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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...

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Laugh at the Little Things

Though my first semester of teaching was a blur, it is defined by a sense of fun. Dropped into a new city, school, and job with only eight weeks of...

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What's Not in the Lesson Plan

It might be crazy to admit that one of my objectives on Fridays is to get my students to cry, but it isn’t because I am giving an impossible test...

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Cup of Joe: Sacred Spaces

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Maggie Cahill discuss places on campus that hold spiritual significance for them.