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School of Education Responds to Controversial NCTQ Report
In response to a growing national debate over teacher quality, the School of Education posted an explanation on its website this week about its approach to training teachers who will perform at the highest level. In announcing this new web…
SU to Participate in Forum on Internationalizing U.S. College Campuses
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ representatives Karen Bass, Susan Corieri, Geraldine de Berly, Andrew Horsfall and Nancy Rothschild will participate in the fourth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C., from June 26-28. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural…
Success in Engineering
L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.
Video: Say Yes Celebrates Five Years in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
Say Yes to Education ensures a college education to city school students who graduate from high school. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Chancellor Nancy Cantor was among local dignitaries who spoke at a celebratory news conference held at Roberts Elementary School.
Gina Lee-Glauser Named Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Gina Lee-Glauser, vice president for research at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in SU’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The…
Registration Now Open for Fall SU Art Workshops for Young People
The art education program at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is now accepting reservations for its fall 2013 Art Workshops for Young People. The workshops, which are for children ages 5-15, offer a variety of experiences planned in the University’s art education classes….
IVMF Receives $1 Million Grant from Walmart Foundation for Veteran Vocational Education
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to launch a competitive grant program for veteran vocational education at community and technical colleges in California, New York, Texas and North Carolina.
Project Advance Celebrates 40 Years of Transforming Students’ Lives
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Project Advance (SUPA) will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Friday, May 17, in typical SUPA fashion—a morning of intellectually stimulating seminars for high school instructors followed by a luncheon. Yong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for global…
Opening, Dedication of Sharon Haines Jacquet Education Commons
The School of Education has announced the grand opening and dedication of the Sharon Haines Jacquet Education Commons, a new event and meeting space located on the ground floor of Huntington Hall. Named for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustee and School of Education Board of Visitors member Sharon Haines Jacquet ‘72, the commons will be dedicated at a ceremony on Thursday, May 9.
‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Star
Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate. However, as a freshman in her New Hampshire school notorious for its high dropout rate, Carroll failed to earn a single academic credit. Carroll also carries with her a diagnosis of ADHD, a history of emotional and substance abuse, and the physical scars of self-mutilation. The odds seem stacked against her.