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• Letters

  - 2006-02-03

  HOMETOWN SUPPORT UCCS program meets needs for defense projects It is with sincere appreciation that we write to publicly thank Colorado's congressional delegation for its support and interest in the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and its efforts in the areas of homeland...

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• Boy vested with assistive tech.

  - 2002-08-14

  Boy Vested With Assistive Tech--Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Hampshire College (Mass.) joined forces to create a talking vest for a Colorado student with Down Syndrome. The vest, which was requested by the 11-year-old's teacher, is designed to help the boy interact...

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• A K-12/university partnership: Creating tomorrow's engineers

  - 2001-10-01

  A K-12/University Partnership: Creating Tomorrow's Engineers* ABSTRACT Supported by the National Science Foundation, the GK-12 Fellows program at the University of Colorado at Boulder explores innovative ways for engineering graduate students to use engineering as the vehicle to provide K- 12 classroom instruction and hands-on experiences that integrate physical sciences,...

  Tags: engineering, Engineering, K-12, Learning, partnership, teacher, University of Colorado

• "Only connect!": Cross-cultural connections in the reading lives of preservice teachers and children

  - 2000-12-01

  In this research, we present case studies of three Anglo American preservice teachers - Clara, Luke, ear Varla as they worked with children of color and/or poverty Sam, Reggie, and Lucinda - over the course of a semester. In a university class entitled the Literacy/Social Studies Block, we asked the...

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• Tennis Teacher, Coach Opens Equipment Store in Pueblo, Colo.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-07-14

  Jul. 13--As if Adam Titelbaum hasn't had enough to do the past three years giving tennis lessons throughout the city, he's added a full-blown tennis equipment store on Union Avenue to the mix. The Tennis Zone opened about three weeks ago at 128 S. Union,...

  Tags: CAREER, teacher, University of Colorado

• The Top 100: Interpreting the Data - list of universities and colleges that grant post-secondary degrees to African American students - Statistical Data Included

  - 2000-07-06

  For the ninth consecutive year, we present to you one of the simplest and most compelling rankings of higher education data: listings of the institutions that confer the most postsecondary degrees to students of color. As with any ranking publication, we have our critics, many of whom bring up valid...

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• Teachers boost odds of kids liking statistics

  - 2000-05-06

  DENVER - What does it mean when the odds of winning at Cripple Creek casinos are three to one? Or when news broadcaster Tom Brokaw says the margin of error for a political poll is plus or minus two points? What about determining the chances of...

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• CU-Springs gets grant to help teach reading/ Student teachers work

  - 1999-10-26

  The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has received a $600,000 federal grant to fund a teacher training program that allows student teachers to spend more time working with disadvantaged children. The grant from the Office of Special Education and Programs at the U.S. Department of Education will...

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• Alston J. "Jerry" Shakeshaft.(political scientist)(Obituary)

  - 1999-06-01

  Alston J Shakeshaft will always be remembered by his friends and colleagues as a dedicated teacher and mentor who was known for his high professional standards, broad knowledge, political common sense, departmental loyalty and uncanny humor. Shakeshaft received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Colorado and was...

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