Events & Calendars Alumni-in-Residence: Finding One's Way by Working to Improve Schools, with Dr. Kent Peterson '69

Join us to hear about the pathways and crossroads Dr. Kent Peterson '69 has traveled throughout his professional life as a public school teacher, researcher, author, and education leader.

In this Loeb Center Alumni-in-Residence session, we will discuss how Dr. Peterson's liberal arts foundation fostered his own career choices guided by his personal values and commitment to universal access to quality, caring, supportive schools. Students of all class years who are interested in careers in education leadership, teaching, and/or education policy are encouraged to join this dialogue.

Dr. Peterson is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and founder of the Principals Leadership Institute. He currently works with urban, rural, and suburban leadership academies that serve new, aspiring, and experienced school principals in the U.S. and around the world.

There will be plenty of time for student questions.

To learn more about the Loeb Center's Alumni-in-Residence program, visit: https://www.amherst.edu/mm/575486