Engaged Scholarship News

Three Blue Hens with strong commitments to the health of Planet Earth have won 2023 Green Hen Awards, selected by the University of Delaware’s Office of Sustainability. Each winner represents a different segment of the UD community — students, staff and faculty — with work covering everything from crafting policy …

In a recent article, The Delaware News Journal highlighted University of Delaware’s Teacher Residency program, housed within the College of Education and Human Development’s Center for Excellence and Equity in Teacher Preparation. To support student learning and address Delaware teacher shortages, UD has established year-long residencies where education students work …

For more than two decades, University of Delaware Professor Emerita Norma Gaines-Hanks has taken predominantly white groups of students to the predominantly Black countries of South Africa and Barbados. “I have to remind them, ‘These places are neither better nor worse. They’re different,” said Gaines-Hanks. “I hope students return with a greater …

Because the Bahamas doesn’t have a national school lunch program, the food offered at schools by different vendors varies widely across the archipelago. Taking inventory of what that food looks like is part of the research that Allison Karpyn, co-director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Research in Education and …

In line with its commitment to providing high-quality teacher preparation and service to Delaware children, families and communities, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) sponsored the Delaware Educators Rising education conference early in March in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) and other universities. The …

How can Delaware education leaders partner to best serve the needs of their teachers, administrators and students? University of Delaware’s School Success Center (SSC), housed within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), convened Delaware school district leaders and members of the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) to answer …

Principal supervisors, curriculum directors and other district-level leaders play an important role in coaching principals in their work to foster positive learning environments, guide teachers and improve student outcomes. In Delaware, these executive leaders also work to develop and enact important policies related to learning and instruction, equity and inclusion …

Faith Muirhead will lead the School Success Center. Housed in the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development, the School Success Center (SSC) combines the Professional Development Center for Educators (PDCE) and the Delaware Academy of School Leadership to offer schools and districts a new model of systemic, …

As a state-assisted land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution, the University of Delaware is committed to the intellectual, cultural and ethical development of its undergraduate and graduate students as citizens, scholars and professionals. UD graduates often become leaders within the state, known for their creativity, integrity and their dedication to service. …

Growing up, Kayla Grant had many ideas of what she wanted to be. A biologist. An actress. A lawyer. An advocate for kids with special needs. Now, as a sophomore at the University of Delaware, she is taking pieces of all those professions and applying them to her future career: …