We would like to thank Mrs. Sarah Cole Jordan ’56 and Mr. Robert B. Jordan IV for their $50,000 gift to the Sarah Cole Jordan Class of 1956 UNCG Teacher Education Fellows Endowment in the School of Education. The School of Education is honored to receive the continued support of … Continued
Earlier this fall, Dean Randy Penfield and Associate Dean Jewell Cooper hosted a series of three SOE Town Halls during September, with hopes of hosting more in the future. These virtual conversations were designed to help UNC Greensboro School of Education (SOE) alumni and interested “champions” of education have a … Continued
Dear SOE Community, Over the past six weeks, my thoughts and hopes have turned often to the members of our School of Education (SOE) family. I know the pandemic has touched us all, either through personal loss or by disrupting the connections and routines we treasure. We have heard this … Continued
Dear SOE Community, On March 23rd, the School of Education (SOE) — along with the rest of UNC Greensboro — had to make a huge shift right in the middle of our Spring 2020 semester. We pivoted to move all of our SOE academic programming to a remote/online format, and … Continued
Enrichment funds can be the reason a student with a financial emergency completes a course, a promising researcher presents at a conference, or a pre-service teacher has the ability to experience international travel. Enrichment funds are made possible through gifts from donors — many of whom are members of the John … Continued
Receiving a scholarship can make a huge impact on an aspiring educator’s success at UNC Greensboro. It reduces their student debt and adds a vote of confidence to the belief that they can make a difference in the world. We thank the following members of the John H. Cook Society for adding fund to … Continued
We are honored to thank the following members of the John H. Cook Society, all of whom are making an impact on the lives of others through their gifts to department funds or scholarships: Ms. Ann B. Clark, for her support of the Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations Annual Giving Fund, … Continued
On October 16, 2019, UNC Greensboro announced that the School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $6.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funding, administered through the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, provides a teaching residency for 80 master’s-degree-level students, multiple professional development programs, and training for teachers … Continued
We are honored to thank the following members of the John H. Cook Society, all of whom are making an impact on the lives of others through their gifts to department funds or scholarships: Mr. Thomas L. Armstrong and Mrs. Karen Armstrong, for their continued support of exceptional past, current, … Continued
DORIS ANN KROISS Ph.D. candidate, Teacher Education Higher Education Hometown: Greensboro, NC John Onslow & Kate Dalton McNairy Scholar Julie Sanders Gilbreath, Class of 1955, M.ED. 1966 Merit Scholar “I aim to research better ways to keep happy teachers in the classroom through honoring them as individuals.” … Continued