American feminist, educator, and philosopher Nel Noddings, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University, will speak at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Thursday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., on the upper deck of the Amsler Campus Center, as part of Leadership Academy, a program of MCLA’s Graduate Studies in Education.
The event is free and open to the public. Noddings, who is known for her work in philosophy of education, educational theory, and ethics of care, will return to MCLA to speak on Tuesday, July 17, during the second session of Leadership Academy.
Participants in this summer’s Leadership Academy at MCLA will read Nodding’s latest book, “Critical Lessons: What Our Schools Should Teach,†which focuses upon the critical thinking skills that high school teachers should encourage in students.
The author of 14 books, Noddings received a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physical science from Montclair State College in New Jersey, a Master’s degree in mathematics from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University.
She spent 23 years as an elementary and high school mathematics teacher and school administrator before earning her doctorate and beginning work as an academic. In 1977, she because a member of the Stanford faculty. While at Stanford, she received awards for teaching excellence in 1981, 1982 and 1997, and was the associate dean or acting dean of the School of Education for four years. After leaving Stanford University, Noddings held positions at Columbia University and Colgate University, and in 2002-2003 she held the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education at Eastern Michigan University.
In addition to her books, Noddings is the author of some 200 articles and chapters on a variety of topics, ranging from the ethics of care to mathematical problem solving. Her latest books are “Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy,†“Educating Moral People: A Caring Alternative to to Character Education†and “Happiness and Education.â€
The Noddings lectures will be presented in part through the generosity of the Mervin Wineberg Memorial Endowment. For more information, contact the Office of Lifelong Learning, (413) 662-5543, or go to www.mcla.edu .
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Retired Clarksburg Police Chief Reflects on Career
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Michael Williams signed off shift for the final time on Friday after nearly 40 years as a police officer in Clarksburg.
He retired 100 years after the Police Department was established with the appointment of Police Chief George Warren Hall of Briggsville, a former constable and a selectmen.
Williams joined the force on a "fluke" as a part-time officer in 1985 and became chief in 2003. Like in many small towns, public employees tend to wear many hats and take on outside tasks and the chief gradually took on other duties ranging from emergency management director to backup town treasurer.
During his tenure, he saw the police offices in lower level of Town Hall remodeled to provide safer and more efficient use for officers and the public, the police garage redone and new cruisers put on the road. Williams has also seen changes in policing from mainly catching speeders when he first signed on to issues with domestic abuse and drug use.
The police force itself had dwindled down from six to eight officers and a sergeant to the chief and one part-time officer. With Williams' departure on Friday, the Clarksburg Police Department ceased to exist for the first time in decades.
The Select Board last week voted to suspend operations and rely on the State Police for coverage, but have already asked if Williams could continue in some a part-time capacity.
His last official act as chief was escorting the remains of a World War II casualty missing for 82 years.
He retired 100 years after the Police Department was established with the appointment of Police Chief George Warren Hall of Briggsville, a former constable and a selectmen.
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