The First Step is Asking “Why?”
Galvin Ngo encourages teachers to reflect on their practice and then consider how these tools can help design and facilitate better learning experiences.
Ateneo de Manila University
Anne Candelaria, Ateneo de Manila University
Strengthening the University Ecosystem
One lesson Anne Candelaria took away from her experience as a United Board Fellow is that a university is an ecosystem.
Alfons Christian Hardjana, Soegijapranata Catholic University
A Language Bridge between Cultures
Intensive English-language training helped Alfons Christian Hardjana prepare for his graduate studies at De La Salle University in the Philippines.
Tim Chen, Soochow University
Learning alongside Neighbors
At first, Tim Chen was disappointed when he learned his second placement as a 2008-2010 United Board Fellow would be at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He had hoped to spend four months at an Australian university. But Anne Ofstedal, then the United Board’s director of fellowship and scholarship programs told him, “Trust me, you will like Ateneo” – and he did.
Jema Pamintuan, Ateneo de Manila University
A Creative Learning Environment
After Jema Pamintuan’s placement at Georgetown University, she wrote she was eager “to further push myself in helping our department design new courses and teaching tools, and foster a creative and critically engaging learning environment within and outside the classroom.” Now Ateneo de Manila has offered her an opportunity to put those goals into practice: it named her executive director of the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings, an archival facility that promotes writing by and about Filipino women among contemporary readers.