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Nov 18, 2024

Doctoral Student Oscar Miranda Tapia Named Russell Edgerton Innovation Fellow

Oscar Miranda Tapia, a student in the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development higher education opportunity, equity, and justice concentration has been named a Russell Edgerton Innovation Fellow.

Nov 15, 2024

Assistant Professors Rawn Boulden, Brean’a Parker and Rolanda Mitchell to Impact 10,000 Students Using $4.4M Grant to Train School-based Mental Health Professionals for N.C. Schools

For many K-12 students, schools serve as the only viable setting in which they are able to access mental health care. However, many districts across North Carolina and the nation are facing a significant shortage of school-based mental health professionals. It’s an issue that Assistant Professors of Counseling and Counselor Education Rawn Boulden, Brean’a Parker and Rolanda Mitchell are working to address through a new grant-funded project.

Nov 13, 2024

College of Education Launches Fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub with Focus on Civic Engagement

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. This hub, entitled “North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE),” will join three other hubs approved in 2023 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.

Nov 6, 2024

Dallas Herring Lecture Celebrates 10 Years of Impacting Community College Education

When Audrey Jaeger, the W. Dallas Herring Professor of community college education in the NC State College of Education and executive director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, originated the Dallas Herring Lecture, her goal was to create a gathering that moves away from a traditional academic lecture and engages community college leaders in critical and emerging conversations about community college student success.

Nov 6, 2024

Doctoral Student Jayla Moody Marshall Receives 2024 Melvin C. Terrell Scholarship

Jayla Moody Marshall, a student in the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development higher education opportunity, equity, and justice concentration, has been named a 2024 Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Scholarship recipient.

Oct 24, 2024

Professor and Dean Emerita Mary Ann Danowitz Will Use Fulbright Specialist Award to Explore Gender Equality for European Union INSPIRE Project

NC State College of Education Professor and Dean Emerita Mary Ann Danowitz will spend six weeks at the Open University of Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, this fall as the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Award.

Oct 14, 2024

College of Education Awarded $9.1 Million in Grant Funding From July to September, 2024

Faculty and researchers at the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $9,140,684 to support 14 projects from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2024. 

Oct 1, 2024

National Board for Certified Counselors: Addressing Suicide in the Workplace

When a person dies by suicide, the loss affects everyone around them. Although family and friends are most obviously impacted, the effects reach much further. One group that is often overlooked is work colleagues. We spoke with Alexander Becnel, PhD, NCC, LCPC, about the impact of a death by suicide in the workplace.

Sep 26, 2024

#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘Nothing Is More Thrilling Than Learning Something New and Sparking Curiosity in Another Person,’ Says Sara Vogel ’13MED

As a researcher, Sara Vogel '13MED, the Title IX coordinator at Hawaii Community College, is focused on implementing innovative ways to lower the rates of sexual violence on college campuses.

Sep 10, 2024

Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Educational Leadership Jenn Ayscue Will Use Grant to Study Use of Two-way Dual Language Immersion Programs in N.C.

Recent studies authored by NC State College of Education Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Educational Leadership Jenn Ayscue found that North Carolina schools are more segregated now than they were in the 1980s and that two-way dual language immersion (DLI) programs are making progress toward desegregation in schools.