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Five CEHD graduates named 2022 Bush Fellows

Five CEHD graduates have been selected as Bush Fellows for 2022. The Bush Fellowship is a grant of up to $100,000 over 12 to 24 months to help them strengthen and develop their leadership skills.

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Emily Midkiff (PhD ’17) publishes new book

Emily Midkiff (PhD ’17) has published a new book, Equipping Space Cadets: Primary Science Fiction for Young Children. The book is based on Midkiff’s research on children’s science fiction and will be published in May 2022.

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Krista Schulte (BS ’15) obituary

Dr. Krista Marie Schulte (September 20, 1992-December 15, 2021) graduated from Champlin Park High School in 2011 and graduated with a BS in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota in 2015.

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Connect Magazine Connect Magazine

CEHD 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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CEHD Connect SpSu2025 magazine cover, including 6 U of M athletes performing in sports on a smoky blue background with stadium lights.

Juliette Weiland (BS) receives service award

SCORE Charlotte awarded its highest honor, the prestigious “Dick O’Brien Award,” to Juliette Weiland in recognition of her over six years of exemplary volunteer service.

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Erin Heath (PhD ’07) named UM Senate director

Erin Heath has been named the director of the University of Minnesota Senate Office. She previously worked at Institutional Analysis and has been a University employee for most of her 25-year career in higher education.

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Jonathan Okstad (MEd ’16) Honored

Jonathan Okstad (MEd ’16, Youth Development Leadership), graduate research assistant and PhD in higher education student at Loyola University Chicago, was recently awarded the Loyola President’s Medallion.

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Luke Becker Named National Teacher of the Year

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced Luke Becker, Agricultural Science and Technology Instructor and Career and Technical Education Coordinator at Braham High School in Braham, MN, as the 2022 National ACTE Teacher of…

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Michael Funk (EdD ’04) is Superintendent of the Year

The Minnesota Association of School Administrators has named Michael Funk (EdD’04), Superintendent of Albert Lea Area Schools, the 2022 Minnesota Superintendent of the Year. As the Minnesota honoree, Dr.

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