by dberdal | Mar 25, 2020 | Graduate School of Education
Sitting in the counseling center of Park Center High School with a row of college pennants hanging above her bright pink hair, Sara Schreiner M’97 loves to surround her life with colors — both in a traditional sense and with the colorful experiences that she has had...
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,...
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