Philip Althage
"Three of my teachers are enrolled in the Graduate Classical Education program at University of Dallas. Their course of studies has enriched their engagement with the high culture of the West, renewing their zeal for the project of the Liberal Arts within the classroom and among our faculty. The relationship between Great Hearts and University of Dallas is destined to flourish through their cooperative sponsorship of these teachers’ professional development.
"The Great Hearts teachers studying in this program have taken on leadership opportunities among our faculty as well. They have led seminars with faculty on C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man, have evaluated classrooms for their classicality and utility, and have helped to develop solutions with teachers encountering difficult circumstances with students or material. It is remarkable to observe the widespread effect upon our community that these teachers’ studies have had.
"As classical educators operating within today’s educational context, liberal arts teachers and administrators can often forget that they are not alone in their vocation, and that others throughout the country have responded to the same calling to educate students in the pursuit of wisdom and virtue. The Masters in Classical Education program provides teachers from various backgrounds and institutions to reflect together on the beauty and splendor of the Western Tradition. University of Dallas has lifted up a rallying banner for teachers everywhere.
"As an administrator, I am grateful that University of Dallas is helping to keep the mission of classical education prominent in my teachers’ hearts and minds. The daily rigors of a teacher’s work make for a heavy load, and those without the animating force of vision and purpose will often buckle under the burden. University of Dallas helps to remind these teachers of the wondrous depths of the liberal arts and reinvigorates them in their most noble purpose.
"I cannot recommend this program more highly."
Assistant Professor of Biology Inimary Toby, Ph.D., has spent her summer fighting for the end of COVID-19 by volunteering with the National Scientist Volunteer Database (NSVD) as the Texas State Coordinator and by conducting lab research of the virus with her UD students.
+ Read MoreIn a mountain range in Italy, Sophia Andaloro, BS '19, investigates dark matter. One of the 2019 Cardinal Spellman recipients at UD, Andaloro received both the 2020 NSF Graduate Fellowship and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) this past year, her first year in graduate school at Rice University. She is one of five graduate students who will join the NNSA program this fall.
+ Read MoreAccording to a team of University of Dallas juniors, there's an optimal water-to-sand ratio, roughly 6%, along with a borrowed methodology that's endured the test of time dating back to the relics of the Old Kingdom. The students' research, titled "The Best Sandcastles Are Egyptian: Pyramids Reign Supreme," was awarded a Meritorious designation in the International Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) -- a first in university history.
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