Sophonie Milord

“Kaitlyn was an exceptional student in Georgetown's associate EME program, who has continued to excel,” said Scott Lykens, Southern Delaware program coordinator in CEHD.

“Some might define joy as creativity, but for others joy is community focused,” he said. “And these impact the classroom in different ways.” For him, the community of preservice teachers at William Penn has been a source of joy as they share frustrations and ideas. Art, music, fitness, family are a few other terms that Spagnolo identified in the survey responses.

The annual event places participants into teams and tasks them with solving a realistic public-sector problem, like a pandemic outbreak or migration challenge. Students are assigned stakeholder roles, such as emergency manager or public health official or politician, and they must analyze fictional data, negotiate with one another and respond to an evolving crisis. Tugend and Altman understood exactly when to push, when to protect and when to ensure the group remained united.