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A leading education blog run by the San Franciso-based Center for Science and Mathematics Education recently posted a lengthy excerpt from Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, co-edited by CME Dean Julia Christensen Hughes. Under the heading Why Are Students So Passive?, the posting refers to Taking Stock as “an excellent new book” on post-secondary pedagogy and introduces the excerpt from Maryellen Weimer, professor emeritus of Teaching and Learning at The Pennsylvania State University.

Self-described as a “runner, unschooler and entrepreneur,” Michael Lewkowitz gave an engaging presentation to CME students and faculty Monday night at the University Club.

Sylvain Charlebois, CME’s associate dean of research and graduate studies, is a man in demand these days with relation to the proposed takeover of Potash Corp. by Australian mining firm BHP Billiton.  With the proposed deal appearing to pit Saskatchewan’s provincial government against the federal government, the story has quickly developed national prominence.

Hospitality and Tourism Management professor Marion Joppe presented a paper today to the Tourism Committee of the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The committee was meeting at the organization’s conference in Jerusalem, an event hosted by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development.

For three CME graduates taking part in Fall Convocation 2010, Saturday’s ceremony represented more than just the completion of an academic degree. It was also their reward for taking a chance two years prior, when they declared their intention to major in a designation that didn’t yet exist.

The faces of CME’s best and brightest are even more present in and around Guelph this month, with Housing and Tourism Management students gracing the cover of the October issue of SNAP Guelph. The photo-centric monthly newspaper chronicles community events in and around Guelph.

Community Foundations of Canada bills itself as being committed to “taking the pulse of Canadian communities.” So when, as part of its Canada’s Vital Signs 2010, the organization sought to make sense of the Canadian home-ownership boom between 2001 and 2006, they looked no further than Jane Londerville, CME’s interim Chair of Marketing and Consumer Studies. Read full article on Community Foundations of Canada website

Sylvain Charlebois, CME Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, is featured in a recent report from CBC British Columbia on the safety of organic foods. In the report, Charlebois argues that the rapid growth in the number of organic farms has led to risks to consumers not being properly managed.

The report is part of CBC British Columbia’s Appetite for Safety series, which probes all aspects of food safety in Canada.

A leading Canadian researcher and consultant in the field of e-learning and distance has given a favourable review of Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (McGill-Queen’s University Press), the 2010 book co-edited by Joy Mighty and CME Dean Julia Christensen Hughes.

The collection of essays from international pedagogical scholars stemmed from a research symposium held at the University of Guelph in 2008.