Sylvia Asante ’15 (GSLC, PhD) was appointed Dean of Labor at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Dr. Asante was recently recognized by alumni of Gettysburg College who voted to honor her work by renaming the Gettysburg College Award of Distinction to the Sylvia E. M. Asante Award of Distinction.
Kate Sipe ’02
What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Antioch University Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in the wake of the 2020 Presidential election about the importance of democratic schools and teaching civics to our children: “Psst… Hey teachers… Let’s teach civics in our classrooms every single day.” Start today. Start small. Just start. Let your classroom be a microcosm