LaVerne W. Miller papers
Collection
0176-MMC-NPBA
LaVerne Miller (1916-2001) taught at the University of Maryland from 1957 to 1959, and at Montgomery College from 1961 to 1997. She played a role in developing the Maryland College of the Air Consortium, distance learning courses broadcast over Maryland Public Television with periodic class meetings on the college campus. Dr. Miller was also an active member of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), serving on the Definitions and Technology Committee of the International Division.
The collection documents Dr. Miller's career as the Director of Learning Resources for Montgomery College and her participation in the Maryland College of the Air Consortium. Topics include adult learning, cable communications, and Dr. Miller's service in various educational media organizations.
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50.25 Linear Feet
English
Born in 1916, LaVerne W. Miller grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated in 1938 with a liberal arts degree from Milwaukee-Downer College for Women. She received two master's degrees, one in literature from the University of Chicago and the other in business administration from the University of Maryland. She also received a doctorate in literature from Bradley University.
From 1957 to 1959, Dr. Miller taught at the University of Maryland. In 1961, she joined the faculty of Montgomery College in Montgomery County Maryland. She was the Learning Resources Director at the Takoma Park Campus of Montgomery College until her retirement in 1997. She played a role in the development of the Maryland College of the Air Consortium, distance learning courses in which students learned from shows broadcast over Maryland Public Television with periodic class meetings at the college campus. Dr. Miller also directed programs that brought prominent guest lecturers to campus and helped develop and direct the college's English as a Second Language program. She also served as the Washington area coordinator of course development for the Great Books Foundation.
Dr. Miller was also an active member of the AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology), serving on the Definitions and Technology Committee of the International Division. As a judge for the Council on Nontheatrical Events (CINE), Dr. Miller helped select American educational films to participate in various international film festivals. Several of these festivals were hosted by the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM), an organization created to provide a channel for the international exchange and evaluation of information, experience and materials in the field of educational media. Dr. Miller also was a member of the Maryland Association for Higher Education (MAHE) and edited the group's newsletter. She served on the Middle States Association's Council on Higher Education which assisted colleges in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the Caribbean with self-assessment of their programs.
LaVerne W. Miller died on May 4, 2001.
The collection consists of eight series.
The LaVerne W. Miller papers were donated to the National Public Broadcasting Archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries by LaVerne W. Miller in five installments in 1991, 1994 and 1995.
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