Category: Feature Story

Student Becomes Teacher: Alum Returns to the City and Mentors the Next Generation

Visible from the classroom windows, Syracuse University’s JMA Wireless Dome sits just up the hill from STEAM at Dr. King Elementary School. For fourth-grade teacher Dylan Gwilt ’17, the view...
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Five Questions for Jennifer V. Matott G’98

Jennifer Matott teaches visual arts at Liverpool (NY) Central School District. She holds an M.S. in Art Education (1998) from Syracuse University School of Education and a B.F.A. in Sculpture...
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Innovation for All: Intelligence++ Students Create Inclusive Designs

Aidan Samsel ’27, a Syracuse University InclusiveU student, values friendships—and wants to make it easier for young adults who struggle to connect with others. His solution: develop a friendship app called “Pod...
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Commitment to Service: Marc Cleveland Strikes a Path from the Military to Social Work

One of the most meaningful experiences retired Lt. Col. Marc Cleveland recounts from his career in the US Army was his first deployment, when he served as a platoon leader...
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Bearing Witness: Weeklong Immersion Takes Atrocity Studies Off the Page

No classroom lecture can replicate the experience of being face-to-face with the evidence of genocide. That is the premise behind a School of Education (SOE) immersion course that brings students...
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Ukrainian Fulbright Scholar’s Mission: Support Veteran Reintegration at Home

Tetiana “Tanya” Pohorielova came to Syracuse University as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar with an urgent purpose: to learn all she could about helping veterans return to civilian life and bring...
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Five Questions for Lizzie Muyawa Dube G’10, G’11

Malawian native Lizzie Muyawa Dube holds an A.A. from Cottey College in Nevada, MO, (2007) and a B.A. in Sociology from Hollins (VA) University (2009). She graduated from Syracuse University...
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Photo Essay: Globetrotter and Future Teacher Mason Burley ’27 Embraces Study Abroad and Study Away

As a freshman, Mason Burley ’27 made himself a promise: experience as much of the world as possible and “put myself out there.” In fact, his first trip over the...
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Five Questions for Erin Althen ’03, G’04

Music education alumna Erin Althen ’03, G’04 is the Director of Bands and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Westhill High School, near Syracuse, NY. She is founder and...
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Eachus Family Establishes Endowment to Support Autism Research at Syracuse’s Center on Disability and Inclusion

It was 1958, in her second week of her freshman year at Syracuse University, when Rev. Dr. Elaine B. Eachus ’61, G’64 met her future husband, Alan “Ace” C. Eachus...
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