ACE Teaching Fellows Blog

There's No Place Like Home

“Níl aon tintéan mar thintéan fhéin” This is an old Irish proverb meaning "there is no place like home." On a recent brisk, magnificent fall morning in Indianapolis, I attended...

Early Mornings, Late Nights, and Desk Naps: Life at Saint Catherine's

"Why?" This is the question I heard when I told people that I was staying in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "Why Oklahoma?" Good question. If I'd moved back home to mostly sunny...

Doing Little Things with Great Love

Monica Kowalski, Ph.D., serves as a faculty member in the ACE Teaching Fellows and Mary Ann Remick Leadership programs. She writes about how we must focus on doing small things...

To My Younger, Less Sleep-Deprived Self

Navigating life after college inevitably teaches you some hard-earned lessons. However, I think that serving as an ACE teacher brings with it a different type of wisdom. Thinking about ACE...

Saludos desde Ecuador! (Greetings from Ecuador!)

For the past 16 years, the Alliance for Catholic Education has missioned graduates of ACE and other UCCE programs to teach internationally in Santiago, Chile, as part of ACE in...

Saludos desde Ecuador! (Greetings from Ecuador!)

For the past 16 years, the Alliance for Catholic Education has missioned graduates of ACE and other UCCE programs to teach internationally in Santiago, Chile, as part of ACE in...

Sharing Knowledge in Senegal: A Vocation of Education (Part 3)

Michael Berino (ACE 19) has expanded his teaching and learning by spending the past nine months in Senegal. Thanks to a prestigious grant he received from The Fulbright Program, he...

Sharing Knowledge in Senegal: A Vocation of Education (Part 2)

Michael Berino (ACE 19) has expanded his teaching and learning by spending the past nine months in Senegal. Thanks to a prestigious grant he received from The Fulbright Program, he...

Sharing Knowledge in Senegal: A Vocation of Education (Part 1)

Michael Berino (ACE 19) has expanded his teaching and learning by spending the past nine months in Senegal. Thanks to a prestigious grant he received from The Fulbright Program, he...

Living Out ACE's Pillars: A Letter to Second-Year Teachers

Dear ACE 22, Congratulations! You have successfully completed your first year of teaching and have made it to the second summer. As you get settled back on campus and focus...