Education majors talk about A Call to Teaching
February 11, 2020
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Education Majors Encourage Worcester Students to Hear the Call to Teach

Serena Jaber ’23 has wanted to become a teacher since she was 7. Even in elementary school, as the oldest child in her family, she would make worksheets and assign them to her siblings to teach . . .

January 31, 2020
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Speakers Encourage Working Together to Combat Hate and Anti-Semitism

One day after the international remembrance day of the Holocaust, campus and community members gathered to learn about the persistent scourge of anti-Semitism and other acts of hate, and what . . .

Bakari Sellers with Jess Evora, assistant director of student involvement and leadership development, and president Barry Maloney
November 27, 2018
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Dream With Eyes Open, Says Diversity Series Speaker Bakari Sellers

At age 22, Bakari Sellers was the youngest African-American elected official in the nation when he defeated a 26-year incumbent to win a seat in the South Carolina State Legislature in 2006. He . . .

Worcester State University student Daniella Owusu in Sevilla, Spain
October 20, 2017
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Senior Spends Her Second Semester Studying in Spain

For senior Daniella Owusu, spending a semester studying in Spain wasn’t enough. She’s back there now, and is among a small percentage of Worcester State University students who study more than . . .

Worcester State University President Barry Maloney speaking at a campus event in 2015.
January 31, 2017
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Employees Hear Update on University’s Five Points of Action

One year after announcing his Five Points of Action Toward a More Inclusive Campus Climate, Worcester State University President Barry Maloney devoted some of his mid-year employee meeting to . . .

One of Ogretta McNeil 's sons accepts an award for her at the MLK Jr. Breakfast
January 18, 2017
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MLK, Jr. Youth Breakfast Honors Social Justice and Activism

The 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Breakfast elicited a roller coaster of emotions from the attendees of the ceremony. In one minute, the audience was silently wiping away their tears . . .

Laura Rendón shares validation pedagogy at Worcester State University.
October 7, 2016
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Laura Rendón Shares Ways Validation Pedagogy Promotes Student Success

Laura Rendón, Ph.D., a nationally recognized education theorist, activist, and researcher who specializes in college preparation, persistence, and graduation of low-income, first-generation . . .

Universally designed learning expert Sam Johnston spoke at Worcester State University.
May 27, 2016
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Talk on Universally Designed Learning Kicks Off WSU’s Summer Institute

With the semester’s grading complete and commencement exercises over, several dozen Worcester State faculty gathered at the Ghosh Science and Technology Center to reflect on several educational . . .

Cornel West at Worcester State in 2008
March 16, 2016
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Cornel West to Speak About the 'American Dream Reimagined'

Author and scholar Dr. Cornel West will speak at Worcester State University, on Wednesday, March 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the May Street Building (formerly Temple Emanuel). The lecture, “The American . . .

Worcester State University student Francisco Crisostomo
March 10, 2016
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Senior Hones Leadership Skills as TWA President

As Francisco Crisostomo walks around Lancer Landing, he stops to listen to members of Third World Alliance as they talk about issues and events. It’s his way of being a hands-on leader as the . . .

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