Students & Alumni News

On April 19, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosted the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium to share and celebrate the innovative research of its undergraduate and graduate students in education, human development and related disciplines. Since 1985, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students have …

For more than 35 years, the University of Delaware’s The College School, housed within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), has served children with learning differences in grades 1 through 8. Its dedicated teachers and staff provide a rich, engaging and research-based curriculum, supporting their students’ academic and social-emotional growth. Located …

Convocation and Commencement tickets are available beginning Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 10 a.m. with initial ticket registration ending on Friday, May 10. Graduates must log in to their account to reserve their tickets. Full ticketing details are available on the Commencement website. Commencement is the ceremony that celebrates the entire Class of …

On April 19, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will host the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium to share and celebrate the innovative research of its undergraduate and graduate students in education, human development and related disciplines. Over the past 39 years, more than 450 …

As an elementary school teacher, Lina Miller, EHD03, fell in love with teaching children how to read. But she noticed that her students were having trouble finding trade books that were appropriate for beginning readers. Drawing on 20 years of experience in the classroom, Miller published her own series, Decode …

While the weather still feels like spring, it’s time to start thinking about summer. The University of Delaware’s Summer Session registration is now open. Courses are offered at an accelerated pace in five-, seven-and-a-half- and 10-week sessions, in-person or online. “Summer courses give students the chance to get ahead in their studies …

Back when he was a fledgling pharmacist, John Oluwadero learned all about the power of medicine to help people. Later in life, as a youth advocate in Nigeria, he saw how well-crafted government policies could also be powerful prescriptions for curing the social ills that surrounded him. He would also …

For the first time, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will host the Delaware Educators Rising education conference for middle school, high school and college students Feb. 21-22 at Trabant University Center in Newark. The Delaware chapter of Educators Rising is a career and technical …

Three University of Delaware students have been honored as the newest Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship recipients. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, The Gilman Scholarship Program aims to develop a generation of future American leaders by exposing them to diverse languages and cultures. Open only to Pell Grant recipients, the program …

Deep within the Alaskan wilderness, with no place to live and $50 to his name, Steve Halloran, AS80, went searching for a job. He told an operations manager at Denali National Park—where rugged beauty stretches across six million acres—that he would happily perform grunt work in exchange for a place to sleep and …