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“But it isn’t only the adults who should talk more. As students encounter difficult academics and new social situations, they’ll need help navigating their expanding world. So parents need to know what’s going on. The most basic way to know what’s going on is to ask them,” Alfonso says.
Read more here: SCHOOL DO’S – Parenting: Academic success begins outside the classroom
ZAMBIA
Charles Lwanga College of Education (CLCE) is a Jesuit institution and one of few teacher education programs in Zambia. Gonzaga University collaborated with CLCE, as it began transitioning from a two-year to a four-year bachelor’s-granting institution, which would require instructors to have a master’s degree. The School of Education developed a M.Ed. in Leadership and Administration program that began in January 2013, and in December 2014, the 25 instructors received their master’s degrees from Gonzaga University in a ceremony in Monze, Zambia. Dr. Vincent C. Alfonso, Dean; Dr. Joseph Kinsella, Asst. Academic Vice-President for Global Engagement; Dr. Raymond Reyes, Chief Diversity Officer; and Dr. Jon Sunderland, former SOE Dean, represented the University and have been involved with various stages of this program.
Take a look at this video that Joseph Kinsella put together of their trip to Zambia!
Colorado Native Has Faced Her Own Learning Challenges
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University sophomore Madison Rose, a special education major from Centennial, Colorado, has been selected as a Campus Compact 2016 Newman Civic Fellow. Rose is among 218 student leaders from colleges and universities in 36 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico honored this year by Campus Compact.
Rose is a student coordinator for the Eye to Eye mentoring program, a national initiative that creates awareness about learning differences and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD. She worked with fellow Gonzaga students to host a Share Your Story event on campus March 15. Rose facilitated the event in which four Gonzaga students shared their personal stories of dealing with a learning disability. Gonzaga special education Professor Mark Derby and Thomas Beck, co-founder of the Winston Center in Spokane for the treatment of ADHD and dyslexia, also spoke.
I hosted, weaving my own story through the transitions,” said Rose, who shared her struggle with learning disabilities. “It was an honor to facilitate and help others share. It went so well we are going to make it an annual event. I hope to leave it as my legacy at GU, and to continue to raise awareness and make change in the education field.”
As a student at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, Rose presented a TedxYouth talk describing her challenges with learning disabilities.
Campus Compact’s Newman Civic Fellows Award award honors the late Frank Newman, a Campus Compact founder and a tireless advocate for the civic engagement of higher education. The award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students who have taken action in pursuit of long-term social change and who engage and inspire others in their communities.
“We are fortunate to have the opportunity to celebrate such an extraordinary group of students,” said Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn. “We are seeing a resurgence in student interest in acting to create lasting social change, and this year’s Newman Civic Fellows exemplify that commitment.”
Rose and the other students selected as fellows will receive an award certificate and an invitation to join the Newman Civic Fellows online network. They will also be featured prominently on the Campus Compact national website and invited to participate in state-specific activities.
Campus Compact is a Boston-based nonprofit coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidents – representing some 6 million students – who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education.
For more information, visit www.compact.org.
Posted: Mar 11, 2016 6:17 PM PST / Updated: Mar 11, 2016 6:21 PM PST…. by Patrick Erickson, KHQ Reporter
Spokane, Washington – Friday night at the Ice Palace in Riverfront Park can only mean one thing for one special group of kids: Hockey.
One of the kids you’ll find on the ice proudly wearing her Bulldogs jersey is 9-year-old Johanna. She’s a part of the Gonzaga Exceptional Hockey Program that pairs special needs kids with volunteers sharing lessons they can use both on and off the ice…..
Read the full story and watch the video here: Gonzaga Hockey Program teaches kids lessons on and off the ice
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