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New Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant to boost Ƶ Explorers STEM program for middle schoolers
October 7, 2021
The three-year. $147,570 grant will help the program to further student engagement and STEM enrichment.
Cherrel Miller Dyce speaks about her new book covering fighting against Black male stereotypes with Times-News
October 6, 2021
Dyce, associate professor and executive director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, spoke about her new book, "Black Males Matter" with Times-News.
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s teacher advisor speaks to senior teacher candidates on how to frame their teaching
October 5, 2021
Dayson Pasión, teacher advisor to Gov. Cooper, spoke to teacher candidates about the power of a story, how to build their narrative and how to frame their teaching within their own identities and identities of their students.
Ƶ Explorers program receives funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
September 30, 2021
Mark Enfield, associate professor of education, and Jen Hamel, associate professor of biology and Japheth E. Rawls Professor, receive funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the Ƶ Explorers program.
Award-winning author Meg Medina speaks to Ƶ pre-service teachers on representing Latinx culture in, through literature
September 28, 2021
Pre-service teachers met virtually with Meg Medina, a Newbery award-winning and New York Times best-selling author, to hear her story and learn how to represent Latinx culture in and through literature.
Education faculty present at NCACTE fall forum
September 27, 2021
Three faculty in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education presented at the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Education (NCACTE) 39th Annual Teacher Education Forum. In addition, one alumnae was recognized as a finalist for the North Carolina Student Teacher of the Year award.
EdNC highlights leading role for Ƶ on teacher education task force
September 17, 2021
Leaders from Ƶ and from Lenoir-Rhyne University are heading an effort by North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities to implement coursework related to the science of reading.
Ƶ named #1 National University for Teaching Excellence in new U.S. News & World Report rankings
September 13, 2021
For a third year in a row, Ƶ is ranked among the top 100 National Universities in the leading “Best Colleges” guide.
Associate Professor Lisa Buchanan co-authors article on 1898 Wilmington coup in international journal
September 1, 2021
Lisa Buchanan, associate professor in the Watts Williams School of Education, coauthored an article that examines the historical and modern treatment of the Wilmington Coup of 1898, in the international journal Whiteness and Education.
Education alumna named school district’s Beginning Teacher of the Year
September 1, 2021
Micaela Malachowski '20, elementary education major, was recently selected at the 2021 Cabarrus County Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year.