CED Chair Wester Named to UNC System Executive Leadership Institute
The University of North Carolina System has named a select group of 36 participants to the sixth cohort of the Executive Leadership Institute.
UNC Greensboro
U.S. News & World Report Continues to Rank School of Education, CED & ILRS Among Nation’s Best
In rankings released by U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday, April 8, the UNC Greensboro School of Education ranks in a tie for 81st nationally among Graduate Schools of Education for 2025-2026. Within the state of North Carolina, the UNCG SOE holds the fourth-highest ranking in the same category.
Trio of Students Recognized with UNCG SOE’s Smiley Award
The Smiley Award, which supports global educational opportunities for current School of Education (SOE) undergraduate and graduate students, has been presented to undergraduate student Leila Jane Lovell (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education) and graduate students Haeju Lee (Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences) and Parishi Gandhi (Department of Counseling and Educational Development). These students will represent the SOE as Global Education Ambassadors through international or local engagement.
Accessible Wellness
Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic director Alex Cammarano on training counselors and providing accessible mental health services to the UNC Greensboro community
UNCG Alumna Leads the Way Nationally in Education
Alumna Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, president and CEO of AACTE, discusses the education ecosystem and how UNCG helped set her up for leadership.
UNCG Trains to Help Prevent Suicides
Working in the UNCG School of Education’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development, Dr. Rebecca Mathews trains future and current counseling practitioners, teachers, and community leaders in suicide prevention, teaching them to recognize warning signs and how to intervene.
Ahmed Named Recipient of Short Endowed Fellowship in Education
The Paula and Rick Short Endowed Fellowship in Education was established in the spring of 2023. The second recipient of this honor is Department of Counseling and Educational Development doctoral student Sara Ahmed.
CED Alum Named President of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
AACTE announced that Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, Ph.D., will become the new president and CEO, beginning Jan. 6, 2025. Holcomb-McCoy joins AACTE after serving as a distinguished professor and dean of the School of Education at American University in Washington, D.C., for over eight years.
Meet the Researcher: Dr. Rebecca Mathews
Dr. Rebecca Mathews, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development, spent 18 years as a counselor, supervisor, consultant, and educator in the community and hospitals. She then decided that she wanted to help train the next generation of counselors and joined the faculty of the nation’s third-rated program at UNCG in 2020.
Bridging Gaps: Empowering Trauma-Informed Counseling in Underserved Communities
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, the urgency to address mental health needs in underserved communities has never been more critical. The Extending the Trauma-Informed Professional Pipeline (ETIPP) project is not just a program; it’s a transformative initiative that’s changing lives, one trained counselor at a time. Dr. Jennifer Deaton (Principle Investigator) and Dr. L. DiAnne Borders, faculty within the Department of Counseling and Educational Development developed ETIPP to tackle the pressing challenges of mental health care in high-need areas and fostering a new generation of trauma-informed professionals.