A Discussion with Dr. Dalene Fisher of Oklahoma Wesleyan University

“This is directly from [OKWU President] Dr. Dunn: 'Educating the head, but also the heart, the hands, and the habits.' So this is the thought of educating the whole person. That can't just be something that is done outside of the classroom, where the professor is in charge of the head and we'll let other people in the university deal with all these other aspects. It has to be integrated into our pedagogy, and integrated into how we are interacting with the students.”

Oklahoma Wesleyan University is working to put the student -- the whole student -- in the center of education. In this podcast, Dr. Rob Reynolds talks with Dr. Dalene Fisher, Assistant Provost, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Professor of English, about how educating the whole person goes beyond the four years they are earning a bachelor’s degree. They discuss the importance of dual credit for students in high school as well as internships and mentorship during and after college graduation.

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