Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

More than 1,400 students were invited to participate in the three commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 21, in Schar Center. Tony Award nominee and Broadway star Daniel J. Watts '04 delivered the commencement address.

These current students and alumni have been selected for the prestigious program that offers opportunities for recent graduates in more than 140 countries.

The School of Education hosted its annual Celebration of Student Excellence on May 17 to recognize the Class of 2021 and the students who demonstrate exceptional contributions in and out of the classroom.

The program on Tuesday graduated 12 students who will leave Elon prepared to pursue careers in a wide range of higher education environments.

Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program, and his co-author published the article in Teaching and Teacher Education.

Elon’s chapter of the national honor society has inducted faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students into the society in absentia.

Lane, assistant professor in the School of Education, will focus on how teachers who support inclusive practices in Thailand use research to inform their practices.

The It Take A Village Project took on a virtual form this spring, as Elon students partnered with K-5 students from seven local elementary schools for 10 weeks of tutoring and connections.

Through the use of the Gather platform and Zoom webinars, SURF Day 2021 took on a reimagined form but offered the same opportunity to celebrate undergraduate research at Elon.

Coffee, a professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary and K-12 Education at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, was also named the winner of the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence in September.