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A New Journey Begins
I'm excited to be accepted into the doctoral program at the College of Education, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Our orientation yesterday had a synergy likened to the buzz on my island in Chuuk when a new outrigger sailing canoe is launched on a maiden voyage. I...
SHIP-HOOPS for Chuukese youth
Project: SHIP - HOOPS Type: Nonprofit Location: Chuuk, FSM URL: www.ship-hoops.org This is a project that is near and dear to my heart as it supports the SHIP-HOOPS non-profit organization that was co-founded and led by the late Keitani Graham. Kei, as he was fondly...
Teach for Micronesia – Survey
Teach for Micronesia (TFM) is being developed as an independent, non-profit organization with the mission of ending education inequity in the Pacific Island nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Modeled after the highly successful Teach for America...
Chris Lang, MFT
Project: Chris Lang, MFT Type: Business Location: Santa Cruz, CA URL: www.chrislangmft.com This website is for Chris Lang, MFT, a newly licensed marriage and family therapist in Santa Cruz, CA., who wanted a website to match her new private practice. The design began...
NY Jesuit Provincial’s Response Leaves More Questions Than Answers
Fr. David Ciancimino, SJ, the New York Jesuit Provincial recently responded to our petition on change.org to keep Fr. Francis X. Hezel, SJ, in Micronesia where he has done so much work and continues to do so. His public response which is published on The Fourth Branch...
Petition to Keep Fr. Francis X. Hezel, SJ in Micronesia where he is Needed
We have launched an online petition on change.org addressed to the leaders of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Micronesia, New York Province, and the world on behalf of Fr. Francis X. Hezel, SJ., a Jesuit priest who has lived and faithfully served the people of...
Happiness Takes… Practice?
The following is a reflection that someone recently shared on FB. I think it's worth re-posting here as it serves as a good reminder to us all that happiness is not something that magically happens to us. According to Cindy Holbrook, happiness happens to people who...
Northwest Educators Set 10 Regional Priorities
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDW7z8qMoI I've just returned from a week at Xavier High School in Chuuk, site of my first teaching years, to co-facilitate the Northwest Educators Summer Training (NEST) for over 70 public school teachers and principals and leaders...
We Know Our Problems, Now What?!
httpv://youtu.be/Q1eIYZjzO7A This video, Dare to Imagine, challenges us to re-imagine innovative ways to tackle global and local problems. It is also applicable to rethinking strategies for solving problems in education in Chuuk. The film was part of the Skoll World...
Help Wanted: Education Expert for Chuuk
The news about educational reform in my fair state of Chuuk is not good. In fact, it's becoming alarmingly bad that it deserves drastic measures. If Chuuk's education is likened to the sinking of the Titanic, then the sequence of Chuukese headlines of that historic...
Hawaii Chuukese Leaders Unite over Social Issues
In a rare show of solidarity and ecumenical unity, a group of Chuukese Catholic, Protestant, and women leaders gathered this week at the Pacific Islander Student Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to discuss social issues and solutions unique to the Chuukese...
What Graduates Don’t Learn in Schools
Graduation season is upon us again. I'm struck with these life lessons which have been mistakenly attributed to Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates. The original version first appeared on September 19, 1996 in an op ed piece in the San Diego Union Tribune by...
Chuuk’s Student Athletes Honor Local Hero Keitani Graham
As a Chuukese I am grateful to Gabe Rossi, Chairman of the Interscholastic Sports Commission (ISC) and the local member schools for their decision to dedicate their annual statewide track and field day to the memory of the late Keitani Graham, our Chuukese Olympian...
Dental Project – Chuuk Team 2008
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Houk Island
These photos were taken back...