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8 posts tagged "teachers"

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Star student ‘Abbott Elementary’ is the next great workplace comedy

Genevieve Coleman | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

As many of my friends know, I have successfully made student teaching my entire personality. Even though I am perpetually exhausted from what I do, my experience being in the classroom every day has been amazing. Growing up, I learned what it meant to be an educator from watching my mom be an amazing kindergarten

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Tenure as the gateway to careless teaching

Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, February 17, 2023

I’d like to preface this by saying I am not an expert on anything, least of all tenure. But I have been thinking and looking a lot into it lately. From what I understand: Why is tenure a thing?  From my perspective, it seems like a way for colleges to push professors to do more

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Transition to Teaching program aims to ease local teaching shortage

Liam Price | Monday, January 24, 2022

Holy Cross’s Transition to Teaching program, which began in Fall 2020 in response to local teaching shortages, is set to graduate its first students this spring. The program consists of 24 credits of education-focused courses stretched out over three semesters, leading its students to a K-6 teaching certification. “The Transition to Teaching Program is essentially

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Coronavirus vaccinations open to South Bend teachers

Trinity Reilly | Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Teachers around the country have been eagerly awaiting COVID-19 vaccinations. With new age groups and workers becoming eligible to receive the vaccine, the time has finally come for many in the South Bend area. The state of Indiana had already opened vaccines to teachers over the age of 50. Sarah Wagoner, third grade teacher at

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Let’s change the way we see teachers

Genevieve Coleman | Thursday, September 10, 2020

My friends know I can talk anyone’s ear off about why I want to become a teacher. Let me give you an abridged version of my spiel. l believe when teachers create a positive learning environment, students are hugely successful in and out of the classroom.  I believe teachers can inspire a lifelong love of

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Lessons from my band teacher

Blake Ziegler | Wednesday, August 19, 2020

We can all think of a teacher who had a profound impact on our life. They are more than a teacher — they are our friend, supporter, mentor, even a parental figure. That teacher is the person without whom our life would never be the same. In short, they are a leader. For me, one

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Professors spark dialogue about compassion

Martha Reilly | Monday, November 21, 2016

Two professors organized a lecture about kindness and open-mindedness Friday at Saint Mary’s. Professor of English Laura Haigwood said introspection and self-transformation can lead to valuable societal change, but a failure to respect and understand others’ viewpoints contributes to a dangerous cycle. “Shaming, judging, competition, anger and violence, no matter how just our cause may be, evoke

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Trust in star lights

April Feng | Thursday, September 10, 2015

There have been three sexual assaults during the first two weeks of school, leaving us deeply and gravely irritated by and disappointed with this reality. However, I have come to believe the darker the times, the more necessary it is to find hope and strength within ourselves. As someone who truly believes in the power

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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