Education

By Margaret McKinney
Highlands University

Take risks and gather your spiritual medicine for your life journey, Navajo Diné College President Maggie George told graduates at the Highlands University main campus commencement last Saturday.

A record number of 952 students graduated from Highlands and its centers, with 438 earning their diplomas in Las Vegas. Of these graduates, 52 percent earned bachelor’s degrees and 48 percent completed master’s degrees.

By Marge Eberts and Peggy Gisler

 Question: Our 2-year-old daughter leaves the neighborhood children her age in the dust. She is so much more advanced intellectually. Not only is her vocabulary far more sophisticated, she can do simple addition problems without any difficulty. What should we look for in a preschool for our child? — Very Advanced

By Jesse Gallegos
Luna Community College

Luna Community College general science student Auritha Roybal and Lisa Bentson, a general biology instructor, will both be attending a Genomic Education Partnership Workshop at Washington University in St. Louis in June.

By Marge Eberts and Peggy Gisler

Question: My son in 10th grade is doing well in school except when it comes to writing essays for his English class. He just doesn’t know how to choose a topic or to organize what he wants to say. His teacher certainly hasn’t been helpful. He has had about zero instruction in writing essays.