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The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport is proud to announce the launch of the Coaching HER® Educational Champions Program.
READ STORYGPS International Travel Grants are currently on hold. For many years, CEHD has provided matching funds for these grants, but given the current hold it has decided to distribute funds through a one-time CEHD Faculty/P&A International Travel Grant.
READ STORYNew to campus is Thomas Timothy Mtonga, a Fullbright Scholar-in-Residence studying inclusive education for the 2025-26 academic year.
READ STORYProfessor LeAnne Johnson has been named chair of the Department of Educational Psychology.
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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Effective January 1, 2026, Dean Michael C. Rodriguez will serve as the chancellor of the University of Minnesota Morris into 2028. During Rodriguez’s appointment at Morris, Senior Associate Dean Frank Symons will serve as Interim Dean of CEHD.
READ STORYOn October 13, CEHD hosted approximately 50 educational leaders and policy makers for a Policy Breakfast at Bede Ballroom on the campus of the University of Minnesota Crookston, focused on teacher shortages and preparation pathways in Minnesota.
READ STORYRichard Weinberg passed away on October 3, 2025, at the age of 82. He had a long career as a psychology professor spanning more than 42 years.
READ STORYCEHD’s TRIO McNair Scholars Program will host the 34th Annual McNair Scholars Research Symposium on Tuesday, October 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Coffman Memorial Union’s Great Hall.
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In the spring 2025, Peter Nordgren published a new book, A Place on Water, a natural history memoir of northwest Wisconsin. It's available through regional bookstores and at www.northbranch.info.
READ STORYNgawang Gonsar (PhD ’21) received the distinguished faculty of the year award from Normandale Community College. She received the award at the Commencement ceremony.
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