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Where Belonging Begins: Higher Education Students Lead the University’s Native Student Program
In October 2022, after nearly 33 years at 黑料不打烊, Regina A. Jones 鈥07 retired as director of the University鈥檚 Native Student Program. She launched the program in 2006 along with Stephanie Waterman 鈥83, G鈥04, while simultaneously studying for a…
Q&A With School of Education Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott: Building on a Legacy in Education
School of Education Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott has a family history in the field of education that goes back generations. She continues to build on that storied legacy with her appointment to the deanship earlier this year. For Chandler-Olcott, it was…
‘Service-Minded and Entrepreneurial’: Scott Shablak G’73 Looks Back on 45 Years of OPRD
As a young person and then a college student, Scott Shablak G’73 says he absorbed two lessons that later served him well as director of the School of Education’s (SOE) Office of Professional Research and Development (OPRD), a position he…
National Science Foundation Renews Funding for Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program
Funding for operating the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program has been renewed, permitting 黑料不打烊 to continue leading a seven-institution initiative to broaden educational opportunities for students from underrepresented communities to study and pursue careers in…
Professors Theoharis and George Awarded Lender Center Grant to Study Schools’ DEI Policies
George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education, and Leela George, associate teaching professor of educational leadership, both in the School of Education, have been awarded a 2023 Lender Center for Social Justice grant. The award is…
Breedlove Readers Display Works at Community 鈥楢rtStory鈥 Event
The artwork of local teens was on display during a recent event hosted by professors Courtney Mauldin and Rochele Royster at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 South Side Communications Center. Participants in the event, 鈥淎rtStory: Love & Language,鈥 were members of the Breedlove…
Leonese Nelson Reflects on 2 Decades Chairing STEP/CSTEP Conferences
The 2023 Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) spring conferences were bittersweet for Leonese Nelson. Once again, she worked 18-hour days to present two statewide showcases of student work, timed just a…
Reading Buddies Program Gives Young Readers鈥攁nd Pre-Service Teachers鈥攁 Jump Start
One aspect that makes the School of Education鈥檚 (SOE) teacher preparation program stand out is that it offers undergraduates opportunities to be immersed in diverse and inclusive school environments as early as their first year. For undergraduates signed up for…
Doctoral Candidate Ionah Scully Named an NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow
School of Education doctoral candidate Ionah M. Elaine Scully, Michel First Nation (Cree-M茅tis and Irish) from Alberta, Canada, has been awarded a prestigious National Academy of Education NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. They are one of 35…
Memories, Tech Advancement and Job Advice: 3 Longtime Employees Share Career Highlights
Each year during the One University Awards, dozens of employees are recognized for achieving Years of Service Milestones. Recipients at the 2023 ceremony included faculty and staff who achieved 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and even 50 years of…