Giving Tuesday 2024
December 3, 2024
On GivingTuesday, a global initiative dedicated to giving back, join the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) community in supporting CEHD Dean’s Diversity Scholarship in Education, Access: Ability Scholars, Aspire Program, Center for Research in Education & Social Policy, Lab School, New Directions Early Head Start: Bundle Up Baby, …
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Lifetime Achievements in Mathematics Education
November 18, 2024
James Hiebert, professor emeritus in the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), didn’t set out to be a mathematics educator. But he was inspired to pursue mathematics by a college professor whose enthusiasm for the subject was contagious. After studying for hours for an especially difficult final exam, …
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CEHD Alum Named Superintendent of the Year
November 8, 2024
Cecil County Public Schools’ Superintendent, Jeffrey Lawson, EHD00, has been selected as the 2025 Maryland Superintendent of the Year. Bestowed by the state association of the AASA: The School Superintendents Association, this annual award recognizes excellence in educational leadership, communication, professionalism and community involvement. “It’s a privilege to serve the …
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Developing an Early Love of Reading
November 6, 2024
The first week of November this year marks National Children’s Book Week, the nation’s oldest and most celebrated literacy initiative. Reading with young children creates cherished memories and encourages the development of foundational literacy and language skills. In recognition of the week, University of Delaware experts in the College of Education and …
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Winter Session 2025 Registration
November 5, 2024
Registration for the University of Delaware’s Winter Session will open on Monday, October 21, and there are plenty of required or elective courses from which students can choose. In addition to courses in weighty topics like organic chemistry and monetary policy, Winter Session offers some fresh and fun takes on serious scholarship. For …
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President’s Student Advisory Council
November 4, 2024
Now in its third year, the President’s Student Advisory Council has begun meeting with President Dennis Assanis and other administrators to offer their views and recommendations on a variety of topics that are important to the student experience at University of Delaware. The council is composed of 14 undergraduates and four graduate …
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In Memoriam: Cynthia Paris
October 31, 2024
Cynthia Paris, professor emeritus of human development and family sciences and former director of the University of Delaware Lab School in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), passed away Sept. 27, 2024. She was 74. Cynthia Paris A Delaware alumna, Dr. Paris played a key role in the University’s Lab School, …
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Tackling Community Challenges
October 30, 2024
When Michael Vaughan, vice provost for equity at the University of Delaware, introduced the program for the Graduate College’s sixth Spark! Symposium and its theme, “Connecting Our Research to Our Community,” he emphasized that research connected to community needs is a gift. He said once that gift is made, we must “fortify …
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Research Spotlight: Mousavi, Earnshaw and Layland
October 30, 2024
Many people think about LGBTQ+ identity disclosure—or the act of coming out—as a singular event that happens during one conversation or social interaction. But, in a new review of studies, University of Delaware doctoral student Mohammad Mousavi, Associate Professor Valerie Earnshaw, Assistant Professor Eric Layland and Norman Chong of the …
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In Memoriam: Kathleen Hollowell
October 25, 2024
Kathleen A. Holllowell, a lifelong educator and founding director of the University of Delaware’s Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center (MSERC), passed away on Oct. 20, 2024. She was 77. Kathleen Hollowell In 1988, Dr. Hollowell was hired at UD as a prepatory math specialist, with a dual appointment as …
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Faculty Senate Award Ceremony
October 17, 2024
The University of Delaware’s Office of the Provost, in partnership with the Faculty Senate, held the second annual Faculty Senate Awards Ceremony recognizing faculty in teaching, advising and mentoring, scholarship and creative activities, service and community engagement teaching, advising and mentoring, scholarship and community engagement. “Recognition of these achievements spotlights …
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90 Years of Excellence in Early Childhood Education
October 17, 2024
This fall, the University of Delaware’s Lab School celebrates 90 years of pioneering excellence in early childhood education, research and innovation. Housed on the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) Children’s Campus, the Lab School has not only shaped the next generation of educators but set the standard for practices like mindfulness and …
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