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CATS Recruitment Partnership with Sunnyside Unified School District

May 25, 2022

Felisia Tagaban-Gaskin, Karina Salazar, Nadia Rodriguez, and Valerie Shirley were awarded more than $36,000 to continue their work in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

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Caitlin Scott and her experience with the Arizona Teaching Fellows Program

May 25, 2022

Graduate Caitlin Scott spoke with KGUN 9 On Your Side about her experience in the Arizona Teaching Fellows Program and the goal to fill the teacher gap.

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Dr. Sheilah Nicholas has been awarded The University of Arizona Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award

May 16, 2022

University of Arizona College of Education Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, Dr. Sheilah Nicholas has been awarded The University of Arizona Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award.

Dr. Nicholas is being recognized as an instructor who demonstrates a long-standing commitment to teaching and mentoring of graduate and professional students.

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Dr. David B. Yaden Jr. is the next Jewell M. Lewis Distinguished Professorship in Literacy

May 6, 2022

After the review of his proposal for a scientific conference/summit on literacy acquisition, development, and pedagogy, University of Arizona College of Education Dr. David B. Yaden Jr. is...

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Sunnyside CATS Awarded Provost Investment Fund

May 6, 2022

Felisia Tagaban-Gaskin, Karina Salazar, Nadia Rodriguez, and Valerie Shirley were awarded more than $36,000 to continue their work in the Sunnyside school district. Their proposal was entitled Embodying Hispanic- and Native-Servingness through Local Partnerships: Strengthening UArizona’s Investment to the Sunnyside Unified School District. The effort was supported by Bruce Johnson, Kasandra Urquidez, Iliana Reyes,...

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Worlds of Words Awarded Pandemic Recovery Grant to Re-Launch Intergenerational Community Literacy Program

April 27, 2022

Grant funded by the National Writing Project as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking program.

TUCSON, AZ April 15, 2022 — Worlds of Words, housed in the University of Arizona College of Education, in partnership with the Southern Arizona Writing Project...

Nadia Álvarez Mexia encourages her students to never stop being authentic

Feb. 28, 2022

Nadia Álvarez Mexia became the first Latino, Mexican and migrant woman hired as assistant professor of practice in the University of Arizona’s W.A. Franke Honors College. Her new position as director of transborder education initiatives was recently created as part of the College of Education....

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Indigenizing Education

Feb. 2, 2022

Congratulations to Jeremy Garcia and Valerie Shirley on the release of their much anticipated book, Indigenizing Education!!

New Book Information

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Dia de los Muertos in the Community

Nov. 18, 2021

Our Community of Practice for our Early Childhood project hosted a hybrid Dia de los Muertos event with students at La Estrella bakery. This tradition brings together graduate and undergraduate ECE students each year, and we were thrilled to be back in person!