VCU Multilingual Ambassador program set to begin
Project aims to help Region 1 multilingual students learn more about college and career pathways that celebrate their multilingual skills. The VCU Multilingual Ambassador Program is key to helping Region 1 K-12 multilingual students learn more about college and career pathways that celebrate their multilingual skills. (Photo courtesy Naassom Azevedo/Unsplash) The VCU Multilingual Ambassador Program […]
Dr. Scott to be honored at VCU Convocation on Sep. 2
LaRon A. Scott, Ed.D. LaRon A. Scott, Ed.D., associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Special Education in the VCU School of Education, will be honored with the University Award of Excellence at VCU’s 39th annual Opening Faculty Address and Convocation on Sep. 2. Five additional faculty will be recognized for teaching, scholarship and service achievement […]
New assistant professor joins SOE
Beth E. Bukoski, Ph.D., whose research interests include social justice, inclusion and diversity in higher education, joins us from The University of Texas at Austin. Beth E. Bukoski, Ph.D. The VCU School of Education welcomes Beth E. Bukoski, Ph.D., as assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. Bukoski joins SOE from The University of Texas […]
Building a new level of understanding
SOE’s Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Development Institute focused on engaging anti-racist social change. The Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation Development Institute training sessions were led by B. Ratnesh Nagda, Ph.D. (center) and hosted by the VCU School of Education’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Committee co-chairs are Alison C. Koenka, Ph.D. (left), assistant professor in the Department of […]
Partnership receives $160K grant to develop diversity training
VBPD grant will help providers explore their own biases. Office of Strategic Engagement will help co-facilitate a pilot. Dana V. Yarbrough, TIDE principal investigator. (Courtesy Photo) The Partnership for People with Disabilities, a center affiliated with the VCU School of Education, has received a $160,000 grant from the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities to develop […]
New assistant professor to join SOE in August
Nakisha Whittington, Ph.D., whose research interests include digital literacy practices of urban youth, will serve as assistant professor in elementary education. Nakisha Whittington, Ph.D. The VCU School of Education welcomes Nakisha Whittington, Ph.D., as assistant professor in elementary education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Whittington will join SOE in August from Penn State […]
New assistant professor of educational leadership joins SOE
Lacey E. Seaton, Ed.D., whose research interests include access for students who have been systematically oppressed, joins us from North Carolina State University. Lacey E. Seaton, Ed.D. The VCU School of Education welcomes Lacey E. Seaton, Ed.D., as assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. Seaton joins SOE from North Carolina State University where […]
