Category: Of Interest
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ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice
The CU Denver Center for Faculty Development (CFD) is getting ready to roll out a fantastic Provost funded professional development opportunity for faculty. In 2018-2019 we will be offering the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice, a 25 module, online course that prepares college educators to use the research-based techniques shown to help students succeed. …
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Colorado Rural Districts and Partners Win $1 Million William and Flora Hewlett Grant
The Student-Centered Accountability Program (S-CAP), its five founding districts (Buena Vista, Buffalo-Merino, Kit Carson, La Veta, and Monte Vista), and partners Battelle for Kids, Generation Schools Network, and the University of Colorado Denver Center for Practice Engaged Education Research are the recipients of a $1 million, three-year William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant. The grant…
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Teacher shortage in rural Colorado
A recent program launched by Otero Junior College in La Junta and the University of Colorado Denver hopes to provide a fast track for potential candidates to the classroom. The program will allow students to get a bachelor’s degree in elementary education that can be finished entirely at OJC’s 1,500-student campus in southeastern Colorado. …
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Save the Date: 4th Annual Student Recognition & Awards Banquet – April 13th
The 4th Annual Student Recognition & Awards Banquet Friday April 13, 2018 5:30pm – 8:00pm Student Commons Building, Rm. 2600
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2018 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC) – March 8, 2018
The 2018 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC) will take place on March 8, 2018. The theme for the 2018 Conference is Leading Beyond the Binary. Our goal is to use this theme to interrogate and extend assumptions about both “gender” and “leadership”: How can we challenge norms about what constitutes “effective leadership”? What kinds of leadership…
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HDFR students engage in service learning in a pumpkin patch
Over the weekend CU Denver students in the Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR) program helped to harvest pumpkins that would later be used in Ollin Farms’ Fall Harvest Festival. [Check out the full story on CU Denver Today]
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Circle Conference this Saturday!
From Nicole Sager The CIRCLE conference brings together diverse members of the teaching, parenting, equity, and social justice community to provide an opportunity for meaningful dialogue and presentations on issues that impact us all. Last year Dolores Huerta’s keynote was truly inspiring. Previous year’s keynote speakers include Dr. Brenda Allen and Cornell West. Another component of CIRCLE is a…
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Sabbatical Experiences
Thank you to the following faculty for sharing their sabbatical experiences at the Fall Faculty Retreat: Nancy Leech, Ron Tzur, Bryn Harris, Shruti Poulsen, & Geeta Verma. Here are the slide shows that were shown Shruti Poulsen Nancy Leech Bryn Harris
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Join Us
SEHD Curious Teacher Learning Community and Undergraduate Council invites all students, faculty and staff to join us in a book study to cultivate mindful practices in the classroom. The first monthly session is Monday morning, September 11 9:30-10:30 a.m. Please share the attached flyer with your students. Flyer
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Lots of Ice Cream in the 6th Floor Break Room
Come get some! Tip from Ben Riepe (of the Pyramid Plus Center): use the boiling hot water from the filtered water spout to make the scooping spoon extra hot. This makes for a bigger, better skoop!