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OLPD Students, Faculty Collect Awards at AHRD

Numerous graduate students and faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development received major awards at the 2025 annual conference of the Association of Human Resource Development.

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Rodriguez Receives Dissertation of the Year Award from AHRD

Ana Carolina Rodriguez, a 2024 PhD graduate at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, received the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development.

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Darrius Stanley named Faculty Research Fellow for 2025

The Center of Excellence for Educational Equity Research (CEEER) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has named OLPD Assistant Professor Darrius Stanley as a Faculty Research Fellow for 2025.

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Connect Magazine Connect Magazine

CEHD Connect Magazine is published in print three times a year and online by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college.

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CEHD Connect SpSu2025 magazine cover, including 6 U of M athletes performing in sports on a smoky blue background with stadium lights.

OLPD alum featured in Star Tribune

Principal Fatima Lawson (Educational Administration MA and PhD) recently won an award for her work at Highwood Hills Elementary, which adopted a polytechnic approach at the urging of Somali, Karen and Hispanic families.

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Photo Credit: Shari L. Gross, Star Tribune

Nicole Dillard named Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellow

Nicole Dillard, assistant professor of human resource development in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, was selected to be a Faculty Fellow in the 2024-25 Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellowship Program (FFP).

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