Category: Colleagues
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Julia Mahfouz Selected to be Part of CASEL’s Inaugural Wessberg Scholars Cohort
Innovation and SEL: The Next Generation of Scholars Lifelong learners are the backbone of the SEL field. They are the innovators, the question-askers, the researchers, and the teachers. They are the ones always striving to improve and do what is best for students. In the spirit of lifelong learning, the CASEL Weissberg Scholars program is…
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Ed Cannon and Husband featured in Base Camp Denver
Ed Cannon and his husband are featured in a Visit Denver Ad called “Base Camp Denver: Mountains to Murals,” which highlights how close the mountains are to the city.
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Scott McLeod interviewed by Big Blue Button
The Major Shifts in Education with Scott McLeod This week, we spoke with Scott McLeod, who is a Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver. Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding…
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Sean Michael Morris Writes on Resilience and Hope for Online Educa Berlin
In anticipation of his opening keynote at the OEB Conference in Berlin this December, Sean Michael Morris—senior instructor in Learning Design and Technology—has published a short article reflecting on resilience and hope. “Resilience is not something one has,” Morris writes. “Resilience is something one does. And doing it once changes behavior ongoingly. That person who…
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Manuel Espinoza Featured in CU Denver News
Denver’s Chicano Movement & the Espinoza Gang—Then and Now Associate Professor Manuel Espinoza, PhD, teaches in CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development, focusing on educational dignity. He founded the Right to Learn Undergraduate Research Collective in 2007, which researches the historical and legal origins of educational rights. Born and raised in Denver, Espinoza discussed how the city was central to the Chicano Movement—and how his own family history…
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Sofia Chaparro Featured in CU Denver News Video: Sobremesa in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
A Sobremesa in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month In Spanish, sobremesa is the time spent engaging with friends and family after a meal. Recently, CU Denver invited three students and a faculty member to join one another on the patio of Los Molinos at the Ninth Street Historic Park to eat and share their stories with one another. Watch…
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Dra. Adriana Alvarez Invited to Share Work
Dra. Adriana Alvarez was invited to share her work, Connecting Funds of Knowledge to Funds of Identity through a Bilingual Multimodal Project, with an international audience at the presentación del Monográfico “Fondos de Conocimiento para la Justicia Social. Alianzas Familia-Escuela para la Transformación Educativa” on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Dra. Alvarez’s work is part of a…
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ASPIRE Alumnus and Current Master’s Student Makes News
Local media outlet 9News recently featured Wendy Gutierrez , an alum of the ASPIRE to Teach program and current SEHD master’s student. Gutierrez, a middle school social studies teacher at STRIVE Prep-Sunnyside, has revamped her curriculum to center LGBTQ themes in history. She started the project while she was in ASPIRE to Teach and focused on…
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CU Denver News feature: Associate Professor Margarita Bianco on Puerto Rican Identity and Latinx Students
Profile: Associate Professor Margarita Bianco on Puerto Rican Identity and Latinx Students Associate Professor Margarita Bianco, PhD, teaches in the School of Education and Human Development and founded Pathways2Teaching, a nationally recognized program designed to encourage high school students of color to enter the teacher workforce. Bianco, whose family is from Puerto Rico, explained the importance of her heritage.…
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Eric Trujillo, Learning Design and Technology MA Student, Featured in CU Denver News
Eric Trujillo on Returning to CU Denver for a Second Degree After Almost 30 Years Currently pursuing an online master’s in the Learning Design and Technology (LDT) program, Eric Trujillo (’92) has spent the past two decades inspiring math students at Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice, an Englewood school centered on family-like supportive education. The alternative…