TDP Profiles

Alumni



Bryan  VanGronigenMay 2009 TDP graduate
Bryan VanGronigen
Secondary Education

"My biggest goal as a teacher is to put my students in a position to lead."

Allena C. RobinsonTeacher
Allena C. Robinson
BS Ed '07, Language Arts

"Mizzou and Columbia have given me more than I imagined possible."

Nicole  AdlesElementary Education with K-9 Spanish certification
Nicole Adles
Teacher Development Program: May 2008 graduate

"I've learned that teachers truly make a difference."

Whitney  BoydBS Ed Candidate
Whitney Boyd
Elementary Education

"I'm always around kids, and I kind of feel like I'm a little kid myself."

David  AguayoMU College of Education Student
David Aguayo
Teacher Development Program: Social Studies Education

"In their hands is the potential to create a better society."

Emily  GeiselMathematics teacher at Jefferson Junior High in Columbia
Emily Geisel
BS Ed '06

"Be smarter than your problem."

Christine  GolebiewskiUndergraduate - Senior
Christine Golebiewski
Teacher Development Program: Middle School Math/English

"English education majors never understand why I major in math, said Christine Golebiewski. And math education majors never understand why I major in English."

Larry  L'HoteFrom Trash to Treasure; an artist leaves his mark
Larry L'Hote
BS Ed '63 Secondary Education- Science

"Every student comments on the contrast between his life as a science teacher and his work as an artist, which is anything but scientific."

Kate  VanRoekelBringing Peace Corps Experience to the Classroom
Kate VanRoekel
BS '04 Secondary Education, Social Studies

"I thought that if I was going to be teaching about the world, I ought to first see and experience more of it."