By Marsha Rakestraw (Current Employee)

As a graduate of the certificate program, and now a very proud employee, I can't express the enormity of my joy that this organization exists, my appreciation for how the program transformed my life and has helped me transform the lives of others, my gratitude in working for such an indispensable organization with an amazing vision, my excitement that humane education and humane living are increasing in the world, and my passionate support for the Institute and all it's doing. The power of education to create a humane world is enormous, and humane education and humane living are the key!
~ Marsha Rakestraw, HECP graduate and IHE's Web Content & Community Manager

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By INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE EDUCATION (Client Served)

"Going through the program at IHE is one of the best things I've ever done in my life."
~ Carolin Behrend, M.Ed. graduate

"[When I learned about IHE] I knew I'd finally found a place that would lead me to my passion and forever change my life."
~ Valerie Belt, HECP graduate   

"From the moment I enrolled in the affiliated M.Ed. program, I knew that humane education would be my life's work. The program motivated, inspired, and prepared me to run a full-time humane education organization that now reaches thousands of young people every year with a message of compassion. IHE's program has given me what some people spend a lifetime searching for."
~ Dani Dennenberg, M.Ed. graduate"

I am a better person because of this program...This is probably the best gift I have been given - the gift of optimism." 
~ Maureen Fippinger, M.Ed. graduate

“To think that you can start this program and be able to just whip through it easily would be a mistake. The HECP has brought a drastic awakening and realization of the role I play in the world, and also gave me all the tools necessary to create and communicate the changes I want to see. The program was challenging from beginning to the end, and now that I have completed it, I feel that most of the work is still ahead of me.”
~ Roberto Giannicola, HECP graduate

"I feel so fortunate to have found HECP, which has given me the opportunity to explore issues that have been important to me and discover new ones, too. As a working father of two young children, I value the flexibility that HECP has allowed me to balance my roles as husband, father, financial provider, and student."
~ Mark Heimann, HECP graduate

"I had been sleep walking through life, living in routines and ruts and now I'm waking up. The reading, thinking, and communicating with others in the program has stimulated my brain, excited my spirit, and stirred my emotions. To be more humane in my own life and then to share what I've learned with others brings me great joy.” 
~ Ginnie R. Maurer, HECP student

"As I watch my students' attitudes change from apathy to awareness and read their concerned or impassioned letters, I know I am making a difference. IHE has helped me more fully understand what it means to live a compassionate life and has enabled me to share this wisdom with many others."
~ Carol Moon, M.Ed. graduate

"When I was introduced to the Institute for Humane Education, I knew I found what I had been looking for – a resource for personal and social growth. IHE gave me the opportunity to explore new concepts in an environment that encouraged creative expression. By the time I had finished the program, I had a better sense of who I was and the person I wanted to become."
~ James Wildman, M.Ed. graduate

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