Mitchell Navarrete (Abr) is using Minecraft to demonstrate the Earth’s top seven biomes, as well as to teach others Minecraft skills and just for fun. You can see all of his projects on his Youtube channel.
As of June 1, Beth Shepherd became NC State Poole College of Management’s first director of instructional design. Shepherd previously served as the online course manager for the Jenkins MBA Program and has been with the college since October 2015.
As the director of instructional design, Shepherd will provide pedagogical consulting, design and development assistance for Poole College. She will collaborate with faculty to use their expertise in brainstorming, developing and implementing courses and programs.
Shepherd’s role will integrate technology units, internal staff and expert knowledge to create an instructional design for a blended training and learning environment.
“We’re delighted to appoint Beth Shepherd as Poole’s first Director of Instructional Design, said Richard Warr, associate dean for faculty and academic affairs. “Beth’s work on the online MBA program is one of the reasons that it remains a top ranked program nationally. Over the past few months, she has played a huge role in helping the college transition to new delivery methods in the COVID-19 world. As we look forward, Beth will continue to help our faculty deliver our impactful, innovative curriculum.”
(Beth Shepherd is the daughter of Bernie and Denise Mayoff (Abr))
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After 36 years in the Richardson suburb of Dallas, Bernie and Denise have moved further south to Austin.
Married September 19, 1965
by Art Mayoff (original posting date unknown)
A search of the complete 1920 and 1930 US census has only revealed one Mayoff family is all of the United States. Read about Art Mayoff’s detective work as he delves into the US National Archives in search of early American Mayoffs.
Congratulations to Heidi and Earle Wiseman (Abr) of Montreal Quebec on the celebration of their 10th wedding anniversary on July 2nd, 2002.
Hyman and his wife Sophie had one child – Arthur. Nothing had been found on this person until about 2001 when Art Mayoff was contacted by Mary Ann Montani, who believes she is Arthur’s daughter. With the help of Sandra Alotta (Ush), who was Arthur’s first cousin, we have been provided with photos of Sophie and Hyman and others, plus a cemetery document.
Rhea Bottler, descended from Sonia Bottler, submitted this first person article.
January 2001, by Rhea Bottler
After arriving in Israel I spoke with both Lilian and Ella Novak (descended from Leizer Majew) on the telephone before actually meeting with them in Tel Aviv. Mother and daughter are both so friendly and warm that I immediately felt like I had known them always. That was my feeling last year when I spoke with Lilian and Ella then. Since we actually did not meet the last time I was in Israel, I was thrilled to be able to meet both women this trip.
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