Nathan Price, PhD Student in Higher Education at OLPD, was named 2024 Impactful Professional of the Year by Blacks in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
Washington Galvão, PhD Student in Comparative and International Development Education at OLPD, received one of three 2024 Mestenhauser Student Awards for for Excellence in Campus Internationalization.
Millicent Adjei, PhD, alum of the MA and PhD programs in Comparative and International Development Education, was named a recipient of the 2024 CEHD Alumni Award of Excellence.
Alexandre Ardichvili, Professor and Hellervik Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development, was inducted into the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Hall of Fame at the AHRD 2024 Annual Conference held in February.
The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Comparative and International Development Education graduate programs will be well represented at CIES 2024, March 6-7 online and 10-14 in Miami, FL. 26 sessions will feature students, faculty, and alumni.
Fernie Rodriguez, a graduate of the OLPD PhD program in Higher Education, was selected as the University of Wisconsin-Madison's associate vice chancellor for student affairs.
Dr. Lynn D. Akey, OLPD Higher Education PhD Alumni (2012), Vice President for Student Success, Analytics and Integrated Planning at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has been named the 7th Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
Christina Cauble, a PhD student in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, is a recipient of the Shelly Joseph-Kordell Memorial Scholarship.
Two OLPD alumni were recognized by the College of Education and Human Development at the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony on November 9. Congratulations to the OLPD recipients Eric Decker and Ronald Salazar Sojo.
Bhaskar Upadhyay, professor in OLPD's Comparative and International Development Education (CIDE) program, along with graduate students in CEHD's C&I department, had their ESERA conference paper selected as the "Best Paper".