by Grayson Hollowell
On December 7, 2017, each of this year’s 93 Fellows were celebrated for their accomplishments in the 2017 seminars and Curriculum Units. The celebration took place at the Fellows Finale 2017, held at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. The Fellows and their friends ate, laughed, and reminisced together at the reception before the Finale itself.
During the ceremony, each seminar group took the stage to recognize their Seminar Leaders and to share how the past year with CTI impacted them. Consistent conclusions among what the Fellows shared revealed themselves as the ceremony progressed. Those touching themes included how they had grown as teachers and people, made new friends and memories, and the magnitude of what they learned and what it meant to them and their students.
There are no words to express how proud those of us at CTI are of our Fellows and how excited we are for the upcoming 2018 seminars.