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Visiting Literacy Research Scholar Symposium

The Davis Simpson Endowment and ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Department of Literacy and Learning present the 2022 Visiting Literacy Research Scholar Symposium. Lorena Escoto Germán, co-founder of the groups #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom, will speak at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 27, 2022 via Zoom.

Project HELP (Hispanic Educators Leading the Profession), funded through a Department of Education grant and led by Teacher Education faculty Sarah McMahan, PhD, and Rebecca Fredrickson, EdD, (both Denton) was featured as helping diversify education preparation in an INSIGHT into Diversity article.

New grants support ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ students working in LISD

Trevor Collie, a special education paraprofessional at Prairie Trail Elementary in Flower Mound, appreciates the opportunities he has to build relationships with his students, see them overcome challenges, accomplish goals and reach milestones. Faculty from ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂ﯉۪s Teacher Education Department and the Educator Preparation Program felt the same way when they celebrated Collie and three others who work in the Lewisville Independent School District.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Holmes Scholars establish national footprint

Texas Woman’s University students have a history of achieving success fast. Maybe that’s why they are called Pioneers. Kimberly Lawson, a ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ PhD candidate in reading education, is among the latest to serve as a testament to that. In the College of Professional Education’s (COPE) inaugural year of participating in the Holmes Scholars Program, Lawson was voted to national office as the Holmes Scholarship Council Secretary.

Four COPE faculty recognized

Four faculty members represent the College of Professional Education in the 2022 ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ faculty and staff awards. Karen Dunlap, EdD, Randa Keeley, PhD, Aimée Myers, PhD, and Catherine Dutton, PhD, will be recognized in the university’s Founders Day festivities at 3 p.m., April 6, in the auditorium of the Student Union at Hubbard Hall.