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Endeavors Magazine
Endeavors magazine is published once a year by the Office of Marketing and Communications. Through this publication, we capture the passion and academic excellence of students, faculty, staff and alumni who are making an impact in and out of the classroom.
Current Issue
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Must-Read Articles
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How EdTerps Are Addressing Humanity’s Grand Challenges
Through 11 Grand Challenges Grants, the College of Education Tackles Pressing Societal Issues
![Center for Young Children (CYC) kindergarteners Abigail Lynn and Nora Hurst examine a Bess beetle during a field trip to UMD's Insect Zoo.](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/uploads/2023/08/CYC_BugFieldTrip_07172023_SC_7413_1920x1080.webp?h=d1cb525d&itok=X5EpzYxG)
Lessons for the Littlest Terps
Center for Young Children’s Students Trek Across Campus to Understand the World
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First TerpsEXCEED Graduates Look Toward a Bright Future
Program Helps Students with Intellectual Disabilities Build Confidence, Skills, Friendships
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Tackling Disinformation, Re-Centering Equity
Shaun Harper Gives Dean’s Lecture on Defending Diversity in Education
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Winds of Change
The College Hosts the State’s First-Ever KidWind Challenge to Engage Kids in Sustainable Energy Solutions
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Becoming the Teacher Who Saved Him
A Commitment to Caring and Empathy Shapes a First-Generation Student and Future Teacher
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My Educator-Entrepreneur Journey
Doctoral Student Works to Increase Justice in Global Sport
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An Opportunity to LEAD
True to Their Name, Researchers at the LEAD Lab are Leading the Way to Inclusion in Neuroscience
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College of Education Receives $4.8M Grant to Launch School Improvement Leadership Academy
Program Will Cultivate High-Quality School Leaders to Raise Student Achievement
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Five Tips for Responding to Book Challenges
As Book Challenges Reach a Record High, Doctoral Student Outlines What to Know and Steps to Take
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Ask the Expert: Richard Shin
How to Create Inclusive School Environments for LGBTQ+ Students
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$2.9M State Grant Supports Project to Alleviate Teacher Shortage in Center-Based Child Care
°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Íø Early EdCorp to Improve Access to Child Care in High-Need Communities
![Mary O’Leary Wiley Ph.D. ’82, Lydia Minatoya Ph.D. ’81, Marcella (Chela) Mendoza Patterson M.A. ’79 and Jean Joyce-Brady Ph.D. ’83 during a monthly Zoom get-together.](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/uploads/2023/10/Four%20friends%20edited.png?h=ec0c7a55&itok=rgONu15b)
Four Friends, Four Decades
How Four Alumni Have Shared Their Lives, Laughter and Leftovers Over 46 Years of Friendship
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A True Renaissance Teacher
From Jet-setting as a Flight Attendant to Mastering Five Stage Combat Weapons to Teach Shakespeare, Linda Pieplow ’72, M.A. ’78, Looks Back on a Varied Career
Past Issues
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