It鈥檚 all about helping people. Drew Fisher 鈥�11, Daniel Heidtbrink 鈥�13, Denise Price 鈥�10 and Jacob Wharton 鈥�12 work in four different areas of the counseling field, but they say the opportunity to help people is the main reason they do what they do. Drew Fisher 鈥�11 For Drew Fisher, [...]
Tips for a happy retirement Claudia (Hinton) James 鈥�89 says when you鈥檙e thinking about retirement and how you will fill your days, think about Steven Covey, known for his bestseller, 鈥淪even Habits of Highly Effective People.鈥� The author has also written about how to determine your purpose in [...]
This past summer, elementary education major Amanda Harris thought it would be great if she could work with children and practice what she was learning in her math methods class, but the elementary schools鈥� summer school schedule didn鈥檛 line up with the 大象传媒 Western class. As a foster parent of [...]
Whether it鈥檚 Common Core, test score accountability or new technology, Dr. Dan Shepherd says 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Department of Education is prepared to meet the challenges of change and prepare its students to be great teachers. The assistant professor and chair of the department has seen a lot of changes since [...]
After several months of campus and community forums and discussion, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 swimming pool will be repaired and remain open. Thanks to a five-year agreement with the City of St. Joseph, the pool will now be open to the public at least 30 hours per week, as well. In February, [...]
For Gerald Small, instructor of health, physical education and recreation, it鈥檚 all about getting youth outside and doing things they might not normally get to do. That was why he started 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Adventure Sports Academy last year, and is offering it for a second time next month. Last year, [...]
