University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 19, Feb. 13, 1997
Baltimore third-graders pay a visit to campus

     Sixty third-graders from the Robert Coleman School in
Baltimore visited Newark in January to learn more about what a
college campus is like.
     UD education majors, who participated in a Winter Session
course offered at the Coleman School, hosted the day-long visit.
The course, "Instructional Strategies," focuses on urban learners
and has been offered in conjunction with the Coleman School for
the last two years.
     "This is a student-initiated Winter Session course," Gail
Rys, assistant director in the Office of Student Services and
Teacher Recruitment, said. "Students came to us a few years ago
and said they wanted a course to help prepare them to work with
urban learners. Together with faculty, the students helped
establish the course."
     During their visit to campus, the children met University
President David P. Roselle, visited a dorm room, took in a step
show performed by several sororities and met University athletes
on the football, track and lacrosse teams.
     On the academic side, the children visited with several UD
faculty, including Harry Shipman, physics and astronomy, who
conductied an experiment on electricity.
     The Coleman School, located in one of the most poverty-
stricken areas of Baltimore, is known for its innovations that
include year-round learning program, gendered classrooms (boys
are taught by men, girls are taught by women) and on-site health
and dental clinics, Rys said.