the country, many have turned to self-paced learning programs rather than frontal classroom experiences that require the group to be on the same page.
Kroehler Science Center Sharon Morton Participants will discuss a new curriculum designed to give families the knowledge and skills to share values with children and instill the desire in them to be philanthropists and social action activists. We will utilize both text and interactive activities to reenforce this concept.
Teaching Prayer Through Music White Activity Center 12 Terry Kaye, Eliana Light Have you heard the buzz about Hebrew in Harmony, an innovative new curriculum for 4th-6th graders that uses music and other creative modalities movement, the arts, mindfulness practices, digital activities to meaningfully engage students in Hebrew and prayer?
Join musical director and author Eliana Light and creative director Terry Kaye to experience the benefits of learning through music, participate in movement activities, analyze the music of top Jewish musicians, and see how their music will help young people connect to prayer like never before. Complimentary materials will be distributed. No music skills required! As a parent of a young adult with autism and a musician, I facilitate conversations about the complexity of creating inclusive communities that can work for all our members. I will share songs and folk stories from our Jewish heritage, showing how our ancestors were cognizant of the need to encompass all the members of the shtetl.
This session is for educators, family members, and community members who may have individuals with autism in your own home, in your classroom, or in your broader community. While strategies and best practices may be considered, this is more a philosophical support session and discussion than a teaching session. Come prepared with an open heart, a singing voice, dancing feet, and a desire to rock your tefillah!
If you have a tallis, please bring it with you. Digital sheet music will be provided. This workshop focuses on one way the art and science teachers at Kol Rinah Early Childhood Center worked together with students to create a project that explored the Shretelech the Jewish little people. We used storytelling along with science, engineering, and art to build Shretelech houses, look for signs of the Shretelech outdoors, and learn ways of caring for nature.
We will have time to brainstorm ways to use this process with other Jewish themes and you will take home handouts full of ideas. Antisemitism Then and Now Goldspohn Hall 31 Paul Weinberg An introduction to the scholarly approach towards modern forms of Antisemitism, with special attention to economic assaults like BDS, quasi-scientific forms like the New Eugenics, and the academic delegitimization of Jewish history in Israel. Come learn and experience how you can help build your team of teachers, staff, or lay leaders.
We will explore using the Final Word Protocol method which utilizes attentive listening and engagement. We will discuss ways in which this method could be applicable to your specific situations. Some educators are forming their own schools; others are expanding their curricula, teaching Jewish history, ethics, language, and ritual using both textual resources and experiential methods.
Let those of us who are doing this or thinking about doing this get together to discuss our methods, share our resources, and see how we can support each other. This year I conducted an action research project in which I integrated SEL and Jewish studies in one fourth grade classroom. The project included modern day case studies informed by traditional Jewish texts and personal goal-setting with journal reflections.
I will describe the path of my project, its design, and my findings. This session will include opportunities for participants to engage with curricular materials, to examine a sample transcript, and to brainstorm other possible areas for integration of SEL and Jewish studies.
We will explore methods, strategies, and practical applications for using differentiated learning in the classroom. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in hands on and interactive activities that are modeled for the classroom. For those of us teaching or interested in Jewish prayer, we will start with the traditional liturgy and trace selected prayers as they have evolved through the movements. We will then ask: What is this prayer talking about? Why was this prayer changed? How does this change reflect the ideology of the movement?
What does this change mean for us? This session is for first time signers or those who want to practice from last year. Design Family Education for Maximum Engagement Goldspohn Hall 27 Nina Gelman-Gans Maximize your family education programming time to help your families experience deep sparks of learning and inspiration, plus expand community connections that nourish ongoing Jewish practices, imparted by you! Nina will share best practice models and methods from over 18 years of designing family education programs. Be ready to explore brain elasticity, gratitude, and health-promoting foods.
Case examples will sample from off-the-grid family adventures, a misheberach in multiple modalities, Shabbat proficiency beyond another tzedakah box, and Tishrei treats, too. Jewish Kids Teens and Adults Rock Fine Arts Naomi Less Naomi Less has developed a unique brand of rock programs, built from love of Jewish rock music and years of bandleading and coaching experience. Participants learn music and social skills, compose original Jewish rock music, and perform it live!
Experience a taste of these programs and learn tools you can bring back to your schools, camps, youth groups, and YES adult programs! We all inherit a set of stories about ourselves from the time we are born, shaped by family, friends, and co-workers. The challenge is whether we accept them as true or edit and rewrite them to reflect a more accurate narrative. Give students the opportunity to connect with something that speaks to their interests and learning style. Workshop ideas, sample ballots, and anecdotes from implementation will be shared.
Their brains have been impacted by screens, touchpads, and texting.
How does this all impact on what we do in our Jewish classrooms? Come explore some new tech tools we can integrate into our classrooms, which promote collaboration, enhance creativity, foster communication, and utilize critical thinking. Bring your laptop or tablet, and be ready to practice.
The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (In Persian)
Magic in the Classroom Old Main Stuart Lewis In this hands-on workshop participants will learn a few basic magic tricks and will be challenged to come up with ways to use them to teach about Jewish life and values. This interactive session will examine pedagogical and curricular ways of teaching comparative religion in our schools. We will discuss a common language for discussing, understanding, and developing a common inquiry in looking at other religions.
This will enable us, as educators, to equip our students to explore, yet not evaluate, other religions. In this workshop, I will show you how to teach your students to teach their parents their parsha. Students and parents will delve into the original text and the traditional commentaries as they make the parsha their own. Together they will create modern handmade Midrash and present it to everyone in their group. Please be considerate of the workshop coming in after the luncheon and clean up all signs that there was lunch eaten in that room.
Community of Practice Luncheon: Classrooms Teachers Grades Goldspohn Hall 32 Cathy Kaplan Come have lunch with other supplementary school teachers, focusing on grades 4 through 6. Rabbi Educators Goldspohn Hall 35 Alanna Sklover As rabbis in the educational field, our work is sometimes similar to, but often times different from, the roles of both our colleagues in the congregational rabbinate and to our fellow education directors — and I hope that you will join me in attending this lunch to connect with our many colleagues from across the denominations who share in this important work.
Come and join the conversation, and connect and learn with rabbinic colleagues. New and Newer Directors Goldspohn Hall 36 Jay Rapoport Being in a new job is challenging enough, but when you are also new to the field it does not make things easier. Join in a discussion with other new and newer directors as we share our experiences and get some ideas about how to approach being in a new or relatively new role.
Classroom Teachers Grades K-3 Goldspohn Hall 31 Lee Brice Come join a conversation for K-3 teachers about the many ways we can include young families in the Jewish learning, living, and community we are creating in the classroom, and the excitement and commitment this can bring to our congregations. We will also discuss what adult learners are looking for and how we can meet their interests and needs. Come network with colleagues over lunch. Have a pressing issue to discuss? This is the perfect time to brainstorm! Share programming, marketing and recruitment ideas and experiences in the field, and work together to answer questions and help each other through challenges in working with teenagers.
This year the high holidays begin in October, giving us an opportunity to teach about them in depth. These Tishrei sessions will help us prepare ourselves and our students for the holidays. NewCAJE will publish an issue of Jewish Educator, our online journal, that will include detailed hand-outs from all the Tishrei session. A New Pose for Jewish Ed: Drawing on Techniques of Yoga Instruction New Hall Multipurpose Room Zachary Lasker Yoga is a mind, body, and spirit practice that encourages intentionality, understanding, compassion, self-reflection, balance, and motivation.
Join us for a yoga practice for the purpose of extracting some of the techniques that can be applied to our work in teaching core Jewish values and practices. All levels of practitioners are welcome - dress comfortably! If you have a towel or yoga mat, please bring it with you optional. The Road to Rosh Hashanah: The best way to prepare our students for the upcoming High Holidays is to prepare ourselves! What does this mean for us? How can we make those long hours in services meaningful?
Sam will demonstrate proven techniques to make this special month count in terms of supercharging our own relationship with God and with each other. Prepare to sing songs and learn sweet stories to deepen the experience! Songsheets will be available, with chords for those who wish to bring a guitar, and attendees may record the song for later use. We will then collaborate in small groups to create a lesson plan for each holiday to incorporate the song. Each small group will then share their lesson plan with the larger group. Learn, relax, practice, breathe Tashlich through a New Games and Environmental Lens Carnegie Hall 13 Goldie Milgram Come experience a selection of historical, arts, theater, and environmentally based approaches to understanding, teaching and doing Taschlich that your students will love!
A Pre-High Holiday Hebrew Help Session Goldspohn Hall 22 Ari Moffic Join Ari for a hands-on session outlining a parent education workshop to acquaint or re-acquaint adults who will be attending high holiday services with the major Hebrew vocabulary that will add meaning and depth to their worship experience. This technique allows you to explore with your students the underlying reasons we pray.
We will look at the prayer texts that deal with acknowledging our shortcomings, and talk about how to approach this subject with children and teens. What did he see when people were dancing around the golden calf? How did he bargain with G-d? A hands-on, interactive, intergenerational activity to prepare us for Yom Kippur. A Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Rosh HaShanah Services Goldspohn Hall 11 Cherie Koller-Fox The Machzor is long and we can get lost in it; however, no matter whether you are Orthodox or Reform or anything in between, the structure and content of the service is surprisingly pretty much the same.
The order may be changed, things are certainly shortened, but the service is the service. We will look at the most important prayer—Aleinu—and at the major additions to the service—whether they are phrases, poems or whole sections. We will examine some difficult prayers as well. With this knowledge and great handouts you will be able to adapt this to any age group you teach. Goldspohn Hall 27 Linda Sonin In this fast-paced, interactive workshop, teachers will learn simple art techniques and explore a variety of activities and resources which can be immediately integrated into their Fall Holiday lesson plans.
Participants will make sample projects to take back to their schools, and leave the workshop ready to engage their students in fun and meaningful ways! Projects and resources will be appropriate for educators working with students in grades The Days of Awe: There will also be a written guide for you to take and share with your community back home. This session is a great way to gain a deeper understanding of two of the most important holidays on the Jewish calendar.
She will provide summary samples of the lessons as well as an in depth look as several of them. Although the lessons were designed for intermediate and middle grades, they are easily adaptable for primary or high school, and you will leave the session with easy-to-duplicate lesson plans. Tales for the Days of Awe: What better way to prepare ourselves for contemplation, for teshuvah, than to enter into the story with Susan, engaging imagination, intellect, and emotions?
There will be a reflective writing exercise after the storytelling performance, and a discussion as well. Learn how to combine your own personal narratives with traditional Jewish tales to illuminate the teachings. Dreading a Tough Conversation? Goldspohn Hall 14 Cheryl Magen This session is designed for anyone who has ever had or needs to have a tough conversation where emotions run high, opinions differ, and the issue is important. We will learn a set of protocols that will prepare you to have tough conversations with parents, co-workers, or those you supervise.
It becomes much easier when you can learn a way to present hard topics. Learn about this groundbreaking program and get a hands-on taste of Storahtelling training. Find out about our training program. Techniques, methods, resources, supplies, and other concerns will be discussed and shared.
We will offer alternatives to frontal teaching by demonstrating and sharing activities using readily available materials and technology, and by engaging all learners without using textbooks. Creating Experiences that Make the Text Come Alive Goldspohn Hall 31 Batsheva Frankel In this workshop, we will identify important questions and themes of the Torah stories, and match them with experiential activities that engage students in inquiry and discussion. Participants will take home solid techniques and ideas that they can use to make the text come alive for students. This important PBS program fosters the understanding of learning disabilities while demonstrating how intimidating a classroom can be.
The frustration, anxiety and tension that children feel is dramatized to increase the insight and awareness of these students and their special needs. Successful classroom strategies will be shared and developed. Weaving Shabbat White Activity Center 10 Debi Mishael Thirteen of the 39 forms of work traditionally prohibited on Shabbat melachot are involved in the process of weaving! Very few of us warp or weft on the weekdays let alone Shabbat. This workshop will actually involve a weaving project that will be the springboard to discussing what it means to set aside sacred time for Shabbat.
All activities in the workshop can be directly replicated in your home classrooms. Through a strategically developed online program, your busiest students can still learn Jewish values, holidays and customs, and develop Hebrew skills. Though geared towards administrators, this workshop is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn the benefits and considerations of offering online classes. BYOD Bring your own device. When the Standard Hebrew Reading Approaches Fail Goldspohn Hall 33 Dan Rosen, Sara Rosen This session provides a step-by-step guide to the principles of teaching Hebrew reading to all with success, and how to apply these principles to any given curriculum and set of materials when students have trouble reading fluently.
First, we will go over the common stumbling blocks that struggling students face. Next, participants will learn how to quickly recognize students who are struggling with the material, a vital step to prevent further discouragement. Finally, we will delineate the various methodologies for assisting these students and finding different ways to enable fluent reading, despite whatever hurdles they may face.
His education transformed his life. It made him such a believer in the type of education Reed provides. He has testified before Congress. Book Award in He has also won fellowships from the National Endowment. From to , Kroger was an Assistant U. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York—serving as lead counsel in more than criminal cases involving racketeering, violent crimes, narcotic trafficking, public corruption, and white-collar crimes. He wrote about his experience in Convictions: He served in the U. Kroger is an avid runner, cyclist, and hiker. Here construction workers in outlandish costumes scurry across catwalks, brandish props, and excavate holes with heavy machinery OK, the metaphor breaks down a bit here.
Still, the construction of the new building, first envisioned by professor Herb Gladstone [music —80] over 50 years ago, is full of drama, and you can watch the show on a live webcam at www. Directed by Kate Bredeson [theatre —] with scenography by Peter Ksander [theatre —] and costumes by Corrine Larson [theatre —]. It was ever thus, you could argue, but like the political upheavals going on at the time, the transformation put paid to the past in radical fashion and set the course for the last century right up to now. The instrumentation lent both brightness and cohesion to the evening; the rhythms swung, giving a hint of what the first Reedies danced to.
Although otters have been spotted here before, this marks the first time an entire family of the lutrine creatures has descended on campus no doubt uttering trenchant comments about the Portland weather. They feast on freshwater mussels, according to canyon czar Zac Perry, who spotted the discarded shells of their nightly revels during his rounds.
Find out more about the otters, coyotes, steelhead, and mink at blogs. Unfortunately, the old Reed track that used to encircle the tennis courts is no more. The official timekeeper was David Latimer [physics —]; the cheering section included Johnny Powell [physics —] and a representative of the fourth estate. The small turnout was no accident—Paul did not want to jinx the day with pomp and ceremony. On the track, he was an angular blur of determination, his brow glistening with sweat despite the chill of the gusting wind.
On the third lap, the sun made a brief appearance and Paul caught sight of his shadow—a good omen that doubtless fueled him on the final stretch. Paul and Jack gave one another a triumphant Reed bear hug when Latimer shouted out the time. The first event was the mile—he ran it in 4: The last event was the two-mile run. George remembers that one of his competitors was a fellow student who had run for the French Olympic team. And, in the end, I did. After soaking up the glory and the drizzle for a few minutes longer, Paul got back to work on his thesis on the NMR spectroscopy of a zinc finger.
Kudos to anyone who can explain what this is. Reed has since donated its license to the nonprofit grassroots group Common Frequency. As most alumni know, KRRC has suffered from longstanding technical and financial difficulties. Station management could not pay for the legal costs necessary to comply with FCC regulations,including basic upkeep and maintenance of the station due to fluctuating student enthusiasm. In the end, KRRC decided to forsake the airwaves and focus on online broadcasting. Still, I suppose the prospect of reaching listeners across the globe—without the hassle of federal regulations—is too tempting to resist.
The CAREER Program rewards teacher-scholars who exemplify the role of mentor through outstanding research and their ability to integrate pedagogy and research. She specializes in the study of mutations brought about by pieces of mobile DNA, also referred to as transposable elements, which compose the bulk of the genome for many organisms and are a major source of genetic variation.
Her basic research will involve Reed students, postdoctoral researchers, and national and international peers. In the classroom, hands-on laboratory exercises will help Reedies gain experience with expanding bioinformatic and genomic resources to answer real, ongoing questions in biology. GhaneaBassiri wins Guggenheim Kambiz GhaneaBassiri [religion —] won a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship to examine mosques as historical sites of the material culture of Islamic beliefs and practices.
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- The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (In Persian).
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Her project will examine the traditions colonial Jews brought with them from the Netherlands and other European countries and the cultural and religious innovations they made while in the Americas. Darius Rejali [political science —] won an award from the U. Institute of Peace to study how best to prevent the use of torture in military conflicts.
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With the flowering of the cherry trees in Eliot Circle comes the spring crop of student awards and fellowships. We salute the following Reed students for their scholarship, dedication, and inventiveness. Diarrheal diseases are the leading cause of death in African children under five years old. Misuse of antibiotics in the developing world is causing bacterial resistance. Gabe and Michael will test for the presence and strain of two common diarrheal pathogens, shigella and salmonella.
Different strains can cause different symptoms and possess different levels of antibiotic resistance. They will then determine, the level of antibiotic resistance and the efficacy of antibiotics, sourced both locally and from U. Lillian was one of 80 students selected for the scholarship from applicants representing 70 colleges and universities.
In her application, Lillian wrote that she seeks to create a world where it is easy, affordable, and safe—and even preferable—to live without a car. She is an advocate for bicycles, being a key to creating cities that are livable and healthy. Two economics majors from Massachusetts have won Environmental Studies Fellowships.
Between the two world wars, political activists began writing fairy tales that were distributed in party magazines to. The tales range from tales of socialist and communist utopias to social critiques of current conditions. During her Fulbright year, Julia will study the Weimar fairy tales, which are archived in Berlin, with a particular interest in their attraction as a medium for political activists of the time.
The program operates in more than countries. Nine hundred grants are awarded annually. Open to students with scientific majors, NIST fellowships provide hands-on experience, working elbow to elbow with researchers on cuttingedge technology. Born in Philadelphia in , Helen attended Wellesley on a scholarship, studying botany.
At a time when there were few highly recognized women scientists, Helen served as a role model. She was one of those professors who really gripped my imagination and made me believe in the power of the individual, that one person can make a difference. She savored her work and continued advising thesis students years after she retired in The scholarship is awarded with preference to students from India, with first preference given to female students from the Ahmedabad area.
At the time of her death at age 62, she was conducting genetic research at Harvard. When he was a senior in journalism at the University of Oregon, his father suddenly died of a heart attack. Tim and his mother, Gert Boyle, took over the family business and transformed Columbia Sportswear into a billion-dollar empire. Tim believes that a good liberal arts education prepares students to make both quick and tough decisions.
She taught meditation and yoga in prisons for a time, then traveled with her Dutch husband, Lars, through Africa and Europe, where she saw the potential for a broader application of her consciousness practice, becoming intrigued with the concept of eco-villages they encountered everywhere from France to Turkey. Three years ago Robyn and L ars boug ht a home in the Transylvanian village of Alunisu. Robyn was struck by the peaceful peasant lifestyle and came to believe that others could benefit from its ethic of sustainable self-reliance. With the blessing of the local priest who makes cheese, bread, and wine for his family and neighbors , Robyn and Lars launched Provision with the goal of teaching traditional skills, self-sufficient living, and simplicity.
The inaugural session of Provision is set for summer See details at www. A gallery in Chicago? A disco in Mongolia? Tell us about it at reed. The Model T Ford—utterly utilitarian and massproduced. Attendance was strong in every city, averaging more than The format of the event featured comments from Diver, an entertaining excerpt of the recent OPB documentary on the college, cleverly titled Reed, and alumni speakers who wrote entries for the recent collection Thinking Reed.
Each evening concluded with a tribute to Colin and Joan and the significant accomplishments the college has made during his presidency. Beyond any metrics or milestones, most moving was the frequent observation that his daily commitment to improving life for students and protecting the essence of the place was evident even to the casual observer. He clearly navigated a course for Reed between that Scylla and Charybdis. As Reed moves into the next century, the centennial generation of Reedies should be justly proud. Camp Westwind The weekend retreat at Camp Westwind for alumni and their families, sponsored by the Portland alumni chapter, will be October 19—21, Join alumni from a variety of eras and swap Olde Reed stories and songs in a beautiful forested setting on the Oregon coast.
A limited number of reduced-rate spaces are available for kitchen and cleaning crew people. For details and registration, see www. Sponsored by alumni and parent relations and career services, the event took place the first weekend in February and brought together alumni—including 71 presenters and others involved in program planning—who shared wisdom about their career paths with more than students.
In the process, the entrepreneurial piece became part of a larger focus on career paths and options. On the first day, students attended panels in 10 subject areas, including clean technology; e-commerce and the internet; the law; culinary arts; life and physical science; the changing faces of publishing, PR, and entertainment media; innovation. During a three-day StartUp Lab, teams of students were led through ways of presenting and marketing their original ideas to investors.
One possible application is helping autistic children recognize and interpret emotion. The weekend also provided opportunities for alumni from different vintages to meet and discuss their work. The demand for interaction between alumni and students already existed, says Adam, but Working Weekend created the opportunity for them to connect professionally. We have about 15, alumni. The size of our community is a huge asset. That small number creates an affinity for the other people in the group.
The weekend was judged so successful that plans are underway to repeat the event next year. Interested alumni should contact Adam at aariggs gmail. Go further See more about Working Weekend at www. She wound up helping thousands. As improbable as it sounds, it all started with a canine search-and-rescue mission gone wrong.
She and Juji were trekking through a forest looking for a missing person when she jumped over a creek and landed wrong on her ankle. As a result, she was laid up with lots of free time when she happened to spot an urgent message on a listserv for cerebral palsy about a young orphan with CP who was about to be transferred to a facility for adults if no one adopted her. When a video arrived a few days later, Mishelle was sobered by what she saw. The little girl could barely walk or talk.
Kazakh doctors blamed cerebral palsy. Doctors at Shriners Hospital claimed muscular dystrophy. Both agreed that her condition was progressive. Even Mishelle could see clear evidence of deterioration as she watched footage of the girl at different ages. She also noticed something many doctors missed when she and her brother first met Bakha in person in At first, the diagnosis of rickets brought little relief; Mishelle feared it was another.
Once Bakha made it to the States, however, she was treated for rickets and responded immediately. Within eight weeks she went from walking painfully with her back hunched over to standing up straight and running effortlessly. Now 11 years old, Bakha enjoys normal posture and a full range of motion, and shows no sign of either cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy. The experience left an indelible impression on Mishelle. She was just malnourished. She was well cared for, she just slipped through the cracks.
A neighbor, Cindy Kaplan, had adopted a boy named Jadyn from Kazakhstan at the same time, who was misdiagnosed due to severe malnourishment. He, too, made enormous progress when his diet improved. Temporary malnutrition may seem like a minor issue, but it can make a major difference later in life, contributing to issues from physical growth to emotional development to attention span. Before she knew it, Mishelle once again found herself about to plunge headlong into an undertaking even bigger than parenthood: The secret to its success lies in its approach.
Instead of sending in experts who impose changes, Spoon prefers to find. From there the organization studies the orphanages, assesses their practices, and helps implement change. In Kazakhstan, for example, Spoon performed a study of the feeding, nutrition, and development of around children between the ages of six months and three years in eight orphanages. Then it created menus to feature the nutrients the children lacked and provided vitamins and mineral supplements for a group of randomly chosen children at each facility. Finally, it worked with the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition and experts from the University of Minnesota to analyze the results.
Temporary malnutrition may seem like a minor issue, but it can make a major difference to physical growth, emotional development, and attention span. Thanks to a multiyear grant from the Joint Council on International Services, which advocates for the rights of orphans, Spoon is set to move into China, Vietnam, and Mexico this year. Although many international adoptees may look healthy enough when they arrive, they may have hidden nutritional issues.
For her part, Mishelle says she never. She considers herself more of a logical, careful person, but Reed taught her to be willing to try different things, whether that meant saying yes to a spur-of-the-moment adoption or leaving a stable job with benefits to start her own company as a single parent. As a result, she has her hands full with an year-old daughter, the Spoon Foundation, and Switchclimber. In fact, the whole experience has been so rewarding that she is now in the process of adopting a three-year-old from China who is visually impaired and showing potential signs of malnutrition.
You might say she has an appetite for altruism. Find out more about the Spoon Foundation at adoptionnutrition. Drawing the Line Rep. But the third-floor office of Rep. Chris Garrett is positively aglow with energy as constituents, staffers, and lobbyists clamor for a few moments with the second-term Democrat. One visitor frets about funding cuts to a pet project. Another seeks help hammering out a compromise on a controversial bill. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici calls on his cell phone. A newspaper reporter wants an interview. Through it all, Garrett exudes an effortless calm.
He greets everyone cordially, switches seamlessly from education to economics to small talk. At first glance, the lanky, red-haired lawyer in the trig suit might appear more temperamentally suited for a position in academia. The four-volume Papers of John Marshall holds a place of pride on his office bookshelf.
His mother, Bonnie Garrett [director, applied music —] taught piano and harpsichord and directed the private music program at Reed for decades. Garrett still dabbles with piano, but says he is far from proficient. Initially, his interest in politics was primarily intellectual. But after graduating, he volunteered as the campaign manager for Richard Devlin, a Democrat running for a seat in the Oregon House. Devlin is now the senate majority leader. Garrett earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and joined the Portland law firm of Perkins Coie in , but took a leave of absence to work as an aide for the powerful president of the Oregon Senate, Peter Courtney D-Salem.
Garrett won handily when he ran for election in in House District 38, which includes Lake Oswego and parts of Southwest Portland. His district is solidly Democratic, but he is no ideologue. Most things are negotiable. After years of intense squabbling between Republicans and Democrats, a delicate atmosphere of bipartisanship has settled over the Oregon Legislature. The House even has cospeakers, a Democrat. Garrett prides himself on making deals across the aisle, and is often sought out by Democratic leaders for sensitive negotiations because he is viewed as someone who works well with Republicans.
For decades, Democrats and Republicans at the Capitol had been at loggerheads over redistricting, with little to show for their trouble but lawsuits and bitterness. Nonetheless, Courtney counseled Garrett to take it on. Garrett recalls a low point during the negotiations when the lawmakers asked themselves if they wanted to give up. Within a few weeks, a new state redistricting plan passed with strong. The landmark legislation drew its share of criticism, but the critics seemed equally divided between the parties.
He just counter-proposed, counter-proposed, counterproposed, and never gave up. Right now, he and his wife, Lauren Rhoades Garrett, are focused on their first child, Graham, who arrived in April. But read what you will into the framed portrait of one of his political idols, Robert F. Kennedy, that dominates his office wall. The photograph shows a contemplative Kennedy walking with his hands in his.
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See how Garrett and his colleagues redrew the political map of Oregon at www. The most obvious statistic is the improvement in the graduation rate. When I got here, some people were proud of the fact that Reed was about the survival of the fittest. Lurking behind that statistic [improved graduation rate] are a whole bunch of things.
We beefed up academic support—things like the DoJo, the sports center, the health and counseling center. Nonetheless, with the premise of a liberal arts education coming under fire in an era preoccupied with vocational training, Diver insisted that Reed stay true to its mission: Diver has been an active and engaged president, serving as thesis adviser, teaching a class in constitutional law, eating in commons, and even riding in a horse and buggy disguised as Simeon Reed, with his wife, Joan, as Amanda. The thesis parade now regularly wends its way through his office, where he receives sweaty hugs from delirious seniors as they celebrate turning in their theses.
Garbed in a ceremonial gown of unrelenting fuchsia, he has regaled audiences with memorable one-liners. Capitalism, Faith, and Sexual Abstinence. In the final months of his reign, we caught up with Diver to take stock and contemplate the challenges ahead. This interview has been edited for space and clarity. It is a scientifically demonstrated fact that 17—year-olds are still maturing.
They may reach their cognitive peak early, but their emotional development takes much longer. Reed is a residential community, and our philosophy of education is highly interactive. Students are not like monks in a cloister copying scrolls. We treat them as scholars in a community of scholars. Part of our job is to help them make the transition from dependence to independence. I believe that the fully educated person needs to be capable of creative work, inquiry, exploration, teamwork, and to be able to turn their knowledge into some kind of product—an essay, an experiment, an artistic creation, or a performance.
These are all key elements of the performing arts, and when I got here I thought that those disciplines were some of the least well supported academically. What about Renn Fayre? I feel that Renn Fayre has become distorted from its original purpose. If we can return Renn Fayre to its roots as a true community-wide celebration, and channel it in the right direction, I think it can serve a valuable function. OK, if you had a magic wand. The most obvious example is addressing illegal drug and alcohol use.
I came to Reed knowing this was a community that had a lot of expectations. Have you ever been onstage as a performer? I used to sing in a choral ensemble and do a little cameo acting. My dad was a technical photographer and loved classical music. He used to take me to shows when I was growing up. It was just electrifying. I also saw Pavarotti perform before he became a household name.
I also felt that every college that aspires to be a genuine community has got to provide collective endeavors that create a school spirit. So the performing arts have a special role to play at Reed. Clockwise from top left. Students accept that they are academic apprentices to the faculty. The faculty retain their authority because they guard it very carefully.
The rest of us do not have a lot of intrinsic authority. We have to earn it. You need to be able to say to yourself, do I have a good reason. What about the endowment? We have built a first-rate development operation. And the good news for the future is that threequarters of what we have raised has gone straight into the endowment. After he died early in my tenure, we went through a difficult transition, but I am happy that our investment returns have been getting steadily better.
The Exit Interview You have overseen a lot of physical expansion. Dorms—good dorms, at least—are expensive. We are building a first-class performing arts building.
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We also expanded the campus footprint. We bought the old hospital and the farm. That will give us a little more breathing room. Is Reed diverse enough? Diversity is still a work in progress. We made a lot of progress in admission, and we have not used merit aid. But we still struggle to attract African American students. We need to do better. I am also frustrated at the slow progress of hiring faculty of color. We have a genuine institutional commitment to diversity. Now we have to bake it. We are not fully need blind. We want to be able to admit every applicant without regard to his or her financial capacity.
To get there, we need to do two things: We have made good progress on both fronts, and I hope that Reed can get to the goal of becoming need blind in the next decade. The fact that we are not yet need-blind is not to say, by the way, that we are any less generous than our peers. If you look at other schools that are need-blind, we look pretty good. Another issue is the challenge of continuing to recruit top-quality faculty in certain disciplines, such as economics and some of the sciences.
Reed has a very strong tradition of pay equity for faculty across disciplines. Preserving that tradition is very important to the faculty. Back to the fuchsia: Diver stands resplendent in a robe that could drown out a on take-off. I worry that growing salary differentials among disciplines within the academic marketplace will make it harder and harder for us to recruit without either offering differential compensation in some fields or significantly raising salary levels for the entire faculty.
But this takes time and a strong, sustained effort to change a culture. It takes 10 years to accomplish. We have turned the corner but we have to sustain the effort. Is Reed too expensive? Tuition is too high for many families—but we are able to help them with financial aid. Unlike many schools, we do not give discounts for wealthy kids. We are producing something special here—an elaborate package of services. The whole idea is that every student is the object of attention. Small classes taught by fulltime professional educators. The facilities, IT, library, labs are all top of the line.
Yes, you can do it cheaper. You can have huge lectures, distance learning, lots of adjuncts. Has that diminished the value of a Reed education? But I think the biggest long-term challenge to higher education comes from the information revolution. People can get their weather from the weather channel and their sports from ESPN—why should they buy a newspaper? The same thing is happening in education.
You can get a first-class physics course online from MIT. You can get statistics from Carnegie Mellon. How does Reed compete in that world? We have to be the best integrator in the business. My advice to Reed is to figure out a science-andmath equivalent of Hum and to reinforce its identity as a community of scholars. Because no online course can replicate the experience of living in such a community.
Has the Honor Principle outlived its usefulness? People need to accept responsibility for their behavior and understand that the Honor Principle is not about license. Democratically approved policies are part of the Honor Principle. So the Honor Principle is not unwritten—it is written. I hope Reed never gives up on it. The Diver Decade Since taking the helm in , Diver, 67, has led the college through several significant changes. It has also revamped fitness, health, and wellness programs to help Reedies thrive in the intense academic environment.
The college has a dean for institutional diversity and has embraced diversity as a core value. Performing arts Reed has strengthened the departments, added several teaching positions, and begun construction on an ambitious performing arts building. Professors The college has added 13 full-time faculty positions, pushing the student-to-faculty ratio down to Faculty compensation has been strengthened across the board. There is greatly expanded support for research. Reed is now in better shape in all respects than ever in its history.
He poured his heart and soul into this job. He was never afraid of tackling the difficult issues. He embraced Reed and challenged Reed to engage in an ambitious campaign, including a long-sought-after performing arts center. His legacy will last a long time. Inside, protected by a sheet of glass, a dozen beetles, each the size of a thumbnail, lie impaled on pins. These are no ordinary backyard creepy crawlies. They shimmer with an extraordinary metallic iridescence, looking more like pieces of jewelry carved of gold and silver than winged insects that flutter through the cloud forests of Central America feasting on foliage.
Although Chris has examined them many times, the sheer beauty of these two species of scarab beetles—Chrysina resplendens and C. Housed on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, the collection boasts almost 3 million specimens representing tens of thousands of species,. Growing up in Lexington, Massachusetts, he collected bugs he found in his backyard. By the time he saw a 4-H insect collection at a state fair at the age of seven or eight, he was hooked—bitten by the bug, as it were.
His father built him a wooden display case, and within a few years he was already specializing in beetles. He pored over books about insects, memorized the nomenclature of species, and even got a pet tarantula to overcome his aversion to spiders which are arachnids, not insects. Monstrous Titanus giganteus beetles whose pincer-like mandibles can snap a pencil in half. Agrias butterflies with their showy, psychedelic wings resembling tie-dye shirts.
Dendroctonus ponderosae, weevils not much bigger than a grain of rice that, when assembled in their armies of millions, can chomp down a forest. Chris now has them all—or at least a good many of them. Insects give us insights into everything from genetics to global warming. An Illinois scientist, for example, is studying bumblebees from the OSU collection dating back decades to investigate the sudden decline of the species in the western U. At Reed, he flirted with herpetology, doing his senior thesis on fire-bellied toads.
But professor Robert Kaplan [biology —] suspected that he was always an entomologist at heart. Sitting in a tent in the jungle going over notes with the students, he noticed Chris snatching at things in the air and stuffing them in his pockets. Which is something I do here. He went on to earn his PhD in. He also pursues his own research. He has been involved in expeditions to jungles of South and Central America and has even hunted an uncommon type of fairy shrimp in the Reed canyon that had previously been known from just a handful of specimens in a museum.
More recently, his work has centered on high-elevation insects in the Pacific Northwest. He has been strapping on snowshoes and a headlamp to tramp around the Cascades with Oregon State colleague Dave Lytle, looking at species inhabiting what is for most insects an unusual environment— the high, cold, and wet conditions of alpine snowfields at night.
In fact, Chris believes they have encountered individuals that do not conform to species previously described under such conditions—entomologistspeak for saying they may have discovered a new species. With due scientific caution, however, he refuses to divulge any details until they can publish their findings. What stands out about Chris is that he has never lost his sense of wonder. Check out insect fecal defense mechanisms at academic. Came to the U. Went to Reed on a scholarship. It is Sunday, and Puon, an executive at Wells Fargo, is taking a day off from the work he has come to oversee in the crowded Cambodian capital.
About 20 kilometers away is Kien Svay, a serene village where picturesque shacks rise out of the river, supported on stilts. In one of these is a restaurant where just the memory of the rotisserie chicken makes his mouth water. Puon enters the restaurant and takes a seat on a mat at the edge of the deck. He orders his meal and, reaching over the deck, trails his hand through the river. Boat merchants move steadily past, offering homemade gifts, snack foods, and flowers.
A small boat approaches with an old woman in the bow cradling a woven basket. As Puon looks into the basket, he recoils. It is filled with fried grasshoppers. The wake from the boat laps against the deck, and Puon is transported back to a time when you could be shot for eating locusts. Puon was four years old in when the Khmer Rouge seized control of Cambodia. At first, people in his village of Don Noy were overjoyed that the long civil war— during which his father and two siblings died—was finally at an end.
But the nightmare was just beginning. Money, private ownership, and religion were banned. City dwellers were forced to become agricultural laborers. You could be punished for wearing glasses or speaking a foreign language. Droves of urban refugees began pouring into Don Noy with no idea of how to survive in the countryside, what to eat, or how to farm.