honors and awards

Apr 16, 2020

Sarah Carrier Receives Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award

Sarah Carrier, Ph.D., has received the Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award, which recognizes outstanding graduate-level teaching at NC State. 

Apr 16, 2020

Belk Center Executive Director Audrey Jaeger Awarded Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, Inducted into Research Leadership Academy

elk Center Executive Director Audrey Jaeger, Ph.D., has received the 2020 Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award and will be inducted into NC State’s Research Leadership Academy, where she will promote research enterprise across campus. 

Apr 16, 2020

Assistant Professor K.C. Busch Receives 2019-20 Outstanding Teacher Award

Assistant Professor K.C. Busch initially thought she would one day become a lawyer, but decided she could have a greater impact as an educator. She was able to see the impact she has had on College of Education students as the winner of the Outstanding Teacher Award. 

Apr 14, 2020

NCSCA School Counseling Director of the Year Crystal Reardon ‘11MSA: ‘I Can’t Imagine a More Fulfilling or Gratifying Career than the One I Get to Experience Each Day’

For 25 years Crystal Reardon ‘11MSA has been a professional educator. And for the past nine years, she has served as the Director of Counseling for the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS). She was named the 2019-20 North Carolina School Counselor Association (NCSCA) School Counseling Director of the Year. 

Apr 13, 2020

Wake County’s Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher of the Year Rachel Giddings ‘19: ‘When You See a Light Bulb Go Off for a Student, a Fire is Ignited to Continue Doing What You do Best’

Rachel Giddings ‘19 always admired how passionate her mom, a pre-K special education teacher, was about her job, which inspired her to pursue a career in elementary education. She is now a first grade teacher at Forestville Road Elementary School. And one of the Wake County Public School System’s 2019-20 Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher of the Year award winners. 

Apr 10, 2020

N.C. Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year Marlin Jones ‘20MED: ‘My Love of Learning and My Desire to Help Others Inspired Me to Become a Teacher’

When Marlin Jones ‘20MED was a freshman in college, he changed his major from engineering to history education and never looked back. Now an AP World History and American History 2 Teacher, Jones has been named the 2019-20 N.C. Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year. 

Apr 8, 2020

Paper Co-authored by College of Education Faculty, Presented by Doctoral Student Daniela Barriga Wins 1st Place Award at International Conference on School Choice and Reform

Daniela Barriga, a second-year doctoral student, was initially nervous about presenting a paper she co-authored with several College of Education members at the International Conference on School Choice and Reform, but the paper ultimately won the first place prize and will soon be published in a special edition of the Journal of School Choice. 

Mar 31, 2020

Engineering and Technology Education Doctoral Student John Howe ‘21EDD Accepted to NC State’s Preparing the Professoriate Program

Engineering and technology education doctoral student John Howe ‘21EDD has been accepted as a 2020-21 fellow in the NC State Graduate School’s Preparing the Professoriate (PTP) program for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars pursuing careers in higher education. 

Mar 27, 2020

College of Education’s Master of School Administration Program Wins Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award

The College of Education’s Master of School Administration program, which was ranked as the top program of its kind in North Carolina by U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate School Rankings, will be recognized this summer with the Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award. 

Mar 17, 2020

Literacy and English Language Arts Education Doctoral Student Nina Schoonover ‘21PHD Receives NC State Graduate Student Association Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching

Nina Schoonover ‘21PHD, a doctoral student in literacy and English Language Arts education, was selected as one of 10 graduate student teachers to receive the NC State Graduate Student Association Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.