Have you ever felt isolated in your classroom, wondering what the “best practice” is when confronted with a difficult situation and not knowing whom to ask?
Do you wish you had a network of new and experienced teachers to guide you through those uncertain times?
Well you do! The Lesley University New Teacher Community (NTC) knows that the first years of your teaching career can be immensely gratifying, but also filled with all sorts of pressure that can feel overwhelming. They get that! …
The Alumni Awards – presented annually – recognize Lesley alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of Lesley University through service to the university, community, and/or their profession.
We are proud to announce five alumni who exemplify the mission of Lesley University.
The awards ceremony will take place at the An Evening to Celebrate Lesley: In appreciation of our Volunteers, Donors, and Alumni Award Recipients on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Washburn Hall on Lesley University Brattle Campus. …
In a moving act of philanthropy, a Lesley University faculty member and her husband have made a significant gift to the University towards the construction of the new Art Institute of Boston (AIB) facility as part of the Cambridge Campus. In recognition of their generosity, the school’s main art gallery will be named in their honor: The Nancy and Edward Roberts Gallery. …
The 2011 Alumni Weekend festivities were kicked off by a celebration of the dedication of Lesley’s Children’s Literature Collection in honor of First Alumna Evelyn M. Finnegan ’48 on Friday, June 3rd.
The collection has been endowed by the Finnegan family in honor of their mother. Evelyn is a teacher, children’s librarian, and the author My Little Friends, a series of children’s books, which are on display in Lesley’s Sherrill Library. …
Paris Visone, a 2008 graduate of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, is the winner of a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography, netting $5,000 and editorial support for “Gender Roles and Appearance,” an ongoing project. …
Kim Orefice Turner is a 2007 master’s graduate in elementary education from Lesley’s School of Education. A teacher who credits Lesley with her excellent preparation for success in the classroom, Kim and her family want to empower other Lesley students to do the same.
The Timocracy Foundation was established by Kim and her parents in memory of Kim’s brother, Tim, who died tragically in a car accident during his senior year in high school. The Timocracy Scholarship Fund for Lesley’s School of Education grew out of the love of education that Tim shared with his sister and the Orefice family. The fund annually awards two merit-based scholarships of $5,000 to students who are studying to be early childhood or elementary school teachers. Each applicant must submit an application and a personal statement about the positive impact a teacher has had on their lives and how the experience inspired them to pursue a career in education.
Naomi Nason Skoler LC ’63 and her family have been active members of the Lesley community for five decades. Pictured here with her husband Moe Skoler, a Lesley Trustee, her daughter-in-law Jennifer, and two of the Skoler Scholarship recipients.
Giving back to Lesley comes naturally to Naomi Nason Skoler LC’63. She has been actively involved with her alma mater for five decades; her husband, Moe Skoler, serves as a Trustee; and her daughter-in-law, Jennifer, is a 2005 graduate of the School of the Education. …
Barbara Russell is a 1968 graduate of Lesley with a great story and a generous spirit. An extraordinary businesswoman, she helped build one company and started a second that yielded a record profit on its sale in 2004. Her husband, Gordon Russell, is a conservationist, and they have lived in New Hampshire surrounded by the area’s natural beauty for the past 38 years. After the successful sale of the business they formed the Russell Foundation to help New Hampshire landowners protect their land, with 5000 acres conserved so far. Barbara also wants to help her alma mater, and they have made plans to contribute to Lesley’s future through their bequest intention which will result in a transformative gift for student scholarships. …
In Dubliners, author James Joyce described the character Mr. Duffy as living a short distance from his body – an anecdote Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinnused to illustrate the need for us to be engaged in the here and now.
“What’s the distance between you and your body at any given moment?” implored Dr. Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts. “We can be seriously out of touch.”
Sarah Reeves Young’s daily schedule has taken a tangent from her preferred day of teaching eighth grade physical science at Rowland Hall Middle School in Salt Lake City.
The 2005 School of Education alumna is spending this year away from her classroom in Washington DC at the National Science Foundation. As one of 20 Albert Einstein Fellows – one of the youngest teachers accepted into the fellowship, and the first from her home state of Utah – her days are spent working with government agencies, assisting them in effectively reaching teachers on various initiatives, participating in policy briefings, and meeting with congressional representatives and staff.
