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Training a New Generation of Problem Solvers
Dean Nancy Songer is training a new generation of problem solvers with innovative and future-oriented curricula.
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Dr. Chris Linder Awarded Presidential Scholarship
Dr. Chris Linder Awarded Presidential Scholarship
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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
Dr. Lerue W. Winget is a retired Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction with Emeritus Status, having served in the public school system of the State of Utah for 37 years. Twenty-seven of those years were in the employment of the State Board of Education, as Director of Secondary Education for 4 years and then Associate Superintendent for 23 years.
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A Learning Environment where All Thrive
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