{"id":66418,"date":"2022-03-11T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66418"},"modified":"2023-09-29T23:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T03:56:47","slug":"bu-wheelocks-holmes-program-supports-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/bu-wheelocks-holmes-program-supports-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Holmes Program Supports Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2312\" height=\"1734\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Efe Shavers is pictured second from right\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256.png 2312w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1500x1125.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1101x826.png 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-459x344.png 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-705x529.png 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-909x682.png 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1376x1032.png 1376w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1761x1321.png 1761w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-917x688.png 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1411x1058.png 1411w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1819x1364.png 1819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1333x1000.png 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/03\/Resized_20220303_171256-1600x1200.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2312px) 100vw, 2312px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">(L-R) Ava Jackson (Holmes postdoctoral associate), Rafael Villa, Jr. (Holmes Master\u2019s Scholar), Efe Shavers (Holmes Scholar), and Laura Ottoni (Holmes Master\u2019s Scholar) at the 2022 AACTE Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Photo courtesy of Efe Shavers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Student news<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHolmes Program Supports Graduate Students\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 11, 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/carolyn-barrett\/\">Carolyn Barrett<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Since 2014, BU Wheelock has partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education\u2019s Holmes Program to support current master\u2019s and doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who self-identify as racially and ethnically diverse. As part of the Holmes Program, participants receive mentorship, peer support, and professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, BU Wheelock\u2019s&nbsp;Efe Shavers, a third-year doctoral student in applied human development, was named a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aacte.org\/programs-and-services\/holmes-program\/\">Holmes Scholar<\/a>. As a new Holmes Scholar, Shavers was able to attend the recent AACTE annual meeting to meet with other program participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Holmes conference during AACTE was life-changing for me,\u201d says Shavers. \u201cTo be in a room filled with people of color partaking in excellence while supporting each other was very inspiring.\u201d Shavers hopes to present at AACTE next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEfe\u2019s research focuses on critically conscious teacher pedagogy and contextual issues around resilience and success of youth from historically marginalized groups,\u201d says BU Wheelock\u2019s Tina Durand, who is Shavers\u2019 advisor. \u201cHer work fits beautifully with the mission of the Holmes Scholars Program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At BU Wheelock, the Holmes Scholar Program is supported by Michael Dennehy, executive director of&nbsp;College Access &amp; Student Success, and Beth Warren, Sylvia Earl Professor &amp; director of the Earl Center for Learning &amp; Innovation, Detris Adelabu, clinical professor of applied human development, and Andrea Bien, clinical assistant professor of elementary education. We spoke with several Holmes Program participants, both current and recent, about where they are now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2014, BU Wheelock has partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education\u2019s Holmes Program to support current master\u2019s and doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who self-identify as racially and ethnically diverse. As part of the Holmes Program, participants receive mentorship, peer support, and professional development opportunities. 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