Bunch was recognized for her book, The Magnitude of Us.

Shirley Moreland and William Villaflor were honored for their work in the classroom.

The session will provide info on Illinois' new partnership with Universitas 21

Lee Ragsdale is the Reentry Resource Program Director for the Education Justice Project.

Lee presented her research at the annual competition on April 8.

Anderson is an adjunct professor at George Mason University and CEO of Onyx Equity Education Consulting.

Y. Barry Chung is Dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University.

He will receive the award on Thursday, April 17 at the Ebony Excellence Awards Ceremony.

Ng has been on the faculty at the University of Kansas in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

One will center on black educators in the South, and another on human-centered design and Artificial Intelligence.

Nicholas Leonardi, a fourth-year PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, has been selected as one of thirty doctoral students to join the 2025 cohort of emerging scholars at the Sandra K. Abell Institute for Doctoral Students (SKAIDS). SKAIDS supports the professional development of science education doctoral students by pairing them with experienced faculty mentors. The 2025 Abell Institute will take place at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from July 21 to July 25.

The Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) was the recipient of the 2025 Presidential Citation of Excellence Award from The Council for the Study of Community Colleges at this year’s CSCC Conference, where the theme was “working in solidarity for equitable community college futures.” Presented by outgoing CSCC President Dr. Xueli Wang, OCCRL was recognized as a transformative leader and ray of hope in the field of community college research, leadership and practice.

Projects from Dean Chrystalla Mouza and postdoctoral researcher Jadyn Harris Laixely were selected for funding.

Tamara Bertrand Jones, associate dean for faculty affairs, will speak at the two day event in May.

Michele Schutz, assistant professor SPED, was selected for her involvement in the Goldstick Lecture Series since joining the department in 2022.

Jennie Lee is a graduate student in Educational Psychology.

Andrea Kulas, an EPOL Ed.D. student, photographed the  North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA.

The two were a part of the team that were recognized by the TPACK SIG.

Stacy Dymond, professor in Special Education was honored by the University of Illinois as one of the top instructors on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Four projects from across the College of Education were selected to receive funding.