MIT Student News & Events

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Current Student News

MIT fall Social is scheduled for Dec. 5th, 6:00 PM at Dr. Moallem's house. Children and significant others are welcome. For more information please contact Beth Allred.

Spring MIT social was at Beth Allred’s house on April 11th, from 6:00-until.  Join to celebrate with those students who will be finishing COMPS.

MIT Socials for 2007-2008

8/31/07 MIT Orientation, WSE, Room 337

9/21/07 Kick Off the Semester at Sheri Anderson House

12/15/07 Semester wrap up Social Dr. Moallem's House

3/14/08 Spring Social TBA

5/10/06 End of year Social TBA

Spring 2009

Congratulations to Sheri Anderson for her new position as the Instructional Designer/Faculty Liaison with Academic Affairs, UNCW. (4/20/09)

Fall 2008

MIT program is pleased to announce offering a new course on Educational Gaming and Simulations. The course will be offered in spring of 2009 (MIT 595). Interested individuals should contact Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt for more information. (11/18/08)

Congratulations to Aixia Zhang for her Instructional Designer position at New Mexico Department of Health. Aixia graduated from the MIT program in May 2008. (12/10/08)

Spring 2008

Congratulations to the following MIT students who have successfully completed their program and received their degrees on Dec. 2007 Elizabeth Bailey, Tammy Clark, Shellie Moore, Marolyn Schauss, Suesan Sullivan and Aixia Zhang. (Posted 1/3/08)

1/25/08 MIT Spring Social, 6:00-8:00PM.  Theme:  All kinds of games.  Bring one of your favorite board/card/or electronic games to play and share with other students. For more information contact Beth Allred.

Fall 2007

Dr. Ulku Yaylacicegi, Assistant Professor Information Systems and Operations Management will be presenting at MIT 540: Colloquium I Seminar.  The presentation topic is Information Security Management. All interested students and faculty are invited to attend. Thursday Nov. 15, 5:15 to 6:45 Pm, Education Building, Room 337. (Posted 11/9/07)

Congratulations to Patrick Gunn for his promotion to a new position as eLearning Development Consultant for the Business Markets Group Sales Training Department at AT&T. (Posted 10/26/07)

Ms. Jeannette King, the Co-founder and President of SpecialtySoft, a Wilmington, NC based software development company will be presenting at MIT 540: Colloquium I Seminar.  All interested students and faculty are invited to attend. Thursday Oct. 4th, 5:00 to 6:30Pm, Education Building, Room 337. (Posted 10/04/07)

MIT Social is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 21st 6:00PM. Sheri Anderson’s House…hosted by Beth and Sheri. Contact Sheri or Beth for more information. (Posted 09/01/07)

Congratulations to Bethann Winzeler for her position as a Computer Resource Teacher at Noble middle school. (Posted 8/31/07)

Spring 2007

MIT program welcomes its new faculty and students. MIT fall Orientation event Friday Aug. 31, 3:30 to 5:30pm. (Posted 7/27/07)

Invited Talk by Alan Kay, Monday, July 30, 2007, Time: 6:00 pm, Location: CIS 1008. Alan Kay is one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, personal computing, and graphical user interfaces. (Posted 7/27/07)

Congratulations to Kristine Rose for her position at PPD in Wilmington. Kristine was offered to work in the Gov/NGO Division at PPD as a Systems Support Coordinator starting June 25th. Kristine graduated in May 2007 . (Posted 6/15/07)

Congratulations to Nicole Dalton for her Instructional Designer position at PPD in Raleigh. (Posted 5/25/07)

Congratulations to Patrick Gunn. He received his second Exceeding Expectations Award at AT&T Quarterly meeting for his relationships and client service. Patrick was also offered, and expected a temporary promotion to Manager of Curriculum Design. (Posted 5/25/07)

Congratulations to Duane Thomas for his Instructional Designer position at AT&T. Duane has just graduated form our program (May 2007). (Posted 5/18/07)

Congratulations to Nik Smith Hummicutt for his Instructional Technology Consultant in the School of Education at UNC-G. Nik has just graduated form our program (May 2007). (Posted 5/18/07)

Congratulations to Kristen Parker (Lee) for her new position. Kristen accepted an Instructional Curriculum Designer and Developer at TIAA-CREF in Charlotte, NC. ((Posted 5/18/07)

Congratulations to Duane Thomas, Kristine Rose and Nik Smith-Hunnicutt. They successfully completed their Degrees in Instructional Technology and will soon join our MIT Alumni. (Posted 4/27/07)

Congratulations to Erika Robertson for her new position at Cisco Systems in the triangle area . (Posted 4/27/07)

Congratulations to Nicole Dalton for her first baby daughter- Schuyler. We are very happy for Nicole and her family. (Posted 1/2/07)

Fall 2006

MIT Holiday Social is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 1st.  Dr. Moallem will hold the social at her house. (Posted 11/10/06)

Congratulations to Ian Jones. Ian and his wife had their first baby.  Keegan Ian Jones was born on 10/16/06 at 11:01 p.m. (Posted 11/17/06)

MIT Orientation for Fall 2006 is scheduled for Thursday Aug. 31st from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Room will be announced later.

MIT Orientation for Fall 2006 is scheduled for Thursday Aug. 31st from 4:30 to 6:30pm. The formal Meeting will be held in Education Building Room 162 from 5:00 to 6:30, the social will be in Education Building Third Floor, Atrium area close to the MIT lab from 4:30 to 5:00pm. (Posted 7/27/06)

MIT Alumni Committee announced its 2006-2007 Socials for MIT Alumni, students and faculty. Please see Student "New Events" for detailes. (Posted 7/27/06)

Summer 2006

Melissa Ennis has published a paper with Dr. Buller on Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. Melissa is working on her master's degree in Psychology in addition to her MIT degree.

Eight MIT students are completing their internships during summer 06. Nik Smith-Hunnicutt and Elizabeth Bailey are working with Proficient Learning on two design and development projects. Duane Thomas and Kristine Rose are working with ITSD developing training materials for faculty for Webct vista. Amanda Hodges is developing an online course for a faculty member in the Watson School of Education. Shellie Moore is working with Writing Center, Randall Library to redesign the Center's website and develop instructional materials. Trish Torkildsen is working with the Cape Fear Community College to develop online training materials for students who take online courses. Marolyn Schauss is working with New Hanover County, Instructional Services. She is developing print-based instructional materials for teachers.

Spring 2006

Suesan Sullivan completed her internship with Working Films. She developed instructional materials incorporating documentaries on "Latinos in North Carolina" to be distributed in public schools in the region. Suesan is in the process of formatively evaluating the materials in Ms. Micallef Literature class in Hoggard High school.

Renee Corcoran, Kristen Lee and Sherry Hughes successfully defended and passed their Comprehensive Exam and Electronic portfolios.

Tammy Clark and Amanda Hodge worked with two faculty members in the Watson school of Education to design and develop their courses for online delivery using WebCt.

Nik Smith-Hunnicutt, Tina Nelson, Marolyn Schauss and Fran Strauss presented with Dr. Moallem at the Interact Technology Showcase in March 2006.

We welcomed Aixia Zhang, Tom Dorgan and Jessica Shartle to our MIT community in Spring of 2006. Both Aixia and Tom were hired as instructional support assistants in the Watson School of Education. Aixia is working in the Department of Specialty Studies and Tom is working with PDS (Professional Development System).

Spring 2005

Melissa Ennis, Patrick Gunn, Beth Allred & Kristen Lee are working with ITSD as Senior Web Developers throughout the Spring 2005 semester

• Beth Allred completed her internship in the Science and Mathematics Education Center (SMEC). She developed online instructional materials for mathematics educators.
• Erika Robertson completed her internship with ITSD Client Services where she was also served as a graduate assist. She conducted a needs assessment.

Summer and Fall 2004

Adonica Long and Patrick Gunn were interviewed and offered to work with Regions Financial Corporation for Instructional Design Internship. Addy and Pratrick accepted the offer and worked for Regions Financial Corporation throughout the summer of 2004.

• Paul Ritchie completed his internship working with Dr. Murdock in a CBT project.
• Beth Allred, Patricia Gonzalez-McQuiston, Sherry Hughes, and Stephanie Eggers worked with Nursing faculty during the summer to help them with their design and development of online course.

Spring 2004

Cathi Phillips presented three papers with Dr's. Moallem and Chen in 2004 SITE and 2004 TLT conferences

• Four MIT students (Dawn Brinson, Beth Bruton, Torri Galloway, and Harry Marriner) successfully completed and defended their Electronic Portfolio. They were the first group of MIT students who volunteered to participate in the development of E-portfolios.
• Adonica Long was contracted to work with a mini grant. She was hired to work with a high school teacher to design and develop a web site and instructional materials for her.
• Cathi Phillips, the senior MIT student developed the web site for UNCW Troubled Waters: The Illusion of Abundance Documentary.
• Four MIT students (Torri Galoway, Patrick Gunn, Harry Marriner, and Nikki Rademann) developed curriculum materials for the UNCW Troubled Waters: The Illusion of Abundance Documentary. All students were acknowledged and appraised by the documentary directors and UNCW Chancellor Emeritus, Dr. Leutze for their excellent work.
• Beth Bruton, and Stephanie Eggers completed their Internships with excellent reviews and acknowledgments from their internship supervisors. Beth worked with Campus Web Development Team and Stephanie worked with Client Services--WebCT Faculty Training Team.
• Beth Allred, a senior part time MIT student and mathematics high school teacher decided to become a full time student to finish with her program of study. She is hired as a graduate assistant to work with Professional Development Systems on issues related to technology and technology integration.