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Intelligence++ Holds Inclusive Design Spring Showcase

The cross-campus Intelligence++ initiative held its inclusive design showcase on April 29, 2025 in the Bird Library on the Syracuse University campus. A collaboration among Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse Libraries, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, and Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, Intelligence++ is an interdisciplinary initiative focused on […]

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InclusiveU’s Peer2Peer Program: Together We Learn, Together We Thrive

Between a frigid polar plunge in Oneida Lake, girl-powered workout sessions with Girl Gains and late nights at Orange After Dark, Syracuse University InclusiveU student Michaela Skye Mazur ’28 is never without something to do. As one of many participants in InclusiveU’s Peer2Peer program—which pairs InclusiveU students with peer partners from across campus to build […]

Professor Susan Thomas Pens TIME OpEd on International Students

How the U.S. Betrayed International Students (TIME | April 29, 2025) Momodou Taal, a Cornell University international student who brought a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, didn’t appear for his March 25 court hearing in Syracuse, N.Y. The day before he filed the lawsuit, which requested an injunction on two of President Donald Trump’s executive orders for […]

SOURCE Enables School of Education Undergraduates to Research, Explore Profession

Through a Syracuse University funded research project, undergraduate School of Education (SOE) seniors Denaysha Macklin ’25 and Emma Wareing ’25 are continuing research to investigate barriers women of color face in advancing from K-12 teachers to school leaders. The project—called “Pipeline to Educational Leadership Positions for Women of Color,” now in its fifth year—utilizes qualitative […]

Zachary Setzkorn ’26 Named a 2025-2026 Remembrance Scholar

Zachary Setzkorn ’26, a Social Studies Education major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and School of Education and a Geography and History major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School, is among 35 students who have been chosen as 2025-2026 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. A native of Overland […]

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Professor Benjamin Dotger Receives Chancellor’s Citation

Professor Benjamin Dotger, Director of the Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice in the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE), will accept the 2025 Chancellor’s Citation for Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction at the One University Awards Ceremony on April 11 at 1 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. First presented in 1979, Chancellor’s Citation awards recognize […]

Five Questions for Michele Haiken ’96

Michele Haiken ’96 graduated from Syracuse University in 1996 with a B.A. in English Education and Women’s Studies. She later earned her Ed.M. and Ed.D. in English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. With more than 25 years of teaching experience in New York, Haiken has authored five books on literacy, published by the International […]

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School of Education Welcomes Indigenous University of Toronto Professor Stephanie J. Waterman ’83, G’04 as 2025 Convocation Speaker

Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) is pleased to announce that Stephanie J. Waterman ’83, G’04 (Onondaga, Turtle Clan), an associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, will address graduates at its 2025 Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, May 10, […]

Shedding Light on Inequities: Professor Heather Lavender Discusses STEM Ed and Building a High-Tech Workforce

As Central New York gears up as an advanced manufacturing hub, local and state government, development organizations, educators, unions, and tech companies are collaborating on plans to educate and train a workforce capable of making these industrial investments a long-term success. The employment requirements for chip fabricator Micron’s plan  alone are 9,000 people over 20 […]

“Trying to Destabilize”: Professor George Theoharis Comments on Department of Education EO for The Daily Orange

Trump’s order dismantling DOEd leaves effects on K-12, higher education uncertain (The Daily Orange | March 26, 2025) During his second campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly asserted plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education — a goal many education policy experts and economists dismissed as unlikely. That changed last Thursday. Trump’s March 20 executive order pledging to dismantle the department was unprecedented, leaving […]

School of Education Renews Partnership with City Year AmeriCorps

Syracuse University and City Year, an education organization affiliated with AmeriCorps, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to renew their multi-year partnership. A public-private partnership with 40,000 alumni, City Year operates in 29 US cities with international affiliates in the UK and South Africa. Through the program, teams of 17- to 25-year-olds serve in schools […]

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Joy Zucco McDonald ’80: Past, Present, and Future

Now retired after working for more than 40 years in the field of education, Joy Zucco McDonald holds a Syracuse University School of Education bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Services. McDonald is particularly engaged with housing and employment opportunities for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: “People with developmental disabilities have a 19% to 22% employment […]

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Caring Gene Program Offers Financial Support to NYS Residents Seeking a M.S.W. Degree or M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Syracuse University

Syracuse University has entered a partnership with the Caring Gene® Career Pathways Training Program (CPT) to address healthcare workforce shortages in the hardest-hit areas of New York State, reduce barriers to career advancement, and support individuals seeking to become compassionate professionals in the healthcare industry. Through this partnership, eligible New York State residents and residents […]