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".
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).
Tabatha Cruz, a student in the Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development's (OLPD) Higher Education program received the 2024 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award.
Christina Cauble, PhD candidate in the OLPD's Human Resource Development (HRD) program has been awarded the 2023-2024 Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging Chair-United Way Internship.
