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Our ITLS and SPERC students had an amazing time at the Utah Conference on Community Engagement! Chasity Mayo shared how the Lawrence lab works side-by-side with community partners throughout the research process. Malin Scharmann, Anna Oborn, and Kara James led a thoughtful poster on how working on a co-design project helped them grow both personally and professionally. Big thanks to Dr. Lawrence for guiding the team

Our ITLS and SPERC students presented at the Utah Conference on Community Engagement.
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Our ITLS + SPERC faculty & students, along with amazing IDRPP staff, wrapped up the year with a co-design game called Route to Success! Teams built routes and tackled roadblocks to help students with disabilities reach their post-school goals. Collaboration, creativity, and a whole lot of heart went into this final session with our school district partners!

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What if teachers had the Elder Wand?
HEDI grad Malin Scharmann and Dr. Lawrence used this magical Harry Potter-inspired prompt to spark creativity in their co-design research with teachers.
Imagination fuels innovation in education.
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Chasity, a PhD student at ITLS , received an honorable mention from the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 🌟. Her innovative research explores how teachers and young students can become teammates in navigating generative AI, with a focus on empowering students to think critically and reflect on how they use AI tools. She believes students bring valuable expertise to the table and should be active, informed participants in the tech they use. 💡👩‍🏫👧 For those interested in applying, Chasity recommends attending the NSF GRFP workshop series at USU 🏫, which provides mentorship and regular feedback. ✍️ She also encourages starting early when asking for letters of recommendation. While the GRFP isn’t a dissertation fellowship, it offers broad support throughout a student’s graduate journey 🎓✨

🌟 Congrats to Chasity, ITLS PhD student, on her NSF GRFP Honorable Mention! 👩‍🏫👧💡
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