February 21, 2017
From left, Japanese exchange student Yoshi Sakai shows Trine University education students Adam Miller of Fort Wayne, Tarah Brennan of Allegan, Michigan and Jimmy Bailey of Richmond along with Kathy Pollock, assistant professor in the Franks School of Education, how to fold paper cranes during Pollock’s Children’s Literature class on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Sakai and fellow exchange student Mahoko Kuki shared the art with the class, which was studying the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Based on a true story, the book tells the story of a 12-year-old Japanese girl’s quest to fold 1,000 paper cranes — which legend says will make a sick person well — when she contracts leukemia 10 years after the bombing of Hiroshima. (Photo by Dean Orewiler)
Laurie Stockton-Moreno, director of The Center for Montessori Education at Trine University (CMETU), was part of a team that introduced area eighth- and ninth-grade students to Montessori education during a recent event.
For the 14th straight year, all of Trine University’s graduates from the Franks School of Education who were seeking employment as teachers are working in the classroom.
Trine University has promoted Travis Bowersock to the new role of executive director of creative services, effective Nov. 10.