Alumni & Friends

March 7, 2012 - Education Career Fair
Join us as students, recent graduates, and experienced practitioners to network during this one-day event. This event is designed to facilitate recruitment in the areas of Educational Technology, Educational Publishing, For-Profit, Higher Education, International Education Development, Museum Education, Not-For-Profit, and PreK-12 Educators. 
Hosted By:  TC Career Services
Time:  2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location:  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
Employer Registration Now Open here. Alumni and student registration, click here to register. For more information please contact Naomi Naiztat at (212) 678-3203 or naiztat@tc.edu.

March 22, 2012 - Annual Sachs Lecture
The Sachs Lecture Series was established in 1924 with the purpose of making it possible to bring distinguished visiting lecturers to campus. This year, Professor Pam Grossman, Professor of Education at Stanford University, will address The Future of Teacher Education.
Location: Teachers College    
Save the Date. More information to follow. RSVP here.                                     

March 23, 2012 - Annual Special Education Conference: When Worlds Collide 2012
The annual Conference sponsored by the Center for Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities of the Health and Behavior Studies Department at Teachers College will be held on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 9:30-3:30 in the Cowin Center.  This year’s theme continues to focus on: When Worlds Collide: Ongoing Challenges of Special Education in 2012.  It fosters dialogue between professionals and students on contemporary issues in special education.  The Conference also features the Leonard and Frances Blackman Lecture and this year’s speaker is Dr. Catherine Lord.  She is a clinical psychologist and a leading expert on autism.  She is best known for developing diagnostic standards for autism and new ways of teaching social and language skills.  She is the newly appointed Director of the Institute for Brain Development which will be located on the Westchester campus of New York–Presbyterian Hospital and will be staffed by faculty physicians from both Columbia and Cornell. There is no charge to attend any of the Conference events, but *registration is required*.
Hosted By:  Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities of the Health and Behavior Studies Department
Time:  9:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location:  Cowin Center
More information to follow or call the O&O Center at 212.678-3076.

March 26, 2012 - The Annual Tisch Lecture
Teachers College is honored to present Helen Clark, the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand and current Administrator of the UN Development Program, as this year's Distinguished Tisch Lecturer. Ms. Clark will speak on Education as a Driver of Economic and Social Development.
Location: Teachers College    
Save the Date. More information to follow. RSVP here.

 April 5, 2012 - International Week Student & Alumni Wine & Cheese Reception
Join the International Outreach Committee of the TC Alumni Association, International students & fellow alumni in celebrating International Week on campus. Celebrate the cultures of the world represented in TC's student body through the flavors of international wines and cheeses.
Hosted By: Alumni Council's International Outreach Committee, TC Offices of Alumni Relations & International Student Services
Location: Teachers College
Time: 6:00 p.m.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit www.tc.edu/calendar.htm?EventID=9847&date=/.
Join the dialogue on Twitter: #TCIntlMixer


April 21, 2012 - Academic Festival: Rewiring the Learning Landscape
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, will be presented with the Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service and will deliver the fourth annual Academic Festival Keynote Address. Additionally, TC Alumnus Matthew Pittinsky, CEO of Parchment & founder of Blackboard, Inc. will be honored with the Teachers College President's Medal of Excellence. Academic Festival, our signature homecoming event, is a day-long celebration of the rich intellectual traditions, past and present, that make TC the nation's leading school of education. Breakout sessions featuring TC faculty and alumni representative of all TC departments will offer interactive opportunities to learn and discuss the deeper ideas behind technology and its impact on the trajectory of learning. Topics will range from human connections and engaging with the world beyond ourselves to the evolution of learning spaces and social networks that will advance human development. The Alumni Association will be honoring the Distinguished Alumni & Early Career Awardees at lunch. Stay tuned as we unveil the full list of speakers and sessions.
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Teachers College
Save the Date. Visit www.tc.edu/festival for more information.
Join the dialogue on Twitter: #TCAcFest

May 23 - TC in DC "Making a Difference:  The Nuts and Bolts of Social Entrepreneurship"
The regional group of Teachers College, Columbia University alumni in Washington, DC invites you to join us for a panel called "Making a Difference:  The Nuts and Bolts of Social Entrepreneurship."  The purpose of this panel is to highlight the exciting entrepreneurial work of TC and Columbia grads who are social entrepreneurs, i.e., people who recognize a social problem and use entrepreneurial principles to achieve social change.  We have already lined up two fantastic social entrepreneurs to speak on the panel:
Dr. Ruth Lubic, Founder of the DC Birth Center, who has been featured on CBS News and is the winner of a MacArthur genius grant, and Deborah Dantzer Williams, Director of the Inspired Teaching School, a groundbreaking new charter school in Washington, DC.
Hosted by: TC in DC (DC Regional Group) and Office of Alumni Relations
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: DC Location TBD
For more information or to RSVP, please visitwww.tc.edu/calendar.htm?EventID=10461&date=/.

July 26-28, 2012 - Superintendents and Aspiring Superintendents Work Conference
Join TC for the 69th Annual Superintendents and Aspiring Superintendents Work Conference. Some of the many topics to be discussed include Implementing successful community engagement strategies, Educational innovation for student performance and Rethinking Teacher Evaluations.
Location: Teachers  College
Save the Date. More information to follow.

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