Where has the summer gone? Wasn’t it a few days ago when we celebrated commencement and the end of another successful school year? A blink of an eye later and we are fully back in the swing of things. I hope you had the chance to be outdoors to enjoy the summer months, as fleeting as they were.

Andrew (Ed) Morales graduated from the School of Social Work’s MSW program in 2013, and later earned a master of public policy from the Humphrey School in 2017. “Since graduating, I’ve worked at the intersection of child welfare, education, and justice,” he says.

In 2023, for the first time in her life, Monyque Assis Suzano started living outside of her hometown. “I never had the financial stability to leave my house, but because of school scholarships, I was able to experience autonomy,” she says. Originally from Brazil, Suzano is now a second-year PhD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, in the literacy education track.

CEHD International Initiatives' International Faculty Residency Program supports faculty with placements at partner institutions abroad for short-term residencies, each tailored based on the needs of our global partners.

University researchers, state agency leaders, and community stakeholders came together with funding from the University to form the HSWH-RP, co-directed by Eric Grumdahl (then deputy director of the Interagency Council on Homelessness), along with Professors Maria Hanratty (Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs) and Ann Masten (Institute of Child Development) from the University.

A member of the National Guard and a student in the master of learning and talent development program, Sadie Grinsell (BA ’15), finds the MLTD program combines her passions of psychology and leadership

The field of ambiguous loss research emphasizes that one way to help with coping is to find meaning—making sense of the loss and finding a new purpose. That resonates with Susan O’Nell, who with her family established the Felicia Giles Faust Scholarship in memory of a loved one.