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“One of my main goals coming into college was to gain new perspectives, which the minor in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) has done for me,” says English literature major, Ellie McCabe. “It’s provided me a really good look into what it’s like to be learning a new language, and in doing so […]

Lesa Clarkson, associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, was honored with the INSIGHT into Diversity 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award and will be featured in the September issue of INSIGHT into Diversity magazine. The award honors “remarkable women in STEM professions who continue to make a significant difference through […]

Each year, the  Institute on Diversity, Equity and Advocacy grants Multicultural Research Awards that “transform the University by enhancing the visibility and advancing the productivity of an interdisciplinary group of faculty and community scholars whose expertise in equity, diversity, and underrepresented populations will lead to innovative scholarship and teaching that addresses urgent social issues.”  Associate […]

Vichet Chhuon was recently named as the recipient of the National Association for Multicultural Education’s 2015 Carl A. Grant Presidential Research Award. This honor is awarded to an exemplary multicultural educator who has demonstrated a long-term scholarly commitment to multicultural education; whose research addresses the multiple facets of human diversity, and the ways by which […]

Cassie Scharber received the 2015 Advising and Mentoring Award by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly by the Graduate Student Assebly (GAPSA).

Assistant professor Vichet Chhuon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, received the 2015 Early Career Achievement Award from the Association for Asian American Studies in recognition and appreciation for his many contributions to Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, including outstanding and innovative research. The association promotes positive social change by funding and developing programs that […]

Kendall King and Martha Bigelow, faculty in Curriculum and Instruction, Second Languages and Cultures, together with Beverly Dretzke and Kyla Wahlstrom in CAREI, have recently signed an agreement to partner with Minneapolis Public Schools to review, evaluate, and recommend changes in intake, assessment, and instruction for high-school-age English learners. Their initial report will be produced […]

On January 26, Mary Hermes of Curriculum and Instruction gave a lecture to the Linguistics and Cognitive Science program at Dartmouth. The title of the talk: Why Is This So Hard?: Ideologies of endangerment, passive language learning approaches and Ojibwe in the United States.

Cassandra Scharber and Cynthia Lewis received a $599,905, three-year grant from the William T. Grant Foundation. The study, Bright Stars: Technology-Mediated Settings for Urban Youth as Pathways for Engaged Learning, examines the complex features of schools, libraries, and community-based urban settings that successfully engage students by positioning youth as knowledge producers, meaning-makers, and creators of their […]

Lesa Covington Clarkson, associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, runs Prepare2Nspire, a near-peer tutoring program to motivate youth in the Twin Cities to love math like she does. Only in its second year, Prepare2Nspire has helped 65 percent of participating elevent-grade students increase their math scores by more than […]