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College receives USBE grants
Faculty in the Department of Special Education and Department of Educational Psychology received six Utah State Board of Education (USBE) grant awards to increase training opportunities for future educators in special education for the state of Utah.
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College Council announce award recipients
Annually, faculty and staff are recognized for their accomplishments. This year’s recipients reflect the quality of teaching, service, and research that embody our community.
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U teacher education preps students and graduates for teaching online
On Friday, March 13, 2020, U student Abi Marshall ate lunch at her desk at Taylorsville High School while keeping one eye on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s Facebook page. Just days away from completing her student teaching, Marshall had planned a surprise for her students the next week before handing the class back over to her mentor teacher. By the end of that day, though, Utah public schools statewide were closed as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It happened all of a sudden,” Udita Gupta of UITE says of the school closures, which have extended through the end of the school year. “It was bit of a panic as it was the end of the quarter and student teachers had to wrap up their student teaching, including assessments, grading and research.”
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College of Education names new Dean
University of Utah Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan Reed announced that professor Nancy Songer has been named as the new dean of the College of Education. Songer, a recognized researcher in STEM education, is a Fulbright scholar and former dean of Drexel University’s School of Education.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION INAUGURAL DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES
Joan and Loki Mulholland
February 13 civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, together with filmmaker Loki Mulholland, presented The Uncomfortable Truth. Using clips from the 2017 documentary with the same name, the Mulholland’s spoke about the ways in which racism continues to organize life in the United States.
MAX FELKER-KANTOR
March 5 American historian Dr. Max Felker-Kantor explained how the Los Angeles Police Department, faced with restrictions on its discretionary authority during the late 1950s and 1960s, sought to expand its power. Referencing his book Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD, Kantor’s research shows us how historical events connect with what we are seeing with today’s school-to-prison pipeline.
BENJAMIN CRUMP
March 26 Benjamin Crump, attorney at law, spoke to Using the Law as a Weapon. Mr. Crump shared his experiences with the “intellectual justification of discrimination” and highlighted examples of how the law has been used as a weapon again African Americans throughout history. Mr. Crump advised we must work through both education and economic channels to achieve change and equality as one cannot progress without the other.
Alumni, Emeriti, and Friends
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