College of Education

Dec 3, 2019

Spires Named Executive Director of Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, Associate Dean

Hiller A. Spires, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Literacy Education, will serve as executive director of the NC State College of Education’s William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and an associate dean of the college. 

Nov 5, 2019

Meet Elementary Education Major Sydney Reid ’22

Sydney Reid '22 wants her future students to be able to say that their teacher cared about them without hesitation. With support from the J. Bryant Kirkland Merit Endowed Scholarship, she's preparing for a rewarding career at the College of Education. 

Oct 29, 2019

Opportunities Adding Up

NC State senior Yussef Guerrab hopes to blend interests in math, statistics, education and public policy into a career helping others. 

Oct 21, 2019

Scholarship Continues to Support NC State Families

More than $1 million in Employee Dependent’s Tuition Scholarship funds have been awarded to dependents of full-time NC State employees since 2016. And more than 300 donors, most of them staff and faculty members themselves, have joined Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife Susan by supporting the fund. 

Oct 21, 2019

Demands of the Academic Dream

In a first-person account, Goodnight Scholar and science education major Elizabeth Vanegas discusses overcoming obstacles and her dream to become a champion and advocate for North Carolina students.  

Oct 8, 2019

Teaching Fellow Hannah Watlington: ‘I Want to Help Students See the Beauty in Math’

The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, as well support from the Jerry and Elizabeth Godwin Scholarship and the Dr. Estelle E. White Endowed Scholarship, is helping Hannah Watlington '22 better prepare for her future career. Watlington plans to take what she has learned in the classroom and use it to make a difference as a high school math teacher in a rural or high-needs area in North Carolina. 

Sep 24, 2019

Community College Leaders Meet at Belk Center Symposium

Community college leaders are developing questions about how academic programs can best serve their communities after taking a deep dive into data at a two-day event hosted by the NC State College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. The center was launched with support from the John M. Belk Endowment. 

Sep 17, 2019

Goodnight Spotlight: Chandler Henninger

Goodnight Scholar and education major Chandler Henninger is making the most of his time at NC State by taking interdisciplinary classes, participating in service projects abroad and engaging with the Goodnight Scholars program's community. 

Jul 30, 2019

Edgington Named Park Scholarship Faculty Scholar

Cyndi Edgington, a teaching assistant professor of STEM education at the College of Education, has been selected as a Park Faculty Scholar for the Park Scholarships program. She will work with the incoming class of Park Scholars by guiding enrichment activities and advising students. 

Jul 30, 2019

NC State Distinguished Professors Among Several Awarded in Eighth Annual Research Collaboration Fund

The University Global Partnership Network recently awarded the eighth round of the annual Research Collaboration Fund to nine projects between the consortium's universities. Several distinguished NC State professors are represented on six of the funded projects this year.