A two-week service trip to South Africa became a life-changing
experience for 14 students accompanied by
Charisse Willis ’89SVC, ’91MS, ’95P.D., Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Studies in The
School of Education at St. John’s University,
The students were aware that many elementary schools in South
Africa were in desperate need of help. “A group of us had been
talking about making the trip there for a long time,” Dean Willis
said. “Finally, we said, ‘let’s just do it.’ You know, God works in
mysterious ways.”
Dean Willis and the students were joined by
Alexandra Foukalas ’11Ed, Assistant Director of the
University’s America Reads * America Serves program, and two
faculty members —
James Bethea, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Services and
Counseling; and
Aliya Holmes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Curriculum and
Instruction.
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