Harriet Shain Evenson ’53 built her legacy around a simple charge: Make more teachers. Her lifelong commitment to public education – shared with her husband, Jerome – culminated in the largest gift in UNCG history, one that will transform the School of Education beyond her expectations.
UNC Greensboro has appointed Dr. Morgan Chitiyo as the next Dean of the School of Education after a comprehensive national search. Dr. Chitiyo, who currently serves as the Interim Dean of the School of Education, will assume the permanent role on May 1, 2026.
The Smiley Award, which supports global educational opportunities for current UNC Greensboro School of Education undergraduate and graduate students, has been presented to graduate students Rezvan Moradi and Xuelin “Linda” Sun. These students will represent the SOE as Global Education Ambassadors through international or local engagement.
An alumnus of the MLIS program, Jen Miller ’25 was featured on the Today Show on Monday, March 2 for her impactful social media presence and the good she is doing for libraries.
What if learning about AI felt less intimidating and more like a game? An MLIS researcher uses art‑centered gameplay to help librarians steer conversations about generative AI in their spaces.
The Paula and Rick Short Endowed Fellowship in Education was established in the spring of 2023. The third recipient of this honor is Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences Master of Library and Information Science student H. Blake-Lee
Elijah Little is an Information Science major from Hamlet, N.C., and expects to graduate in May of 2026.
Dr. Faith Rice serves as a professor in the Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences with an interest in closing the achievement gap through libraries.
School of Education students, as well as any UNC Greensboro student with an education major, may now apply for the 2026 Smiley Award. The application deadline is March 1, 2026.
Dr. Sandra Ayoo, an assistant professor in the Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences, and educational research methodology (ERM) doctoral students Meghan Leeming and Dr. Stacy Huff have received the Australian Evaluation Society’s Evaluation Journal of Australasia Publication Award for Excellence. Their article, “Meta-evaluation: Validating program evaluation standards through the United Nations Evaluation Quality Assessment (EQAs),” was recognized as the best article published in the journal over the past year.
