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About The Gevirtz School
Centennial Celebration
The Gevirtz School Programs in Action: Opportunites to Experience the Future of Education
The Gevirtz School will offer three special events to which the public is invited to see how the school brings innovation, imagination, and inspiration to the field of education.
- Chemistry for 5th Grade: Motivation, Inspiration, and Achievement in the Physical Sciences
- Model Programs for Pre-Schoolers
- Using Smart Classroom Technology to Improve Teacher Preparation
This is a chance for people to get inside classrooms and the teaching process. To learn more about these events, see this descriptive flyer (pdf). Because of the intimate nature of these events, space is limited, so please RSVP to Nikkia Pannell (nikkia@education.ucsb.edu or 893-5994). Each event will feature discussion and refreshments.
Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman will deliver the Gevirtz Centennial Lecture
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will present a free public lecture on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:30 pm at UCSB Campbell Hall. This event is presented by the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara’s Critical Issues Forum, and UCSB Arts & Lectures. For more details, see a full press release in our news section of the site.
Mrs. Wright Edelman is:
- the author of 8 books including the new The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation
- a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- the first woman elected by alumni as a member of the Yale University Corporation
- the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar
Fulfilling a Mission of Scholarship, Research, and Service for a Century
During 2008-2009 the Gevirtz School will celebrate 100 years of preparing educators, as the Santa Barbara State Normal School was established as a two-year college program for training manual arts and home economics teachers in 1909. Our new building will open in time for the next school year, a cutting-edge new home for the school as we head into our second century.
Please return to this webpage to learn about all the events we are planning to celebrate our first 100 years.