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INTERNSHIP PROFILE Michael Godinez MAJOR


Pursuing a BSEd in secondary education and a BS in math


INTERNSHIP


Student teaching at St. Ignatius College Prep


COORDINATING TEACHER


Ruston Brous- sard (MEd ’12)


Why teaching? • “My mom is a teacher, first of all. But I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when I was in high school. Then, senior year, I had a great pre-calculus teacher. It was the first time I understood how math worked, and I was tutoring people. My teacher said, ‘I see how you explain things to people. You can do this.’”


One-on-one • “We have a department of- fice, and we have an empty classroom to use as a math resource room. Kids come in with homework or whatever. I’ve been taking those meetings, which I really enjoy. I like be- ing able to work one on one with kids.”


Excelsior • “There are days when you get up there, and you think you have the great- est lesson plan, and they just look at you like, ‘What are you talking about?’ So you keep trying to do better.”


Drive to succeed • “I really enjoy it. The kids are almost too driven—especially the older ones. I tell them not to stress out too much. Everybody is like, ‘How can I do better? Can I come in for help?’”


Tip of the iceberg • “Just from seeing my mom, I knew teaching was a lot of work. She’ll be at school until 7 and then work another couple hours at home. But I never fully realized how much goes into prepar- ing for class. We work through homework problems, because we have to explain it the next day and we don’t want to be solving giant equations on the fly. We’re doing the homework too! I’ve been surprised how much teaching goes beyond just the things you think of—grading, writing tests—there’s so much more.”


HEALTH SCIENCES Division’s first provost


Gamelli retires Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS, who over almost 25 years built Loyola into an international leader in research, education, and patient care, retired this past fall. He was the first senior vice president and provost of Loyola’s Health Sciences Divi- sion, which comprises Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Stritch School of Medicine, and the HSD Graduate School. Gamelli previously served as dean of Stritch


and senior vice president of Loyola University Health System. He was the Robert J. Freeark Professor of Surgery and director of the Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, which he founded, at Stritch. Gamelli’s vision for inter-


professional education and research led to the devel- opment of the University’s Center for Simulation Educa- tion and the Center for Translational Research and Education. The CTRE will open in April 2016. “Loyola and the medical profession afforded


Richard L. Gamelli


me the chance to do and see many amazing things and be part of the lives of many memo- rable people,” he said.” In October, a retirement reception in Gamelli’s honor was attended by hundreds of well-wishers.


The comic imperative


ETHICS EXPERT AL GINI


Al Gini is Profes- sor of Business Ethics in the Quinlan School of Business.


I’ve been doing a lot of research on the gen- eral topic of humor. And I’ve come to find out that it’s not a laughing matter. Oh yes, most of us readily laugh at a good joke or our favorite comic, but the joy of humor is re- ally serious business. Recently, I came across two quotes from comedians of entirely different backgrounds and generations that perfectly capture what I mean.


“Somewhere along the line, we’ve forgotten the true purpose of humor: to help people cope with the fears and the horrors of the world.”


—Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele


“If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.” —Joan Rivers


WINTER 2015 11 The simple fact of the matter is that life


is harsh and fraught with trials and tribula- tions. One way or another, all of us have to confront and deal with the unavoidable problems of meaning and purpose, love, politics, and social justice, as well as the unanswerable absurdities of pain, suffering, illness, and death. Although humor is neither a permanent cure nor direct answer to these challenges, it can serve as a temporary re- prieve and antidote. Jokes and laughter can act both as a sword and a shield to defend ourselves against life. Humor can, at least for a while, make the unknown, the intolerable, and the utterly unavoidable more bearable.


Viktor Frankl has pointed out that, all too often, we cannot change or control the facts of life or the course of our fate, but we can control our attitude in regard to the particular facts of our fate. Humor is the attitude I choose to face the irrelevant, the tragic, the absurd, and the overwhelming matters of life that are beyond my control and comprehension. Humor is not a cure for life, but it can be a helpful anesthesia. I am convinced that laughter both demonstrates and reinforces our humanity, encourages hope, and allows us to endure with dignity. Both seriousness and silliness are critical parts of a meaningful life.


PHOTO BY MAT T GRCIC


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