We are to live in the moment but often we live in the moment about the past. How can we not? This is what I did upon getting ready for our last cadre member from the great CADRE 8 to graduate from the doctoral program at Pepperdine University. In my nostalgic moment, I started pulling out memorabilia such as the custom CDs that the now Dr. Roberta Ambrosino so generously copied for us simply for our sheer enjoyment. I thought about our Cadre 8 song composed by the now Dr. Dan Paquette. I also thought about the wonderful 24 (or was it 25) great people I had the opportunity to meet PLUS the equally great faculty leaders at Pepperdine University. My doctoral experience was the education I had always been looking for in terms of learning to become, leading, and building community. It was an experience I will always cherish and it continues to shape me today.
This post is a salute to CADRE 8! I hope this brings as many LOLs to you as it did to me.
I hope to see many of you at Malibu this weeked as we celebrate Dr. Mary Wegner on May 17, 2014.
Zia
Sharon Lalla, Ed.D. 