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Muriel B Ryden passed away on April 11, 2023. She received a BS in nursing from the University of Minnesota, a MA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the College of Education at the University of Minnesota. She loved teaching and research.
READ STORYDr. William “Bill” Ammentorp, former Professor of Educational Administration and chair of the department, passed away at his home in Cannon Falls on Saturday morning, February 4, 2023. Bill is the only child of Olaf and Marie (Larsen) Ammentorp.
READ STORYCongratulations to Sekou Robertson (BS ’02) for being named the Illinois Network of Charter Schools (INCS) Principal of the Year. He is the principal of LEARN Excel and a 2022 CEHD Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.
READ STORYDr. Amy Jean Knorr (MS ’45) celebrated her 106th birthday last month. She was recently featured in an article in the Arizona Daily Star. Read it here. The CEHD Alumni Society wishes Dr. Amy Jean Knorr a happy belated birthday!
READ STORYCEHD Connect Magazine is published in print three times a year and online by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college.
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Carol Jean Richards, née Mason passed away November 21, 2022. Born in 1942 in Minneapolis, MN, she graduated from Central High School in 1960. She earned a bachelor of science from the University of Minnesota in 1964. She began her career at the E.
READ STORYPete Palmer (PhD ’50) passed away on October 24, 2022. He graduated with his PhD in geology in 1950 from the University of Minnesota.
READ STORYMary Ellen Olson passed away on June 1, 2022, at the age of 89 in Minneapolis, MN. She received a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972.
READ STORYOryan Brown (MEd ’22) was chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as a member of its 2022 Cohort of Teaching Fellows.
READ STORYJoseph Erickson (PhD ’90) has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2022–23 academic year. Each year, the Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board select roughly 800 U.S.
READ STORYChelsea Petree, a 2013 Ph.D. graduate in Family Social Science, published a new book titled, Post College Ready: Expert Advice for Parents to Support Their College Senior.
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