d'mensions/the d'youville college Journal summer 2oo6
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one’04<br />
At age 27 one does not usually go off to<br />
<strong>college</strong> (university) in <strong>the</strong> U.S. to see if could indeed succeed in earning a degree in education to<br />
become a teacher in Canada.<br />
Robert Hamaway of Toronto did just that after completing two years in <strong>the</strong><br />
general arts and science program at Seneca. It all began when Professor<br />
Jim Moran, his mentor at Seneca, “physically grabbed me and said go to<br />
D’Youville College in Buffalo because I can see you as a teacher.”<br />
“I never conceived <strong>the</strong> idea of being a teacher but he saw that in me, so<br />
while apprehensive, I looked up D’Youville on <strong>the</strong> Web site and spoke<br />
with Jim about it,” Robert said. “He said if you want to become a teacher,<br />
go to D’Youville.”<br />
Robert finished at Seneca and after looking at <strong>the</strong> package D’Youville<br />
offered—a scholarship, 20 percent discount for <strong>the</strong> Canadian exchange<br />
and <strong>the</strong> chance to earn both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in three<br />
years—he made <strong>the</strong> decision to enroll as an education major at <strong>the</strong><br />
“institution over <strong>the</strong> Peace Bridge.”<br />
He moved to Fort Erie and soon<br />
felt at home at D’Youville. After<br />
9/11, he moved to an apartment<br />
on <strong>the</strong> West Side of Buffalo and<br />
could easily walk to <strong>the</strong> campus<br />
daily and enjoy easy access to <strong>the</strong><br />
library. “I got to know people on<br />
and off campus and made many<br />
friends.”<br />
As generations of students have<br />
found, <strong>the</strong> small classes and <strong>the</strong><br />
personal attention provided by<br />
<strong>the</strong> faculty are a well-known<br />
hallmark of D’Youville. “The<br />
faculty are phenomenal, second<br />
to none and it is <strong>the</strong> faculty that<br />
make <strong>the</strong> institution,” Robert said.<br />
“I owe much to Dr. David Kelly,<br />
[professor of history] a great<br />
teacher and now a life-long friend,<br />
who instilled confidence in me and<br />
pushed me to be a teacher. The<br />
faculty make it easy for students to<br />
learn and I felt at home <strong>the</strong>re.”<br />
A history major, he was elected President of Kappa Delta, <strong>the</strong> History<br />
Club.<br />
Robert graduated in 2004 with his degree in history and a master’s in<br />
education and today is a part-time faculty member of Seneca teaching<br />
media and pop culture, human geography and current issues in Canada.<br />
He loves teaching and plans on getting a second master’s degree in history<br />
and, if D’Youville offered it, he would return to campus.<br />
“If I hadn’t gone to D’Youville it’s uncertain that I would have been a<br />
teacher. I felt at home <strong>the</strong>re and miss it.”<br />
Robert Hamaway ’04<br />
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