(The Daily Orange | Feb. 16, 2022) Gustavo Eumana always knew he wanted to get into music. A senior at Syracuse University, Eumana has an ear for beats and music compositions, but he never had access to production equipment. “I hadn’t done it before, because I didn’t have the equipment,” Eumana said, “I would just […]
When María De Jesús G’11 was an undergraduate at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY, she worked as a cashier at Nojaim’s Supermarket, once an anchor of the city’s Near Westside neighborhood. “My interest in leadership began there,” recalls De Jesús, Chair of the World Languages Department at Jamesville-DeWitt High School and a student in Syracuse […]
Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Marcelle Haddix, Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race, and Justice in Reading and Language Arts, to the position of associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees approved the appointment, which is effective Feb. 14, 2022. Haddix has been […]
How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education (Inside Higher Ed | Feb. 10, 2022) Culture war battles have long been fought in colleges and K-12 schools alike, with ideological opponents clashing over free speech, academic freedom and even the politics of fried chicken chains. But a renewed battle over books has some in higher education […]
Micah Shippee G’16 earned his Ph.D. in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation (IDDE) and is now an adjunct professor in the Syracuse University School of Education. In 2021-2022, he is teaching three courses: Principles of Instruction and Learning, Strategies in Educational Project Management, and Planned Change and Innovation. Shippee also is the CEO of Ready […]
Wendy K. Moy, Assistant Professor of Music Education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences, has published “Come Together: An Ethnography of the Seattle Men’s Chorus Family,” a chapter in Together in Music: Coordination, Expression, Participation, published by Oxford University Press (February 2022). Edited by Freya Bailes, Helena Daffern, and […]
(The Daily Orange | Feb. 1, 2022) When New York state restored funding on April 25 to InclusiveU, Beth Myers said she was thankful. But the Executive Director of [Syracuse University School of Education’s] Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education knew the $100,000 provided by the state was not enough to achieve all of the […]
Hosted by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute and Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature—and co-sponsored by Syracuse University School of Education—the series “(Dis)courses: Interdisciplinary Disability Dialogues” returns in the spring 2022 semester with four conversations featuring luminaries who are engaged with innovative and intersectional disability cultural […]
Senior Nathena Murray ’22 and professors David Knapp and Joanna Spitzer are among those awarded 2022 Unsung Hero awards by Syracuse University’s 37th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee. The award winners will be recognized at the 37th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which will be held online on […]
The Syracuse University School of Education mourns the passing of Ethel Blatt G’77, wife of former Dean Burton Blatt (1927-1985). Ethel died in Albany, NY, on Jan. 15, 2022. In addition to holding a master’s degree in teacher’s education from the School of Education, she was an employee of the University’s Psychoeducational Teaching Laboratory, alongside […]
School of Education alumnus Reggie Terry ’93, G’94, is among five former student-athletes who Syracuse Athletics will celebrate at the 56th annual LetterWinner of Distinction Dinner on Feb. 25, 2022, at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse. The recognition is bestowed upon those who have left their mark on the Orange athletics program and who found […]
Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor in counseling and a provost faculty fellow, is one of five Syracuse University faculty members chosen to participate in the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network, a program designed to facilitate networking across member institutions and foster collaboration among academic leaders. It also provides participants with leadership development programming, […]
Syracuse University School of Education faculty members Christine Ashby and Beth Myers discussed the initiatives of the Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI) during a Zoom public forum attended by more than 35 Central New York leaders earlier this month, hosted by Syracuse University’s Thursday Morning Roundtable. Aligned with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, Ashby and Myers walked through […]
When Syracuse Orange defensive end Kingsley Jonathan ’20, G’22 crushed Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis earlier this season, he did more than notch the game’s first sack. Jonathan experienced a homecoming of sorts. Three years earlier almost to the day, he famously brought down Travis’ predecessor, Deondre Francois, amid the sweltering heat of the Syracuse University stadium. […]
James Haywood Rolling Jr., professor of arts education, spoke to NPR on the importance and impact of arts and creative classes in K-12 schools. According to NPR, health experts recently declared the decline in children and adolescents’ mental health a “national emergency,” and creative classes and spaces are trying to help. Rolling Jr., a former […]
Military veterans transitioning from service to collegiate study often face unique barriers. Feeling as though universities, faculty and peers do not recognize the value of skills they learned in the military—and how these skills transfer to a college campus—many may also feel isolated, anxious and/or misunderstood. Additional factors—including financial burdens, family obligations, expiration of GI Bill […]