Category: Feature Story
“Lasting Impact”: Sergeants Major on Giving Back Through Instructional Design
In January 2025, Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation professors Moon-Heum Cho and Rob Pusch visited the latest cohort of students in the IDDE Fellowship Program. The program is offered by...Read More
InclusiveU Talks About Sex, Consent, Healthy Relationships, and More
Many high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are excluded from schools’ sex education curriculum. Receiving little to no guidance on healthy relationships, consent, self-pleasure, and how to...Read More
Five Questions for Aileen Gallagher ’99, G’20
Holding a Syracuse University School of Education master’s degree in Higher/Postsecondary Education, Aileen Gallagher ’99, G’20 was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public...Read More
Taylor Ratliff ’28 Takes Action on Mental Health with Girl Scouts Gold Award Project
It’s gratifying to realize that your chosen profession is in fact a vocation—as the saying goes, if you do something you love, you’ll never have to work a day in...Read More
Carl Sanfilippo ’77: A Legendary Coach Retires, And Looks for His Next Big Play
After serving nearly five decades, legendary Central New York high school football coach Carl Sanfilippo ’77announced his retirement at the end of 2024. But despite hanging up his whistle, he...Read More
“They Teach Me a Lot About Myself”: How Students Influence the Teachers Who Influence Them
For Professor George Theoharis, teaching is more than a job; it’s a reflection of his students’ influence. “They represent who I am as a teacher,” says the Syracuse University School...Read More
Bailey Tlachac G’23: Past, Present, and Future
A 2023 graduate of Syracuse University school of Education’s Higher/Postsecondary Education master’s degree program, Bailey Tlachac (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) currently is a multicultural advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Green...Read More
Lessons Learned: How an Education Degree Can Forge a Path to a Federal Career
The School of Education’s Selected Studies in Education (SSE) major allows undergraduates to explore careers beyond the classroom. Its five focus areas—in technology and media, schooling and diversity, physical activity,...Read More
Teaching on the Frontlines: How Real-Life Simulations Are Shaping Future Classrooms
Carly Svec ’27 just experienced a grueling parent-teacher conference. A student’s father raised serious concerns about his daughter’s change in behavior and feared she may harm herself. That raised a...Read More
A League of Her Own: Maria Murray G’96, G’09 Recognized Among the 50 Fastest-Growing Alumni Entrepreneurs of 2024
While having a School of Education alumna among the ’CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Award winners is rare, the recognition is fitting for Maria Murray G’96, G’09 for her work developing and...Read More