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...
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...
When Beth Myers, Executive Director of the Syracuse University School of Education’s Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, celebrates InclusiveU students at their graduation, she does so with both pride and optimism. Myers knows that the InclusiveU experience has positioned them for success. “For example, we know that students with intellectual disability are three times...
A $1 million gift from members of the Allyn family to the Center on Disability and Inclusion will expand career services, alumni connections and community resources for graduates. As the parent of a child with an intellectual disability, Amy Allyn became an accomplished advocate and someone other parents could rely on to help them pave...
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...
