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Independence After Reach
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
There was a time in Ali Heath’s life when she believed that living independently and attending college were unattainable goals.
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Why College Matters
Friday, March 18, 2016
Alumni Magazine 2016
Nicholas Bowman, director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education (CRUE), is examining the reasons that students do not complete college and the importance of college success.
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Teaching Race
Friday, March 18, 2016
Alumni Magazine 2016
Nathan Fulcher is a self-identified “white guy from Iowa.” He grew up in a small town and went to a Catholic high school with only 100 students in the whole building. The world of Fulcher’s upbringing couldn’t be any further from that of Santa Monica High School on Los Angeles’ west side, where today he teaches language and literature. With roughly 3,100 students in all nine-12th grades, Fulcher...
Award-winning administrator's path started at UI
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
In 2015, the School Administrators of Iowa recognized Julie Trepa, principal at Paul Norton Elementary in Bettendorf, as the Elementary Principal of the Year, no small feat in a state with more than 1,200 elementary schools. Trepa received her master’s degree in 1999 and her specialist in education degree in 2015, both in the Educational Leadership program at the UI College of Education. “The...
UI Grad Dedicates Life to Music Education
Monday, March 14, 2016
As one of the College of Education’s oldest alumni, Gracka Gerardi, who received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 1936, has seen quite a bit of change over the years, but consistent has been her profound love of music and joy of sharing it with others through her work as an educator. Gerardi says things were a little different when she was a student at the University of Iowa in the...
2016 MLK Research Symposium showcases diversity-related research
Monday, March 7, 2016
The College of Education Diversity Committee hosted its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Research Symposium on Friday, February 19, 2016. The annual symposium includes a showcase of graduate and undergraduate research projects related to diversity.
Student Spotlight: Emily Guenther
Monday, March 7, 2016
Emily Guenther enrolled as a Master’s student in Schools, Culture, and Society because of her interest in studying education in context, noting that the SCS program has been very useful in putting her work in context of historical trends and conflicts.
School of the Arts: Secondary School Arts Workshops
Saturday, December 26, 2015
This partnership with UAY is part of the Art Education Secondary Methods course. TEP Art Education students teach a 10-week workshop for students in grades 8-12. The workshop ends with a public art exhibit.
Distinguished Speaker Series: Margaret Buckton and Larry Sigel
Monday, December 14, 2015
As part of the College of Education’s Distinguished Speakers Series, Margaret Buckton and Larry Sigel presented “Iowa Demographics and Education Funding, Then and Now” on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015.
Distinguished Speaker Series: Michael W. Apple
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
On February 17, 2015, Michael W. Apple presented "Are Dominant Educational Reforms Really Democratic?" as a part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
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