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Gratitude - WINDOW - The magazine for WWU
Gratitude - WINDOW - The magazine for WWU
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TEACHING<br />
Story by<br />
William Dietrich (’73)<br />
Mike Town wins national acclaim – and inspires students to reach further – with a focus on environmental education<br />
While a missile can be aimed across continents,<br />
teaching and learning are more akin to throwing<br />
gravel in a pond. Sure, ripples go out, but exactly what<br />
a university like Western accomplishes might not be<br />
entirely clear until years or decades after graduation.<br />
Did inspiration really take root? Was a key lesson really<br />
learned?<br />
How far will those ripples go?<br />
Then someone like Mike Town, ‘84 and ‘85, helps change<br />
the world. And you know the collaboration works.<br />
Town got direction in life from Western and Huxley<br />
College of the Environment. And he, in turn, has given<br />
direction to about 1,500 of his environmental education<br />
students at Redmond High School, while successfully<br />
Continued on page 20.<br />
Photo by Josie Liming<br />
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