Another group of faculty and students from Lourdes College traveled to New Orleans to conduct professional development activities with teachers and students in the Archdiocese of New Orleans school system.

Notre Dame Sister Marya Czech, assistant professor of biology and health sciences; Jennifer Fong, director of the center for professional studies; Notre Dame Sister Jaculin Manders, instructor of mathematics; Kerri Riggs, instructor of psychology and several Lourdes students are to give presentations and workshops focusing on subjects including curriculum mapping, digital literacy, genetics and evolution and kinesthetic learning of science processes.     

“This is our second year working with these schools,” says Sr. Czech. “After Hurricane Katrina hit, the schools received a number of new technologies during the rebuilding process. Our professional development activities focus on helping the teachers learn how best to utilize these technologies and apply them in their classrooms.”  

The group is keeping an online blog during the trip at http://www.lourdes.edu/professionalstudies.

A third team of students led by Dr. Martha Gallagher, an instructor of nursing at Lourdes College, set out on a mission trip to Lima, Peru, to provide health care to area residents. Dr. Gallagher is keeping an online blog documenting the trip at http://www.lourdes.edu/peru.