“Peace begins with a smile.” —Mother Teresa It feels like the world is in need of more peace, including in our daily lives. I know when I need to find peace and hope, I head to a school because…
Transforming Education—2018 Year in Review
Dear Friends, This is a special edition of my monthly Dean’s Newsletter. It serves as a vehicle to deliver the College of Education’s annual Year in Review magazine. In the digital pages that follow, I hope you will savor the passion, innovation,…
Transforming Education—April 2018
Friends, As I have mentioned before, Butler University’s College of Education was selected for recognition by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) as a “model of excellence in clinical preparation for teacher education.” AACTE came to…
Transforming Education—February/March 2018
Courage is contagious. Thank you for being brave with your life. You’ve made me more daring with mine. —Brené Brown Brené Brown is one of my favorite authors and researchers, and I have taken two of her online courses. In…
Transforming Education—January 2018
A new year, a new word, and new way of being…LAGOM! Many people create New Year’s resolutions and experts have written that many times they are abandoned within six weeks. However, the Swedish word lagom can be much more than…