Learning Center staff earns advanced certification

Dan Callihan completes training program at the Kellogg Institute.

Dan Callihan

Dan Callihan

Dan Callihan recently received certification as a Developmental Education Specialist from the Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of Developmental Educators. Callihan is assistant director of the Center for Learning Excellence at MacMurray College, where he tutors students, trains peer tutors and assists students with study skills.

To receive certification, Callihan attended a four-week training session and completed a year-long project for which he designed and executed a tutor-training program at MacMurray. Each year the Kellogg Institute, in conjunction with Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, selects 45 participants from across the nation for the Developmental Educators Program.