Faculty Fun Facts

							                          Faculty Fun Facts
Play this trivia game and get a chance to know some interesting facts
about the ECSE faculty! (The correct answers are at the bottom of this page)

1. Which faculty has been at UIUC the longest?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
   f) Amy Santos

  Bonus questions:
   What year did each of the faculty started working at UIUC?
   Which faculty first taught at Murray State before coming to UIUC?
   Which faculty came to UIUC to serve as the Chair of the Department of
     Special Education?
   Which faculty moved from the University of Kentucky to UIUC?

2. Which faculty ran a marathon in Anchorage, Alaska?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
   f) Amy Santos

  Bonus question:
   Which faculty served as this faculty’s “cheerleader” while she ran the
     marathon?

3. Which faculty spent 13 months in Kyoto, Japan?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
  f) Amy Santos

  Bonus question:
   What did this faculty do in Japan for 13 months?

4. Which faculty spent a summer in Barcelona, Spain as an undergraduate
   student?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
   f) Amy Santos

  Bonus question:
   What was this faculty’s major in college?

5. Which faculty lived in Emporia, Kansas for 2 years?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
   f) Amy Santos

  Bonus question:
   What did this faculty do in Emporia for 2 years?

6. Which faculty lived in Ferney-Voltaire, France for 1 year?
   a) Susan Fowler
   b) ML Hemmeter
   c) Nancy Hertzog
   d) Jeanette McCollum
   e) Micki Ostrosky
   f) Amy Santos

  Bonus question:
   What did this faculty do in France for 1 year?
7. Match the ECSE faculty mom with her son(s):
   a) Susan Fowler               a) Todd
   b) Nancy Hertzog              b) Cameron
   c) Jeanette McCollum          c) Christopher
   d) Micki Ostrosky             d) Brian and Jacob

   Bonus “trick” question:
    Which faculty has the cutest son(s)?

8. Match the university where each faculty received her Ph.D. Degree (Hint:
   two of the faculty members graduated from the same university on the same
   year!):
   a)   Susan Fowler            a) Vanderbilt University
   b)   ML Hemmeter             b) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   c)   Nancy Hertzog           c) Utah State University
   d)   Jeanette McCollum       d) University of Kansas
   e)   Micki Ostrosky          e) University of Texas at Austin
   f)   Amy Santos

   Bonus questions:
    What year did each of the faculty complete their Ph.D. degree?
    Which ECSE faculty served as the advisor for another ECSE faculty?

9. Match the positions held by each faculty in the Division for Early Childhood
   (DEC) Executive Board(Hint: two of the faculty members held the same
   position):
   a)   Susan Fowler            a) President
   b)   ML Hemmeter             b) Chair, Personnel Preparation Committee
   c)   Jeanette McCollum       c) Chair, Multicultural Committee
   d)   Micki Ostrosky          d) Young Exceptional Children Journal Editor
   e)   Amy Santos

   Bonus question:
    Which faculty also served as the editor of the DEC Communicator for 12
      straight years?

10.     Match the faculty with their birth place:
   a)   Susan Fowler            a) Manila, Philippines
   b)   ML Hemmeter             b) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   c)   Nancy Hertzog           c) Austin, Texas
   d)   Jeanette McCollum       d) Indianapolis, Indiana
   e)   Micki Ostrosky          e) Knoxville, Tennessee
   f)   Amy Santos              f) Des Moines, Iowa

CORRECT ANSWERS:
1) Length of time at UIUC:
    a) I started my career at UIUC in 1976. On my first year, I worked with
       Dr. Merle Karnes on one of her personnel preparation grants. In 1975,
       before I graduated with my Ph.D. I worked at Murray State in
       Kentucky! -- Jeanette
    b) Susan came to UIUC in 1990 to become the Chair of the Special Education
       Deportment.
    c) Micki joined the faculty in 1991 as an Assistant Professor.
    d) Nancy started as an Assistant Professor in 1997.
    e) Amy came to UIUC to coordinate the CLAS Institute in 1997 and joined the
       faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2000.
    f) ML joined the faculty as an Associate Professor in 2001.

2) I ran a marathon in 1999 in Anchorage, Alaska. I ran it in conjunction with the
   Leukemia Society for America and raised over $5000 for cancer research.
   Another faculty member (Micki) went along as a cheerleader!!! -- ML

3) I lived in Kyoto, Japan from 1980 to 1981. I taught English for the Good
   Shepherd Movement. I also learned to speak a little Japanese along the way! --
   Micki

4) I lived in Barcelona, Spain in the summer of 1972. As an undergraduate student
   I majored in Spanish! -- Susan

5) I lived in Emporia, Kansas while I was working on my Master’s degree at Emporia
   State University from 1990-1992. Back then there were only 6,000 students at
   ESU and about 25,000 who lived in town! -- Amy

6) I lived in Ferney-Voltaire, France (right on the border of Switzerland and
   France) from 1984 to 1985. I worked as a secretary in the Leprosy Department
   at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. I learned a lot about
   Leprosy! -- Nancy

7) ECSE Faculty moms and their sons:
   a) Susan and Christopher
   b) Nancy and Brian and Jacob
   c) Jeanette and Todd
   d) Micki and Cameron

8) Universities where ECSE Faculty received their Ph.D. Degree:
   a. Susan graduated from the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) in 1979.
   b. ML and Micki both graduated from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).
      They graduated in 1991.
   c. Nancy graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
      1995. Her advisor was Susan Fowler!
   d. Jeanette graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.
   e. Amy graduated from Utah State University (Logan, UT) in 1997.

9) DEC Executive Board Position held by ECSE faculty:
   a) Susan and ML were both elected and served as Vice-President, President-
      elect, President, and Past-President of DEC. Susan served from 1989-1994
      and ML served from 1996-2001.
   b) Jeanette served as Chair, Personnel Preparation Committee and the editor
      of the DEC Communicator for 12 years.
   c) Micki was the Young Exceptional Children Journal Editor from 1998 – 2001.
   d) Amy serves as Chair of the Multicultural Committee from 2000-2003.

10) Where in the world were the ECSE faculty born?
   a) Susan – Des Moines, Iowa
   b) ML – Knoxville, Tennessee
   c) Nancy – Indianapolis, Indiana
   d) Jeanette – Austin, Texas
   e) Micki – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   f) Amy - Manila, Philippines


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