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Mount Lemmon Field Trip with Elementary Education Undergraduates

May 1, 2023

Last month, University of Arizona College of Education Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies instructors and Cooper Center for Environmental...

Kathy Short Appointed As One Of The University of Arizona Newest Regents Professors

April 21, 2023

Please join us in congratulating University of Arizona College of Education Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies and Director of ...

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Camp Cooper In The News!

April 19, 2023

Have you ever visited Cooper Center for Environmental Learning (Camp Cooper)? You have a chance this coming Saturday for Earth Day!

It's...

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Sarai Martinez Tijerina, 30 Under 30

March 9, 2023

Recently, University of Arizona College of Education Alum and Flowing Wells Unified School District teacher, Sarai Martinez Tijerina was recognized on the International Literacy Association’s 2023 30 Under 30 List.

“I know there are students who need...

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Worlds of Words Center Receives Large Donation of Art from Mary J. Wong

March 1, 2023

Mary J. Wong, renowned collector of art and signed, first-edition children’s picturebooks, donated sixteen original picturebook illustrations to the Worlds of Words (WOW) Center of Global Literacies and Literatures in the UArizona College of Education. The donation includes works from some of the most notable children’s picturebooks published in recent years – including art by illustrators attending the ...

Congratulations Sheilah E. Nicholas, Ph.D.!

Feb. 10, 2023

Please join the University of Arizona College of Education in congratulating Professor in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies Department, Sheilah E. Nicholas, Ph.D., who will be honored at the event as a recipient of the 2022 Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award for Graduate Education.

These awards recognize luminary faculty for their spark of lasting contributions to the common good in our community, nation, and world....

Ofelia Zepeda, "one of the most compelling artists" in the nation.

Feb. 2, 2023

Recently, Ofelia Zepeda regents professor of linguistics at The University of Arizona, an affiliate faculty in American Indian Studies and Director...

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Join us in Tucson! Apply for $2,200 stipend for NEH Summer Institute 

Jan. 31, 2023

Join us for our upcoming residential summer institute with educators in your network. This institute, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a two-week residential professional opportunity for K-12 educators from all over the country. It will be held in person in Tucson, AZ, July 9 - July 21, 2023, and is hosted by the University of Arizona and...