After four decades of teaching, Holly Mead and Penny Neswick aren't having a retirement party. They aren't taking a cruise, a trip or a shopping spree. ...

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Three Briar Cliff students (who also happen to be martial arts experts) blog about Spring Break in Morton, Miss., where they're tutoring at an after-school program for disadvantaged youth. ...

Briar Cliff University proudly represented student constituents for education legislative issues on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Iowa State Capitol as part of Iowa Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (IACTE) Day at the Capitol. ...

States and capitals are a big part of the social studies curriculum for fourth graders, so teacher Amanda Elbert ('12) opted to introduce a project that made learning easier. ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Ever since Emma Bruns was a little girl, she’s known what she wants to do with her life. ...

Dr. Michael Baldwin, a 1981 Briar Cliff graduate, was recently selected as one of 50 finalists worldwide for the prestigious $1 million Global Teacher Prize. ...

Dr. Kristen Crabtree-Groff's research on an innovative approach to nurturing leadership and character in adolescents was recently co-published in the Journal of Youth Development. ...

Mattie Murren promises she'll be the first off the bench to congratulate and urge on her Briar Cliff Chargers at the NAIA Division II Women's National Basketball Championship. ...

Briar Cliff education majors recently traveled to the capitol and met with state lawmakers regarding the future of education in Iowa. ...

Reading a book called "The Sick Pets" to a group of first graders, Katie Mueller tells the story of pups Pip, Bix and Vin's trip to the veterinarian's office. ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — For a college student, nothing brings on the “back-to-school blues” like paying for textbooks. ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Briar Cliff alum Joe Handlos has earned bragging rights. ...

Instilling and nurturing hope in students is what teaching is all about for Mary Lincoln, a 1978 graduate of Briar Cliff. ...

When the bell sounded on the last day of school in May, a 55-year run in the classroom ended for Delores Vondrak. ...