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Meet Our Award-Winning Faculty and Staff

Each year, faculty and staff in the NC State College of Education are recognized for their work and impact across NC State, North Carolina, the nation and the world, and they are honored at the highest levels of their fields for their teaching, research and engagement.

Recent highly prestigious awards include:

The Robert Foster Cherry Award For Great Teaching

AERA Fellowship

UNC System’s Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award

Most Recent Honors and Awards

More Stories

Teaching Fellows Director Crystal Espey ’11, ’18MSA Receives College of Education’s 2025 Dr. Louis D. Hunt Service Leadership Award 

8 Faculty Members Named 2024-25 Fulbright Scholars 

Kenneth Ferguson, Trish Sandman Receive College of Education’s 2024 Awards for Excellence 
Audrey Jaeger

View all our faculty and staff
award winners and honorees since 2019

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Resources for Faculty and Staff Awards

Faculty and staff can find resources applicable in applying for both internal NC State awards and various external awards, including application deadlines, writing support and application management, on the university’s Office of Faculty Excellence website. Additional resources can also be found specifically for College of Education faculty and staff on the college’s internal site.

Office of Faculty Excellence
College of Education internal site
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