Finland: Shannon Cleary Sharkey ’08; James Sharkey ’09; Josh Young ’00, M ’05, Ed.S. ’20, Ed.D. ’23; Kate Ramler Elliott ’02; Michelle Stinehart ’14; Zachary Arms ’17, M ’24; Hans Klar, Education professor; and Betty Bagley M ’76, Ph.D. ’23.

A group of educators from the School District of Pickens County toured the Oulu University Teacher Training School and learned about the Finnish education system from experts. Afterward, they traveled to Rovaneimi, and rode in reindeer sleighs, husky sleighs and visited Santa Claus past the Arctic Circle. The group includes Shannon Cleary Sharkey ’08; James Sharkey ’09; Josh Young ’00, M ’05, Ed.S. ’20, Ed.D. ’23; Kate Ramler Elliott ’02; Michelle Stinehart ’14; Zachary Arms ’17, M ’24; Hans Klar, Education professor and the Interim Department Chair of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development; and Betty Bagley M ’76, Ph.D. ’23.