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Dean's Corner: Stepping Up Together Dec 2020

Dean's Corner: Stepping Up Together

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College of Education Dean Paul Zionts discusses the college's response to remote learning needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to incorporate antiracism initiatives collegewide.


All Together Now Dec 2020

All Together Now

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DePaul's College of Education devised ways for its students to get student-teaching experience when schools moved to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduates were invited to participate in a mentoring and coaching program, Teaching Strategies and Resources 2020, starting with online, self-paced modules to review the fundamentals in those identified areas of need. The Education and Counseling Center (ECC) shifted all sessions online and thus expanded its counseling and tutoring services.


In Brief Dec 2020

In Brief

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News from around the college: Alumni on ISCA Race and Equity Committee; Global Conversations; AUSL Partnership; Honors and Awards; Pandemic Response Portal; DePaul WORKS


Building Up The Arts Dec 2020

Building Up The Arts

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A citywide arts initiative that works with underresourced communities will be able to widen its reach thanks to a generous new gift. The Stockyard Institute, described by its leaders as a “social practice project that uses relationships as the material,” was founded 25 years ago by Jim Duignan, an artist, associate professor, and founder and chair of the College of Education’s Visual Art Education program. The article discusses the work of the Stockyard Institute, its beneficiaries and its benefactors.


Cultures Of Care Dec 2020

Cultures Of Care

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The College of Education's Department of Counseling and Special Education and Office of Innovative Professional Learning are working with 20 Catholic K–12 schools in Chicago to provide educators training in social-emotional learning and wellness. Named COR (Catholic Outreach and Resources and Latin for “heart”), the initiative began as a microcredential program. The schools are located in low-income, underresourced communities where emotional support services may be lacking.


Alumnus Profile: Welcome Committee Dec 2020

Alumnus Profile: Welcome Committee

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The Newcomer Center, an English language learner high school co-founded in 2003 by College of Education alumnus Mario Perez, gives its immigrant students and their families an opportunity to be successful in America, and to see themselves as agents for change regardless of language ability. The Q&A article discusses Perez, his school, and his time at DePaul.


Spring 2020 Jun 2020

Spring 2020

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Dean's Corner: Community Continuity; Booster Club: The Academic Success Center team helps all sorts of students accomplish their goals; Shared Paths: Counseling students and at-risk girls help each other thrive in a unique collaboration; Teachers Find Common Ground; In Brief; Singing Praises: Remembering a triple-Demon diva who dedicated her voice to raising up others; On the Right Track: Kwaku Attoh helps athletes and elementary school students make strides toward success