Marxe Community Events Calendar
Fall 2026 Events
SAVE THE DATE: The Second Annual Champion of Higher Education Award Lecture
Monday, September 28, 2026 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm | In-person event
The lecture “Enhancing the College Experience: Validating Students, Fostering Belonging, and Employing Humanizing, Culturally-Affirming Pedagogy” will be presented by Laura I. Rendón, Professor Emerita, University of Texas-San Antonio. Laura Rendón has spent decades demonstrating that students succeed when educators actively affirm them as capable learners and knowers. In this lecture, she draws on her foundational work on validation theory and sentipensante (sensing/thinking) pedagogy to show how faculty, staff, and administrators can reach out to students instead of waiting for students to come to them. She offers concrete practices that foster belonging, honor the cultural knowledge students already carry, and treat students as whole people rather than as test scores and transcripts.
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