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Last month, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College held the iTeachELLs STEM summer camp. The five-day program took place at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix and was bolstered with some noteworthy guests.

Gladys Styles Johnston, former dean of ASU’s College of Education (now known as Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College) passed away on June 20 in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 79 years old. Johnson was dean from 1986 to 1991.

Last month, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College held the iTeachELLs STEM summer camp. The five-day program took place at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix and was bolstered with some noteworthy guests. On day three, we met up with keynote speaker Mawi Asgedom.

Asgedom is a refugee turned Harvard graduate. He has written eight books and inspired teenagers and educators all over the world with his motivational speeches and online leadership classes, which he offers through Mawi Learning, a business he founded nearly 20 years ago.

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