The fall 2024 edition of the Syracuse University School of Eduction’s Ganders Lecture series welcomes Kala Allen Omeiza, a prolific author at the intersection of race, culture, and autism. “Autistic and Black: Calling for Intersectional Understandings of Neurodiversity” takes place on Sept. 18, 2024, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Watson Hall Theater on […]
A former Syracuse Orange rower, Chrissy Chamberlain graduated in 2005 with a B.S. in English and Textual Studies and Inclusive Elementary and Special Education. Also holding a master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology from San Diego State University, she is a Certified Professional in Talent Development. Chamberlain joined FICO in 2007 as an education […]
Using her “sketchnotes” method of communicating ideas about mathematics literacy and algebra concepts, Professor Nicole Fonger’s new book seeks to support all learners as they experience algebra as meaningful. Fonger will celebrate the publication of Making Algebra Meaningful: A Visual Approach to Math Literacy for All (Teachers College Press, 2024) on Sept. 12, 2024, with […]
The Breedlove Readers Book Club is partnering with the Syracuse University Art Museum to offer a unique literary arts experience for middle and high school girls throughout Central New York in fall 2024. Directed by School of Education Professor Courtney Mauldin, Breedlove Readers encourages girls age 13 through 17 to celebrate black girl stories through […]
Syracuse University School of Education welcomes six new faculty members in fall 2024, with expertise in counseling and counselor education; faculty development; instructional design, development, and evaluation; inclusive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and music education. “I very much look forward to collaborating with our new faculty members, who help to fulfill the […]
Trey Augliano ’27, a student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, has been selected by Syracuse Libraries as its inaugural Intelligence++ Innovation Scholar for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious recognition highlights Augliano’s dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly working with diverse communities. Intelligence ++ is an innovative, interdisciplinary initiative at Syracuse University […]
Celebrating 80 years of making a difference in the lives of first-year students, the Goon Squad—featuring more than 550 student leaders—will greet new students and lend a hand during move-in at residence halls as part of Syracuse Welcome, the University’s new student orientation program. “I went to a very small [high] school, and when you joined […]
A former Professor of Science Education at Syracuse University School of Education, Ann Clark Howe passed peacefully at her home in Raleigh, NC, on Aug. 14, 2024. She was 99. Howe was born in Richmond, VA, on Oct. 18, 1924, to the late William Baker Clark and Louise Graham Clark. She grew up on the […]
Have you met Tarzan or Juan yet on campus? These latest members of the University community are hard to miss, with their friendly dispositions, shiny coats and wagging tails. Tarzan, a one-year-old black lab, and Juan, a four-month-old yellow lab, are puppies being raised by good friends Arianna Kuhn ’25 and Megan Panny ’25 for Guiding Eyes […]
Shafreya Wilkins ’25 has a vision for the future: operating her own food truck with mini dishes, such as tacos, sliders, truffle fries and slushies for the kids. For Wilkins—who is especially fond of seafood…calamari, oysters, shrimp, sushi… “I love it all,” she says—the food studies program at Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of […]
School Dress Codes Should Be a Thing of the Past—Here’s Why (Parents.com | Aug. 13, 2024) School dress codes are an ongoing topic of contention between students and school leaders. On one hand, students want freedom of expression and identity, and on the other hand, schools expect a level of modesty and conformity. Earlier this year, a […]
Tim Walz helps Democrats make the ‘prairie populist’ case for public schools (Chalkbeat | Aug. 9, 2024) The photos have emerged as perhaps the most iconic image of Tim Walz. The Minnesota governor and longtime high school teacher had just signed into law a bill making school breakfast and lunch free to nearly all children […]
Heading down into the basement of Steele Hall, you’ll find students coming and going from Room 001. Some are gathered in a lounge area, one likely controlling the aux on a TV, while others are in DJ or DIY recording booths or working on computers equipped with digital audio workstations. It’s the SENSES Project, a […]
(Inside Higher Ed | July 20, 2024) The number of students enrolled in higher education who have a disability has grown over the years, but they still face barriers in completing a certificate or credential. A May report from the US Government Accountability Office found only 21 percent of students with disabilities graduate from college, compared to 38 percent of students […]
Building a diverse teacher workforce is a top priority for Syracuse University’s School of Education—and students such as Kamille Montgomery ’24, G’25. A member of the school’s Baldanza Fellows program, which recruits and retains underrepresented teachers, she understands the importance of students seeing themselves in their classroom role models. “I want my students to know […]
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. […]
Today’s discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) tend to focus on its most visible presence, such as the chatbot ChatGPT. Yet, as two doctoral students discovered during their past year as Lender Center for Social Justice student fellows, AI exists in society in many forms, both readily apparent and not well recognized. ParKer Bryant and Aren […]
When she was a special education teacher, Emilee Baker G’24 could see that the educational system was failing students with disabilities. To address that challenge, she decided to pursue doctoral studies in Syracuse University School of Education, supported by a Project INCLUDE grant. She will graduate this spring and, in August, she’ll pursue a new career as a […]
Since the beginning of Fall 2023, School of Education Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott has been working alongside Rob Hradsky, Vice President for Student Engagement in Student Experience, as the new Co-chair of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence. In a conversation with SU News, Chandler-Olcott says she is impressed by those working on […]
The InclusiveU Business Engagement Group held its 2024 Inclusion Works Networking Breakfast on May 9, 2024, inviting the local business community to Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to meet with graduating InclusiveU students. View the photo essay: Now they are graduating, InclusiveU students are looking for integrated, meaningful employment—just like any other […]
School of Education students Julianne Strauss ’23, G’24 and Elizabeth Vanek G’24 are among 14 Syracuse University students and alumni named as 2024 recipients of awards through the Fulbright US Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates. This is the largest number of US Student Fulbright recipients that Syracuse University has had in […]
Seven student-designed products, services, and technologies meant to assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities won recognition and seed funding at the Intelligence++ Showcase on April 25, 2024. The showcase is the culmination of the two-semester Intelligence++ (DES 400/600) course taught by Don Carr, professor and Program Coordinator for Industrial and Interaction Design in the […]
David Pérez II, an associate professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at Syracuse University, has been awarded an Exemplary Teaching and Learning award from educational publishing and services company Pearson Education Inc. The awards recognize “the brilliance and hard work of faculty members [who] inspire us … honoring those who are doing […]
Soup Russell ’27 sat down with School of Education Associate Professor Mike Gill to talk about his passion for Disability Studies (a program celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024), his scholarly interest in fermentation, his love of English Premier League football (he’s a Tottenham Hotspur fan), and what he loves most about teaching at Syracuse […]
Christian Bevilacqua ’24, a Social Studies Education and Geography major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), and School of Education, is one of five Syracuse University undergraduates selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study […]
Three Syracuse University School of Education students are among 35 chosen as 2024-2025 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. Mason Garbus of Hannibal, NY, is a music education major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the School of Education (SOE). Mason Romero of Olathe, KS, is a music education major in VPA and […]
(MusicMark.org.uk | March 25, 2024) There was a time, not very long ago, when singing was at the forefront of debates about safety in classrooms and choirs were seen as the dangerous epicentre of “super-spreader” events. Though it might seem rather hazy to look back on now, Music Mark was at the forefront of conversations […]