Ground-breaking academic leader and Syracuse University School of Education alumna Linda M. LeMura G’83, G’87, will join a distinguished scientist and educator, a physician and healthcare innovator, a pioneering entrepreneur, a distinguished public servant, and a transformative national leader in higher education when she receives an honorary degree at the 2026 Commencement on Sunday, May...
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 Atlantic was a study abroad experience in Kenya. And he’s been racking up the miles ever since. “I guess I did put myself out there,”...
Syracuse University’s ‘InclusiveU’ program helped turn senior’s challenges into strengths (Spectrum News | April 14, 2026) April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, a time to celebrate inclusion and diversity while promoting a deeper understanding of the disability. At Syracuse University, one program is doing exactly that: InclusiveU. Wyatt Humpf is a senior in the...
Syracuse University School of Education was well represented by faculty and students—both graduate and undergraduate—at the American Educational Research Association’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, from April 8 to 12. Syracuse appeared in sessions spanning arts-based research, counseling, curriculum studies, disability studies, educational leadership, indigenous education, instructional technology, literacy, and teacher education. SOE Educational...
Syracuse University School of Education juniors Mason Burley ’27 (Inclusive Adolescent Education/History/Disability Studies) of Webster, NY, and Sydney Kincaid ’27 (Music Education) of Seattle, WA, are among 35 students who have been chosen as 2026-2027 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. Active in the campus community, Burley is a Residential Mentor for InclusiveU in Lawrence B. Taishoff...
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 co-conductor of the Syracuse Youth Wind Symphony and co-founder the Central New York Music Teacher Mentoring Program. A flute and piccolo player, she has performed...
Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) is pleased to announce that Jeff Goldstein ’77 (Special Education), President of Global Theatrical Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, will address graduates at its 2026 Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, May 9, at 4:30 p.m. in the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. Goldstein oversees all aspects of Warner Bros. Pictures’ distribution...
Syracuse University School of Education’s Ganders Lecture Series and Center on Disability and Inclusion, along with Syracuse University Art Museum and College of Visual and Performing Arts, welcomes Colombian-American artist and Wynn Newhouse Award recipient Francisco echo Eraso to campus for a two-day artistic residency, which will include a talk and community workshop. On April...
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 ’60, G’64, a chemistry major. Both had grown up in small Upstate New York towns, Alan in Chittenango and Elaine near Canandaigua. She graduated in...
Long-serving and distinguished school leader Alice G. Kendrick ’70, G’79, G’93 will be honored with the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the 10th annual One University Awards on Friday, April 17, 2026, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. A reception follows in the Heroy Geology Building. Kendrick...
When Vincent “Vinny” P. Longhi Jr. ’78 started to consider ways to give back to Syracuse University, he thought about his father, Vincent Sr., and his son, Matteo. His father died from a massive heart attack in 1960, when Vinny was just 7 years old. Matteo Longhi G’15 followed in his father’s footsteps and spent...
Music education alumna Alexandra Snabon-Jun ’03, G’04 has been named the 2026 Nevada State Teacher of the Year. Snabon-Jun teaches music at Tyrone Thompson Elementary School in the Clark County School District. She goes on to represent Nevada in the National Teacher of the Year program. In his citation, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo writes that...
At Syracuse University, generosity drives progress—supporting scholarships and internships, immersive experiences and student organizations that connect interests and build community. That’s the “Orange Ripple Effect,” celebrated on Syracuse Giving Day (March 24), when every donor’s support reflects Orange pride and creates synergistic benefits across campus. Support the School of Education’s Giving Day. Help Students Turn Passions into...
(The Daily Orange | March 3, 2026) After Oakland University barred Micah Fialka-Feldman from living in student dormitories, he advocated for inclusive housing and established himself as a figure in the movement toward inclusive higher education. Now, over 15 years later, Fialka-Feldman co-teaches classes in Syracuse University’s Disability Studies Program and serves as outreach coordinator for InclusiveU,...
As every educator can appreciate, if a student follows a certain process and learns from their mistakes, they can improve as the year goes on. As a mathematics education major in Syracuse University’s School of Education—and a now-legendary Orange basketball player—Jim Lee ’75 adopted that approach and applied it to his own life as he...
Syracuse University Libraries is now accepting applications for the Spring 2026 round of the Intelligence++ Ventures initiative, a funding program that supports student innovators working to develop and commercialize solutions that improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The initiative was launched through a generous gift from Gianfranco Zaccai ’70 H’09 and the Zaccai...
