Author: sehd
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Exploring Teacher Empathy and Student Success
When: Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 8:00 AM MST – Fri, Feb 9, 2024, 5:00 PM MST Where: Zoom Our teacher empathy as educators is a key component to student success and has gained more attention since the recent pandemic. Our empathy is multifaceted and includes how we understand students’ needs or circumstances, our ability to “feel” what the student…
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SEHD’s Pathways2Teaching Program Featured in The Denver Post
Jan. 8, 2024 | Denver Post Homeless teens from Urban Peak youth shelter got a first look at their exhibit “Unheard Resilience” at MCA Denver, which runs through Feb. 18. Simmy Kifletsion, who moved to Denver from Strasburg in August, lives at the shelter at 2100 Stout St., where she and other teens are taking courses…
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HR Tip- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a regular holiday in 2024
Dear Colleagues, As you may know, the CU Denver holiday calendar for fiscal year 2023-2024 includes Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a regular holiday. For those who are eligible for holidays, this year, the day is pre-loaded into MyLeave with the holiday job code. If you have already entered vacation or other leave for…
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Amber Vanzant, Recent LEO Principal Licensure Graduate, Featured in NASSP
Roundtable: Why Teachers Aspire to be Principals “While schools grapple with teacher shortages across the country, let’s remember to celebrate those educators who not only plan to stay in the profession but who also want to pursue careers in school leadership. To learn more about teachers who aspire to become principals, Principal Leadership contacted Drew…
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Workshop: Mapping Out Your Semester Writing Plan
Bring your calendar and ALL of the writing projects you have circling around in your head so we can map them out and strategize your time! Got big projects and professional/service tasks you want to wrangle? This workshop is for you too! Faculty, Staff, and Students are welcome to join! When: January 16, 2024 at…
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Katie Ruiz Gonzalez: “Educators of Color Make a Difference”
“Katie Ruiz Gonzalez, outstanding graduate in CU Denver’s undergraduate Teacher Education program, is highly committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. During her time at CU Denver, she took on various student leadership roles, helped create new curriculum, demonstrated dedication to the social and academic well-being of the students she worked with during her field experiences,…
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Graduate Cecilia Yamas Likens Her CU Denver Experience to “Being with a Caring Family”
“Cecilia Yamas, who is receiving the outstanding graduate award for the BS in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFR) degree during Saturday’s graduation, is looking forward to the ceremony and the surrounding festivities. Her major provides rich knowledge and training that prepares individuals who care deeply about social justice and are poised to create supportive…
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Lisa Forbes, clinical assistant professor in Counseling in SEHD, featured in Inside Higher Education
Dec. 13, 2023 | Inside Higher Ed CU Denver professor, Lisa Forbes, was fed up with expectations that professors should take a rigid approach to teaching. She co-founded Professors at Play with David Thomas, which connects faculty interested in playful pedagogy. Thomas is the executive director for online programs in the University of Denver’s Office of Graduate…
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Faculty Promotion Celebration
Congratulations to Elizabeth Steed, professor, Julia Mahfouz, associate professor, and Troyann Gentile, associate professor, CTT, who were formally recognized today for their faculty promotions. Marvin Lynn, Dorothy Garrison-Wade, Barbara Seidl, and Antwan Jefferson participated in the special event!
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Dr. Jennifer Sobanet, SEHD alumna, graduate of our EdD higher education concentration, will be the next chancellor at UCCS
“University of Colorado President Todd Saliman announced today that Jennifer Sobanet has been selected to serve as the permanent UCCS chancellor. Sobanet was named interim chancellor in July of this year.” Click here to read the full announcement on the UCCS Comunique website