Woman among first with Down Syndrome to graduate from a Colorado college
COLORADO Isabelle Woloson is among the first with an intellectual or developmental disability to graduate from a four-year Colorado college. Specifically, she is the first woman with down syndrome to make the accomplishment at the University of Northern Colorado, through the Goal Program. My heart was a little stiff, but when I crossed the stage, I felt like I had endless possibilities, says Isabelle.
Clips of Isabelle, posted on Instagram and Tik Tok by her sister, Audrey, now making its rounds on the Internet. Isabelle says, graduating was a full-circle moment.
High school seniors plot post-graduation life after pandemic
TINEY RICCIARDI and ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ, The Denver Post
May 22, 2021
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DENVER (AP) Before the pandemic, Nasim Martin’s every moment seemed to be accounted for. If the straight-A student wasn’t working on classwork or dual-enrollment college assignments at Fountain-Fort Carson High School, he was running track, playing basketball or squeezing in time with friends.
Once COVID-19 hit and Martin, now 18, found himself barred from so many of the activities that normally structured his day, he was left with something foreign to him: time for self-reflection.
“When the pandemic happened, the first thing that changed for me was my mindset,” Martin said. “I was no longer focused on just myself.”
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Basalt High School graduating senior Tyler Sims and his mother Carrey Sims stand outside of the home they both grew up in at their family’s original homestead in Basalt on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Tyler is the 6th generation of his family with ties to Basalt. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Basalt High School graduating senior Tyler Sims stands outside of his childhood home in Basalt on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Tyler is the 6th generation of his family with ties to Basalt. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Basalt High School graduating senior Tyler Sims and his mother Carrey Sims stand outside of the home they both grew up in at their family’s original homestead in Basalt on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Tyler is the 6th generation of his family with ties to Basalt. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Cheng-Yao Lin is passionate about math. But for the mathematics education professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, it’s not just about learning and teaching math, it’s about helping people really “get” what math is and why it matters.