Category: News
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Ester de Jong Featured in New America Webinar
Feb. 22, 2024 | New America On a webinar hosted by this national education think tank, participants discussed a movement of laws and policies broadly referred in education policy circles to as “Science of Reading” legislation, influenced by the need for solutions to declining reading proficiency scores. On this webinar, CU Denver professor of cultural and…
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Lisa Forbes Interviewed by NBC News
Feb. 2, 2024 | NBC News After surviving a pandemic, inflation and environmental crises, many adults, particularly Gen Zers and millennials, appear to be leaning into a nostalgic form of escapism: play. The desire for adult play goes beyond just toys, with the returned to activities, such as sports or crafts, that encourage this sense of fun. Lisa Forbes,…
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Reconciling Concur/Christopherson Business Travel Airfare
The University has changed the process for allocating airfare expenses to speedtypes. They now have a Ghost Card/Airfare Card that is used exclusively by the University’s travel management program to charge airline and other common carrier tickets for University travelers. When an employee books an airline ticket through the online Concur Travel & Expense System,…
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AAC&U and the US-UK Fulbright Commission Partner on Global Challenges Teaching Awards
Applications are now open for the Fulbright US-UK Global Challenges Teaching Awards (GCTA), supported by AAC&U in partnership with the US-UK Fulbright Commission. The GCTA will foster and support new transatlantic Virtual Exchange/Collaborative Online International Learning (VE/COIL) partnerships aimed at tackling four specific global challenges: Racial Justice, Inequality, Climate Change, Polarization, and Division. Faculty from any discipline teaching undergraduate…
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Supervisors, save the date! Denver campus Supervisor Network gathering March 7, 2024 1-3PM
Dear Supervisors, please consider saving the date for an upcoming in-person Supervisor Network Event hosted by the Denver Campus HR team. The event will be Thursday, March 7, from 1-3 pm. The location is Lawrence Street Center, Terrace Room (2nd floor). For more information and to RSVP, click here: https://ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/supervisor_network_event With questions, please contact supervisornetwork@ucdenver.edu…
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Spring 2024 Webinars from Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP)
Dear colleagues, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with the state of Colorado provides live webinars and on-demand recordings to support you. The list for spring 2024 is here: CSEAP Webinars – January – April 2024 – Google Docs. A few upcoming opportunities are also listed below. Intro to CSEAP – Your EAP & Wellbeing…
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SEHD Faculty Development Grant Application Due on March 5, 2024
Applications are now open for Spring 2024 SEHD Faculty Development Grant. Grants are available to full time faculty (T/TT, IRC/CT, TPT, Sr. Instructor & Instructor). The maximum amount of the award is $1000 dollars per year. To be eligible for a grant, you need to demonstrate use of your existing faculty development funds or plans to exhaust all your funds (PD, grants, etc.) prior to June…
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Ed Review (02/16/24)
FAFSA COLLEGE SUPPORT STRATEGY On February 5, the Department released a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) College Support Strategy to provide additional personnel, funding, resources, and technology to help students and families complete the 2024-25 FAFSA form and help schools prepare to process student records as quickly and accurately as possible. The agency’s…
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Nathaniel Smith Selected for Hilliard-Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Higher Education
First-year EDD-Higher Ed student Nathaniel Smith has been selected to participate nationally in the prestigious Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans and Education co-sponsored by the Organizational Disparities Laboratory and the Urban Education Collaborative. The Hilliard-Sizemore Research Institute coincides with the Annual AERA Conference and pairs early career…
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New Publication Organized by ThinqStudio: “Success was Actually Having Learned:” University Student Perceptions of Ungrading
This article was an idea that was supported by, came out of and was organized by ThinqStudio. It is an article that comes from 6 faculty members across different schools. It highlights work from both Dennis DeBay and Joni Dunlap from the SEHD. Click here to access the article