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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of Gov. John Hickenlooper     Gov. Hickenlooper delivers State of the State   DENVER — Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today delivered his annual State of the State address. The governor’s remarks focused on the economy, education, transportation and fiscal responsibility.   Here is the text of…

(originally posted in CU Connections) Margarita Bianco, associate professor of Special Education in the School of Education and Human Development at CU Denver, has won a 2014-2015 Diversity and Excellence Grant for her proposal “A Pathway2Teaching for Native American Youth.” The initiative intends to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in…

edcamp Denver 2015 What’s Happening? A free “un-conference” for educators by educators to share knowledge and work collaboratively.  Teachers from school districts throughout the Denver metro area will convene for a day of peer professional development focused on impactful and innovative educational technologies in the K-12 classroom.  When? January 31, 2015 8:00am – 2:00pm  Where?…

Join us! DPS high school students will be participating in a forum this Saturday to discuss issues ranging from education to social and racial justice. It will be a fishbowl conversation, and the youth will engage several issues and share their perspectives. The ideal audience will be people who are interested in hearing youth talk…

Alan Turing, a British code breaker during WWII, is the subject of the play and movie, "The Imitation Game".  Turing is also credited with laying the foundations for computer technology and artificial intelligence. Winston Churchill, said that Turing made the SINGLE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION of anyone to the Allied victory. Yet Turing, a gay man, died…

(Originally from  http://www.politico.com ) By ALLIE GRASGREEN   1/8/15 6:48 PM EST   Updated 1/9/15 8:44 AM EST President Barack Obama will need the approval of Congress to realize his proposal for making two years of community college free for students. So far, that plan doesn’t have an official price tag — other than “significant,” according to White House officials. If…

Dear colleagues,   If you have been tracking the memos from President Benson’s office, then you already know that I have been appointed to the search committee for the new Chancellor. We had our “charge meeting” recently to begin the process, a process with a very aggressive timeline.   The next month is about building…