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A theory for why there's so little CS Ed in the US
I have a theory that predicts when (if?) we will see more computing education research students in the US. I think that it might also help understand when computer science education (e.g., an AP course in CS) might reach the majority of US high schools.
Why are there so few CS Ed research students in the US?
Recently, I hosted a visit from Dr. Nick Falkner (Associate Dean (IT), Faculty of Engineering, Mathematical and Computer Sciences) and Dr. Katrina Falkner (Deputy Head and Director of Teaching, School of Computer Science) from the University of Adelaide. We got to talking about the lack of CS education research (CER) graduate students in the United States. There are lots of PhD students studying CER in Australasia, Europe, and Israel. To offer a comparison point, when we visited Melbourne in 2011, they had just held a doctoral consortium in CS Ed with 20 students attending, all from just the Melbourne area. The ICER doctoral consortium at UCSD in August had 14 students, and not all 14 were from the US. The Australasian Computing Education will have its own DC, and they're capping enrollment at 10, but there are far more CER PhD students than that in the region. I get invitations regularly to serve on review committees for dissertations from Australia and Europe, but rarely from the US.
Why is CER so much more popular among graduate students outside of the US? I've wondered if it's an issue of funding for research, or how graduate students are recruited. Then it occurred to us.
Check out the Falkners' titles: Associate Dean, Deputy Head (Katrina will be Head of School next year), Director. I remarked on that, and Nick and Katrina started naming other CS education research faculty who were Chairs, full Professors, and Deans and Directors in Australia. We went on naming other CS education researchers in high positions in New Zealand (e.g., Tim Bell, Professor and Deputy Head of Department), England (e.g., the great Computing Education Group at Kent), Denmark (e.g., Michael Caspersen as Director of the Center for Science Education), Sweden (e.g., CS Education Research at Uppsala), Finland, Germany, and Israel.
Then I was challenged to name:
- US CS Education researchers who are full Professors at research intensive universities;
- US CS Education researchers who are Chairs of their departments or schools;
- US CS Education researchers who are Deans or Center Directors.
I'm sure that there would be some quibbling if I tried to name US researchers in these categories. I don't think anyone would disagree that none of these categories requires more than one hand to count — and I don't think anyone needs more than a couple fingers for that last category.
We have great computing education researchers in the United States. Few are in these kinds of positions of visible prestige and authority. Many in the ICER community are at teaching institutions. Many who are at research intensive universities are in teaching track positions.
Computing Education Research is not as respected in US universities as it is in other countries. In these other countries, a graduate student could pursue computing education research, and might still be able to achieve tenure, promotion, and even an administrative position in prestigious institutions. That's really rare in the United States.
There are many reasons why there isn't more CER in research-intensive universities. Maybe there's not enough funding in CER (which is an outcome of lack of respect/value). Most people don't buy into computing for all in the US. Unless there's more CER in schools, maybe we don't need much CER in Universities. I'm actually not addressing why CER gets less respect in the US than in other countries — I'm hypothesizing a relationship between two variables because of that lack of respect.
The status of CER is definitely on the mind of students when they are considering CER as a research area. I've lost students to other areas of research when they realize that CER is a difficult academic path in the US. My first CS advisor at U-Michigan (before Elliot Soloway moved there) was strongly against my plans for a joint degree with education. "No CS department will hire you, and if they do, they won't tenure you." I succeeded into that first category (there was luck and great mentors involved). It's hard for me to say if my personal path could ever reach categories 2 or 3, and if barriers I meet are due more to my research area than my personal strengths and weaknesses. All I can really say for sure is that, if you look around, there aren't many CER people in those categories, which means that there is no obvious evidence to a graduate student that they can reach those kinds of success.
So, here's my hypothesis:
Hypothesis: We will see more computing education research graduate students in the US when CER is a reasonable path to tenure, promotion, and advancement in research-intensive US universities.
Why is there so little computing education in US high schools?
Other countries have a lot more computing education in their high schools than we do in the United States. Israel, New Zealand, Denmark, and England all have national curricula that include significant computer science. In Israel, you can even pursue a software engineering track in high school. They all have an advantage over the US, since we have no national curricula at all. However, Germany, which has a similarly distributed education model, still has much more advanced computing education curricula (the state of Bavaria has a computing curriculum for grades 6-12) and CS teacher professional development. What's different?
I suspect that there are similar factors at work in schools as in Universities. Computing education is not highly valued in US society. That gets reflected in decisions at both the University and school systems. I don't know much about influence relationships between the University and the K-12 system. I have suggested that we will not have a stable high school CS education program in the United States without getting the Schools of Education engaged in teacher pre-service education. I don't know how changes in one influence the other.
However, I see a strong correlation, caused by an external social factor — maybe some of those I mentioned earlier (not enough funding for CER, don't need more CER, etc.). Professors and University administrators are not separate from their societies and cultures. The same values and influences are present in the University as in the society at large. What the society values has an influence on what the University values. If a change occurs in the values in the society, then the University values will likely change. I don't know if it works in the other way.
So here's where I go further out on a limb:
Second Hypothesis: We will see the majority of US high schools offering computer science education (e.g., AP CS) when CER is a reasonable path to tenure, promotion, and advancement in research-intensive US universities.
Here are two examples to support the hypothesis:
- Consider Physics. No one doubts the value of physics. Within society, we're willing to spend billions to find a Higgs Boson, because we value physics. Similarly, we strive to offer physics education to every high school student. Similarly, physics faculty can aspire to become Deans and even University Presidents. Physics is valued by society and the University.
- Consider Engineering Education Research. Twenty years ago, engineering education research was uncommon, and it had little presence in K-12 schools. Today, there are several Engineering Education academic units in the US — at Purdue, Clemson, and Virginia Tech. (There's quite a list here.) Engineering education researchers can get tenured, promoted, and even become head of an engineering education research academic unit. And, Engineering is now taught in K-12 schools. Recently, I've been involved in an effort to directly interview kids in schools that offer AP CS. We can hardly find any! Several of the schools in the Atlanta area that used to offer AP CS now offer Engineering classes instead. (Maybe the belief is that engineers will take care of our CS/IT needs in the US?) Engineering has a significant presence in K-12 education today.
I don't think that this hypothesis works as a prescriptive model. I'm not saying, "If we just create some computing education research units, we'll get CS into high schools!" I don't know that there is much more CS Ed in schools in Australia, Sweden, or Finland than in the US, where CER is a path to advancement. I hypothesize a correlation. If we see changes at the Universities, we'll be seeing changes in schools. I expect that the reverse will also be true — if we ever see the majority of US high schools with CS, the Universities will support the effort. But I thnk that the major influencer on both of these is the perception of CER in the larger society. I'm hypothesizing that both will change if the major influence changes.
(Thanks to Briana Morrison, Barbara Ericson, Amy Bruckman, and Betsy DiSalvo on an earlier draft of this post.)
CS/IT higher-ed degree production has declined since 2003
I couldn't believe this when Mark Miller sent the below to me. "Maybe it's true in aggregate, but I'm sure it's not true at Georgia Tech." I checked. And yes, it has *declined*. In 2003 (summing Fall/Winter/Spring), the College of Computing had 367 graduates. In 2012, we had 217. Enrollments are up, but completions are down.
What does this mean for the argument that we have a labor shortage in computer science, so we need to introduce computing earlier (in K-12) to get more people into computing? We have more people in computing (enrolled) today, and we're producing fewer graduates. Maybe our real problem is the productivity at the college level?
I shared these data with Rick Adrion, and he pointed out that degree output necessarily lags enrollment by 4-6 years. Yes, 2012 is at a high for enrollment, but the students who graduated in 2012 came into school in 2008 or 2007, when we were still "flatlined." We'll have to watch to see if output rises over the next few years.
Computer-related degree output at U.S. universities and colleges flatlined from 2006 to 2009 and have steadily increased in the years since. But the fact remains: Total degree production (associate's and above) was lower by almost 14,000 degrees in 2012 than in 2003. The biggest overall decreases came in three programs — computer science, computer and information sciences, general, and computer and information sciences and support services, other.
This might reflect the surge in certifications and employer training programs, or the fact that some programmers can get jobs (or work independently) without a degree or formal training because their skills are in-demand.
Of the 15 metros with the most computer and IT degrees in 2012, 10 saw decreases from their 2003 totals. That includes New York City (a 52% drop), San Francisco (55%), Atlanta (33%), Miami (32%), and Los Angeles (31%).
via In the Spotlight: Higher Ed Degree Output by Field and Metro | Newgeography.com.
Experiences with Media Computation at U. Adelaide
Katrina Falkner has written up an excellent reflection (with gorgeous example student work) on her new MediaComp course at the University of Adelaide. I loved the artwork she shared, and I was particularly struck by the points she made about the value of "slowness" of the language, the challenges of helping students decontextualize programming after learning MediaComp, and the students complaining about using a curriculum "not invented here."
The students didn't really like working with Jython as it was very slow, but this had an unintended consequence, in that they became aware of the efficiency of their algorithms. I don't think I have ever taught a first year course where students introduced efficiency as a discussion point on their own initiative. However, when working with their own images, which could sometimes be huge, they had to start thinking about whether there was a better way of solving their problems. I think this was a big win.
Creativity and ownership. The last assignment we ran was a group assignment, where the students had to develop a piece of art using and extending the techniques they had learnt in the course. This was fantastic. We had run a similar assignment in previous years where the students developed JavaScript games, and that worked reasonably well, but I think Media Computation produced a better result as the outcomes were more individual, and creative. The students had a lot more fun sharing their results.
via Experiences with Media Computation | Katrina Falkner.
The challenges of integrated engineering education
I spent a couple days at Michigan State University (July 11-12) learning about integrated engineering education. The idea of integrated engineering education is to get students to see how the mathematics and physics (and other requirements) fit into their goals of becoming engineers. In part, it's a response to students learning calculus here and physical principles there, but having no idea what role they play when it comes to design and solving real engineering problems. (Computer science hasn't played a significant role in previous experiments in integrated engineering education, but if one were to do it today, you probably would include CS — that's why I was invited, as someone interested in CS for other disciplines.) The results of integrated engineering education are positive, including higher retention (a pretty consistent result across all the examples we saw), higher GPA's (often), and better learning (some data).
But these programs rarely last. A program at U. Massachusetts-Dartmouth is one of the longest running (9 years), but it's gone through extensive revision — not clear it's the same program. These are hard programs to get set up. It is an even bigger challenge to sustain them.
The programs lie across a spectrum of integration. The most intense was a program at Rose-Hulman that lasted for five years. All the core first year engineering courses were combined in a single 12 credit hour course, co-taught by faculty from all the relevant disciplines. That's tight integration. On the other end is a program at Wright State University, where the engineering faculty established a course on "Engineering Math" that meets Calculus I requirements for Physics, but is all about solving problems (e.g., using real physical units) that involve calculus. The students still take Calculus I, but later. The result is higher retention and students who get the purpose for the mathematics — but at a cost of greater disconnect between Engineering and mathematics. (No math faculty are involved in the Engineering Math course.)
My most significant insight was: The greater the integration, the greater the need for incentives. And the greater the need for the incentives, the higher in the organization you need support. If you just want to set up a single course to help Engineers understand problem-solving with mathematics, you can do that with your department or school, and you only have to provide incentives to a single faculty member each year. If you want to do something across departments, you need greater incentives to keep it going, and you'll need multiple chairs or deans. If you want a 12 credit hour course that combines four or five disciplines, maybe you need the Provost or President to make it happen and keep it going.
Overall, I wasn't convinced that integrated engineering education efforts are worth the costs. Are the results that we have merely a Hawthorne effect? It's hard to sustain integrated anything in American universities (as Cuban told us in "How Scholars Trumped Teachers"). (Here's an interesting review of Cuban's book.) Retention is good and important (especially of women and under-represented students), but if Engineering programs are already over-subscribed (which many in the workshop were), then why improvement retention of students in the first year if there is no space for them in the latter years? Integration probably leads to better learning, but there are deeper American University structural problems to fix first, which would reduce the costs in doing the right things for learning.
Carl Wieman Finds Colleges Resist Measuring Teaching
I've just started my subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the first print issue I received had a great article about Carl Wieman, whom I have written about previously (here and here and here, for just three). The story (online here: Crusader for Better Science Teaching Finds Colleges Slow to Change – Government – The Chronicle of Higher Education) was about his efforts to get the White House to measure teaching practices.
At the White House, Mr. Wieman tried to figure out what might actually get colleges and their faculty members to adopt proven teaching practices. His centerpiece idea was that American colleges and universities, in order to remain eligible for the billions of dollars the federal government spends annually on scientific research, should be required to have their faculty members spend a few minutes each year answering a questionnaire that would ask about their usual types of assignments, class materials, student interaction, and lecture and discussion styles.
Mr. Wieman believed that a moment or two of pondering such concepts might lead some instructors to reconsider their approaches. Also, Mr. he says, data from the responses might give parents and prospective students the power to choose colleges that use the most-proven teaching methods. He hoped the survey idea could be realized as either an act of Congress or a presidential executive order.
I hadn't heard about this survey, but my immediate thought was, "What a great idea!" We need better ways to measure teaching (like with Sadler's recent work), and this seems like a great first step. I was surprised to read the response
College leaders derided it as yet another unnecessary intrusion by government into academic matters.
"Linking federal funding for scientific research to pedagogical decisions of the faculty would have set a terrible precedent for policy makers," said Princeton University's Shirley M. Tilghman, one of several presidents of major research institutions who wrote to the White House to complain about Mr. Wieman's idea. "It is naïve to think that the 'surveys' will not have consequences down the line."
Wouldn't "consequences" be a good thing? Shouldn't we reward schools that are doing more to improve teaching and adopt better practices? Shouldn't we incentivize schools to do better at teaching? I guess I'm the one who is naïve — I was surprised that there was so much resistance. In the end, Wieman lost the battle. He's now left the White House, dealing with multiple myeloma.
Perhaps the saddest line in the piece is this one:
"I'm not sure what I can do beyond what I've already done," Mr. Wieman says.
Is it really impossible to get universities to take teaching seriously?
New book: "A practical guide to gender diversity for CS faculty"
Diana Franklin has just published a new book with Morgan & Claypool, A Practical Guide to Gender Diversity for Computer Science Faculty. This is exciting to see. I can't recommend it yet, just because I haven't read it. What's great is that it's a book on how to teach computing — and there are just far too few of those. Other than the Logo books and the Guide to Teaching CS (from Orit Hazzan et al.), there's not much to help new CS teachers. So glad that Diana has written this book!
Computer science faces a continuing crisis in the lack of females pursuing and succeeding in the field. Companies may suffer due to reduced product quality, students suffer because educators have failed to adjust to diverse populations, and future generations suffer due to a lack of role models and continued challenges in the environment. In this book, we draw on the latest research in sociology, psychology, and education to first identify why we should be striving for gender diversity (beyond social justice), refuting misconceptions about the differing potentials between females and males. We then provide a set of practical types (with brief motivations) for improving your work with undergraduates taking your courses. This is followed by in-depth discussion of the research behind the tips, presenting obstacles that females face in a number of areas. Finally, we provide tips for advising undergraduate independent projects or graduate students, supporting female faculty, and initiatives requiring action at the institutional level (department or above).
via Morgan & Claypool Publishers – Synthesis Lectures on Professionalism and Career Advancement for Scientists and Engineers – 1(2):1 – Abstract.
Survey finds presidents are skeptical on MOOCs
Interesting results! My President is gung-ho on MOOCs (e.g., sending email out saying that half of the University System of Georgia schools will cease to exist in their current form over the next five years), as is my Provost and my Dean (who sends articles about MOOCs to the faculty weekly). Maybe that's not so common?
"Based on these findings, it's clear that the U.Va. situation is just a canary in the coal mine," said Brandon H. Busteed, executive director of Gallup Education. "College presidents, writ large, are extremely skeptical about the value of MOOCs as it relates to reducing cost, improving quality, and even expanding reach. And with governing boards that have strong business backgrounds and have been reading all of Clay Christensen's writing about how online education and MOOCs will change the world, there's bound to be big clashes ahead at most — not just some — institutions."
via Survey finds presidents are skeptical on MOOCs | Inside Higher Ed.


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Reports earlier this month suggested PSG were looking to increase Thiago Silva's earnings to counter any possible bid from Barcelona.
L'Equipe report today that an agreement has been reached to raise the 28-year-old's earnings by around €2m to a total annual salary of €12m and to extend his deal by a further year through to June 2018.
PSG are also reportedly in negotiations to hand Zlatan Ibrahimovic a new deal, to increase his salary from €14m a year to either €15m or €16m.
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�American Promise� airs Feb. 3 on the �POV� showcase. �Spies of Mississippi� will air Feb. 10 on the �Independent Lens� program.
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Sponsored by NNPC/Mobil Joint Venture and facilitated by Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) Akwa Ibom State branch, at Government Secondary School, Afaha-Eket in Eket, touched on subject areas of English Studies, Mathematics, Basic Science and Technology and Civil Education, with
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Crustless Swiss Chard Quiche
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 45 mins
I have been working on perfecting the perfect crustless quiche recipe for years. I always use spinach, but I bought some Rainbow Swiss Chard at the local farmer's market today, and I thought I'd give it a try in quiche. I used Rainbow Chard (pink/yellow/white/orange stems---- BEAUTIFUL), but you can use any chard (or try substituting other greens) I do notice that fresh greens give a much better taste than frozen greens though!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 sweet onion
- 1⁄2 bunch swiss chard
- 2 1⁄2 cups shredded cheese
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup skim milk
- salt
- pepper
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Wash and dry swiss chard. Cut off the very ends of the stems. Roughly chop (leaving stems intact) the chard.
- Add onion and Chard to the oil and saute until stems are tender (do not overcook). Add salt & pepper to taste.
- Meanwhile, grate 2.5 cups of cheese. Use whatever varieties you want/have. Be creative! I used Swiss, Cheddar, Parmesan, and Cojito.
- Wisk eggs. Add milk and cheese. Fold in the onion/chard mixture. Add salt & pepper to taste, if necessary.
- Pour into a pie dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and no liquid seeps when you poke it with a knife.
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Wonderful! I'm not a big fan of "greens", so this was a great way to utilize the Rainbow Chard from my CSA. I sauteed 1.25 lb of chard with a whole sweet onion and a few sliced garlic cloves. With so much chard, I used 6 eggs and 1.5 cup skim milk. I whisked about 1 Tbs of homemade pesto into the egg mixture. Yum! I used a combination of Swiss and Italian Blend shredded cheeses with a bit of leftover crumbled feta. I baked this in a 10" square CorningWare casserole for 45 minutes. Infinitely adaptable!
This is a fantastic recipe! I get a lot of chard from my CSA, and this is a great way to use it! And, the recipe is incredibly easy - takes no time at all to make this. I've pretty much followed the recipe - but I do use an entire bunch of chard instead of half, and I experiment with the cheeses (basically whatever I have on hand goes in), and it always comes out great. I've done a mozzarella/cheddar combo, cheddar only, and this last time I used feta and cheddar with great results. I once used spinach instead of chard for a New Year's brunch (I was afraid people might balk at the idea of chard), and I received compliments on that as well. I'm going to try it with shredded zucchini next - just got a ton of that from the CSA :)
This was incredible and SO easy! I actually cut the stems out of the chard, chopped them and cooked them a bit first, then I added the leaves. I subbed 1 leak for the onion. I used Trader Joe's Iberico cheese (like a manchego) and parm because that's what I had on hand. LOVE LOVE LOVED this recipe! Will definitely make for brunch, dinner, or even breakfast at work!


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Athens, GA - Georgia junior Kristie Krueger was named the Southeastern Conference Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after her dominating finish at the NCAA Pre-Nationals over the weekend, according to a league announcement.
Krueger, a 5-7 native of Argyle, Texas, registered a career-best time of 20:30.1 to finish ninth out of 274 competitors at the 6k NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. This was the best finish by an SEC runner by 35 spots and helped set the tone for the coming SEC Championships.
After clocking the second-best 6k time in the league this season, Krueger boosted her team into a 17th-place finish at the meet, which is a two-spot improvement from its 2009 finish. Her finish marks the best place and best time by a Georgia woman in the last five seasons at the NCAA Pre-Nationals.
Krueger has now led the Lady Bulldogs in all three meets she has competed in with a trio of top-10 finishes.
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James Forrest has been passed fit for Celtic's Champions League game against AC Milan on Tuesday.
The winger missed the weekend victory over Aberdeen with a hamstring injury but trained on Monday.
Midfielders Scott Brown and Nir Biton are suspended and long-term absentees Adam Matthews (shoulder) and Steven Mouyokolo (Achilles) remain sidelined.
Celtic squad: Forster, Lustig, Ambrose, van Dijk, Izaguirre, Mulgrew, Commons, Ledley, Kayal, Stokes, Rogic, Balde, Pukki, Boerrigter, Forrest, McGeouch, Fisher, Zaluska.
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Warning's goal came on a three-on-two rush for Minnesota and the forward collected the pass on the ride side of the ice and blasted a shot past SCSU's Ryan Faragher to stun the SCSU fans. Ben Hanowski scored both goals in the game for the Huskies, and had the lone tally in Friday's loss.
The Huskies were aided by the return of Mike Lee in goal. The junior captain took the loss but played well in Friday's game. However, with SCSU already depleted at forward, the Huskies were without the services of Travis Novak Saturday after he injured his leg in Friday's game. He will be reevaluated this week.
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The Gustavus Music Colloquium Series
Including Concert and Recital Attendance Requirements
Section Contents
- Purpose and Introduction
- Requirements for the Music Major
- Additional Concert and Recital Requirements
- Current Colloquium Series Schedule
The purpose of the Department of Music Colloquium Series is to offer presentations and performances that will significantly develop the art of music listening in our music majors and explore the role and responsibility of the listener in "the holy triangle of composer, performer, listener – Britten"
The Colloquium Series
The on-campus CS events are open for anyone to attend.
For the scholarly community of music majors, listening is not a passive process. It is an art that requires acute aural skill development and substantial knowledge of the art form. The Colloquium Series is offered by the Music Department as a scholars' forum for the examination of the various aspects of this essential element in the music major's musicianship. Faculty, guest artists, visiting scholars, or students will address a variety of topics, most often in a pre-concert format that will enhance the listening experience of a cited performance. The greater Saint Peter community is also invited to attend.
CS Requirements of the Music Major
- Declared Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Music Majors are required to attend 7 CS events each semester in residence. Most CS events will have a cited performance and in this case the major is required to attend both the CS and the cited performance.
- A CS and a cited performance will satisfy a CS and a Concert/Recital Attendance requirement. A CS without a cited performance only counts as a CS.
- Dr. Wang will have an attendance sheet at the performance site for majors to sign. The Master Record will be kept in the Music Office. If a student has an unavoidable conflict with attending the performance related to the CS, the student shall see Dr. Wang for an excused absence.
- Majors may see Dr. Wang for pre-approval to attend an off-campus event and receive credit for a CS.
- Students who perform on a small portion of a CS concert or recital and spend the bulk of their time as an audience member, may contact Dr. Wang in advance for possible credit.
- In addition, Majors shall choose one CS event with a performance each semester and write a 2-3 page, 12 font, double-spaced reflective paper. Comments will include the cited performance. Students will turn the paper into Dr, Wang no later than two weeks before the end of the semester. The paper may be returned for a rewrite
- Grading – Students who do not fulfill the requirement will have their final lesson grade lowered accordingly by one letter grade increment (e.g. A- to B+) per missing CS.
- Note - The Concert/Recital Attendance requirement and other Area specific requirements are in addition to the CS requirement
Additional Concert and Recital Requirements
- Requirement - All students registered for private lessons are required to attend 7 concerts or recitals (CRs) as an audience member each semester in residence. (Please contact your instructor in advance about credit if you perform on a small portion of a concert or recital and spend the bulk of your time in the audience.)
- Attendance Record - The student's lesson instructor maintains the attendance record. The student will turn in a program to receive credit for attendance.
- Grading - Students who do not fulfill the CR requirement will have their final lesson grade lowered accordingly by one letter grade increment (e.g. A- to B+) per missing C.
- CS for Non-Majors - Non-majors who attend a Music Major CS event and the cited performance will receive credit for two CRs. The student will submit a performance program and the hand out from the CS.
- Music Majors - Music Majors may use the performance of a CS Event to count for a CR credit.
- Area Requirements – Specific Area related requirements are in addition to the CR requirement.
- CR Credit Off Campus – contact your lesson instructor ahead of time for possible credit.
Check the Fine Arts Calendar for on-campus events to attend.
Colloquium Series Schedule for 2015-16
This schedule is updated regularly, check back for changes!
1. Pedro de Alcantara, Alexander Technique Teacher, Monday Sept. 21, 7:00-9:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
2. Molly Clinefelter, mezzo-soprano, Friday, Oct. 2, 2:30-3:30 PM, FAM 308
Recital: Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
3. Emily Onderacek Peterson, Monday, Oct. 5, 7:30-8:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
"New Music and Extended Techniques for Strings"
Performance: Nobel Concert, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 8:00 PM, Christ Chapel
4. Karim Elmahmoudi, composer, Wed. Oct. 7, 5:20-6:20 PM, FAM 106 (band room)
5. David Folland, American Luthier, Friday, Oct. 9, 2:30-4:30 PM, Interpretive Center, Linnaeus Arboretum
6. Kalevi Kiviniemi, organist, Friday, Oct. 16, 2:30-3:30 PM, Christ Chapel
"The Art of Improvisation"
Bonus Performance! with cantor Jukka Pietilä: Friday, Oct. 16, 7:30 PM, Christ Chapel
7. The Metropolitan Opera Simulcast:
Otello, Sat. Oct. 17 at 11:55 AM or Wed. Oct. 21 at 6:30 PM
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8. Voz en Punto, Monday, Nov. 16, 3:30-4:20 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
"Mexican Choral Music"
Performance: Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
9. Dr. James Griesheimer, music historian, will present a colloquium on Wed. Nov. 18, 8-9 PM, ROOM 308
Monday, February 29: Steve Heitzig, composer. 7:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
Friday, March 11: Minnesota Opera: Tosca
Students will attend a dress rehearsal, , 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Ordway Theatre, St. Paul
FREE Gustie MusicMajor student tickets, $10 Non-majors tickets, (transportation provided).
Monday, March 14: Maria Jette, soprano. Recital and colloquium at 7:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
Tuesday, March 22: James Patrick Miller, conductor (time and venue TBA),
"David Maslanka's 4th Symphony"
Friday, April 8: Pat O'Keefe, clarinet. 2:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
Sunday, April 10: Jazz pianist and composer Chuck Owen, 1:30 PM, FAM 103
Monday, May 2: Indigenous Swedish musician Sofia Jannock, 7:30 PM, Bjorling Recital Hall
Friday, May 6: Jazz piano/composer, Masayoshi Ishikawa, Friday, May 6, 2:30-3:30 PM, 319
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PSA Professional Sports Authenticator PSA DNA Authenticators Professional Sports Authenticator Inconsistent in grading Makes Grading Errors does not meet deliver dates Newport Beach, California
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I sent some cards in on Dec 28 2012 and by Jan 11 they did not indicate that they had even recieved it. After numerous calls I luckily had sent package registered and insured so knew it had been sitting there over a week. It was not until Jan 25th that they finally graded them that day. Not quite the 10 day turnaround I paid for. They claimed they were just too busy and said I should have written on the outside of the box my turnaround time. At very minimum they should have scanned the order in so at least I knew they had recieved it
I have also noticed a number of errors in their grading. I have opened boxes of packs and pulled duplicates out of the same box (different packs) and sent them in different orders to be graded and have had some come back as no grade saying evidence of trimming while the other got a grade of 8.
I have tried the same experiments with other cards and have found them to say one card was not the correct size. Yes these are cards from the 1960s I am not sure how accurate the cutters were back then but the point being grade the card. That is what I paid for.
Finally I opened a box of 86 Fleer and 2 packs had a Jordan Rookie. I sent one in and got a grade of 8 even though the card was mint 10. I sent the other in months later and they said it was N4 not authentic. They gave no reason for coming up with that incorrect grade. They did take my money and I did pay 28.55 in shipping for that card along with 10 other. No refund on any of that either. I called them and was treated very poorly by customer service and asked to speak with the customer service supervisor Laura R. she made all kinds of excuses and was very defensive. Interestingly she did not lose any out of pocket money and has not invested in a lot of cards that were graded by PSA. I guess I am starting to learn they are obviously understaffed and making HUGE mistakes in their grading and consistency.
Interesting point here is I have sent cards PSA claimed were tampered with to Beckett Graders and the cards came back with quick turnaround as advertised and good grades.
Very frustrating when you pull a card out of a pack, immediately send it to be graded and are then told it is improper size, has been trimmed or is a fake. To add insult to injury you had to pay up front first and do not get your money back and you wait 3 times as long as promissed. Go with a higher quality grader is my suggestion.
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I ordered a H20 5 in one mop for myself on the 01/02/13, I waited for at least a week and did not receive a parcel. I called the number that was on the website and I got through to them, I asked them about my purchase and they told me the same thing, "we have ran out of stock as it is a popular item and we will have more stock by the end of the week, you will receive your item on the 18th of February."
So I waited till the 18th to then find it still did not come, I thought i'd wait a day extra just in case it turns up.. and it didn't, I then went back on the website and looked for the number again and noticed it wasn't there, so I got the email address in stead, I emailed them and did not get a reply so I went back on the website again and tried to search for "H20 5 in one", and there was nothing there related to my search.
It then came to thought.. maybe I've been ripped off, I thought about it, when I was on the sight it said "in stock" and when the guy told me on their end that we have no stock I thought to my self that most sites when there is no stock they will either not advertise the product or will note beside it out of stock.
I Left the site and everyday for a week I called and called, no answer, yet the phone was ringing, and then I called again one day and the number was engaged and the website was non existent.
i don't think i'm going to get my money back either way but people like this need to be stopped!
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I'm glad friendly fire is off. I don't want to get killed by my teammates.
Why should they have to watch where they're firing? Simply because thats how it was in the other Halos? I for one like being able to bail out a teammate with a grenade, or vice versa. I just can't really see a situation like the incineration cannon one above really making a difference. Okay, so four guys are surrounding you close quarters and their teammate shoots an incineration cannon and kills you....so? You were gonna die anyway. Even if there was only one, you were probably gonna die, whether he used a dmr to pick you off or a cannon. The only difference is you MIGHT have gotten that kill and even then you wouldn't have earned it, he'd just be dying from his teammates over-aggression. If you're good and playing at a competitive level, most people are just gonna pick you off with the dmr anyway.In the other Halos if a teammate was in trouble close quarters you either threw a grenade, sacrificing your teammate but getting the kill for a zero sum, or you tried to pick him off, but risked your teammate dying and the enemy getting away. Yeah its a different dynamic but I don't see how it somehow allows true skill to come out except in the most minor form in particular situations. Its just different now and its the same for everybody. Even skilled players can be saved by a teammate, good or bad, chucking a grenade over in your area because they know you're in trouble.
I'd rather 343 work on perfecting and already amazing game than wasting their time adding back in a feature that does not affect gameplay whatsoever
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