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Human rights grad’s ‘dream job’ to help program fulfill its dreams

Overheard @SMU Originally posted: February 16, 2017 “The Embrey Human Rights High School Chapters project is in its infancy, but we’re cultivating it based on the energy we get from DFW youth, who really want meaningful human rights education.” Lisa Walters-Vargas –  Lisa Walters-Vargas, new community outreach coordinator for the Embrey Human Rights Program. After earning B.S. degrees in […]

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Dr. Jie Sun, Dedman College staff, publishes his dissertation work in the Journal of College Student Development

Congratulations to Dedman College’s own Academic Research Analyst, Dr. Jie Sun. Dr. Sun recently published one part of his dissertation work into an article titled, Homesickness at college: it’s impact on academic performance and retention. Read the abstract below and follow the link for the full paper. Abstract: For this study we identified factors exerting significant influence on homesickness and explored the impact of the […]

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Dr. Jie Sun, Dedman College staff, receives 2015 Charles F. Elton award for Best Paper

Congratulations to Jie Sun! Dr. Sun’s co-authored paper, House Divided? STEM and Non-STEM On-Campus Student Retention Factors, has been awarded as the 2015 Charles F. Elton Best Paper by the Association for Institutional Research (AIR). More below.