SOE Mourns Passing of Dr. Lloyd Bond
Longtime UNC Greensboro professor, Dr. Lloyd Bond, passed away on September 28. Bond spent over a decade teaching in the School of Education’s former Department of Educational Research Methodology.
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Continuing to Serve: Boul Uses Counseling Degrees to Help Military Families
Military life can be taxing on the enlisted person as well as spouses and children. As a veteran who spent nearly 10 years in the United States Army, Dr. Steven Boul knows that well.
Nearly $1 Million Grant Awarded to Add to Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervisor Pipeline
Looking to increase the number of trauma-informed clinical supervisors and expand and enhance the training opportunities for clinical mental health counseling students, Dr. Jennifer Deaton of UNC Greensboro’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development was recently awarded a nearly $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Global Perspectives for Productive Classrooms
What makes a classroom work? How can you engage students through play and technology? How does culture play a role in learning? This year’s cohort in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) Program came to UNC Greensboro to discover answers to these questions and more over their six-week residency. Fulbright TEA is a U.S. government program supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, and administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board.
Cool Majors: Information Science
Information science addresses the needs of a world where we can feel overwhelmed by all the data at our fingertips. Dr. Lisa O’Connor, associate professor and chair of library and information science, developed the program within the School of Education to teach students how to organize information and make it accessible to people, communities, companies, and other organizations.
Cammarano Named First Recipient of Short Fellowship
The Paula and Rick Short Endowed Fellowship in Education was established in the spring of 2023 and Department of Counseling and Educational Development doctoral student Alex Cammarano has been named the first recipient of the award.
UNCG Transfer Students Pay it Forward
Alexis Kirkland transferred to UNCG in Fall 2022 from Eastern Michigan University looking for a new experience.
Smiley Award Helps Harrison Study in Costa Rica
The Smiley Award supports global educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students in UNC Greensboro’s School of Education and is presented annually. One of last year’s recipients, Dauria Harrison, was able to spend part of her summer on an immersive and service-learning program in Costa Rica.
Full Circle for GCS Superintendent
As Dr. Whitney Oakley moves into her second year as superintendent of one of the state’s largest school districts, she points to her experiences as a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Greensboro for contributing to her success as an educator.
EnACTeD and IGNITE Provide Support to GCS Teacher of the Year
An active participant in the UNC Greensboro School of Education’s EnACTeD, and now IGNITE programs, Jhonatan Marin Mesa was recently honored as the Guilford County Schools (GCS) Teacher of the Year.