Category: K-12 Initiatives
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The Women of WiSTEM
In today’s workforce, the STEM industry is comprised of just 28% women, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Compared to data from the 1970s—a time when women made up a mere 8% of the STEM workforce—the gender gap is shrinking, but it could take decades, or much longer for certain disciplines, for the…
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Megan Rojo
By Jessica Sinn, Division of Diversity & Community Engagement Spend a day in Megan Rojo’s classroom and you’ll see that she has found her calling. Some might even say that teaching is in her DNA. The daughter of two educators, Rojo was determined to carve a different path in life. Yet the gravitational pull…
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Meet UT-UCS Teacher of the Year: Candace Berrier
Long before entering college, Candace Berrier knew that her heart was in teaching. By the time she reached high school, she discovered her path in special education while working with at-risk youth. “I choose to work in special education because I believe in teaching students in the way that they learn best,” says Berrier, who…
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President Fenves Tours UT Elementary
On Valentine’s Day, President Gregory L. Fenves showed some love to the Little Longhorns at UT Elementary School, a UT-University Charter School located in East Austin – just across the highway from the “Big UT.” A group of fifth-graders welcomed Fenves and his wife Carmel with big smiles and quickly escorted them to the library. After…
Jessica Sinn 