College of Education

Mar 4, 2025

Alyssa Rockenbach Joins 2025 Life Worth Living Fellowship Program

College of Education Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education Alyssa Rockenbach has been selected to join Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s 2025 Life Worth Living Fellowship Program. The fellowship is designed to connect faculty and graduate students who aim to design courses that equip students for the “lifelong process of discerning the good life” and establish an educational landscape where students and faculty learn alongside one another as they address life’s biggest questions.

Feb 4, 2025

Grant Funding Enables NC State to Reach More Rural Communities

The NC State University Foundation’s annual grant program is powering the Wolfpack to extraordinary new heights this fiscal year, especially when it comes to the university’s impact on North Carolinians beyond urban areas.

Jan 28, 2025

Darla Buchanan Scholarship Creates Opportunities for Teaching Fellow Kaiya Connor

Receiving the Darla Buchanan Scholarship helped inspire Kaiya Connor to major in elementary education and also made it possible for her to study abroad for a semester at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence, Italy.

Jan 21, 2025

Goodnight Distinguished Professors in Early Literacy and Spangler Distinguished Professors of Early Child Literacy Gather to Discuss Ways to Improve Outcomes

The event, held on Centennial Campus and hosted by the College of Education, was an opportunity for the state’s two Goodnight Distinguished Professors in Early Literacy and four Spangler Distinguished Professors of Early Child Literacy to share ideas, work with representatives of the University of North Carolina System and discuss successes and gaps in literacy education.

Jan 21, 2025

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Joy Gaston Gayles Selected to Join ACC Academic Leaders Network

Joy Gaston Gayles, an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of higher education and head of the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development in the College of Education, has been selected to join the 2025 cohort of the ACC Academic Leaders Network.

Dec 3, 2024

College of Education Donors Share Why They Give

College of Education donors share their stories and motivations for giving back.

Nov 25, 2024

Dean Paola Sztajn Joins Wolfpack Women in Philanthropy Panel To Share Lessons in Leadership

College of Education Dean Paola Sztajn joined Deanna Dannels, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Kathryn Meurs, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine; and Doneka Scott, vice chancellor and dean for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs; to share lessons in leadership as part of a panel discussion hosted by the Wolfpack Women in Philanthropy during NC State’s 2024 Red and White Week.

Nov 13, 2024

Dallas Herring Lecture Celebrates 10 Years of Impacting Community College Education

The 2024 Dallas Herring Lecture, scheduled for Nov. 19, will feature Russell Lowery-Hart, chancellor of Austin Community College District, delivering a speech entitled “Transforming Higher Education: Loving Our Students to Success Through Intentional, Courageous and Systemic Leadership.”

Nov 13, 2024

Doctoral Student Jayla Moody Marshall Receives 2024 Melvin C. Terrell Scholarship

Jayla Moody Marshall, a student in the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development higher education opportunity, equity and justice concentration, has been named a 2024 Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Scholarship recipient. The scholarship is awarded annually by the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc. to graduate students who are pursuing their master’s or doctoral degree in student affairs or higher education administration.

Oct 28, 2024

Transformational Scholarship Program Creates Opportunity for Camilla Torres To Teach in Duplin County

When Camilla Torres was named a Transformational Scholar, it not only provided her with the financial support she needed to attend NC State, but it also instilled in her a sense of accomplishment that has stuck with her ever since.