
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Greg Johnston, 277-1813 or gregj@unm.edu
March 24, 2006
UNM College of Education Hosts Graduate Student Colloquium
More than 35 presentations by University of New Mexico College of Education graduate students will be featured in the ninth annual colloquium on Tuesday, March 28, from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Student Union Building. This event allows students to present to their peers and the education community their scholarship and professional practice. It is free and open to the public.
Topics presented range from “Under-representation of People of Color and Women in Higher Education” to “Mathematics Education in Two Borderland Communities” to “Home Literacy.” The colloquium is an opportunity for graduate students to present and receive feedback on dissertation ideas and preliminary research.
A keynote presentation, “Never Mix, Never Worry? Mixed Methodology Design in an Era of ‘Scientific Research in Education,'” will be given at 7:30 p.m. in SUB Ballroom A by Robert Donmoyer, Ph.D., professor of education at the University of San Diego.
The colloquium is sponsored by the College of Education and the Office of Graduate Studies. For more information or for a program, contact Betsy Noll, associate dean of the College of Education, at enoll@unm.edu.
Note to media: Student presenters may be available for interviews prior to or after the event. Contact Betsy Noll at 277-9610 or enoll@unm.edu.
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