‘Learning and development across the lifespan’
B.A. in Human and Organizational Development expands SOE beyond its core offering, prepares undergrads for employment opportunities in employee learning and development. By Sara Burns Virginia Commonwealth University recently announced the creation of a new undergraduate program within the School of Education. The program, a B.A. in Human and Organizational Development, is designed to help […]
Dr. Kim McKnight named director of Center for Teacher Leadership
Kim McKnight, Ph.D. Kim McKnight, Ph.D., has been named director of the Center for Teacher Leadership (CTL) at Virginia Commonwealth University. McKnight joined CTL, a center affiliated with the School of Education, in 2017 where her leadership as director of RTR Partnerships, director of RTR-Petersburg, and director of RTR-Chesterfield have prepared her to take this organization […]
Partnership program featured on AUCD website
Article names the Partnership “a leader in using cultural brokerage within parent-to-parent support.” Dana V. Yarbrough, director, Center for Family Involvement The Partnership for People with Disabilities, a center affiliated with the VCU School of Education, is featured as a leader in diversity, equity and inclusion in an article on the Association of University Centers on […]
Dr. Portia Newman wins SOE Distinguished Dissertation Award
Newman also received the 2021 VCU Distinguished Dissertation Award for Social Sciences, Business and Education. Portia N. Newman, Ph.D. Portia N. Newman, Ph.D., is the recipient of the VCU School of Education Distinguished Dissertation Award for the 2020-21 academic year. Newman’s dissertation was entitled “Leading in Crooked Rooms: Race, Gender, Culture and Black Women’s Leadership […]
SOE students’ project leads to new policy at VCU Health
The policy, which went into effect June 1, will promote, protect and support breastfeeding. On June 1 — thanks in part to School of Education students’ capstone project — VCU Health implemented a Team Member Lactation Support Policy that provides guidelines and resources for VCU Health employees on expressing breast milk in the workplace during […]
SOE alumna named executive director of NACADA
Melinda Anderson, Ed.D. (M.Ed. ’02). VCU School of Education alumna Melinda Anderson, Ed.D., (M.Ed. ’02) has been named executive director of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising at Kansas State University. NACADA stands for The National Academic Advising Association, which promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the […]
SOE researchers to work on $4.49M BEST in CLASS grant
Dr. Kevin Sutherland and Dr. Kristen Granger to be co-investigators on the SRI-led independent effectiveness study of BEST in CLASS. Kevin S. Sutherland, Ph.D., and Kristen Granger, Ph.D., are co-investigators on the study. Two VCU School of Education researchers are co-investigators on a $4.49 million grant to independently evaluate a program that aims to prevent […]
