Category: Colleagues
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Barbara Seidl Featured on Denver7 Re: New Federal Grant
CU Denver received a grant from the Department of Education, worth $7 million over 5 years, to help address the teacher workforce shortage. Watch the full video on YouTube
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Margarita Bianco was celebrated yesterday as a TIAA Chancellor’s Urban Engaged Scholar
Margarita Bianco’s Pathways2Teaching program helps to recruit and retain teachers of color to create spaces of educational equity. Additionally, Bianco researches strategies to create Grow Your Own teacher programs for high school students of color in urban and rural communities. See the full article on CU Denver News
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Barbara Seidl and Cindy Gutierrez Featured in Chalkbeat re: New Federal Grant Expanding NxtGEN
Federal grant to help CU Denver expand teacher residency program The University of Colorado Denver will use about $7 million in federal grants over the next five years to expand a teacher preparation model to rural communities across the state. The federal government has touted the effort as an emerging program getting results in addressing…
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SEHD EdD Alum Sam Kim Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In his new role, Kim’s work will directly support goal one of CU Denver’s 2030 Strategic Plan to become the nation’s first equity-serving institution. Read the announcement here
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Bryn Harris Full Professor Celebration – September 28
Bryn Harris, PhD, is a Professor in the School Psychology doctoral program in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Pediatrics (Developmental Pediatrics) at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus. She is also a practicing bilingual (Spanish) psychologist…
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Bolormaa Begzsuren Joins First Cohort of Staff Supervisor Professional Development Program
Congratulations to Bolormaa Begzsuren on being admitted into CU Denver’s first cohort of the Staff Supervisor Professional Development Program! Sponsored by CU Denver leadership, the program is designed to foster growth in financial and budgetary literacy, communication, ethics, management to support EDI goals, problem solving, and other topics.
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Dr. Ester de Jong to Present in National Panel Webinar
New CLDE Professor Dr. Ester de Jong to present next week in national panel webinar: Best Practices to Support Emergent Bilingual Students This School Year—and Beyond Read more and Register at edweb.net
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Fall 2022 Opportunities for Scholarly Writing
Upcoming opportunities for scholarly writing this fall. Please save the dates below and consider joining! Writing Affinity Groups This is a way for faculty to come together around a shared goal or identity to write in community. The CFDA will help match small groups of faculty members around their shared interest and provide support to…
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SEHD EdD alum Judi Diaz Bonacquisti Hired to Become CU System Office’s Senior Diversity Officer
In her role as senior diversity officer, Diaz Bonacquisti will collaborate with CU campus colleagues to support initiatives that advance the diversity pillar of CU’s systemwide strategic plan, as well as campus strategic plans. Read the full article on CU Connections
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Geeta Verma Presented at American Public Transportation Association’s APTAtech22 Conference
Geeta Verma, professor in the STEM Education program and founder of LivedX, spoke at the American Public Transportation Association’s APTAtech22 conference on August 15 in Denver. Her talk titled Reimagining Technology Workforce: Innovating for Equity and a Diverse Talent Pool incorporated the topic of machine learning. Read more about the conference at the APTA Gateway