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Cato College of Education alumna Tiffany Hollis (’17), an assistant professor at Coastal Carolina University (CCU), was recently named that institution’s 2019 Professor of the Year. Hollis earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on Urban Education from UNC Charlotte.
The...
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UNC Charlotte alumnus Daniel Staten (’10,’18 M.Ed.) is an Instructional Designer for Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. In that role, he provides learning strategy solutions for travel partners that sell Disney vacation destinations, like Walt Disney World and Disneyland. A learning strategy...
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The Cato College of Education has joined the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Holmes Scholars Program and selected two doctoral students, Stephanie Jones-Fosu and Deondra Gladney, as UNC Charlotte’s first recipients.
The Holmes Scholars Program promotes diversity within the academic...
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The Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC), in collaboration with the Cato College of Education’s Department of Special Education and Child Development recently presented a daylong free training for parents of children with disabilities. The workshop, called “Parents as Leaders: Taking the Next Step – Telling Your Story” was led by Beverly Roberts, Aimee Combs, and Rowena Barker of...
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Welcome to Front of the Class, a regular series offering an inside look at the Cato College of Education. We’ll travel through the college’s programs, sit in on a variety of classes, learn from the perspective of award-winning faculty, and hear from students as they strive to become the next generation of teachers, counselors and school leaders.
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by: Ellen McIntyre, Dean of the Cato College of Education
A generous gift of $540,000 from Gene and Vickie Johnson of Charlotte to the Cato College of Education has the potential to dramatically change how teachers are prepared. The gift will provide substantial stipends to clinical educators—the teachers in schools...
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The Cato College of Education graduate programs are ranked in the top 20 percent of programs nationally in the 2019-2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The college checks in at 78th out of 392 total graduate education programs nationwide. The graduate special...
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Richard Lambert, professor of educational leadership in the Cato College of Education, is the 2019 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award.
Lambert is director of the Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation...
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A new public elementary school developed, supported and operated by education experts at UNC Charlotte will aim to expand educational opportunities and boost student achievement starting in August 2019.
Niner University Elementary (NUE) will strive to create lifelong learners and...
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Intelligent Lives, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib, has its Charlotte premiere at the UNC Charlotte Cone Center on March 26, 2019.
The film stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college...
