Category: News
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New Book by Kara Viesca and Nancy Commins, Former SEHD Colleagues
Nancy and Kara are excited to announce that they have just published a book together. They began the project 10 years ago when they were still closely connected with our school. Viesca, K.M. & Commins, N.L. (2025) Humanizing pedagogies with multilingual learners: Transforming teaching in the content areas. Routledge. Here are a few more details: Click…
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Upcoming Funding Opportunity – Research Team Grants Program
The Office of Research Services (ORS) will soon announce a funding opportunity for research teams at CU Denver. ORS invites teams proposing novel, ambitious research initiatives with strong potential to elevate CU Denver’s research reputation. This opportunity is open to all disciplines and seeks bold ideas that demonstrate creativity, intellectual merit, and a clear path to competitive extramural support.…
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Outside Consultation, Research, and Other work? Please submit a Prior Approval Form
To Full-Time Faculty This is just a reminder that if you will be performing any outside consultation, research, clinical or other work outside of the University of Colorado system up to 1/6th of your time & effort, you will need to complete and submit a request for prior approval. You can find the latest form…
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2025-26 Cultural, Heritage, and Religious Observances Calendar
Peace, SEHD Community. I encourage faculty to review the attached 2025–26 Cultural, Heritage, and Religious Observances Calendar, which was previously shared in the spring. This document is developed to support our collective thoughtful and planful approach to acknowledging the diverse cultural, heritage, and religious practices of our students. In many ways, such awareness supports their sense…
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Nancy Leech Published in Home School Researcher
Schooling During COVID 19: Homeschooling Parents’ Stress Levels Measured by the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Survey “More families have chosen to homeschool since the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 64 homeschooling parents and 661 teachers. This survey-based quantitative study utilized the Professional Quality of Life Scale to understand the level of compassion satisfaction, burnout,…
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Adriana Alvarez, Sofia Chaparro, Ester de Jong, Cristina Gillanders, and Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez Published in the Bilingual Research Journal
Bilingual contexts within and beyond the United States “This issue is centered in non-US based and transnational studies, examining bilingual contexts in Hong Kong, Pakistan, Germany, Guatemala, and New York, US representing varied named languages. Common among all these studies are settings with a history of coloniality, which have shaped not only what languages are…
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ThinqStudio Faculty Fellows Program
Dear Faculty, We’re excited to announce the launch of the 2025–2026 ThinqStudio Faculty Fellows Program—a cross-campus initiative that champions bold experimentation in teaching, builds interdisciplinary community, and advances student success. ThinqStudio has long been a catalyst for pedagogical innovation at CU Denver, and we’re thrilled to invite faculty from across all units to apply to be…
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SEHD Faculty and Staff Received New Beanies at the Recent Retreat!
If you weren’t able to attend and would like one, please email julia.cummings@ucdenver.edu with your office number or mailing address so we can send one your way. 🧢
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2025 SEHD Alumni Leadership Awards Featured in CU Denver News
“The University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) hosted its 2025 Alumni Leadership Awards on July 22, honoring five distinguished alumni and two posthumous awardees whose visionary leadership has shaped the field of early childhood education across the nation and the globe.” [Read More]