July 2018

Jul 30, 2018

Melvin “Jai” Jackson Named Director for Graduate Student Recruitment, Mentoring, and Success

Melvin “Jai” Jackson, Ph.D., will begin as NC State College of Education’s director for graduate student recruitment, mentoring, and success Aug. 1. Jackson’s primary responsibility will be providing graduate student and program support to ensure graduate student success, recruiting prospective graduate students, and assessing graduate programs. 

Jul 30, 2018

Education Matters: Leadership Conversations

NC State College of Education Dean Mary Ann Danowitz explains how a new partnership with Johnston County Public Schools and Johnston Community College that will create a guided pathway to prepare teachers for Johnston County on this week's episode of Education Matters. 

Jul 30, 2018

7 Strategies For Preventing Summer Learning Loss

NC State College of Education faculty recommend seven ways to keep children’s minds and bodies active during school breaks. The easy-to-implement strategies help students continue to develop and retain science, math and reading knowledge gained in the classroom. 

Jul 27, 2018

Educators Share Lessons From the NC State Beginning Teacher Institute

The NC State College of Education welcomed first, second and third year teachers this week for its sixth Beginning Teacher Institute. They took to Twitter to share information, resources and lessons they learned while on campus. 

Jul 27, 2018

Video: Google Talks Jamboard with NC State Education

Google talks with Kerri Brown Parker, director of the Media and Education Technology Resource Center (METRC), about how NC State Education uses Jamboard -- Google's interactive whiteboard -- to encourage collaboration among students and researchers. 

Jul 23, 2018

With 1K+ Donors, NC State College of Education Has Record Year of Giving in 2017-18

The NC State College of Education received gifts totaling $4,680,964 from 1,047 donors during fiscal year 2017-18. The number of donors is the highest total the college has had in a single year in its 90-year history, and the dollar amount in gifts is the most since at least 2003. 

Jul 16, 2018

49 Books to Help You Get Ready for Back to School

Kerri Brown Parker, director of NC State College of Education’s Media and Education Technology Resource Center (METRC), recommends books that will help prepare young readers and educators to return to the classroom this fall. 

Jul 13, 2018

Wolf of the Week: Callie Womble ’18 PHD

The recent graduate and 2018 NC State Higher Education Dissertation of the Year winner talks about her research experience and how she embraced opportunities to explore equity in education and develop two community-based organizations to support students and professionals of color while at the NC State College of Education. 

Jul 11, 2018

More Than a Hobby: How Volunteers Support Science

Why count birds, give gardening advice or gaze at stars? Professor Gail Jones' research says citizen science benefits volunteers, the community and science itself. 

Jul 10, 2018

Video: 5 Reasons Why We’ve Had a #LightItRed Capstone to Our 90th Year

We've had an extraordinary ending to the 2017-18 academic year, our 90th. See 5 things that have happened at our college over the past few months -- and why we're calling it a #LightItRed capstone to our 90th year.