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Principal Beth Shermoen, Nathan Svestka, Assistant professor Micheal young, Savannah Lowe, and Piedmont Teacher Jenna Amundson"

A Synergistic Relationship

Community partnership for education holds valuable lessons for all

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Chemistry class reinvented

UMD grad student reimagines career, science teaching methods

fall aerial view of campus, including colorful trees in background

Fall 2023 faculty and staff accolades

Please join us in congratulating faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their fall 2023 achievements.

Jane Carlson posing with her family at a basketball game

A student-centered educator

Longtime CEHSP faculty member retires

Stacey Achteroff in between her daughters at an overlook with a mountain view behind them

Staff spotlight: Stacey Achterhoff

Meet Stacey Achterhoff, CEHSP's accreditation officer since January 2023.

Jill Boettcher, wearing glasses and smiling with greenery behind her

Faculty spotlight: Jill Boettcher

Meet Jill Boettcher, an instructor in the Department of Education and coordinator for the Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate program

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Student spotlight: Caitlin Efta

Meet Caitlin Efta, senior in the Department of Education and president of Education Minnesota Aspiring Educators UMD 

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Bringing the outdoors in

Photography livens an elementary school classroom

Jennifer Frisch, smiling in a hammock with a black dog laying on the grass in the background

Faculty spotlight: Jennifer Frisch

Meet Jennifer Frisch, associate professor of education and coordinator of the Integrated Elementary & Special Education program

Members of the Indigenous Women's Water Sisterhood post near the site of the classroom with Sharon Day

Water protectors

Indigenous women plan outdoor classroom along St. Louis River