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Jorge Chavez Elected Vice-Chair by Faculty Council
Congratulations to our very own Jorge Chavez, Associate Professor in HDFR, who was recently elected by his colleagues to serve as Vice-Chair of Faculty Council for the University of Colorado System. Jorge will serve in this term for one year. Click here to learn more
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Carlos Hipolito-Delgado Named Interim Executive Director of Latino Research & Policy Center
“A CU System investment of $1.12M will help advance the center’s critical work in educational equity and environmental justice as the university continues to address issues important to Denver’s Hispanic and Latino communities.” Click here to learn more
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Fernie Baca, Former CLDE Faculty Member and AVC for Research, Passed Away on May 17
We regret to inform you that Dr. Fernie Baca, who served as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) faculty in CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development from 1976 – 2001, passed away on May 17, 2023. In addition to her teaching, Dr. Baca served for a number of years as CU Denver’s…
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Additional Funds Secured for Graduate Scholarships Through the Chancellor Scholarship program
The Office of Graduate Education is please to share that we have secured additional funds for graduate scholarships through the Chancellor Scholarship program. Please see the attached announcement. We ask that Program Directors and Chairs, Associate Deans, and Deans please share this email and announcement widely to your graduate faculty and anyone who wishes to…
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SEHDMIX: Fantastic Four
We’ve had a few guesses but no one has gotten all four of these. We’ve heard… Lori Elliott, Matt Mitchell, Connie Fulmer, Ed Cannon, Natalie Schaffer… and more. Some right, some wrong. What do you think? Take a gander and make a guess. Who are these co-workers? Click here to submit your answer on the…
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Eight Students from the Curriculum & Instruction Program Published by The Social Publishers Foundation
Eight classroom teachers who are students from the Curriculum Theories Course (UEDU 5070) Curriculum & Instruction master’s program have had their work published. The Social Publishers Foundation has published an overview and series of 8 essays from teachers who engaged in action research as part of the course. The student essays include: Cameron Neumann making space for humanity in behaviorist…
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Doctoral Student Susan Davis Selected to Join SEL Fellows Academy
Congratulations to Susan Davis, doctoral student in SEHD’s Leadership for Educational Organizations program and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) coordinator in St. Vrain School District! She has been selected to join the 2023-24 cohort of CASEL’s SEL Fellows Academy. Her application showed an impressive personal and organizational commitment to social and emotional learning (SEL) and to the development…
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Ritu Chopra Featured in The Hechinger Report
May 17, 2023 | The Hechinger Report “Teachers can do only so much, so paraprofessionals are the bridge for students to receive the individualized services they need,” said Ritu Chopra, executive director of the Paraprofessional Resource and Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver. “They become the eyes and ears of the teachers. If you’re a…
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Cristina Gillanders Quoted in Chalkbeat Colorado Story about Serving English Learners in Preschool Classrooms
More studies are necessary to identify the best strategies to teach multilingual preschool students, researchers say, but some things are clear. “Being bilingual is not enough,” said Cristina Gillanders, associate professor in early childhood education at the University of Colorado Denver. “You have to have the preparation to teach these children. You have to understand bilingualism…
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Hypothesis Summer Training Opportunities
Hypothesis summer training opportunities: Hypothesis Academy: We are running multiple cohorts of our two asynchronous courses, Social Annotation 101 and Social Annotation in the Age of AI, this summer. Faculty receive a Hypothesis Certified Educator Badge upon completion and will develop assignments they can implement in their courses right away. Summer Workshop Series: This four-workshop series will…