Alumni

Jun 26, 2025

Gina Montague ’17MED Named Wake County’s School Counselor of the Year

Gina Montague '17MED, the only school counselor at Powell Center for Play and Ingenuity Magnet Elementary School, is the Wake County Public School System School Counselor of the Year.

Jun 23, 2025

Ask the Expert with Assistant Teaching Professor Krispin Barr ’13PHD on Supporting Student Success

Assistant Teaching Professor of Higher Education Krispin Barr said student success involves the creation of welcoming campus environments that allow students to feel affirmed and, therefore, engaged and supported in their learning.

Jun 5, 2025

#WhyIChoseEducation: Jennifer Jarrett ’24PHD on Uplifting Future Generations

Jennifer Jarrett '24PHD earned her Ph.D. in the Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development educational evaluation and policy analysis (EEPA) concentration last December, and this fall she will teach her first classes as an assistant professor of educational leadership at Western Carolina University.

May 21, 2025

Why Gifts Matter: Scholarship Helps Sabria Johnson ’25 Launch Students’ Higher Education Journeys

Sabria Johnson '25, a recent graduate of the NC State College of Education's Applied Education Studies: Learning Design and Technology program, works to help incoming community college students start their higher education journeys.

May 19, 2025

Alamance Community College: ACC Honors Former President Algie Gatewood ’94EDD

Alamance Community College (ACC) has formally dedicated an area adjacent to the student commons area on its main campus as the Dr. Algie Gatewood Atrium, named for ACC President Emeritus Gatewood, who retired in July 2023 and earned his Doctor of Education from NC State's College of Education in 1994.

May 8, 2025

Derick Sikes ’25MAT Named College of Education’s Student Teacher of the Year

Derick Sikes ’25MAT, a recent graduate of the Master of Arts in Teaching program with a concentration in middle grades social studies, has been selected as the NC State College of Education’s 2025 Student Teacher of the Year.

May 2, 2025

Three Recent College of Education Graduates Receive Outstanding Dissertation Awards

Three recent NC State College of Education alumni were recognized for their scholarship when they were presented with Outstanding Dissertation Awards during the college’s May 2025 graduation ceremony: Victor James Cadilla ’25PHD, Bethany Lewis ’25PHD and Joey Marion ’24PHD.

Apr 30, 2025

How the College of Education Draws on Research-based Practices to Prepare Effective Literacy Teachers

From preparing undergraduate students through coursework and field experiences to helping in-service teachers become literacy specialists, the NC State College of Education draws on research-based practices to develop literacy leaders.

Apr 29, 2025

My Student Experience: Tiffany Flowers ’25MED Leading Readiness Program to Support Summer Interns

This summer, a group of NC State College of Education students will give back to their communities through the College of Education Summer Internship Program, a competitive five-week program started…

Apr 29, 2025

#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘We Have the Power and the Influence To Change a Child’s Trajectory for the Best,’ Says Kendrick Alston ’13MSA, ’18EDD

Foust Gaming and Robotics Elementary School officially opened its doors to students in January and, as the school's principal, Kendrick Alston '14MSA, '18EDD works every day to ensure his students are learning the skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century.