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Our award-winning campus is just minutes from downtown Portland, one of America’s most beautiful and livable places. It’s also home to an engaged community of educators and mental health practitioners. See for yourself: Attend an information session for your program, see when we’ll be in your area, or schedule a time to visit on your own.

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MAT alum leverages fine arts training, brings ancient technique back to winemaking

Andrew Beckham (BA ’98, MAT ’01), a fine arts teacher at Beaverton High School, is using his ceramics background to reintroduce an ancient technique to west coast winemaking.
Teaching for Black Lives, co-edited by professor Dyan Watson, available for free throughout Seattle Public Schools

Grammy award-winning artist Macklemore and 3-time NFL Pro Bowler Michael Bennett have teamed up to purchase and distribute copies to every middle and high school social studies and language arts teacher
Minh Taylor, MAT ’18, selected by Microsoft’s #EmpowerPossibility campaign for new classroom tech

“I love integrating technology and art, and because funding is being cut everywhere I thought I would try the #EmpowerPossibility program, without ever thinking I would be selected.”