Maria College Art in Nigeria
Earlier this year, I organized an art exchange as part of the Global Art Project for Peace. This project is a biennial international exchange between individuals and groups. The mission […]
Read MoreInspired by Black Violin
As the semester gets into its second week here at Maria College, we can all use words of encouragement to keep us looking forward to the work and busyness of […]
Read MoreCare for our Common Home
September 1 marked the inauguration of a World Day of Prayer for Creation as part of Pope Francis’ prophetic stance on tackling climate change. This week he took it one […]
Read MoreJoin the Blog Team
Welcome one and all to a new academic year at Maria College in Albany, NY! With the freshness of a new semester, I got thinking about a fresh new year […]
Read MoreNew Beginnings
Welcome back to the Fall 2016 semester! One of the things I love about working in education as a teacher, is that every year we get to begin again and […]
Read MoreGearing Up
A New Academic Year Summer? What summer? Can you believe that the new academic year is about to begin here at Maria College on Monday, August 29? As a student […]
Read MoreJunk Drawer Treasures
When my husband and I moved into our house about twenty years ago, I did not plan on having a kitchen junk drawer, but one just materialized over time and […]
Read MoreRelax and Color
As I prepared to write a blog entry during the first days of August, I stumbled across the fact that August 2 of each year is National Coloring Book Day. […]
Read MoreReading to Children
I am an English teacher who truly believes in the power and importance of language and the value of reading!!! But I am definitely not alone…not by a long shot! […]
Read MoreAct of Mercy
Reading the local newspaper, the Times Union, last week, I came across a fascinating series of articles by Paul Grondahl, a long-time feature writer for the paper. The articles introduced […]
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