Alumni & Donor News
After more than five years of fundraising efforts, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s School of Education celebrated moving into its new campus home: the Ofelia Miramontes and Leonard Baca Education Building. The milestone was marked with a festive building dedication and community open house to showcase the school’s collaborative new spaces, highlight its influential research, celebrate educators and honor the passionate community that made the project possible.
The annual Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder School of Education Scholarship Awards Ceremony brought together and honored scholarship and fellowship recipients and supporters on Thursday, Oct. 26. The ceremony celebrated student accomplishments and recognized the generosity of supporters. The 2023 program and listing of scholarship awards and photo album from the ceremony are now available.
On March 15, Christine Ahn, an INVST Community Studies alumna and Nobel Peace Prize Social Activist Awardee, will lead a discussion following the public screening of the "Crossings" documentary about 30 women peacemakers and activists who crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea calling for an end to a 70-year war that has divided Korea and its people.
The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØregents approved the renaming of the Fleming Building to honor two pioneering education leaders and former faculty members whose teaching, research and service supported the academic success of generations of students and advanced educational equity and justice. The pair’s leadership helped lay the groundwork for efforts to build a more inclusive campus.
Ann Miller Scott’s career can be characterized by her limitless support for education and her alma mater, the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ. Her devotion to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder was recognized with an Alumni Recognition Award as part of the 2022 Annual Alumni Awards, one of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's longest-standing traditions.
The annual School of Education Scholarship Awards Ceremony united and honored scholarship and fellowship recipients and supporters on Thursday, Oct. 13. The ceremony celebrated student accomplishments and recognized the generosity of supporters.
On April 14, the School of Education at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder hosted a virtual gathering of Ed Talks. Inspired by TED Talks, these short talks explored political courage during this time when so many aspects of public education and even one’s own identity, humanity, and dignity are under fire. Videos are now available.
On April 14, the School of Education at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder will host a virtual gathering of Ed Talks. Inspired by TED Talks, these short talks will explore the theme of political courage, including book censorship, gender and sexual diversity in schools, institutional violence, and the personal and powerful battles for inclusive higher education and STEM opportunities.Â
2021 was another challenging year, but we have a lot to be grateful for as move ahead to 2022 and spring semester. Here are five of our top highlights from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder School of Education’s past year, as we look forward to positivity and new possibilities in the coming year.
In the latest issue of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder School of Education's magazine, Voices, we invite you to dream with us—from Diana Bustamante- Aguilar’s classroom that foregrounds her students’ dreams to Stephanie Toliver’s work centering Black girls as heroes in literature and much more. Check out the online edition.