When Gene Folden, ’87 PhD, was in third grade, his teacher asked what he wanted to be. “A comedian and a minister,” he responded. Now the associate chair of the Department of Human Sciences and a Methodist minister, he keeps his students laughing while teaching them valuable life lessons. Q: You’ve taught human development and […]
New alumna ready to instill critical thinking in young learners
The summer after eighth grade, Abby Andrews distributed flyers in neighbors’ mailboxes. Her start-up business? Helping kids retain skills they learned during the school year. Today, the 2018 graduate in mathematics education is ready to take on her own classroom. Q: What made you want to be a teacher? A: My mom and most of […]
Guide for life
They once were professor and advisee. Now they’re colleagues. And that’s the end goal, they say. BY ROBIN CHENOWETH Accomplished nutrition scientist Kelly Walsh, ’00 BS, ’06 PhD, was an untried grad student when he first crossed paths with the man who would set his career into motion. He was intimidated, to say the least. […]
