Jessica Mize Earns Master of Arts in Ethical Leadership
Part of being an educator means that you never stop learning. Jessica Mize, 91猫先生’s ACE Coordinator (Academic Center for Excellence), is no exception to this rule. Jessica completed a milestone in her own educational journey this past weekend as she earned a Master of Arts in Ethical Leadership from Claremont Lincoln University. Jessica has been a part of our faculty for many years now and has shown not only a love and gift for teaching, but for caring for her students as well. We are proud of the hard work she has done to continue cultivating a thoughtful, Christ-centered life so that she can cultivate the same in her students.
Join us in congratulating Jessica Mize on this accomplishment!
The following is a summary of Jessica’s address at the graduation ceremony:
Ethical Leadership Program Address
After Dr. Manalo鈥檚 introductory address, three students from each graduate program were featured as the student speakers for the ceremony. After a brief introduction by Dr. Stan Ward, the Interim Director for Ethical Leadership,Jessica Mize, a graduate student in the , delivered her commencement address.
Mize had gone on to detail in her speech a few moments of self-reflection, stating, 鈥淚 often found myself saying, 鈥楬ow can I make a difference?鈥欌�� She found the answer lied in a concept that she introduced called CAPE, elaborating that one must care, be aware, be persistent, and must educate. She pressed her fellow classmates, as well as the faculty, staff, families, and general audience to 鈥減ut on your CAPE.鈥�
Mize compelled the audience to 鈥渃hange the darkness into the light鈥�, to disregard the notion of complacency at the expense of others embroiled in tragedies such as poverty, overconsumption, unethical behavior, and the denial of human rights. Mize asked, as everyone celebrated the program coming to its end, that 鈥淸we] do not become complacent . . . Put on your CAPE. Use the issues you care about and help others become aware, educate them, and finally, be courageously persistent.鈥�
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