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Education Alum Nominated for Teacher of the Year
Alum John Thomas ‘04 (Antioch University New England, MEd) was nominated for the 2022 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year. John, who teaches elementary students at the Wells Memorial School in Harrisville, says “Don’t make your students do something. Make your students WANT to do something by immersing them in meaningful, challenging, and enjoyable learning…
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COLORS Celebrates 10 Years of Progress For LGBTQ+ Youth
Cynthia Ruffin directs COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, a program that provides therapy for youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other diverse sexualities and genders at Antioch Los Angeles. She’s proud of the work they do every day, but this year she’s feeling especially proud of the program’s longevity. In July,…
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UGS Faculty Caley O’Dwyer Featured in “VoyageLA”
Caley O’Dwyer, Psychology and Creative Writing faculty in the Undergraduate Studies Department, was featured in a profile story in VoyageLA. “VoyageLA provides an intimate look into the lives of myriad kinds of artists all over Los Angeles,” says O’Dwyer. “I was delighted to be featured in the East LA section of the magazine for their…
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Cool Course: “Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators”
“Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators” Fosters Childhood Learning Through Connections with Nature Playful engagement in nature can be an incredible tool for learning. That’s common sense to many who spent their childhoods climbing trees, watching ants at war, and watching seeds grow into plants. But students in Aimee Arandia Østensen’s course “Childhood and…
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Innovations from a Pandemic Classroom
“What will we be doing for outdoor inquiry?” is usually the first question of the day Maira Arteaga’s young students ask during their daily morning meeting. She loves their curiosity—and how excited they are about the learning environment provided by nature that they visit every day. Arteaga, a graduate of Antioch New England’s hybrid Integrated…
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Therapist Champions Somatic Experiencing Modality to Heal Trauma
“I’ll tell you a story,” says Sergio Ocampo, a Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about the Somatic Experiencing approach to healing trauma. The story is about Dr. Peter Levine’s discovery of the Somatic Experiencing modality, and it begins “when Peter first started and came up with this idea… He opened a little office…
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A Life Dedicated to Resilience, Service, and Moving Forward
If there is one word to describe Danyaile Hammond, it’s the word resilience. Hammond keeps moving forward—no matter what. In her view, there’s no point in getting stuck in the past. Hammond is currently finishing a Master of Arts in Education at Antioch University Seattle, but as an undergraduate, she studied human development with a…
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[Teaching Unpacked] Trauma-Informed Experiential Learning
Trauma-informed experiential learning takes abstract concepts and makes them actionable for students. Not only does this learning and teaching methodology lead to better learning outcomes but, informed by the effects of traumatic experiences, it provides learners with emotional safety in a learning environment.
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Cool Course: “Globalization, Immigration, and Education: Critical Perspectives”
“The course is all about gaining a nuanced perspective of the macro- and micro-level effects of globalization and human migration in the classroom,” says Dr. Caryn Park. She’s teaching “Globalization, Immigration, and Education: Critical Perspectives” at Antioch University Seattle again this year, taking a group of students on a journey of exploration as they dive deeply…
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