School of Education Ambassador Kelly Ocampo G’08 (Inclusive Special Education, Grades 1-6) is the 2026 recipient of the Exceptional Woman of the Year award, presented by New York State Assemblymember Pamela J. Hunter (D-128), which celebrates women who have made outstanding contributions to their communities, often in roles as educators, volunteers, trailblazers, and changemakers. Ocampo...
Two Syracuse University students whose ventures focus on inclusive design and student well-being have been awarded Spring 2026 Intelligence++ Venture Grants through Syracuse University’s Intelligence++ initiative, administered through Syracuse University Libraries. The competitive funding program supports student innovators developing products, services, and creative ventures that improve accessibility, inclusion, and quality of life for people with...
For Syracuse University students, Maymester courses are an opportunity to travel and explore, immerse themselves in a new culture or issue, gain hands-on experience, build skills or learn something entirely new … … In Inclusive Schools and Societies: Lessons from the Italian Context, both matriculated and InclusiveU students journeyed to Italy to learn about the country’s...
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 is a reminder of his journey that began in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD). Raised in Syracuse, he attended Salem Hyde Elementary, Lincoln Middle...
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 and Painting from State University of New York at Fredonia. “I love teaching art workshops at conferences, locally and in my school district,” she says....
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 Finder” where users meet and interact in small online groups called pods. With the support of a pod guide—a trusted family member or friend who...
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 in Afghanistan. “We were a group of guys with such diverse backgrounds—really different childhoods, really different life experiences. At the time, it was eye-opening for...
An interdisciplinary team from Syracuse University School of Education’s Counseling and Human Services and Social Work programs is the recipient of a highly competitive research grant from the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). Receiving a 2026 ACES Small Grants for Studies of AI-Client Simulations—one of four proposals funded from 40 submissions—the research project...
Ken Marfilius, Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Social Work and Faculty Director of Online Programs and Strategic Initiatives in the School of Education, has been awarded a $5,000 Engaged Communities Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) to support a new collaboration between Syracuse University and the Camden...
Higher/Postsecondary Education master’s degree student Thomas Andrew Kehoe III G’27 is among four new student representatives—representing undergraduate, graduate, and law students—to join the Syracuse University Board of Trustees for the 2026-2027 academic year. Kehoe is a graduate assistant for academic and career advising within the Office of Student Success in the College of Arts and...
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 to Washington, DC, to view historical records, talk with experts in human rights law and policy and worldwide atrocities issues, and experience the visual weight...
For the third year in a row, a School of Education student—Selected Studies in Education graduate Bobby Battle ’26—has won the Renée Crown University Honors Program’s David Orlin Prize for the most outstanding honors theses. It is also the second year in a row that the Orlin Prize winner has been advised by SOE Professor...
On April 24, 2026, the School of Social Work—housed in the Syracuse University School of Education—held its annual ceremony to honor students involved with the Genovese Scholars, Evidence-based Practice, and Assessment Project programs; bestow graduate and undergraduate Convocation awards; and induct new members into the Phi Alpha Honor Society. View Photo Gallery Undergraduate Awards Keith...
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 that knowledge home to war-torn Ukraine. Pohorielova is an associate professor and head of the Department of Pedagogy, Foreign Philology, and Translation at Simon Kuznets...
Syracuse University School of Education faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates have won a spectrum of accolades in spring 2026, including awards for a New York City music education immersion course, for research projects on the use of AI in schools and counseling, and for teachers-in-training honing their craft abroad. Faculty Awards Music Education Professor David...
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 College of Arts and Sciences in 2010 with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Women’s Studies (2010) and from the School of Education (SOE) in...
