Taking This Morning to Reflect on the Joy of Teaching (as It is the HEART of What We Do). Focusing on the Great Moments, as Always

Dr. Beth Boquet remains one of the best mentors I've ever had (keeping me focused on what matters most and collaborating with me to support the excellence in all students. We share Nohea, a young woman from Hawaii who declared herself an English major and was taken under the intellectual guidance of Dr. Beth Boquet, too. Nohea has been doing cool work with Hawaiian languages and last semester wrote about YA novels by Hawaiian writers. With Beth's course, she did work on languaging in a grammar course. We put in a proposal for NCTE (Boston) and the two of us will bring 4 of our undergraduate students to present with us and continue the mentoring in the field of English education. 

Last week, Nohea and Beth presented their mentored research at the Fairfield University Research Symposium, where Max and I presented his work (it's all Max...I just drive him nuts with my zany ideas). He's an English and Spanish double major with interest in elementary education and remarkable, too. It's been fantastic having resources and opportunities for mentoring undergraduate students and I'm super impressed by the Corrigan and Humanities opportunities our students are able to apply for and, if funded, achieve. 

Nohea's the type of student who has no problem bringing humor, culture, and smiles to every room she enters. She and Dr. Boquet match perfectly and the growth each and every day is immeasurable (well, we'll measure it in BAWSTON next year. 

Get ready, Massachusetts. We're coming for you.

We're all learning so much!