Several scholarships are available to current PsTL students and to incoming PsTL students.
As a child from a lower income, single-mother family, Na’im Madyun
says he was always strong academically but not tops among his peers.
Today he has a doctorate in school psychology from the College and an
assistant professorship in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and
Learning.
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The positive effects of a college diploma are many—from increased
income, professional mobility, and improved quality of life, to good
health. Yet for students whose parents’ highest level of education is
high school or less, finishing college is a challenge.
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Murray Jensen helps students learn Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in his Principles of Biology class (PsTL 1131).
This summer Jill Trites traveled to Mozambique to teach English to children and adults. Jill is pictured above with Maria Zina, school administrator and teacher.
PSTL offers a two-semester curriculum focused on the social, academic, and institutional needs of first-year students. This program builds intentional pathways to majors in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) by introducing students to the ways of creating knowledge in different disciplines, while also encouraging students to build knowledge across disciplines. The first-year curriculum includes a First Year Inquiry course and Learning Communities.
FYI is an innovative, team-taught class that engages first-year students in meaningful learning and scholarship by linking faculty members from different disciplines.
Learning Communities are classes from different disciplines that have been intentionally integrated around a theme, teaching approach, shared goal, or final project.
Spring 2009 Learning Communities
Freshman seminars allow you to work closely with a faculty member in a small class environment around a particular area of expertise. You engage in a close study of topics ranging from evolution and genetics to public art and public health. Freshman seminars also fulfill graduation requirements and may be linked to career development courses.