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Cross-continental collaboration

Zhanat Momynkulov says he had always dreamed about visiting and studying in the United States because of its strong academic and research traditions. From June to November 2022, he got his chance as part of the first CEHD Bolashaq Visiting Scholar...

Kazakhstan scholars with flag of their homeland

Wakpa Tanka and Misi-Ziipi: Today’s …. Mississippi River

I grew up knowing that the Mississippi River was both “great” and with falls. From my earliest memories, I remember trying to spell M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I orally the fastest. Yet, I never knew the Dakota language for this precious, life-giving...

Kristi Rudelius-Palmer

New faces on campus

CEHD is welcoming one of its largest cohorts of new faculty members beginning this fall. We are proud to introduce them and look forward to the insights and expertise they will
bring to our college.

New CEHD staff in fall 2022

A relationship of mutuality

Poland shares a 332-mile (535 km) border with Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, more than 3.5 million people have come across that border to flee their war-ravaged homeland. And it has been Marta Shaw’s (PhD ’14) mission...

Marta Shaw on flag

Building community, raising voices

This August marked the return of the Leading in Equity, Action, and Diversity (LEAD) conference, a CEHD-sponsored event designed to give education leaders the tools and ideas necessary to disrupt pervasive racial inequities in PreK-12 schools...

Audience at LEAD conference

Looking through a different lens

Each year the U.S. hosts more than 1 million international students, and Minnesota is a top destination. International students have always been central to global diplomacy and internationalization efforts in higher education. The first...

Dean Michael C. Rodriguez (middle) enjoys dinner and meeting new CEHD international students at the event.

Working on the workforce

The world of work is in a state of upheaval thanks to many factors, from COVID-19 and the Great Resignation to generational shifts and technological advances like artificial intelligence. The challenges are interconnected and complex, requiring...

John Bricout

Elevating the voice of educators

As COVID-19 began upending daily life in earnest in early 2020, uncertainty loomed everywhere. The effect on schools was especially concerning. As schools were pushed to distance learning, educators, students, and parents raised concerns about the...

CEHD researchers sought seek feedback from educators to gain their perspective on distance learning.

Enhancing understanding of the world

In designing graduate student programs, CEHD engages partnerships where students can build professional skills and support local areas at the same time. “Central to our work is a deep commitment to supporting student learning while engaging local...

A sack game was part of sports day at a local Bamenda community school in 2017