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Gardinal Gibbons High School teacher and College of Education alum Taylor Blanton stands in front of a glass case with a series of photos behind him.

Apr 7, 2026

Taylor Blanton ’06,’12MED Receives 2025-2026 Lewis Award for Excellence Teaching

Taylor Blanton '06,'12 MED loves that he gets to engage in discussions about the people and stories of the past in his classroom at Cardinal Gibbons High School. His passion for teaching history was recently honored by the 2025-2026 Lewis Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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Apr 6, 2026

Why Gifts Matter: Providing Extraordinary Opportunities for Future Teachers

Currently, there are five active endowed Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Initiative scholarships in the College of Education. In 2025–26, 13 undergraduates from across the college were awarded scholarships from those five active endowments. A sixth EOSI endowment in the College of Education will be awarded for the first time in 2026-2027. 
A headshot of Rhea Banejee next to a quote on a red background that says "I’m excited to join NC State and contribute to a program that values both strong clinical training and culturally responsive practice."

Apr 6, 2026

Rhea Banerjee Joining College of Education as Assistant Teaching Professor in Counseling and Counselor Education

Rhea Banerjee will join NC State’s College of Education as an assistant teaching professor in counseling and counselor education beginning Aug. 16, 2026. Currently, Banerjee serves as an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers University.
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Mar 25, 2026

Marrielle Myers ’07MED, ’14PHD Spreads the Love of Math and Reading Across Durham Public Schools

Marrielle Myers '07MED, '14PHD, a tenured professor of mathematics education at the Bagwell College of Education at Kennesaw State University and recently elected president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), has authored two children’s books on early numeracy for her series Marlee Loves Math. Now, thanks to Hollylynne Lee, a Distinguished University Professor of mathematics and statistics education in the NC State College of Education and Myers’ former professor, elementary students will get to experience the love of math through a donation of Myers’ books to all 32 elementary schools in Durham Public Schools.
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Mar 17, 2026

My Student Experience: Students Explore Education Policy Issues through Advocacy in Action Policy Fellowship

Begun in the Fall 2025 semester, the inaugural Advocacy in Action Policy Fellowship is a year-long professional development cohort that aims to help graduate and undergraduate students gain understanding about North Carolina educational policies, connect with experts and practitioners in the field, engage in policy advocacy training and collaborate with peers to develop and implement an advocacy plan based on collective policy interests.
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Mar 10, 2026

Why I Chose Education: angela gay-audre ’23PHD on Using What She Has Learned as Director of the African American Cultural Center

The director of the NC State African American Cultural Center, angela gay-audre ’23PHD says she chose a career in a higher education environment because she wanted to be at the center of knowledge creation and feels called to the work that guides how people understand, challenge and transform the world around them.
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Feb 25, 2026

Why Gifts Matter: Expanding the Future of Technology Education

When Elijah Kennedy started at NC State, he had his sights set on a major in mechanical engineering. At Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina, he had studied drafting and worked as part of a team of students that built a solar-powered go-kart. Engineering seemed like a good fit.  But once he settled into his classes, he realized the College of Education’s graphic communications concentration was more in line with his goals.
Elevate student Sarah Gatewood

Feb 24, 2026

CBS17: NC State’s Elevate Program Gives Students with Intellectual Disabilities a College Education
Former Assistant Teaching Professor Walter F. Kelly Jr. ’13EDD

Feb 16, 2026

Remembering Former Assistant Teaching Professor Walter F. Kelly Jr. ’13EDD

Walter F. Kelly Jr. ’13EDD, a former assistant teaching professor in the NC State College of Education’s Department of STEM Education, passed away on Feb. 4, 2026.

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Feb 11, 2026

My Student Experience: What is it Like to Be a Student Ambassador?

Graduate and undergraduate students share what being an ambassador with the College of Education is all about.