by dberdal | Feb 18, 2020 | Graduate School of Education
It was a Tuesday morning like any other, back in 1988. Paul Kotz, Ph.D.,had been washing windows when he heard a homeless man across the street yell, “Hey, you!” Dr. Kotz came to know the homeless man as Joe, and from that encounter, their friendship grew until one...
by dberdal | Feb 7, 2020 | Graduate School of Education
When it comes to his work for Alexandria Public Schools, Lukas Gotto M’17 has a phrase that sums up his teaching philosophy: Cool is exciting. Exciting is engaging. Engaging leads to learning. “That slipped out of my mouth one day when I was explaining it to somebody,...
by dberdal | Nov 20, 2019 | Graduate School of Education
MINNEAPOLIS/WINONA, Minn. — Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota has been awarded a $1,732,643 grant from the Kern Family Foundation for the university’s School of Education Character and Virtue Initiative. Using grant funding, Saint Mary’s will develop an enhanced...
by dberdal | Oct 4, 2019 | Graduate School of Education
She did not know it at the time, but Jennifer Backer-Johnson M’01, C’03, C’11 was always meant to be a juggler. It started with trying to juggle pairs of socks with her roommates while a student at Winona State University. Being on the school’s basketball team,...
by dberdal | Sep 25, 2019 | Graduate School of Education
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Saint Mary’s University has been awarded a Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color Grant. Through the grant, Saint Mary’s will receive $187,926, which will be used primarily to fund tuition scholarships for a new cohort of...
by dberdal | Jul 25, 2019 | Graduate School of Education
New Interpretation of the position of “Dean” By William Bjorum, EdD, Program Director for Education Administration School districts use the term Dean in many ways in their schools. We see people assigned to watch over playgrounds referred to as activity...
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