Numerous faculty, students, and alumni of the School of Education to present at the 2021 Colorado State University Diversity Symposium, October 25-29. The Education Strand takes place on Thursday, October 28.
"It gave me a lot of confidence that I will do well in the future, and that people recognize my contribution in the field of construction management and in the field of construction management education."
Katelyn Schmidt's graduate journey offers insight into how diverse units within the College of Health and Human Sciences intersect in unexpected ways.
Daniel Birmingham and his co-authors, Angela Calabrese Barton, from the University of Michigan, and Edna Tan, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, are being recognized for their article sharing their insights with the education field about ways that teachers can more equitably engage students from lower income communities of color.
“My biggest accomplishment in my career was writing and co-authoring 19 books on topics that I wanted to impact, from more effective and creative post-secondary instruction to promoting deeper learning about compelling issues that often divided communities.”
“It’d be wonderful if people picked up on some of these events and inspirational ideas and had new conversations about the challenges ahead and how they could proceed. If you want to stay open to change, you have to consider what people are doing in all parts of the world.”
“For a long time in education, we’ve been asking this question of ‘How do we fix our boys of color?’ And what these teachers have shown us is maybe we should be asking ‘How do we fix the system and let them be who they are?’”
“I see this as an amazing opportunity to expand my understanding of community engaged scholarship. I believe that I will contribute a unique perspective as a result of my community nonprofit experience and scholarly foundation in service-learning.”
“We changed the name because we believe the most enduring issues in education are tied to issues of equity. We strive to be a program that prepares our students to transform systems to be more inclusive.”
Lizeth Parra Perez came to Colorado State University from México to earn her Ph.D. After graduating in May 2019, she plans to continue international research.