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Spring 2008 HEART AND MIND Educating To m o r r o w ’s Te a c h e r s Mcif[]Zhghch\Y5bbiU` :ibXdfcj]XYghiXYbhgh\Y ÉbUbW]U`giddcfhh\YmbYYX hcUW\]YjYUGU]bhAUfmÁg YXiWUh]cb UgkY`` Ug]bWfYUg]b[cif U`iabUYdUfh]W]dUh]cb" 5`iabUYdUfh]W]dUh]cb ]bh\Y5bbiU`:ibX]gU aYUgifYcZgUh]gZUWh]cb ]bmcifYXiWUh]cb"=h ]adfcjYgcifbUh]cbU` fUb_]b[g]bCA<Sea E]`ZR@S^]`b ]bWfYUgYg Ybfc``aYbh UbX\Y`dgh\Y 7c``Y[YgYWifYZcibXUh]cb UbXWcfdcfUhYgiddcfh" G]c`UWTb[OYSa ORWTTS`S\QS >ZSOaSac^^]`bbVS/\\cOZ4c\R PgdWaWbW\Uca]\ZW\SOb G]c`UWTbb]bVS/\\cOZ4c\R eeeaOW\b[O`gaSRcUWdS ]^S\abVSR]]`b]QZOaa`]][a ]`PgQOZZW\U&A;1&&% Mcif[]ZhWci`X\Y`dUmcib[kcaUbµ UhhYbXGU]bhAUfmÁg""" k\YfYg\YZU``g]b`cjYk]h\hYUW\]b[µ UbX`YUfbg\ckhcWi`h]jUhYµ h\Y]bbUhYdchYbh]U`]bYjYfm]bX]j]XiU`µ UbXhU_YgU``g\Y`YUfbg]bhch\Ykcf`Xµ b]bSOQV]bVS`a¶ tableof contents Volume 83, Number 1 Spring 2008 Courier (USPS 135-340) is published four times a year by Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001. Periodicals postage paid at the Post Office at Notre Dame, IN 46556 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Alumnae Relations, Saint Mary’s College, 110 Le Mans Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001. Copyright 2008 Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited without written permission. The opinions expressed are those of the authors or their subjects and are not necessarily shared by the College or the editor. Page 12 Page 14 Shari Rodriguez Vice President for College Relations [email protected] Courier Staff: Scot Erin Briggs Editor [email protected] Natalie Davis Miller features Staff Writer 4 Theory to Practice 12 Teaching Personality Shannon E. Brewer ’03 Staff Writer The Education Department at Saint Meet Pennsylvania’s Social Studies Joya Helmuth Mary’s College is producing highly Teacher of the Year. Graphic Designer sought after teachers. Photos by Matt Cashore 6 Multicultural Letters: Send letters to the editor to: Approaches to departments Courier Editor Saint Mary’s College Teaching Reading 303 Haggar College Center Professor Lorreta Li takes a look at Notre Dame, IN 46556 2 Inside Saint Mary’s or e-mail [email protected] how students read and speak, and the effects of cultural dialects. Class News: 14 Avenue News Send alumnae class news to: Alumnae News Editor 19 Belles Athletics 110 Le Mans Hall 8 A New Path Saint Mary’s College 20 For the record Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001 Special Education Licensure: Saint or e-mail [email protected] Mary’s offers education majors a 22 Club news Alumnae Association Staff: new career option and an enriching Kara O’Leary ’89 learning experience. Director of Alumnae Relations 24 Club of the Year [email protected] 25 Class News The Mission 10 Staying Connected Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic, residential, women’s college in the Eight alumnae meet with education 26 Excelsior liberal arts tradition. A pioneer in the professor and mentor, Kitty Green, education of women, the College is an to talk about what being a teacher academic community where women develop their talents and prepare to really means. make a difference in the world. Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1844, Saint Mary’s promotes a life of intellectual vigor, aesthetic appreciation, religious sensibility, and social responsibility. All members of the College remain faithful to this mission and continually assess their response to the complex needs and challenges of the contemporary world. The Alumnae Association insidesaint mary’s Board of Directors Honorary President Carol Ann Mooney ’72 President Marilyn Wolter Laboe ’61 360 East Hurd Road Monroe, MI 48162 (734) 243-3345 • [email protected] How Do We Teach the Teachers? Vice President Holly Rieger Curley ’80 23263 Mora Glen Drive By Professor Dale Banks, Chair of the Education Department Los Altos Hills, CA 94024 (650) 948-8598 • [email protected] One afternoon during passing period, at the junior high where I was teaching, my Secretary Judy Mardoian Gavoor ’76 friend Jim came up to me and asked, “Dale, do you know what’s so good about beating 1030 Sir William Lane your head against a brick wall?” I said, “I can’t think of anything.” Jim said. “It feels so Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 235-2759 • [email protected] good when you stop!” I laughed and went back to class. Over the years I have come to Directors realize that there is a better answer to the Sheila Conlin Brown ’56 question. Stop beating your head against 7251 2390 East Street the wall, and then examine it, and look Princeton, IL 61356 (815) 659-3040 • [email protected] for ways around it, over it, under it. That’s what teachers do; they look for best way to Jill Moore Clouse ’99 3202 North Paulina Street, 2S accomplish the goal. Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 348-2124 • [email protected] Here at Saint Mary’s, we educate future educators to be able to do just Mary Sue Dunn Curry ’85 5434 Flowering Dogwood Lane that. But to that practical end, we add a Charlotte, NC 28270-3729 bit of philosophy. “The mind will not be (704) 814-7967 • [email protected] cultivated at the expense of the heart,” Nora Barry Fischer ’73 said Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau of a U.S. Post Office and Courthouse 700 Grant Street, Suite 5260 Holy Cross education. As the chair of the Pittsburgh, PA 15219 education department, I see this as the Sara Bateman Koehler ’70 program’s focus: preparing educators who 944 Spannwood Road Indianapolis, IN 46228 not only are life long learners, but also (317) 253-4494 • [email protected] know their students, know how to teach, Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy ’66 know how to assess, and know how to mix 505 Welwyn Road and match those three elements to be the Richmond, VA 23229-8105 (804) 741-5301 • [email protected] best teacher they can be. LeeAnn Franks McConnell ’85 Before I came to Saint Mary’s College, 1006 Eastland Drive I taught science for more than 20 years Sturgis, MI 49091 (269) 651-9955 • [email protected] at the high school and junior high school levels. I taught at both private and public Karen Zagrocki McDonald ’76 P.O. Box 87 schools. While I was teaching in these Union Pier, MI 49129 (269) 469-9625 • [email protected] environments, I heard grumblings from my fellow teachers about lack of effort Adriana Garces Petty ’01 1615 Altgeld Street and knowledge on the part of the students that made teaching impossible. At the same South Bend, IN 46614 time, my elementary-aged daughter was having trouble in school and I realized that my (574) 514-3237 • [email protected] daughter’s teacher was probably complaining just like the teachers in my school were Lisa Maxbauer Price ’99 complaining. I promised myself then that instead of just living with the problem I should Post Towers 75 West Street, Apt 2B do something about it. New York, NY 10006-1791 (917) 518-4345 • [email protected] I see this as my calling. This country needs teachers who can reach children. The mission of the College constantly reminds me, Saint Mary’s and the Education Susan M. Suchy ’89 9225 South Clifton Park Avenue Department is an academic community that allows young women to develop their Evergreen Park, IL 60805-1508 talents. We are charged with preparing young women to make a difference in the world. (708) 636-5915 • [email protected] Now you could accuse me of being biased, but I can think of few more significant Kimmi Martin Troy ’00 ways to make a difference in the world than teaching. The need for an educated, 936 Currie Place Wauwatosa, WI 53213 intelligent society is ever more apparent in a world where access to education opens (414) 771-0306 • [email protected] doors to a better life and the absence of that access is a breeding ground for extremism Phyllis Sullivan Van Hersett ’62 and violence. 10507 Jaguar Drive Littleton, CO 80124 What makes a good teacher? Not one thing. It’s a mix. The ability to think, to solve (303) 790-9265 • [email protected] problems, to work with other adults and parents, along with a healthy mind, a reflective Abby Van Vlerah ’04 nature, and the ability to anticipate and adjust are musts. All of which have a connection 303 East LaSalle, Apt. 112B to the College mission which emphasizes social responsibility, and the ability to think South Bend, IN 46617 (307) 399-0652 • [email protected] clearly, critically, and creatively about human culture. We are preparing useful citizens here at Saint Mary’s. And, moreover, we prepare them Rebecca Votto ’93 Apt. C, 930 W. Balboa Boulevard within the context of faith, with the belief they will make a difference in the world. And to Newport Beach, CA 92661 (310) 597-9210 • [email protected] borrow from the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the motto with which they founded this great College, Spes Unica, they are, indeed, our only hope. Karen McNamara Weaver ’91 513 Southwest Gentry Lane Lees Summit, MO 64081 (816) 761-4374 • [email protected] 2 COURIER|Gdf]b[&$$, inmemory Sister M. Alma Peter, CSC, Former Acting President of Saint Mary’s College Passes Away Sister M. Alma Peter, CSC, acting president at Saint Mary’s College from 1970–1972, passed away March 7, 2008, at Saint Mary’s Convent.

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