Jennifer Strange

The article by Abby Ampuja, instructor in education, was published in the Intervention in School and Clinic journal.

The school hosted its annual Celebration of Student Excellence on May 7 to recognize the graduating class of 2018 and the students whom demonstrate exceptional contributions in and out of the classroom.

Serving in her last year as faculty director for the Oaks Neighborhood, Julie Justice, assistant professor of education, received the Faculty Engagement Award during the Residence Life End-of-Year Banquet on May 2.

The School of Education sponsored a program that introduces student teachers to take care of themselves through mindfulness, with additional information shared about nutrition, sleep and fitness for the first-year teacher. 

Virginia Little ’19 has seen progress and growth in the students with disabilities she has worked with as a volunteer with the Dancing Above the Barre program for the past seven years. 

The School of Education is sponsoring a program for future teachers that shares advice and activities that foster more balanced and holistic lifestyles.

Freebird McKinney, who teaches social studies at Walter M. Williams High School in Burlington, N.C., is an adjunct instructor in the School of Education. 

Twenty-three undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Education on April 19, 2018, were inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education that promotes the highest ideals of the teaching profession.

The state teaching fellows program is specifically designed to attract high-quality teachers to low-performing schools by offering an accelerated loan forgiveness schedules for Fellows who agree to teach in a low-performing school in North Carolina.

The School of Education will be accepting scholarship applications for the 2018-19 academic year through April 19. All undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Merit-based and need-based scholarships are available.