Transformational Scholars

Jun 2, 2025

EdNC: Brunswick and Wayne Counties are ‘Growing Their Own’ Teacher Pipelines

Some school districts in North Carolina have decided that their best future teacher candidates may already be in the area — just still in high school.

Sep 19, 2024

EdNC: NC State University announces new class of Transformational Scholars

Twelve students from across Eastern North Carolina have been selected to join the third cohort of the N.C. State University College of Education’s Transformational Scholarships Program. Supported by the Anonymous Trust, the program provides scholarships of a minimum of $40,000 over four years to high school students from eastern North Carolina who plan to return to the region to teach following graduation

Aug 28, 2024

Transformational Scholarships Program Announces Third Cohort of Scholars

Twelve students from across Eastern North Carolina will join the Transformational Scholarships Program as part of its third cohort.

Aug 14, 2024

Josh Webb: ‘The Experiences the College of Education Offers, Both Domestically and Globally, Are Shaping Me Into the Educator I’ve Always Wanted To Be’

During his time in the NC State College of Education, middle grades English language arts education major and Transformational Scholar Josh Webb has been able to take part in a number of experiences that have helped him grow as an educator, such as visiting K-12 classrooms in eastern North Carolina and learning about different cultures in Costa Rica.

Aug 13, 2024

Lyla Sherwood: ‘My Strong Connection and Love for Children and Learning Led Me to Choose Education’

Lyla Sherwood loved the teachers she had growing up in New Hanover County and, as an incoming Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow, is excited to one day return to the region as an educator.

Aug 13, 2024

Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow Braxton Cumbo: ‘What Inspires Me to Become a Teacher Is Seeing Personal Growth and Development’

Braxton Cumbo loves STEM and has a passion for teaching, which made the college's technology, engineering, and design education program the perfect fit for him. 

Aug 13, 2024

Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow Andrea Loera Valdez: ‘I Have a Supportive System of People Who Want to See Me Achieve My Dream of Becoming an Educator’

Andrea Loera Valdez, an incoming Teaching Fellow and Transformational Scholar, is excited to become part of a community that will prepare her to teach in eastern North Carolina, where she especially wants to support students who do not speak English as their first language.

Jul 24, 2024

A Few Things We Did in Summer 2024

Students, faculty and staff in the NC State College of Education spent summer 2024 gearing up for a new academic year, leading and engaging in professional development, encouraging new students to join the teaching profession and traveling to other educational institutions around the world.

Sep 13, 2023

N&O: NC Schools Have More Than 3,500 Teaching Vacancies. How Can the State Get More Teachers?

Jahzar Fields could have majored in business administration, psychology or any of a number of fields he had considered to get a high-paying job after he graduates from NC State University. Instead, Fields is an education major who plans to return to the Wilmington area to teach in a high-needs school to inspire other Black young people.

Aug 15, 2023

Transformational Scholarships Program Announces Second Cohort of Scholars

Twenty students from across Eastern North Carolina have been selected to join the second cohort of the NC State College of Education's Transformational Scholarships Program.