We are pleased to announce that Tammy Gruer will be joining the Department of Library and Information Studies on August 1st, 2018. Tammy Gruer is National Board Certified and will be Clinical Assistant Professor and coordinator for the Practicum in School Library Media, and will teach Materials for Children and… Continue reading…
Please join us in congratulating Wanda Brown, UNCG LIS alum and Director of Library Services at the C.G. O’Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University, for winning the 2019-2020 ALA Presidency. We are so proud of you! Read more about her ALA win here: americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/brown-wins-2019-2020-ala-presidency/
Congratulations to ELC alum, Dr. Leslie Locklear, and Dr. Silvia Bettez (ELC), for the launch of their work in a newly published book, “Cultural Constructions of Identity”.
Congrats to Dr. Allison Crowe, CED alum and associate professor at East Carolina University, who was interviewed for the lead story in the April 2018 issue of Counseling Today: “The battle against burnout.”
Polk County Commissioners heard from Polk County Library Director Rashira Finsel on how a new teen space came about. A large group of students were surveyed about programs they wanted to see and then the students were involved in the planning and decision making for a space in the Saluda… Continue reading…
One of our School of Education doctoral graduates, from Teacher Education & Higher Education, Dr. Patricia (Trish) Patrick, is now in Bengkulu, Indonesia visiting with Mr. Aceng at the University of Bengkulu for a week. Trish is the fifth faculty member at UNCG or with ties to UNCG to travel… Continue reading…
We are so proud of what our alumni go on to do after their time with the School of Education! ASL Interpreter Jenese Portee, ’06 UNCG SOE Alum, performed along with singer P!nk during the 2018 Grammys. See video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17NOrSQ6Smw
Congrats to UNCG School of Education alum David Kirkland on being named the new principal of Cape Fear Elementary School in Pender County, NC. Read more from WWAY News 3, New Principal Named at Cape Fear Elementary School.
Meet Victoria Budesa, a 2017 graduate of the Special Education: General Curriculum teacher education program, who is spending her first year teaching abroad as a special education teacher in an international school in Stuttgart, Germany. Her blog, “The Teaching Adventures of Miss B,” shares a weekly recount of the many… Continue reading…
A great example of what it means to be a lifelong learner: Award-winning retired educator and SOE alumna Beverly Pugh develops new passion for culinary arts, read more from the Mebane Enterprise.
