USD Magazine Summer 2007

USD MAGAZINE 6 AROUND THE PARK W hile the view from the new School of Leader- ship and Education Sciences building is impressive, the vision behind it is awe-inspiring. Dean Paula Cordeiro is thrilled that at last, SOLES students, faculty and administrators will be togeth- er under one roof.“I can’t tell you how dramatically different the space is from anything we have ever had,”she says.“It’s hard for us to even imagine the possibilities.” Of course, it won’t be long until imagination becomes reality. by Julene Snyder [ e d i f y i n g ]

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMI LY The peop l e and p rog rams wi t h i n t he new SOLES bu i l d i ng make i t more than j us t the sum of i t s par t s

Master’s student Susan Allain, who’s in the counseling program with a specialization in elementary- age students, says that her SOLES experience has been a wholly positive one. And her work as a graduate assistant for professor Lonnie Rowell is tailor-made for her major: “He designed the USD model for collaborative action research,” she explains. Being paired with a counselor at a local school and working to make the counselor more effective is icing on the cake. But for Allain, the pro-

From the sala , which Cordeiro describes as “an atheneum marketplace,” to the high-tech executive training classroom, to spaces designed for relaxation and creation of “new synergies,” the potential is infinite. Already, the students who will be among the first to use the new facilities tend to speak of their own educational experi- ences — which range from obtaining teaching credentials to master’s degrees to doctoral scholarship — in glowing terms.

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