In the Reflections series, the School of Education asks alumni to look back on their distinguished and fascinating lives and careers. As a young person, Donna Walton had dreams of international stardom. But as she writes on her website, “[A]ll it took was one diagnosis at the age of 18 to turn her life upside […]
Riley-Tillman Named WSU Provost and Executive Vice President T. Chris Riley-Tillman G’96, G’99 has joined Washington State University as Provost and Executive Vice President. Before joining WSU, Riley-Tillman was Dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Missouri, where he served as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness; […]
A special curriculum theme on neurodivergence resonated with students at Dr. Weeks Elementary School in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD), supporting the school’s goal to raise awareness about autism and other forms of neurodivergence and to promote acceptance about those who learn differently. Caley Kutz G’12, the 15:1 self-contained fifth-grade special education teacher, along […]
Emily Wood, a student in Syracuse University School of Education’s School Counseling master’s degree program, has been awarded a 2024 New York State School Counseling Association (NYSSCA) Graduate Student Scholarship. “This award recognizes all the good work Emily has been doing with students in the Syracuse City School District,” says Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor of […]
A team of Counseling and Counselor Education graduate students from Syracuse University’s School of Education have received a select award from the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC). The 2024 Multicultural Assessment and Research in Counseling award goes to Kahyen Shin, Eunji Park, Sarah Litt, and Xihe Tian. This annual grant honors AARC […]
Fermentation is something Syracuse University School of Education Professor Michael Gill thinks deeply about. The process is the subject of his latest research and has inspired a recent project to explore family and cultural connections to recipes handed down through the generations and across nations. The project—Fermenting Stories: Exploring Ancestry, Embodiment, and Place—kicked off in […]
Before pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the School of Education, Saraswati Dhakal G’24 served as a transplant coordinator and operation theatre nurse at the Human Organ Transplant Centre in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In that role, Dhakal coordinated the center’s renal transplant services, delivering care and treatment to patients, while providing counseling […]
Cailey Underhill G’13 was in her fifth year of teaching high school English in rural Northern New York when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Sitting in lockdown at her dining room table, she googled “How to save the planet.” That search led her to a new career as an environmental advocate who, in her words, still […]
When Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott learned about the special dress Rory Livingston ’24 wore to the Syracuse University School of Education Convocation on May 11, she wanted to know more about it. Making the dress was a handful—but not in a bad way. Livingston, an Inclusive Elementary and Special Education program graduate, sent Chandler-Olcott some photos […]
Are You Ready To Use AI In Your Teaching? (Forbes | June 17, 2024) College faculty are uncertain about the use of AI. Most talk related to AI among non-science faculty pertains to how students might be using it to cheat rather than how they can use it to streamline their own work or how […]
Two doctoral students in Syracuse University School of Education’s Counseling and Counselor Education program have been recognized by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). First year doctoral student Xihe Tian and second year student Eunji Park are among 20 ACES graduate student members receiving a 2024 Graduate Student Award Grant from the ACES […]
Jaime Castillo is a 2016 graduate of the School of Education’s Counseling and Counselor Education doctoral program. He also holds a B.S. in Psychology from Penn State University and an M.S. in School Counseling from the University of Scranton. A Licensed Mental Health Counselor, he is currently Director of Counseling Services at SUNY-Geneseo. Castillo describes […]
(CNY Central | June 11, 2024) The New York State Education Department (NYSED) says taking Regents exams could no longer be a high school graduation requirement for students if their proposal is approved. Syracuse University education professor George Theoharis expressed worry that people may say schools are lowering standards by no longer making Regents exams […]
An anonymous benefactor has given $150,000 to the Syracuse University School of Education to provide scholarships for Native American students preparing to become inclusive education teachers. The School of Education Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund will provide scholarships to at least seven undergraduate students in its first cohort, which will matriculate by the 2026-2027 academic year. […]
Syracuse University School of Education mourns Professor Emeritus Alan Goldberg, 90, who passed on June 1 at Inova Hospital in Alexandria, VA. A distinguished faculty member in the Counseling and Human Services program, in 2006 he spearheaded SOE’s Holocaust and Genocide Education initiative, which includes the Spector/Warren Fellowship for Holocaust and Human Rights Education. Alan […]
Alexis Wilner ’24 was awarded the David Orlin Prize for Overall Outstanding Thesis Project, as well as best professional studies thesis, at the 2024 Renée Crown University Honors Program Convocation on May 10. Wilner is a graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Visual Arts and Performing Arts’ drama program and the School of Education’s (SOE) […]
(EdWeek | May 13, 2024) Students with disabilities face a gamut of challenges when it comes to accessing high-quality K-12 education, including a shortage of specialized teachers. The nation’s growing English-learner population faces outsized needs as their English-language proficiency scores remain lower than pre-COVID-19-pandemic averages, and immigrant English learners in particular require more trauma-informed instruction. […]