School of Education

The VCU School of Education once again ranks among the top graduate schools of education in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The school comes in at No. 25 overall in the newly-released 2023 rankings. The school is also No. 16 among public graduate schools of education. We are excited and proud […]

Krystal E. Andrews, M.S.Ed. (Courtesy Photo) Krystal E. Andrews, M.S.Ed., director of student success in the VCU School of Education, is the new chair of the Pan African Network in the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Andrews began her one-year term in March during ACPA’s 2022 Annual Convention in St. Louis. “I am honored to serve as […]

Assistant dean for student affairs and inclusive excellence discusses strategies schools are developing to serve our students equitably. The VCU School of Education’s Tomika L. Ferguson, Ph.D., is featured in Progress and Promises: Creating Equitable Education Systems on VPM, Virginia’s public television station. Ferguson is assistant dean for student affairs and inclusive excellence, as well as […]

A 50-year employee of the VCU School of Education, Keesee developed the Department of Counselor Education after the school was formed in 1964. Gordon Keesee and his wife, Gloria. Gordon Keesee, Jr., Ph.D., a former faculty member and director within the VCU School of Education, died on January 16, 2022, at the age of 93. Keesee joined […]

First-generation graduate student happy about finding an academic fit and a cultural fit at the VCU School of Education. Julie Nguyen (Courtesy Photo) Julie Nguyen’s parents emigrated from Vietnam following the fall of Saigon in 1975 and eventually settled in Northern Virginia. They didn’t speak English when they first arrived here. Her mom had been […]

Jason Cottrell, Ph.D. (M.Ed. ‘02) earned his M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the VCU School of Education. Jason Cottrell (M.Ed. ’02) (Courtesy Photo) VCU School of Education alum Jason Cottrell, Ph.D., was awarded the Presidential Citation by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its annual convention in St. Louis earlier this month. Cottrell earned […]

VCU School of Education and VCU Life Sciences recently hosted the final Environmental Literacy Teacher Workshop at VCU Rice Rivers Center In the foreground, two teachers tested the river water for nitrates while SOE’s Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D. (center), tested it for turbidity. (Courtesy photos) The VCU School of Education, along with our partners in VCU Life […]

Three-year grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through a field-initiated NIDILRR program. Project team members include (from left) Parthy Dinora, Ph.D., principal investigator; and co-investigators Michael Broda, Ph.D.; Matthew Bogenschutz, Ph.D.; Seb M. Prohn, Ph.D.; and Sarah Lineberry, graduate student in the School of Social Work. (Courtesy photos) The National […]

ITC facilitators program is producing change agents to promote diversity and inclusion across VCU. Jose Alcaine, Ph.D., and Maike Philipsen, Ph.D. An ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF) grant at Virginia Commonwealth University aims to increase the number of diverse faculty – especially female faculty – in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines at the university. […]

Students from five school districts will present their solutions to three real-world challenges posed by Bank of America, Capital One and CarMax. Students from five Virginia school districts will present their solutions to real-world challenges related to cybersecurity, computer science and technology posed by Bank of America, Capital One and CarMax. (Getty Images) By Brian […]