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2 weeks ago | klcc.org | Love Cross

Amanda Boyce is a Student Support Specialist for Greater Albany Public Schools. In this role, she supports Special Education teachers and advocates for children with disabilities or who need extra educational support. Amanda’s colleague, Alex Brooks, nominated Amanda as an Inspiring Mind, noting that Amanda's mentorship has been pivotal as Alex navigated a career change to special education.

1 month ago | klcc.org | Love Cross

Meet Gary Spalter, musical director at the Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center at the Village School in Eugene. Gary was nominated as a KLCC Inspiring Mind by one of his students, Karyn Kaplan. Karyn says Gary is a tireless educator with a special focus on forming and fostering young musicians and more. She wanted to thank Gary for his work in giving the gift Zimbabwean music to his students and our community. Gary has been teaching at the Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center since 1994.

2 months ago | klcc.org | Love Cross

This school year, KLCC is celebrating educators through our series Inspiring Minds: Spotlighting inspiration in education. In this installment, we hear from sixth grader Emory Inman. Emory looks back on the positive influence of his 4th grade teacher at Edgewood Elementary, Adam Shepard. It was Emory's first year back to face-to-face learning after COVID, and he was not looking forward his 4th grade year. But thanks to Adam, Emory says he wanted to go to school "all 185 days" that year.

2 months ago | klcc.org | Love Cross

This school year, KLCC is celebrating educators through our series Inspiring Minds: Spotlighting inspiration through education. In this installment, we hear from Sheldon High School parent Liz Bruno, who shares her appreciation for her daughter's choir teacher at Sheldon High School, Megan Purdue. Megan, a 2003 graduate of Sheldon High School, is in her 14th year of public school teaching. This is her 5th year as the Director of Choral Studies at Sheldon High School.

Dec 10, 2024 | klcc.org | Love Cross

The accolades keep rolling in for the top-ranked Ducks, and there could be more on the way. Tuesday, the Associated Press selected Oregon Quarterback Dillon Gabriel as the Offensive Player of the Year and the Big Ten Offensive Player of the year. These awards came after Gabriel was chosen as one of four finalists for the coveted Heisman Trophy on Monday.