The Office of International Initiatives is pleased to announce Drs. Hongmei Zhang and Yali Zhao of two inaugural Virtual Exchange (VE) Faculty Fellowships.

Rhina Fernandes Williams and Katie Kurumada, faculty members in the in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, are two of eight recipients of the College of Education & Human Development’s Faculty Awards for 2022.

This summer, students in the college’s CREATE teacher residency program participated in the Ella Baker-Lugenia Hope-Septima Clark Summer Institute, named after three important yet often overlooked black women who organized and advocated for social change in Atlanta and throughout the South.

Zoe Thornton is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate in Elementary and Special Education Award, given in recognition of outstanding leadership and service to the educational community in the bachelor of science in education program in elementary education with a concentration in special education.

Vivian Chang is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate in Elementary Education and ESOL Award, given in recognition of outstanding leadership and service to the educational community in the bachelor of science in education program in elementary education with a concentration in English to speakers of other languages.

The College of Education & Human Development celebrated Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education faculty members Thomas Crisp and Yali Zhao during its Faculty Awards Recognition on March 30.

Sabrina Henry, B.S Ed-Birth Through Five, 2011, joins Project SEED as the director. The program provides an innovative, fully funded teacher preparation experience for professionals interested in earning a degree in Birth-Five.

Meet Tracy Jackson, a master’s student studying creative and innovative education and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

Naomi Jessup will serve as a panelist for the opening plenary session at the Association for Mathematics Teacher Educators conference.

Sherry Howard, Project Director for Best Practices, will host a webinar session, “Connecting the Dots between WSS Users” for Pearson on July 30 on the Work Sampling System.