Category: Colleagues
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Q&A: School Tech Integration Advocate Focuses On Mastery-Based Learning
Nearly 20 years after founding a graduate program to grow tech-savvy K–12 leaders, Scott McLeod says there is still a long way to go. As a professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and an EdTech IT influencer, Scott McLeod spends his days preparing educators to join a rare breed of K–12 principals and superintendents.…
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Elena Sandoval-Lucero’s Latest Publication is Co-authored with EdD Doctoral Candidate Rebecca Chavez and Published in Community College Review
Framing the Transfer Experience for Community College Students: Connection, Preparation, Support, Advocacy, and Resilience – Elena Sandoval-Lucero, Janell Lindsey, Libby Klingsmith, Rebecca Chavez, 2023 (sagepub.com)
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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
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Congratulations to Shakira Anderson, Campus Employee of the Month for Sept 2023!
Congratulations for our very own Shakira Anderson who was selected as the campus Employee of the Month for September 2023!!! Shakira received several nominations from colleagues in the SEHD. Below are a few examples. 1st Nomination “Shakira Anderson is a treasured employee. Her dedication to the school, care for colleagues, and her detailed attention…
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Welcome Ellie Gonzalez, Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Please welcome Ellie Gonzalez, our new undergraduate Academic Advisor in Academic Services. Ellie recently relocated full time from Miami, Florida, where she worked at Florida International University as a Student Success Coach and in Recruitment. Ellie has a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from FIU and her BS in Family & Human Development…
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Scott McLeod Featured in EdTech Magazine
Four percent of all public school teaching positions were vacant, and 26 percent of districts had multiple teaching vacancies, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. With teacher vacancies on the rise, schools are turning to remote teaching to incentivize teachers to work in districts that struggle to fill jobs with in-person candidates. “This idea that every…
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Antwan Jefferson, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Education & Human Development at CU Denver, to Chair WICHE Commission
BOULDER, Colorado – Antwan Jefferson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion and a clinical associate professor in the School of Education & Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver, has been elected as chair of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Click here to read the full story on the WICHE…
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Julia Mahfouz Receives Research Award from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
Congratulations to Julia Mahfouz, PhD, faculty member in the Leadership for Educational Organizations program! She received the Joseph E. Zins Early Career Contributions Award for Outstanding Contributions to Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning at CASEL’s SELExchange Conference on November 7, 2023. The award is named after Joe Zins, a pioneer in the SEL…