Dear All, As the end of the academic year is (finally?) approaching, we're very exited to advertise two events at Ohalo College: An academic lecture (June 7) and a theatrical performance (!) June 15. Details to follow: 1. Lecture: Testing Mess II Prof. Jim Kusch Lecture: Monday, June 7, 3:45 PM Ohalo College Prof. Jim Kusch earned his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is assistant professor of Educational Sciences at the Eastern Mediterranean University. He has completed field research and ethnographic study in India, Venezuela and the former Soviet Union. His research interests include social theory and post-colonial studies and has taught and lectured in Canada, Germany, and the UK. Kusch has published his work in the US, the UK and in Canada. Testing Mess II is a research profile about evaluation, assessment, the process of writing a book about the same, working within the larger American educational establishment to accomplish this, accessing the Newspaper media, the corporate angle in national evaluation schemes, social engineering and State steering through evaluation. 2. English On Stage: Music Evolution LOCATION: Ohalo College Auditorium, Katzerin DATE: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 TIME: 17:00 Breeze through the 20th Century and discover how American music evolved to what it is today! This musical play - completely in English - revolves around high school friends, a birthday present, and the 20th Century in American music! Prepare to get your toes tapping with songs from various genres such as Jazz, Rock and Roll, Pop, and more. Feel free to contact me for more details. Dror. Dr. Dror Abend-David Chair, Program in English Education Ohalo College Lecturer: Tel Aviv Uni.; Bar Ilan; IDC 140 Derech Ramatayim, Apt. 8 Hod HaSharon, 45325 Israel Phone: + (972) 54-8082246; + (972) 77-3211955 e-mail: <mailto:d.abend.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> d.abend.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------