Helping Villa Maria students build the resilience that’s critical to their success.
弹性中心
All-Inclusive Student 支持
Formed in partnership with renowned speaker, 作者, and trainer 邓肯·柯克伍德, the 弹性中心 is another support service for students enrolled at 玛丽亚别墅学院.
The Center will help students acquire fundamental skills that will help them overcome adversity to graduate from college and enter the workforce as a young professional who is prepared to begin a successful career in their field of choice.
在课堂上和校园里
In addition to helping students learn how to move past unexpected setbacks, it will become part of the College’s Core 101 curriculum, which works to transform and empower new students to realize all facets of their potential. Resiliency is now an integral part of student life programming, and Villa students can participate in empowerment sessions hosted by Kirkwood.
社会福利
Local high schools and other community 组织 are invited to work with us! Villa Maria and 邓肯·柯克伍德 are working together to build a community that can endure any hardship and become better for it. Kirkwood will give his presentations on resiliency to local area high schools and other community 组织.
这是邓肯·柯克伍德
作为一个贫民区的学生, 邓肯·柯克伍德 overcame wave after wave of setbacks to make it to graduation. With each challenge, Duncan learned new lessons that ultimately helped him thrive. 玛丽亚别墅外, 柯克伍德是一个多元化的地方, 股本, and inclusion trainer and is the founder of 邓肯·柯克伍德 Consulting, 有限责任公司. He has spent his professional life working to empower students, 教育工作者, 组织, and communities through his presentations. His mission is to ensure everyone has access to the critical tools needed to become the most resilient and best version of themselves. Kirkwood received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Alabama State University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Arizona and is a master resilience trainer for the Army National Guard.
