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The Voice of Whittier,College Since 1914 Thursday, February 8 . 2007 Issue 15-Volume 93 REBECCA DEITCH / QC PHOTO EDITOR This Broadoaks student is one of the 300 enrolled at the school who are seen playing everyday around the Whittier College campus. Broadoaks celebrates 100 years of teaching children during a four-day conference starting on Thursday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 18. New VP of Advancement to begin position March 12 Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor Although the new Vice President of Advancement Elizabeth Power Robison will begin her position on Monday, March 12, she explains that she is focused on increasing the contribution to the Whittier Fund. The former Vice President of Advancement Bedford Mcintosh left Whittier to assume a vice presidency at Loyola Marymount University, his last day was Monday Jan. 1. Mcintosh left the institution after securing more than $5,000,000 of the renovation for the Campus Center and successfully completed Foundation Center for Library and Information Resources and Information Resources. Mcintosh was unavailable for comment. According to Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Susan Gotsch, Robison was her top choice out of all the /faf|/? of these institutions has its own culture and spim but one thing is consistent, a commitment to the value of a liberal arts education. Whittier's small student body size, its dedicated faculty who believe in the potential of each student, and its loyal alumni help define the College." has good ideas and quickly gets to the heart of the matter." Robison said, "I am privileged to have the opportunity to join President Herzberger as a member of the senior administration with the responsibility to lead the College's advancement program. Dr. Herzberger Elizbeth Power Robison Vice President of Advancement the fundraising for the Rose Hills • candidates. "I think she will be wonderful for the College," she said. "She is already thinking ahead and working closely with several members of the Senior Staff. She has set an ambitious agenda for the College and I look forward to working with all of my colleagues to help her advance the institution." According to Robison, her immediate goal is to increase the number of alumni who contribute to the Whittier Fund each year and encourage alumni engagement see ADVANCEMNET, page 4 QC@WHITTIER.EDU Broadoaks to celebrate 100 year anniversary Justin Velasco QC News Editor In 1906, Miss Ada Brooks, a public school teacher in Pasadena, took in an abandoned child about to be orphaned. Within three years Brooks and her sister, Miss Imelda Brooks, took in five other children otherwise homeless and decided to build a home for their new "family" on La Loma Road near a seven-branched live oak. but they all said yes, so we needed to do something a bit bigger," Wagner said. Wagner makes note that the events that would interest the general public would be the personal childhood recollections of Katz who survived World War II living in London, and Mass about being a Japanese-American child incarcerated in the American concentration camps. The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College works as an academic program that serves about one fourth of Whittier College students. Students We start with what children can do as the launching pad and then you find their passion. Our job is to find ways to capitalize on what they are already interested in." Judith Wagner Professor of Child Development and Education and Director of The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College This was the birth of the Broadoaks Elementary School that has in the past 100 years grown to about 300 students and was moved to the Whittier College campus in 1944. From Thursday, Feb. 15 to Sunday Feb. 18, Broadoaks will be celebrating their 100th anniversary with a four-day conference consisting of presentations, fireside chats and thematic group discussions about equity and social justice for children. Prestigious scholars in childhood development such as Amy Mass, Rebecca Bigler, Patrice Engle, Sandra Graham, Lilian Katz, Jean Phinney and Claude Steele will be giving speeches and personal accounts. According to Professor of Child Deveopment and Education and Director of The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College Dr. Judith Wagner, the four-day event is not just a celebration but also an academic experience for the College. When planning the event, Wagner didn't expect it to turn into a conference. "I emailed six of the [speakers] thinking one of them would come, from a wide variety of majors spend their time with the children at Broadoaks studying their development, learning processes and psychology. Last year over 367 students from 32 classes clocked over 8,200 hours working at Broadoaks. "We exist on campus as a learning laboratory," Wagner said. The elementary school also has a faculty student research team that will be presenting their work "Age and Ethnicity as Factors in Children's Identification of Strangers, Dangerous Strangers and Stay-safe Strategies" during a poster presentation in the Shannon Center lobby on Friday, Feb. 16 at 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. As an elementary school, Wagner says Broadoaks practices a "take them as they come" policy to acquiring students. Over 70 percent of the student body comes from ethnic minority families, and some have learning disabilities. Wagner explains that Broadoaks uses a strength development based approach to learning. "We start see BROADOAKS, page 4 CRIBS Don'tcha wish your dorm room was hot like this? Check out this pad. Campus Life, Page 9 ROMANCE MOVIES Check out our picks for romantic flicks. Yes, someone reviewed The Terminator. A&E, Page 11
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Title | The QC, Vol. 93, No. 15 • February 8, 2007 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | February 8, 2007 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
Type | image |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-11-20 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2007_02_08_001 |
OCR | The Voice of Whittier,College Since 1914 Thursday, February 8 . 2007 Issue 15-Volume 93 REBECCA DEITCH / QC PHOTO EDITOR This Broadoaks student is one of the 300 enrolled at the school who are seen playing everyday around the Whittier College campus. Broadoaks celebrates 100 years of teaching children during a four-day conference starting on Thursday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 18. New VP of Advancement to begin position March 12 Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor Although the new Vice President of Advancement Elizabeth Power Robison will begin her position on Monday, March 12, she explains that she is focused on increasing the contribution to the Whittier Fund. The former Vice President of Advancement Bedford Mcintosh left Whittier to assume a vice presidency at Loyola Marymount University, his last day was Monday Jan. 1. Mcintosh left the institution after securing more than $5,000,000 of the renovation for the Campus Center and successfully completed Foundation Center for Library and Information Resources and Information Resources. Mcintosh was unavailable for comment. According to Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Susan Gotsch, Robison was her top choice out of all the /faf|/? of these institutions has its own culture and spim but one thing is consistent, a commitment to the value of a liberal arts education. Whittier's small student body size, its dedicated faculty who believe in the potential of each student, and its loyal alumni help define the College." has good ideas and quickly gets to the heart of the matter." Robison said, "I am privileged to have the opportunity to join President Herzberger as a member of the senior administration with the responsibility to lead the College's advancement program. Dr. Herzberger Elizbeth Power Robison Vice President of Advancement the fundraising for the Rose Hills • candidates. "I think she will be wonderful for the College," she said. "She is already thinking ahead and working closely with several members of the Senior Staff. She has set an ambitious agenda for the College and I look forward to working with all of my colleagues to help her advance the institution." According to Robison, her immediate goal is to increase the number of alumni who contribute to the Whittier Fund each year and encourage alumni engagement see ADVANCEMNET, page 4 QC@WHITTIER.EDU Broadoaks to celebrate 100 year anniversary Justin Velasco QC News Editor In 1906, Miss Ada Brooks, a public school teacher in Pasadena, took in an abandoned child about to be orphaned. Within three years Brooks and her sister, Miss Imelda Brooks, took in five other children otherwise homeless and decided to build a home for their new "family" on La Loma Road near a seven-branched live oak. but they all said yes, so we needed to do something a bit bigger," Wagner said. Wagner makes note that the events that would interest the general public would be the personal childhood recollections of Katz who survived World War II living in London, and Mass about being a Japanese-American child incarcerated in the American concentration camps. The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College works as an academic program that serves about one fourth of Whittier College students. Students We start with what children can do as the launching pad and then you find their passion. Our job is to find ways to capitalize on what they are already interested in." Judith Wagner Professor of Child Development and Education and Director of The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College This was the birth of the Broadoaks Elementary School that has in the past 100 years grown to about 300 students and was moved to the Whittier College campus in 1944. From Thursday, Feb. 15 to Sunday Feb. 18, Broadoaks will be celebrating their 100th anniversary with a four-day conference consisting of presentations, fireside chats and thematic group discussions about equity and social justice for children. Prestigious scholars in childhood development such as Amy Mass, Rebecca Bigler, Patrice Engle, Sandra Graham, Lilian Katz, Jean Phinney and Claude Steele will be giving speeches and personal accounts. According to Professor of Child Deveopment and Education and Director of The Broadoaks Children's School of Whittier College Dr. Judith Wagner, the four-day event is not just a celebration but also an academic experience for the College. When planning the event, Wagner didn't expect it to turn into a conference. "I emailed six of the [speakers] thinking one of them would come, from a wide variety of majors spend their time with the children at Broadoaks studying their development, learning processes and psychology. Last year over 367 students from 32 classes clocked over 8,200 hours working at Broadoaks. "We exist on campus as a learning laboratory," Wagner said. The elementary school also has a faculty student research team that will be presenting their work "Age and Ethnicity as Factors in Children's Identification of Strangers, Dangerous Strangers and Stay-safe Strategies" during a poster presentation in the Shannon Center lobby on Friday, Feb. 16 at 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. As an elementary school, Wagner says Broadoaks practices a "take them as they come" policy to acquiring students. Over 70 percent of the student body comes from ethnic minority families, and some have learning disabilities. Wagner explains that Broadoaks uses a strength development based approach to learning. "We start see BROADOAKS, page 4 CRIBS Don'tcha wish your dorm room was hot like this? Check out this pad. Campus Life, Page 9 ROMANCE MOVIES Check out our picks for romantic flicks. Yes, someone reviewed The Terminator. A&E, Page 11 |
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