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Catching Up With Friends 2017
December 13, 2017Read moreCatching Up With Friends 2017 Alumni are an important part of our CEHD family. See what exciting news has been happening in their lives in 2017! Click to see past updates from classmates. 2016 2014 Stay Connected 2010’s Erin Cassel, M ’10, assistant pr …
Nadisha Downs student researcher/advocate
December 4, 2017Read moreNadisha Downs, a Human Services major, collaborated with HDFS faculty, Rob Palkovitz, to study the involvement of young African American fathers in the lives of their children. Nadisha Downs grew up in Wilmington and is intimately aware o …
Alumna Committed to Peace
November 22, 2017Read moreIn an effort to inspire a future of peace around the world, Kendra DeMicco, MAT ’13, established a young adult leadership development initiative. In 2017, her team held 3 Peace Camps–in Turkey, Iraq and Colombia, South America– bringing together 150 young people with opposing ideologies.
Open job searches with CEHD
November 10, 2017Read moreIn addition to our postings for academic positions, we have added a job listing for a Part-Time Recruitment Specialist. If you have experience marketing undergrad and grad programs, apply to join our dynamic team while working on our beautiful Newark campus.
Fall Graduate Programs Open House
October 30, 2017Read moreJoin us this fall to learn about CEHD Graduate Programs. We are hosting open houses online and in person, providing information about our faculty, curriculum, funding and application requirements for our masters and doctoral programs.
Gov. Carney signs 3 education bills
October 30, 2017Read moreCEHD faculty and staff participated in the signing of 3 House Bills aimed at improving K-12 education in Delaware. These will the help increased pool of new teachers in DE public schools, and require high schools to offer computer science courses.
Spencer grant to improve assessment of students’ writing skills
October 20, 2017Read moreJosh Wilson’s Spencer Grant will allow him to expand his research to develop a new computerized formative assessment model that identifies student language skills at the word, sentence, and discourse level through automated evaluations of the essay’s word choice, syntax, and cohesion. He will examine results across multiple genres of student writing, and further test the ability of the model to predict scores on state writing assessments.
NIH grant will study of stigma surrounding drug use
October 20, 2017Read moreValerie Earnshaw, UD’s CEHD Faculty Scholar, received a 4-year Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the NIH to examine longitudinal associations between disclosure, stigma, social support, and SUD recovery-related outcomes among people receiving SUD treatment.
CEHD recognizes excellence
October 9, 2017Read moreDean Vukelich presented three awards this month, recognizing the work of CEHD colleagues: Nick Bell received the Dr. Rita M. Fillos Award; Bill Lewis the CEHD Excellence in Teaching Award and Josh Wilson the Dean’s Research Award.
New Alumni!
September 15, 2017Read moreCongratulations on graduating from UD. Whether you now have your Associate’s degree or a Ph.D., we are here to provide support and encouragement throughout your professional journey.