News
This portion of the Web site is devoted to news of the Alliance. There are over 3,600 members of the Alliance. Our intent is to have them send items of interest to the entire membership. These items can range from academic success stories, travel accounts, and/or personal events that you wish to share. Also, this will be the site for the Alliance coordinators to post news about the Alliance and its associated activities.
If you have items to share, please send them to Brooks Green.
February 27 - March 1, 2008
Jeff Allender and Brooks Green attended the National Geographic Alliance Network Conference in Washington, DC. They spent all day, the 28th, on Capitol Hill where they visited the offices of Senators Lincoln and Pryor and Representatives Berry, Boozman, Snyder, and Ross (photos can be seen on the Photos page). These visits were meant to thank those who are supporting the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act and to encourage those who are not supporting it to do so. While in Representative Snyder's office, Allender and Green were told that Representative Snyder would support the legislation. Senator Pryor has yet to support the legislation. Allender and Green spent all day Friday and Saturday morning in meetings related to the Alliance Network.
February 25, 2008
Susan Jeffries and Jody Musgrove have been accepted for the China-Japan Study Tour sponsored by NCTA (National Consortium for Teaching about Asia), the Freeman Foundation, and the Arkansas International Center. They will be working on special focus areas to develop curriculum for Arkansas teachers upon their return. They will also do in-service workshops for teachers in their schools and for teachers around the state. The dates of the Tour are from June 28 - July 21.
February 23, 2008
The Arkansas Geographic Alliance hosted a morning conference on Geography Education in Arkansas at the Rockefeller Center on Petit Jean Mountain. The conference allowed the Alliance to share information with university social studies methods professors and university geography professors. Methods professors came from the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and the University of Central Arkansas. Geography professors came from the University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and the University of Central Arkansas. Methods professors and geographers reported about acitivities and concerns at their respective universities. Over 30 persons attended the conference, which was funded by the National Geographic Education Foundation.
February 22, 2008
The Arkansas Geographic Alliance Executive Board and TC Board of Advisors meet at the Rockefeller Center on Petit Jean Mountain for a business meeting. New members were welcomed and a variety of business was conducted.
Coordinators
Brooks Green
Jeff Allender
Executive Board
Paul Gray
Julie Hill
Jody Musgrove
Sherry Tipps-Holder
TC Board of Advisers
Sheri Bickel
Dora Bradley
Mary Cook
Karen Davis
Cindy DeRosa
Linda Gardner
Maribeth Garrison
Cheryl Green
Margaret Grimes
Jeanie Hagler
JoAnn Hutchinson
Susan Jeffries
Beth Lake
Paula Lawrence
Jeff Myers
Barbara Johnson
Peggy Reynolds
Cindy Romeo
Kay Ryan
Tim Smithey
Jonie Standlee
Martha Stroud
Nancy Wood