Office of Public Relations CAMPUS ALERT Friday, December 1, 2006 Dr. Gary L. Callahan Elected Chair of NNER Arts & Sciences Tripartite Council Dr. Gary L. Callahan, assistant dean for the School of Education and associate professor of Music Education at Benedict College, attended the National Network for Education Renewal (NNER) 2006 annual conference in Cincinnati, Ohio on Oct. 18-21, 2006.  During this conference, Dr. Callahan was elected Arts & Sciences chair for the NNER Tripartite Council.   The NNER is a membership network dedicated to the simultaneous renewal of schools and the institutions that prepare teachers. Its work is based on the four-part mission of providing equal access to quality learning for all students, promoting responsible stewardship of schools and universities, improving teaching and learning through pedagogy that nurtures and challenges all learners, and providing students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become fully engaged participants in our democratic society. As the Arts & Sciences chair, Callahan will work with the arts and sciences faculty of the twenty-one NNER member institutions of the Tripartite Council and will represent the arts and sciences body on the NNER Governing Council and the NNER Executive Board. Media Contact(s): Kymm Hunter, Public Relations Director, 803-705-6654 or 803-253-5132, hunterk@benedict.edu Natalie Brown, Assistant Director of Public Relations, 803-705-4366 or 803-540-2519,  brownn@benedict.edu ###