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DePaul University earns $4.2 million to prepare school counselors to serve in CPS

DePaul University earns $4.2 million to prepare school counselors to serve in CPS

​ DePaul faculty Autumn Cabell, Antonio Polo, Melissa Ockerman, (bottom row) Alexandra Novakovic and Rebecca Michel collaborated on the... read more

DePaul University names Jennifer Mueller dean of the College of Education

DePaul University names Jennifer Mueller dean of the College of Education

​CHICAGO — DePaul University Provost Salma Ghanem announced that Jennifer Mueller will serve as the dean of the College of Education... read more

DePaul University faculty experts available to discuss back-to-school topics

DePaul University faculty experts available to discuss back-to-school topics

​CHICAGO — National education discussions from teacher shortages to curriculum requirements and school safety have been front and center throughout... read more

Poet sets out to teach and serve in Chicago

Poet sets out to teach and serve in Chicago

​​​​​​​​ Juan Sandoval knows what it’s like to have a teacher change your life. A longtime resident of the Gage Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South... read more

Latina mom finds calling in early childhood education

Latina mom finds calling in early childhood education

CHICAGO — When Jaqueline Sanchez steps off the train at the Fullerton stop at DePaul University, she feels like she’s arrived in more ways than one.... read more

DePaul University announces 2019 commencement speakers

DePaul University announces 2019 commencement speakers

CHICAGO — DePaul University’s 120th commencement will celebrate an estimated 6,600 graduates during seven separate ceremonies May 18 and June... read more

Autism experts at DePaul University discuss education, awareness

Autism experts at DePaul University discuss education, awareness

CHICAGO — Advances in education and the arts are changing the lives of people with autism, and DePaul University experts are available to discuss... read more

DePaul University announces 2017 commencement speakers

DePaul University announces 2017 commencement speakers

CHICAGO — Speakers for DePaul University’s 119th commencement ceremonies are leaders in their respective fields including education, broadcast... read more

Dr. Seuss and literacy: 60 years since ‘The Cat in the Hat’

Dr. Seuss and literacy: 60 years since ‘The Cat in the Hat’

CHICAGO — Sixty years ago this March, Dr. Seuss put a hat on a cat and revolutionized children’s literature. “By rearranging simple words into... read more

Meet DePaul University’s class of 2016

Meet DePaul University’s class of 2016

CHICAGO — Beneath the sea of mortarboards at DePaul University’s 118th commencement ceremonies, some 6,500 graduates will reflect... read more

Graduate aims to shape bilingual education

Graduate aims to shape bilingual education

CHICAGO — At a young age, Erik Martinez learned that a strong education was worth extra effort, even if it meant crossing a border. For six years,... read more

DePaul University 2016 commencement speakers: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, and business, education, technology and humanitarian thought leaders

DePaul University 2016 commencement speakers: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, and business, education, technology and humanitarian thought leaders

​CHICAGO — Speakers for DePaul University’s 118th commencement ceremonies are thought leaders in their respective fields including education,... read more

World famous philosopher to speak at DePaul University

World famous philosopher to speak at DePaul University

CHICAGO — World-renowned intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah will speak on “Education for Global Citizenship and the Crisis Facing Black... read more

Meet DePaul University’s class of 2015

Meet DePaul University’s class of 2015

CHICAGO — Some 6,700 students will graduate from DePaul University this academic year and among them are Fulbright scholars, veterans, educators,... read more

Education major gives back to Chicago Public Schools

Education major gives back to Chicago Public Schools

Stephanie Berryhill was standing in a classroom at Englewood High School wondering why all of the students were laying their heads on their desks.... read more