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Image of Luke Milon (L) and Will Garey (R) with Mardi Gras striped shirts on and colorful beads around their neck at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, LA.

Home Away From Home

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word community as a unified body of individuals that are connected through a common goal or belief. ACE uses this idea of community to describe...

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Making Room for Joy: A Classroom Tour

A classroom is so much more than a room with four walls. It is a place where learning, connection, strength, and passion are captured through problem sets, group activities, pep...

Cup of Joe: Looking Forward to ACE Summer

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, C.S.C. and Maggie Cahill discuss what they are most looking forward to during the upcoming ACE Summer.

Cup of Joe: Where Did You Find God This Year?

Reflecting on the end of another academic year, Fr. Joe Carey, C.S.C. and Maggie Cahill share where they found God this year.

Clayton Glasgow (middle with blue button down and blue tie) talking to students on left (male in red sweater) and right (female in blue polo) or him. They are at a lab table looking at a worksheet on the table.

Slivers of Perfection

A few days ago, there was an incident in my classroom that I did not handle very well. On the contrary, I handled it quite poorly, and I ended up...

Cup of Joe: Love Like Sean

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, C.S.C. and Maggie Cahill discuss the new Sean Richards ACE Chaplaincy and share what they think it means to Love...

Leads with Zeal: Educating for Love and Service

What is it to lead with zeal? When I think of zeal, I think of ardor and intense passion. Originally, however, it meant emulation. And as I have sat with...

Image of Jack Hutter in blue tshirt posing with three of his students in red sweaters and red plaid skirts: two girls to his left and one to his right.

Spring Fever Isn’t Just for the Kids

As the school year starts to wind down, teachers know all too well the restlessness that resides in our classrooms. The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer...

Image that ACE 33's Seamus Dougherty took of Notre Dame's campus from St. Joseph's Lake where you can see the Basilica and Main Building from the other side of the lake.

What Do You Seek?

"What do you seek?" Triumphant in my acceptance into ACE 33 and a growing understanding of my new community in Detroit, the question above stopped me in my tracks. For...

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Models Professionalism: The Art of Professional Leadership

Reflecting on the theme of professionalism brought me back to my first year teaching - way back in the 1900’s as my high school students like to refer to that...