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SOE Faculty Leadership and Innovation
Math education doctoral student Levi Molenje named Project NExT fellow
Levi Molenje, a doctoral student in the mathematics education program, has been selected as a Project NExT fellow for 2008-2009. Project NExT is a professional development program of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Read the full article »
SOE's Rolling awarded funding for interdisciplinary art education research program
James H. Rolling, Jr., dual associate professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Education and Art Education Department chair, has been selected to receive a $4,000 grant from the VPA Interdisciplinary Committee of Faculty Council to develop a course in arts-based educational research. Read the full article »
As SOE's inaugural Centennial Professor, Taylor to develop new undergraduate disabilities studies program
Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations and co-director of Syracuse University's Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, has been named Centennial Professor in Disability Studies in the School of Education. Taylor’s appointment as the school’s first Centennial Professor is in recognition and appreciation of his pioneering scholarship in and commitment to the field of disability studies. Read the full article »
Julie Causton-Theoharis receives Meredith Teaching Recognition Award
Causton-Theoharis was chosen by a committee of Meredith Professors and students in recognition of her teaching excellence. Read the full article »
James Rolling named Higher Ed Regional Director-Elect for the Eastern Region of the U.S. for the National Art Education Association
He will become acting director with a two-year term at the end of 2009 NAEA conference. Read the full article »
Kalena Cortes awarded research grants from AERA and Upjohn
The grants, totaling $39,000, are for research involving the economics of education. Read the full article »
Vince Tinto delivered this year's Charles V. Willie Distinguished Lecture
Tinto’s lecture, titled “Access Without Support is Not Opportunity” was presented at the invitation of the Division of Student Affairs. Read the full article »
David Morgan named director of The Partnership for Better Education
Morgan has extensive experience in the field of higher education finance and also has served as associate dean of admissions for Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., and Occidental College in Los Angeles. Read the full article »
Dean Douglas Biklen receives DSE Senior Scholar Award
Disability Studies in Education (DSE) presented Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education, the DSE Senior Scholar Award at its Eighth Annual DSE Conference. Read the full article »