College of Education and Human Development
Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
OLPD PhD students Erma Fetić Mujić, Brittany Stahlman, and Kae Takaoka were awarded the prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2025-26 by the University of Minnesota Graduate School.
READ STORYDr. Nate Stewart was invited to serve as a guest instructor at the UC Berkeley School of Education this July, where he engaged aspiring and current P–20 educational leaders across the Bay Area.
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Vic Massaglia, PhD student, Abby Wilfert, PhD alumna, and Michael Stebleton, Professor -- all with the OLPD higher education program -- presented "Career Play: Fostering Career Exploration through Play-Based Learning" at the MCDA Annual Conference.
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Professor Joan DeJaeghere has been awarded a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Research Chair titled Education, Gender Equity, and Wellbeing.
READ STORYCEHD 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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Higher Education PhD student Vic Massaglia, 2025 HE PhD graduate Abby Razink (Wilfert), and Professor Michael Stebleton recently presented at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Global Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
READ STORYRachel Scholten, a student in the comparative and international development education (CIDE) program, recently served as co-editor for a book on professional practice, NAFSA’s Guide to International Student Recruitment, Fourth Edition.
READ STORYBrian Boakye-Ansah, founder of X Hydration, turned his passion for athletics and entrepreneurship into a thriving business.
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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.
READ STORYAna 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.
READ STORYRichard Roman and Madeline Rowe, PhD Candidates in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Higher Education program presented research on public trust in higher education at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Annual Conference.
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