Category: In the Media
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SEHD Alum Roberto Montoya to be First-Ever Chief Educational Equity Officer for the Colorado Department of Higher Education
Alum Roberto Montoya Answers ‘Ancestral Call’ as First-Ever Chief Educational Equity Officer for the Colorado Department of Education Alum Roberto Montoya, PhD, began teaching the social foundations of race and racism as an adjunct professor at CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development in 2012. He received his doctor of philosophy, education and human…
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Amy Ferrell featured in CU Denver News: Finding Empowerment in Community
Finding Empowerment in Community There are many times when students teach adults big life lessons. This is one of those stories. In it, a group of elementary girls benefiting from special education instruction teach researchers (and the rest of us) that power is about relationships. And true power is within yourself. Dr. Amy Ferrell, associate…
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ASPIRE Student Kyra Solomon featured on CBS Denver
Stedman Elementary Teaches Youngest Coloradans About Equality In A Unique Way Kyra Solomon, ASPIRE to Teach, is a 4th grade teacher at Stedman Elementary. She was featured in this story the importance of educating children about privilege and activism; how to be anti-racist. Read the full article on CBS Denver
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CU On the Air Podcast – Pathways2Teaching Makes Strides to Diversity, Grow-Your-Own Teachers
The percentage of K-12 students of color has raised dramatically in Colorado in the past few years, making up near 50% of our school population. Unfortunately, the teacher population has not kept up. For nearly 11 years, the University of Colorado Denver’s Pathways2Teaching program has aimed to balance that teacher-to-student ratio. Today, on CU on…
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NxtGEN Video Created By CU System
NxtGEN at the University of Colorado Denver is an innovative teacher preparation pathway with a strong focus on diversifying the teacher workforce in Colorado schools. Housed in the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD), NxtGEN offers more than three years of paid teaching experience, teacher education courses and a year-long residency in a school.
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Sean Michael Morris featured in European Lifelong Learning Magazine
Students are often the ones talked about but not the ones talking. I hope we can flip the system so that students would be at the centre of the conversation.” Sean Michael Morris, senior instructor in Learning Design and Technology, was interviewed by Finnish reporter Heini Huhtinen for ELM on subjects ranging from critical digital…
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Aurora Public Schools Newsletter The Glimpse Features Several SEHD Teacher Education Students
Undergraduate, NxtGEN and MAT students featured Read the Newsletter Here
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Study by The Evaluation Center Featured in The Colorado Sun
Denver’s program to house people who were homeless was so successful, the federal government is offering millions more to expand it November 19, 2021 – Five years ago, Denver made a list of people most often involved with jail, detox centers and emergency rooms — and then offered them housing. Investors agreed to share a…
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Robin Brandehoff featured in CU Denver News for First-Gen Week
First-Gen Faculty Have Advice for First-Gen Students Not only does CU Denver have a lot of first-gen students, we also have quite a few first-gen faculty, including Clinical Assistant Professor Robin Brandehoff, PhD, who teaches in the School of Education & Human Development, and Professor Hani Mansour, PhD, who teaches in the Economics Department. Even some of CU Denver’s…
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Counseling Alum Kristen Vescera Featured in News Wise
Helping Veterans navigate the sometimes difficult pathway to mental health: A combat veteran, a daughter of a combat veteran and renowned PTSD expert share their experiences and offer advice November 11, 2021 – According to the Veteran’s Administration approximately 22 veterans die by suicide every day. And less than 50 percent of returning Veterans in…