LTE Speaker Series: Dr. Rochelle Gutierrez 

"Mathematics, Passions, and Right Relations: How Identity Factors Into Our Work"

Friday, Feb. 18, 12 to 2 p.m.

Virtual event, please click here to register

Dr. Gutierrez is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Gutierrez' scholarship focuses on issues of identity and power in mathematics education, paying particular attention to how race, class, and language affect teaching and learning. In this talk, Dr. Gutiérrez will expand on how her life growing up around powerful womxn and activists taught her to channel her passions into her academic and life work. She uses the case of mathematics as an example of how we are taught to simply accept the stories we are told and how a deep grounding in ourselves can help us challenge those stories and write new ones.

UConn LTE Cultivate II

Friday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Virtual event

The UConn LTE Cultivate workshop returns with a new slate of activities to inspire, develop, and empower all faculty and staff as Life-Transformative Education champions. Whether you’re an experienced LTE champion, just getting started, or simply curious, you are welcome to join colleagues to engage in conversation and brainstorming to activate LTE principles throughout UConn. The half-day workshop will include a wide variety of activities, including breakout sessions with a focus on topics including mentoring, advising, service learning, and DEI principles; wellness activities; and a keynote conversation with Dr. Amelia Parnell, vice president for research at NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. 

Attendance will be capped, so make sure to register early.