An Education Student in the Anthropology Lab (Guest post by Kaitlyn Gilfillian)
Today's post is by graduating History/Classics/Education student Kaitlyn Gilfillian. I've had the pleasure of teaching Kaitlyn in several classes and working closely with her on Lux stuff. She is a true model of what University of Winnipeg students can accomplish and how they contribute to their communities (she's also a busy volunteer in addition to her studies). She will be an excellent teacher and we all can't wait to see what she'll accomplish at the head of her own classroom! Congratulations on your graduation, Kaitlyn! I started volunteering for the Lux Project from the beginning because I was excited to see our collection in the anthropology lab. From the very beginning Dr. Funke talked about the possibility of creating curriculum and worksheets for the project to make it more accessible for school-aged children and to make our research more accessible to the public. At this time, I was in my fourth year of five in the education program at the universit