Entries by Valerie Fischer

Tech Director Degree a “Slam Dunk”

For Ethan Mallow MLC ’24, choosing MLC’s graduate program was an easy decision. In his words, it was a “slam dunk.” A Ministry with Many Moving Parts: In May 2024 Ethan was assigned to serve as technology director and science instructor at Winnebago Lutheran Academy. Now in his second year there, he’s busy with all […]

Josh Wong: Becoming a Wise Leader for Families Today

Raising children today isn’t easy. Changing values in society, social media temptations, family conflicts, learning difficulties, financial strains—all the contemporary results of Adam and Eve’s sin make parenting a tough gig. When families struggle, they often turn to their WELS church and school leaders for help. Josh Wong MLC ’21 wants to be there for […]

Meeting the Needs of All Learners

American classrooms are growing more and more diverse. In the face of this blessing—and challenge—Dr. Kari Muente MLC ’99 is ready to share an instructional framework that can help teachers reach all their students: Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Dr. Muente is sharing her knowledge of UDL in the MLC graduate course she team-teaches with […]

New Degree, New Vocation

Since her graduation from DMLC in 1986, God has put Gina (Hoerning) Grove’s gifts to work in many different vocations—teacher, consultant, Bible study writer, speaker, life coach, counselor, mom, grandma—and she has taken Scripture with her everywhere she’s gone. When she decided in her 50s to pursue her Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MATS) […]

A Special Path Toward Special Education

“It’s amazing how God will use things in your life early on to prepare you for where he wants you to go.” Dr. Mark Murphy DMLC ’92, a new member of our graduate faculty, is circumspect about how he landed where he is today—serving God as a special education professor. During high school and college, […]