Four-time All-American Kayla Treanor ’16 has been named the new head coach of the Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team, replacing Gary Gait after he was named men’s lacrosse head coach. She has a bachelor’s degree from the School of Education in selected studies in education. After starring for the Orange from 2013-16, Treanor started her […]
Joanna Masingila today announced that she will soon conclude her tenure as dean of the School of Education and begin a one-year research leave effective Aug. 1 in anticipation of returning to the faculty with a dual appointment in the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. Masingila was appointed dean of […]
Michele Ho, Ashanti Hunter, and Jacqueline Ritz received research grants through the Syracuse University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement, known as the SOURCE. These grants will support research during the 2021-2022 academic year. The SOURCE was created to foster and support diverse undergraduate participation in faculty-guided scholarly research and creative inquiry. Student participants […]
The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) continue to find innovative ways to celebrate both students and the campus collaborators who vibrantly enhance both programs’ student success. The HEOP and SSS teams announced five inaugural awards at their virtual graduation ceremony. Each award recognizes the outstanding work of professionals and students, […]
Professor George Theoharis recently spoke to local media on the past, present, and future of local K-12 schools. Remote and hybrid learning was implemented in spring 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and remains in place for many K-12 students. However, hybrid classrooms should be much less common in the fall, according to Theoharis […]
Eva Williams G’00 was named the New York State Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). Williams has been principal of Van Duyn Elementary in the Syracuse City School District for the past eight years, and is a graduate of the school counseling master’s program. SAANYS selects their principal […]
Linzy Andre, doctoral student in counseling and counselor education, and Cassaundra Guzman G’21, incoming doctoral student in cultural foundations of education, have been named as the third cohort of Orange Holmes Scholars with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The AACTE Holmes Scholars program supports students from historically underrepresented communities enrolled in doctoral programs […]
The national search for new leadership to oversee Student Experience has resulted in the appointment of two highly experienced, dynamic and innovative individuals who will work as a team to guide the division in building a best-in-class, outside-of-the-classroom experience. Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Allen W. Groves as senior vice president, Student Experience, and Cerri […]
The School of Education is recognizing the many accomplishments of its students, faculty, and staff during this unprecedented and ever-changing year at our annual End of Year Celebration on Friday, May 14, 2021. We are proud of our amazing community and the awards, honors, grants, scholarships, and milestones they achieved. Student Awards and Honors Abdulilah […]
Two students from the School of Education have been named 2021-2022 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars, one of the University’s most prestigious honors. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Those students, who […]
The School of Education was well represented at the 2021 Syracuse University One University Awards on May 7, 2021. This daylong celebration of excellence by members of the Syracuse University community in academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service. The awards are available to watch online. Don McPherson ’87 received the William Pearson Tolley Medal […]
Don McPherson ’87 will be honored with the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the 2021 One University Awards on Friday, May 7. This daylong celebration of excellence by members of the Syracuse University community in academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service. McPherson is the author of You Throw […]
Elisa Dekaney, professor of music education, will be named a 2020-2023 Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, and Beth Myers, assistant professor of inclusive education, will receive a 2021-2022 Meredith Teaching Recognition Award for Early Performance. The Meredith Professor awards will be given as part of the One University Awards ceremony […]
InclusiveU, a program that helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities attend Syracuse University, will receive $100,000 in the 2021-2022 New York State budget. Earlier this month, State Senator John Mannion visited the School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI), which houses the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education and InclusiveU, and congratulated them on […]
Juli Boeheim G’97 will deliver the convocation address to the 2021 graduates of the School of Education. The ceremony will be streamed virtually for graduates, families and friends over Syracuse University Commencement Weekend, May 22-23. Boeheim earned a master’s degree in infants and young children with special needs from the School of Education in 1997. She […]
Recordings of all Policed Bodies sessions are now available online. The Lender Center for Social Justice, along with the Center on Disability and Inclusion and the Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series, is bringing the community together for a broad-ranging discussion on Policed Bodies: A Community Conversation on Race, Disability and Justice. The event is free and open to the public […]
Evan Starling-Davis, Ph.D. student in literacy education, is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history. “I want to honor my history and birthright of storytelling,” […]