Shelly Parks, who earned her MEd from the UMSL College of Education in 2006, inspires her students through building a community in the classroom.

Shelly Parks, who earned her MEd from the UMSL College of Education in 2006, inspires her students through building a community in the classroom.
Shelly Parks, who earned her MEd from the UMSL College of Education in 2006, inspires her students through building a community in the classroom.
Shelly Parks, who earned her MEd from the UMSL College of Education in 2006, inspires her students through building a community in the classroom.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.