Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed School of Education Dean David Cooper to the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission, a new board of influential leaders who will advise the governor on the use of federal “Race to the Top” funds for implementing the “Career and College: Ready, Set, Go! Initiative” across North Carolina.

Assistant professor Jeff Carpenter in the School of Education recently presented to an audience of pre- and in-service teachers at the North Carolina English Teacher Association's Annual Conference at Wake Forest University.

Amanda Ketner, a senior mathematics major, won the Outstanding Mathematics Education Student Award for the Central Region at the 40th annual conference of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics held Oct. 28-29 in Greensboro, N.C.

Darris Means '05, assistant director of the Elon Academy, recently earned the Love of Learning Award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The award helps fund graduate studies or career development opportunities for active members of Phi Kappa Phi.

Tyronna McKoy Hooker G’09 and Debra Briggs Hennelly ’88 have been honored in recent weeks as Teachers of the Year in their respective home counties in North Carolina.

Gerald Dillashaw, former dean of the School of Education, was honored Sept. 24 by the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators during its annual Teacher Education Forum.

Jeff Carpenter never thought he’d personally witness the overthrow of a government, but for the new assistant professor of education, a teacher exchange program to Kyrgyzstan in April was cut short for that very reason. The revolution had an unintended consequence back home, as Carpenter discovered, and it’s one he’ll share with his Elon University students in the years to come.

Thirty-eight high school juniors and seniors from around the region attended an informational event on campus Monday evening to learn more about the teaching profession from students and faculty in the Elon University School of Education.