Nadisha Downs student researcher/advocate
December 4, 2017
Nadisha 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 of the struggles faced by its residents. Determined to help improve …
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Alumna Committed to Peace
November 22, 2017
In 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.
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Ode To Georgetown Associate of Arts Program
November 13, 2017
Erika Komp admitted to feeling a little disappointed when all her friends went away to college—living the “typical college life”—while she chose to live at home and pursue her Associate of Arts (AA) degree at the University of Delaware’s Georgetown campus. At the time, it made the most fiscal sense. Her brother …
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Gov. Carney signs 3 education bills
October 30, 2017
CEHD 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.
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Spencer grant to improve assessment of students’ writing skills
October 20, 2017
Josh 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 …
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NIH grant will study of stigma surrounding drug use
October 20, 2017
Valerie 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.
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CEHD recognizes excellence
October 9, 2017
Dean 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.
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New Alumni!
September 15, 2017
Congratulations 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.
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Valerie Earnshaw received 4-Year NIH grant
September 14, 2017
Dr. Earnshaw received an Early Career Development award from National Institute of Health. She will study of stigma surrounding drug use while being mentored by Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, UD professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences.
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Improving ELA instruction in DE classrooms
August 30, 2017
Literacy professors Josh Wilson and Charles MacArthur received an IES grant to study the effect PEG Writing software has on nearly 3,000 students from Red Clay School District in grades 3-5. The grant partners them with Gaysha Beard, supervisor of Red Clay’s English language arts (ELA).
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#CEHDClassrooms Contest
August 8, 2017
Calling all teachers! To recognize and reward you for all the time, energy and money spent on your classrooms, enter your photos in the #CEHDClassrooms Contest. Deadline August 31.
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Building life skills
July 19, 2017
On July 19, a student in CDS’s Summer CLSC program joined the Dean’s staff to learn about communications and marketing. CLSC provides young adults with disabilities the opportunity to develop essential life skills and explore practical experiences in their intended career path.
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