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A $2.5M Challenge to Build Futures for People With Disabilities

How do you inspire people to open their hearts and provide the support to raise the hefty sum of $2.5 million? Just ask retired U.S. Navy Capt. Robert “Rob” P. Taishoff ’86 who sees opportunities where others see obstacles, and who is determined to change the way the world views intellectual disability. With the recent […]

Doctoral Candidate Jersey Cosantino Receives NWSA Trans/Gender Award

Syracuse University School of Education doctoral candidate Jersey Cosantino G’23 has been awarded the 2024 Trans/Gender Variant Caucus Award from the National Women’s Studies Association. They will accept their award at November’s NWSA Annual Conference in Detroit, MI. “This prestigious award is a testament to Jersey’s scholarship and dedication to trans and mad studies,” says […]

Professor Yanhong Liu Receives ACES Outstanding Mentor Award

Yanhong Liu, Associate Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education, has received the 2024 Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentoring Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). Liu joined the Syracuse University School of Education in 2018, having previously served as an assistant professor of Counselor Education at the University of Toledo, where she was also […]

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“It’s a Hard Call”: Professor Sabrina Butler Discusses Process Addictions, Smartphones, and School Bans

Across the United States, school administrators, parents, and students—as well as public health officials, attorneys, and teachers unions—are debating whether or not to limit or even ban the use of smartphones and similar devices in schools “from the first to the last bell.” It’s a thorny issue, raising questions of students’ and parents’ rights, school […]

School of Education Alumni Win ’CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Awards

Among the distinguished honorees of 2024 ’CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Awards are literacy expert Maria Murray G’96, G’09 and disability services entrepreneur John Torrens G’93, two Syracuse University School of Education alumni whose career journeys exemplify the spirit of the awards. The annual ’Cuse50 awards celebrate the success of Orange business leaders across the globe. The […]

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Renee Keane ’08, G’09, P’26: Past, Present, and Future

School of Education Ambassador Renee Keane ’08, G’09, P’26 earned her B.A. in 2008 from the College of Arts and Sciences and her M.S. in English Education from the School of Education in 2009. Licensed as an English Language Arts (Grades 7-12) and Special Education (Grades 7-12) teacher, Keane has worked at Marcellus (NY) High […]

“Very Much Needed”: Indigenous Educators Discuss School of Education’s New Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund

“Zero,” answers middle school teacher Aaron Dorsey G’03, G’17, to the question: “As a student, how many Indigenous teachers have you had?” “Absolutely zero.” Over his entire educational career—kindergarten to master’s degree—he says there was almost no one of color standing at the helm. “In all of that time, maybe one or two of the […]

School of Education Mourns Walter N. Dodge ’61, G’68, P’87, P’88

Walter N. Dodge ’61, G’68, P’87, P’88 passed away on Oct. 2, 2024. He was 87 years old. Dodge received his M.S. in Physical Education from Syracuse University School of Education in 1968, and coached gymnastics at Jamesville-DeWitt (NY) High School and Syracuse University. Born in Watertown, NY, in 1936, Dodge lived in Philadelphia during […]

Doctoral Student Hemalathaa K. Yuvaraja Receives Instructional Design Early Career Award

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) has awarded Syracuse University School of Education Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation doctoral student Hemalathaa K. Yuvaraja the highly competitive Phillip Harris Transformational Leadership Development Early Career Award for 2024. The Phil Harris Awards, as they are known, promote and encourage diversity among the next generation of […]

Professor Silvie Huang’s NSF Grant to Engage Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Immersive STEM Storytelling

Syracuse University School of Education Professor Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang has been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project. With “Engaging Refugee and Immigrant Youth in STEM Through Culturally Relevant and Place-Based Digital Storytelling,” Huang— an associate professor in the Instructional Design, […]

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“So Worth It!” University Employees on How the Higher Ed Master’s Advanced Their Careers

One of Syracuse University’s most popular employee benefits is Remitted Tuition, a full tuition waiver for eligible employees and their partners for undergraduate and graduate study. For employees wishing to advance their careers in higher education administration, using the Remitted Tuition Benefit to pay for a School of Education master’s degree in Higher/Postsecondary Education is […]

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Guarding Against Cyberbullies: Instructional Design Students Offer Interventions for a Widespread Issue

With nearly half (46%) of US teens ages 13 to 17 reporting being targets of cyberbullying—according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey—instructional design master’s degree students Tavish Van Skoik G’24 and Jiayu “J.J.” Jiang G’24 have developed a process to help school districts address electronic aggression, reported by survey respondents as a top concern […]

Professor Eunjung Kim Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship

Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) and College of Arts and Sciences Professor Eunjung Kim has been awarded a 2024-2025 National Humanities Center (NHC) Fellowship. During this prestigious fellowship, Kim will work on her new book Dignity Archives: Accompanying the Dead and Posthumous Care. A professor of Cultural Foundations of Education and Women’s and Gender […]

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Golisano Foundation Grant Supports Center on Disability and Inclusion in Creating and Enhancing NYS Inclusive College Programs

Syracuse University School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI) is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $200,000 from the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation, one of the nation’s largest foundations dedicated to supporting programs for people with intellectual disabilities. With the award, CDI will provide technical assistance to schools and colleges […]