Faculty Senate

WHEREAS:	ANITA H. PFLUM, PROFESSOR OF ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, RETIRED IN DECEMBER OF 1998 AFTER SERVING MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY WITH DISTINCTION FOR TWENTY EIGHT AND ONE HALF YEARS; AND
WHEREAS:	DR. PFLUM SERVED THE UNIVERSITY AS TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER IN THE ORIGINAL ELIZABETH JENKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN; AND
WHEREAS:	SHE SERVED THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AS OPEN EDUCATION COORDINATOR, SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AND ADJOINING STATES; AND
WHEREAS:	SHE CO-AUTHORED A BOOK OPEN EDUCATION FOR ME? WHICH WAS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED IN EDUCATION JOURNALS; AND
WHEREAS:	HER COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY HAS RESULTED IN HER CO-AUTHORING GRANTS WHICH HAVE BROUGHT OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY, AND
WHEREAS:	DR. PFLUM PRESENTED NEARLY EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT HER TENURE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHER EDUCATORS AND AT OTHER RESPECTED CONFERENCES; AND
WHEREAS:	SHE SERVED ON NUMEROUS CAMPUS-WIDE AND DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES AND CHAIRED DEPARTMENTAL SEARCH COMMITTEES; AND
WHEREAS:	DR. PFLUM SERVED AS AN ACCESSIBLE ADVISOR TO HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, AND BECAUSE HER CLASSES CONSISTED OF MAINLY FRESHMAN STUDENTS, SHE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF ADVISOR AND SUBSTITUTE PARENT TO MANY STUDENTS DURING THEIR NEEDIEST FIRST OR SECOND SEMESTERS ON CAMPUS; AND
WHEREAS:	DR. PFLUM CONSCIENTIOUSLY TAUGHT SIXTEEN DIFFERENT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS AT THE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVELS; AND
WHEREAS:	THAT TEACHING WAS CONSISTENTLY RATED AS EXCELLENT BY HER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES, AND BECAUSE SHE MODELED EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES WHICH ENTHUSED AND INVOLVED HER STUDENTS IN THE CRITICAL THINKING PROCESS;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE ABOVE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CONGRATULATES DR. PFLUM ON HER RETIREMENT AND THANKS HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND FRIENDSHIP; AND
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT DR. PFLUM BE GRANTED THE RANK OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS.