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First-Year Seminar Experiences 'Kapu Aloha' in Hawai'i

Andrew Sowa and Kym Strozier-Ball on Mauna Kea

Albion College students Andrew Sowa and Kym Strozier-Ball on Mauna Kea
Education professor Suellyn Henke and her First-Year Seminar students had a unique social/cultural/political experience during their trip to Hawai'i last month. The Albion group visited the ongoing peaceful protest at the base of Mauna Kea. where they participated in a traditional ceremony establishing a relationship between their Michigan college and the sacred mountain.

Albion to Screen Documentary on State of Public Education

Poster for the documentary Backpack Full of Cash

Poster for the documentary Backpack Full of Cash
Sarah Mondale's film about the tough questions facing public education, schools of choice and charter schools is making the rounds across the country and around the world, and now it will be shown in Albion—on Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. at the downtown Bohm Theatre. Its message, she believes, resonates with everyone.

Jason Moritz: Education's Man Behind the Scenes

Jason Moritz, certification officer, Albion College Education Department

Jason Moritz, certification officer, Albion College Education Department
"For the anniversary edition [of Gladiator on DVD] I pulled some images of costumes and I ended up with a 'Special Thanks,'" says Jason Moritz about his only film credit. That was long ago and far away for Moritz, who after six years as a movie studio archivist and librarian has marked 10 years at Albion College as the Education Department's teaching-certification officer, serving as the department's liaison with the state of Michigan.

For Aspiring Teachers, Albion's Maymester Proves Learning Goes Beyond Books

Albion College's Boundary Crossing Maymester program is in its 11th year.

 Albion College's Boundary Crossing Maymester program is in its 11th year.
Albion College's Maymester education program, formally called Boundary Crossings and now in its 11th year, features 18 juniors and seniors who want to pursue a career in the classroom. It is under the guidance of associate professor Suellyn Henke and Karen Hoaglin, liaison for the Fritz Shurmur Center for Teacher Education. For many, it's an eye-opening experience that provides the first opportunity to see what it's truly like to teach a class.

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