Tag: N.C. Teaching Fellows

Nov 23, 2020

#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘Teachers Can Inspire and Influence Students Both Positively and Negatively. I Decided I Wanted to be a Positive Influence,’ Says Director of Teaching Fellows at NC State Crystal Espey ’11, ’18MSA

Growing up in Fuquay-Varina with parents who are NC State alumni, Crystal Espey ’11, ’18MSA always wanted to be a part of the Wolfpack. A two-time graduate of the College of Education, Espey now works for the college as the director of Teaching Fellows at NC State. 

Apr 3, 2020

My Student Experience: 21 NC State College of Education Students Travel to Eastern North Carolina as Part of We Teach for NC Spring Break Trip

Twenty-one undergraduate students from the NC State College of Education spent part of their Spring Break in Eastern North Carolina touring schools, observing classrooms and meeting with administrators as part of the college’s We Teach for NC Spring Break Trip. 

Dec 10, 2019

N.C. Teaching Fellow and Technology, Engineering, and Design Education Student Nicholas Schwankl Earns Library Leaders Scholarship

NC State College of Education junior Nicholas Schwankl is one of two students awarded a Library Leaders Scholarship from the NC State University Libraries for his exemplary contributions. Schwankl is a technology, engineering, and design education major and N.C. Teaching Fellow, who plans to become a technology teacher. 

Aug 23, 2019

N.C. Teaching Fellow Caroline Alexander ’20: ‘The College of Education Has Completely Reshaped What I Believe a Teacher Should Look Like’

Caroline Alexander ‘20 came to NC State to major in engineering, but she soon discovered a passion for teaching. 

Mar 15, 2019

An Inside Look at Teaching in Eastern North Carolina

The NC State College of Education’s We Teach for NC Spring Break trip offered a group of 24 undergraduate students the opportunity to experience a typical day inside Eastern North Carolina high schools and meet with administrators, teachers and county officials in Craven, Lenoir, Onslow and Wayne counties. 

Mar 13, 2019

Teaching Fellow Erin Lisi on Building a Curriculum Based on “Cabaret”

Meet Erin Lisi: senior science education major and N.C. Teaching Fellow who designed a curriculum for high school students to explore themes like creative expression, personal ethics and minority oppression in the 1966 musical “Cabaret” -- and to ask themselves, “How can art help me?” 

Dec 11, 2018

An Extraordinary 2018

The NC State College of Education had an extraordinary year in 2018. Join us as we look back at 18 things that happened in the past year. 

Nov 29, 2018

UNC System: Pursuing Excellence in All 100 Counties

Ally Gagnon, a freshman science education major at the NC State College of Education, says she's learning how to lead her future STEM classroom with creativity, dedication and passion as a Teaching Fellow at NC State. The recently re-established N.C. Teaching Fellows program offers competitive, merit-based forgivable loans to students like Gagnon who want to pursue teaching in areas of critical need in North Carolina. 

Oct 2, 2018

Applications Open for NC Teaching Fellows Program

Applications are now being accepted for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program 2018-2019 application cycle. Whether you're a high school student, transfer student or working professional, the NC State College of Education has a program that qualifies you to be part of the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program. 

Sep 28, 2018

Family Ties Inspire Nicholas Schwankl to Join Teaching Fellows at NC State

Following in his father’s footsteps, Nicholas Schwankl applied to the Teaching Fellows at NC State program when it returned to the NC State College of Education last fall. Now enrolled in the program, he looks forward to using the knowledge and skills he gains in technology, engineering & design education to make his future classroom an inviting and inspiring place for his students.