Skip to main content
Celebrating Extraordinary Educators

Celebrating Extraordinary Educators

Help us celebrate extraordinary educators during American Education Week 2019. Choose one of the three ways to honor educators between Nov. 18-22 and receive
a complimentary T-shirt.

NC State College of Education T-shirt

1. Make a gift to the college in honor of extraordinary educators.

Make a gift in honor of the educators who made a difference in your life. Your support will help us continue to prepare the state’s best educators. Specifically, you will help us provide scholarships and life-shaping opportunities that empower our students to become extraordinary educators like the ones who impacted your life.

Make a Gift

2. Tell us about the extraordinary educators in your life.

Who is the educator who made the biggest impact on your life? What made them extraordinary, and how do they help others do the extraordinary? Share your recollections of these extraordinary educators on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #ExtraordinaryEducators, or complete the form below.

Tell Us About an Extraordinary Educator

3. Tell us about your extraordinary experiences with the college.

What experiences from your time at the college left a big impression on you? A class you took? A field experience you had? A faculty member who taught you? Post how the college helped you become an extraordinary educator on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #ExtraordinaryEducators, or complete the form below.

Share Your Extraordinary Experience

“I give to the NC State College of Education because I want to make sure that the best possible teachers are in front of every single child. NC State produces some of the best teachers, and I want to make sure the university continues to do that.”

Bria Cofield

Bria Cofield Wright ’16, ’19MED

5th Grade Teacher in Wake County

Meet Bria 
College of Education students in METRC

Your Stories About Extraordinary Educators and Extraordinary Experiences

Extraordinary Experiences

Adam Tokonitz

To My Professors, Thank You

“Although not without challenges, my transition into “the real world,” if you will, has been phenomenal. . . I can only thank you all for…

Read Adam’s Letter
teacher working with a student

Preparing Extraordinary Educators for an Extraordinary Impact

Students and alumni share how the NC State College of Education has prepared them to Think and Do the Extraordinary.

Watch Video
Classroom at NC State

Danielle Scharen ’15, ’19MED: ‘The College of Education…

Without this remarkable university, college and elementary education program, I would not be able to thrive as a passionate educator.

Read more

“I currently hold three degrees, including a master’s, but the experience I have witnessed at NC State has been by far the best out of all of my degrees.”

– Marsha Creekmore

Read More

“My student teaching experience was phenomenal. The College of Education prepares teachers better than anywhere I know. I am so thankful for my education at NC State.”

– Lori Worthington ’89, Sixth Grade Teacher, Camden Intermediate School

Read More

Extraordinary Educators

Kentellia Wingate ’03: ‘She Invested in Me Away…

My 1st grade teacher, Ms. Gail Hutchinson is my EXTRAordinary educator! She taught me to keep working hard, even when learning new things was challenging….

Read More

Our Favorite Extraordinary Educators

Our students, alumni and friends tell us about some of the extraordinary educators in their lives.

Watch Video

‘He Instilled in Me and My Brother a Lifelong Appreciation of Music and Culture That…

I have an extraordinary educator in my family: my father, Milton C. Bliss. He taught music at NC State for 26 years…

Read More

Stories About the Extraordinary Educators in Your Life

Our alumni, students and friends showed their appreciation for the educator who made the biggest impact on their life.

Read Their Stories

Our alumni, students and friends shared about their extraordinary experiences with the NC State College of Education.

Read Their Stories

The NC State College of Education will hold over 20 events the week of Nov. 18-22 to celebrate American Education Week.

View Events 
American Education Week 2019