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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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Under the Surface of East Harbor
A Systems Ecologist about the Ground There is a whole world invisible to the eye. Day after day, this complex system operates without supervision, breathing and cycling and nurturing everything, from the smallest blade of grass to the largest terrestrial vertebrates. And where is this incredible living system responsible for the food we eat, the…
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Mi Familia: Reciprocity and a Return to Roots
What do our ancestors give us? What do we owe to our children? These are questions that Fernando Moreno has been thinking about as of late. In January 2020, just months before the pandemic closed down international borders, Moreno took his first trip ever to visit San Luis Potosí, Mexico—the city his grandmother grew up…
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Compassion for Foster Youth Leads to Love of Play Therapy
Rachel Stewart-MacTavish loves working with children, and especially with those who most need help: children in difficult situations like the foster system, mental health treatment, or conflict with their families. She’s currently developing this passion as a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Couple & Family Therapy Program at Antioch University Seattle, where…
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Turning Forest Fridays Into Forest Everydays
For Hannah French’s third- and fourth-grade students, their classroom during the pandemic has much better air circulation than before. And it’s also a lot greener. And sunnier. This is because every day they meet not in a traditional classroom but instead in the woods adjacent to Rowe Elementary School, where an array of stumps serve…
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Best Health Degrees Announces Antioch’s BA in Human Services Administration as One of the Fastest Online Human Services Programs
Antioch’s online BA in Human Services Administration was announced as one of the top ten Fastest Human Services Bachelor’s Online Programs for 2021 by Best Health Degrees. The fully online human services degree completion program accelerates progress toward graduation by applying transfer credits from earlier college-level work allowing students to finish the program in less…
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Seeding Dialogue for Equity and Democracy
The Graduate School of Leadership and Change (GSLC) was allocated an initial pilot fund to further the purposes of the University’s Guskin Center for Democracy and the Common Good. After consideration of various approaches, the GSLC faculty decided to fund the exciting work of current students given the wide range of sectors, locations, and causes…
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Antioch University Seattle’s MA in Couple and Family Therapy Program Ranked as One of the Top 50
The Master’s in Couple and Family Therapy at Antioch University Seattle has been ranked as one of the top 50 programs in 2021 by Intelligent.com. Antioch received the additional distinction of Best Licensure Pass Rates. The comprehensive research guide was based on an assessment of 184 accredited colleges and universities across the nation. Each program…
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