Students taking classes in math education this semester will find a new space for their studies. Room 3017 in the Wright Education building was recently redesigned to meet the needs of today’s future math educators, a project three years in the making.
A group of past and present members of the IU School of Education’s Alumni Board came together to create the School of Education Alumni Board Endowed Scholarship, which is awarded annually to undergraduate students.
Abigail Hellums always wanted to be a teacher. Now as she pursues a major in secondary education with a concentration in biology, Hellums will also add to her teaching experiences with a trip to Italy next spring as part of the Global Gateway for Teachers program.
Associate Professor Sarah Hurwitz and Professor Adam Maltese visited India over the summer for an event with IU Gateway and visits to schools, all in an effort to discuss how to better educate students with disabilities. They met with Indian policymakers, ministers of education, and leaders of disability groups, among others.
Researchers with the IU School of Education will lead the education research as part of a five-year, $20 million grant recently awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the NSF AI Institute for Engaged Learning. This will allow researchers to create artificial intelligence-enabled technology that supports student and teacher agency in narrative-centered learning environments.
IU School of Education students celebrated a special milestone last week when they received their official name badges during the Undergraduate Induction Ceremony. These badges will be used when they work in schools this year as part of their student teaching or practicum requirements.
Over the summer, Dean Robert Berry and Professor Faridah Pawan visited Singapore, where they observed how mathematics is taught and built relationships with people in the special education community. The visit connects to a larger effort for teachers at the Association for People with Special Needs to expand their ability to work with people who have autism.
After his work performing for competitive drumlines was halted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wesley Kopis accepted an offer to teach at a local high school's drumline. Once he started to teach, he found a deeper resonance with what it means to be an educator, leading him to transfer to IU and join the Global Gateway for Teachers program.
Gamze Ozogul was recently selected to participate in leadership programs offered by the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Ozogul, Professor and Department Chair, was chosen for the Departmental Executive Officer Program, a three-day workshop involving department heads and chairs from Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions.
Aniya Burnett was among the first cohort of Counseling and Student Services majors to participate in Global Gateway, spending three weeks of her summer in New Zealand. She was inspired to pursue counseling and student services because of a desire to work in higher education and support students from diverse and multicultural backgrounds, especially students of color.
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