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Creating new pathways

Irene Fernando isn’t one for wasting time. A mere 10 days into her freshman year at the U, she co-founded Students Today, Leaders Forever (STLF)—a leadership nonprofit focused on service, relationships, and action.

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Irene Fernando

Advancing Inclusion

How many young children are diagnosed each year with autism? What’s the best way to keep students from dropping out of school? Why are direct support worker shortages at crisis levels? Answers to these big, timely questions and many others unfold..

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Amy Hewitt and John Smith

Giving matters: give back what the community needs

In her first months as University of Minnesota president, Joan T.A. Gabel has made an extra effort to acknowledge that the campus was built on the traditional homelands of the Dakota people. Unfortunately, Native American students have long been...

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Megan Red Shirt-Shaw

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CEHD 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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CEHD Connect SpSu2025 magazine cover, including 6 U of M athletes performing in sports on a smoky blue background with stadium lights.