Dear EDHD Alumni and Friends, The College of Education and Human Development (EDHD) includes a diverse array of programs, ranging from Inclusive Early Childhood Education to Sport Management to Interior Design. For the last couple of years, EDHD’s faculty and staff have engaged in conversations about the ideas and principles that we share across our various roles and fields of studies. We asked, “What does, or should, the EDHD Experience mean?"

In responding to that question, we developed the EDHD Conceptual Framework:

Community of Inclusion, Collaboration, and Respect
Learn across differences by promoting equitable and inclusive practices

Leadership and Service
Develop capacities to lead and serve professions and communities

Integrative and Experiential Learning
Engage through practice and reflection

Inquiry and Innovation
Integrate theory and practice to generate knowledge and promote public good

Professional Preparation
Commit to meaningful personal and professional lives

While all of the principles are important, nothing else is possible if we are not part of a community of inclusion, collaboration, and respect. Consequently, I have asked everyone who works in the College to commit to doing something that contributes to our community. As Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Check out the stories in the rest of this newsletter, visit our webpage, or come and visit campus. I hope that you’ll see the EDHD Conceptual Framework in action. Together, the College of Education and Human Development is doing so much!

Forever Falcon,
Dawn Shinew, ’86 and ‘92