Undergraduate Teacher Education Partnership Adds Special Education and Music Education to Course Offerings

GREENVILLE, ILL. - Greenville College honored the first nine Undergraduate Teacher Education Partnership (UTEP) students at a dinner held at Kaskaskia College. The students have completed their course work and student teaching and will participate in a formal graduation ceremony at Greenville College in May of 2007. Students honored include Emily Pryor of Shattuc, Kristin Trumbo of Centralia, Rene Dillion of Dix, Ashley Crompton and Dianne Howe of Salem, Alicia Hahn of Sandoval, Lynne Tonnies of Germantown and Shelly Glotfelty of Okawville.

The UTEP program, which began in January 2005, allows students enrolled in Kaskaskia and Lewis and Clark community colleges to complete their bachelor's degrees on their community college campuses. "The transition is seamless," said Dr. Blue, Dean of Education at Greenville College. "After they enter the program we consider them our own students and begin to assist in advising them. When they begin our curriculum they don't transfer in, they simply continue."

Greenville College added Special Education to course offerings at both KC and Lewis and Clark in the fall of 2006.Greenville College seeks to again increase UTEP offerings by adding Music Education. This program will be available at the Lewis and Clark site beginning in the fall of 2007.

Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1400 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis.

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