SLAT is pleased to announce that Dr. Jill Castek (Professor in the Department of TLS and the SLAT Program), SLAT Major students Veronica Oguilve and Onur Ural, SLAT Minor student Yousra Abourehab, and two other University of Arizona students Wen Wen and Christopher Sanderson, who have received the 2023 Urquides Laureate Award.
The Urquides Laureate Award honors outstanding contributions by College of Education faculty and academic professionals in bilingual education on behalf of children. Dr. Castek and her talented group of graduate students have worked hard to create a global learning professional development series for teachers that brings together digital technologies and cultural learning to benefit K-12 students in rural Arizona, and other places in the U.S. where teachers and their students lack access to learning opportunities that encourage a global perspective and open doors to multilingualism.
Congratulations to Dr. Castek, Veronica, Onur, Yousra, Wen, and Christopher!