Spring 2023 PilotTalks

PilotTalks - February 2023: Click on each title to watch their story:

Kali Abel, PHD: Environmental Studies
Finding Hope in a Changing Climate

• Kali presents stories from the Global South as powerful reminders of just how much richness there is in our global family and how profound stories can be in showing us who we are.

Anna Myers, PHD: Professor, School of Education
The Hope That Every Child Reads

• Anna's story discusses her journey to UP, the dyslexia initiative she is spearheading, and how the program will ensure UP's teacher candidates are well-versed in the science of reading.

Randy Hetherington, EDD: Associate Professor, School of Education
Hope Springs Eternal - Why?

• Randy explores the 'why' behind hope - why, when facing adversity, the human spirit will arise, endure, and overcome. Through the lens of education, he will discuss why we must know the 'why' before we can truly know what we are hoping for.

Fr. Patrick Hannon, CSC: Holy Cross priest and English instructor
Hope is a Thing with Feathers

• By way of a story and through the lens of Holy Cross spirituality, Fr. Pat reflects on what it means to be a person with hope to bring to the world: how the seeds of hope are always planted in the soil of redemptive suffering.