education Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What!

10 Ways to Use the Life After Birth book to Help Teen Moms

Summer Owens — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 05:37:13 +0000

When I published my memoir, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, my number one goal was to help teen moms. I ultimately created a powerful, trauma-informed curriculum that promoted academic excellence and social and emotional development. Before I created the S.O. What! Literacy, Life Skills, and Character Education […]

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New Leadership Feels SO Good

Summer Owens — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:52:28 +0000

You never know where your dreams can take you. In 2011, I started my speaking business, S.O. What! LLC, and the next year I founded the S.O What! Foundation. I had no idea how hard it would be to lead and grow both organizations simultaneously. For over a decade I’ve kept both going and growing […]

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Joann Massey S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:18:06 +0000

People don’t have to support you. That was very apparent to me as a young mother and even more apparent when it really got tough raising a teenager. But it also became painfully apparent when I became an entrepreneur. Then, someone, I had known since college and reconnected with when we both were honored as […]

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Mayor Frank Scott S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:00:15 +0000

Have you ever met someone and immediately thought, “He (or she) is going to do something pretty amazing one day.”? Well, as a college student, I met Frank Scott who was also a college student. But his poise and professionalism were different than even all of the other driven. And involved student leaders I chose […]

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Do you know the FIRST black graduate of the University of Memphis? – Luther McClellan

Summer Owens — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:29:08 +0000

Luther McClellan is a blessing to our younger generation! Luther McClellan was one of the Memphis State Eight, who were the first African-American students admitted to Memphis State University in 1959. He became the first African-American to graduate from The University of Memphis in 1962, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. The Alumni […]

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A Focus on the Future After a Year of Loss and Lessons

Summer Owens — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 01:24:34 +0000

2020 represents a lot of loss for me, as it does for many others. It also represents a year where I was reminded of just how creative, flexible, compassionate, and resourceful I can be and how the lessons from my past can help me focus on the future. Milestone anniversaries As I reflect on my […]

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Becoming a Part of History- The Miriam DeCosta Sugarman Marker Dedication Ceremony

Summer Owens — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:01:27 +0000

There are not many moments when you’re invited to be a part of history. Last Monday, I had the honor of speaking on the program for a major moment in University of Memphis history. As part of the University of Memphis’ initiatives to Eradicate Systemic Racism (I’m on one of the committees), new markers and […]

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What Makes a Successful Character Education Curriculum

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:38:01 +0000

I don’t think anyone sets out to do or create anything without the goal of success. And that’s why it was my mission to create a successful character education curriculum. I had completely exposed myself and felt completely vulnerable after publishing my memoir, but it was completely worth it once I learned just how much […]

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Six Pillars of Character Education

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:22:15 +0000

In my post So What is Character Education, I began to explore character education. A group of experts and educators came together in 1992 to develop the six pillars of character education. These six pillars of education were designed to help students develop character through school activities. The interesting thing about the six pillars of […]

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