Z AMBIA Charles Lwanga College of Education (CLCE) is a Jesuit institution and one of few teacher education programs in Zambia. Gonzaga University collaborated with CLCE, as it began transitioning from a twoyear to a four-year bachelor’s-granting institution, which would require instructors to have a master’s degree. The SOE developed a M.Ed. in Leadership and Administration program that began in January 2013, and in December 2014, the 25 instructors received their master’s degrees from Gonzaga University in a ceremony in Monze, Zambia. Dr. Vincent C. Alfonso, Dean; Dr. Joseph Kinsella, Asst. Academic Vice-President for Global Engagement; Dr. Raymond Reyes, Chief Diversity Officer; and Dr. Jon Sunderland, former SOE Dean, represented the University and have been involved with various stages of this program. Gonzaga’s connection will continue as CLCE revolutionizes the educational experience for hundreds of Zambian students, and the positive effects of this collaboration are far more reaching than that. The possibilities are endless for our students to travel to Zambia, become involved, and enhance their own education careers as well. In looking ahead, we see Education majors teaching literacy, internships for students including nursing and human physiology, radio station work for journalism and broadcast majors, business students working on start-up projects, and sociology experience at the cultural center. Clearly, the future in Zambia will bring our Gonzaga students countless opportunities to make a difference in others’ lives while furthering their own education, which is truly in line with the Jesuit spirit of taking your knowledge and “setting the world on fire.”
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