Topic: mentorship

Video: Students share summer vacation with spiders

20 August 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—Spending 40 hours a week with venomous spiders might not be an ideal summer vacation for most people, but for sophomore Tessa Marzulla and junior Micah Depper it’s been an incredible experience. The biology majors have spent their summer analyzing the evolution of the Loxosceles reclusa, or brown recluse spider as part of the [...]

Junior to gain political insight as congressional intern

30 April 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—A junior who aspires to improve conditions in Africa will be one step closer to his goal this summer, learning political processes from a seasoned leader on education and human rights issues. Jonathan Shectman, an international affairs major from Warrenton, Virginia, will work in the office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer through a [...]

Renowned education advocate addresses new teachers’ needs

24 September 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—New teacher retention is a serious challenge in the country, and Oregon, unfortunately, is not unique. Close to one out of every three new teachers in Oregon will leave the profession within their first five years, costing the state $45 million annually. Legislation passed in Oregon this spring provides new funding for mentoring programs [...]

Mentoring program for new teachers works to improve retention rates

9 August 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—For one out of every three new teachers in Oregon, this will be the last fall in the classroom, a problem costing the state an estimated $45 million. Educators who’ve been teaching for less than five years often face insufficient funding, isolation from colleagues and expectations to respond to critical, ever-changing social issues in [...]