Education Building Honorary Naming Initiative

As of Feb. 9, 2023, the CU Board of Regents approved the renaming of the Fleming Building to honor the lasting legacies and contributions of former CU Â鶹ӰԺ School of Education faculty members Ofelia Miramontes and Leonard Baca. Learn more about their inspiring legacies.

 

Our School of Education is facing a unique opportunity to consider community nominations for the honorary renaming of our campus building. 

Our school moved to a  in 2020. As the next phase of the remodel and fundraising efforts continue, we have a historic opportunity to rename our building currently known as the Fleming Building, a name that belonged to a former Law School Dean from when the building housed the Law School.

Together with a committee of alumni, donors, faculty, staff and students, we have established an honorary naming nomination process, and we invite you to submit nominations by Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. 

Project Timeline

  • Summer 2022: Committee selection and criteria setting for honorary naming nominations
  • August-November 2022: Committee seeks nominations
  • December 2022: Committee reviews nominations and makes a recommendation to the Chancellor
  • February 2023: Once/if approved by the Chancellor, we submit the recommendation to the Regents for review
  • Fall 2024: New building dedication 

Criteria

The nominee’s work and contributions should embody the mission of the School of Education and our commitments to democracy, diversity, equity and justice.

In addition, the nominee should be someone who has supported the education of informed educators, researchers, policy makers and/or community leaders. 

We seek a nominee who has transformed the field of education and/or educational practices in pre-K-12 schools and universities. 

The nominee should be an alumni, faculty or staff member who has a connection with the School of Education.

The nominee may be living, deceased or retired. According to regental rules, if you nominate someone who is deceased or retired they may not be proposed earlier than five years after their death or retirement. Additionally, the person may not be currently working at the university.

Committee Members

  • Kathy Schultz, co-chair, School of Education Dean
  • Grace Maniscalco, co-chair, School of Education director of special projects
  • Shelby Bell, master’s student in Higher Education
  • Angela Bielefeldt, professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering
  • Marty Coffin Evans, School of Education Development Advisory Board member
  • Hannah Fletcher, School of Education assistant dean of communications
  • Ruth M. López, PhDEdu’15, educational foundations, policy and practice
  • Johanna Maes, senior instructor and director of the Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program  
  • Sara McDonald, School of Education senior director of operations
  • Tammy Molinar-Leblanc, BUENO Center project director
  • Marlene Palomar, PhD student in learning sciences and human development
  • Shane Saeed, elementary education licensure ’14, MEdu’17 curriculum and instruction
  • Bernadette Stewart, MEdu’12, educational foundations, policy and practice
  • Terri Wilson, associate professor of educational foundations, policy and practice