Featured Story
Jean Banks Holloway Endowed Scholarship Significantly Expanded to Make Greater Impact
By Julie Osburn
Jean Banks Holloway, a College of Education (COE) alumna, enjoyed a long and rewarding career as a kindergarten teacher. She taught for 35 years in a number of cities including Detroit, Boston, St. Louis and Birmingham. In 2002, Paula Wood, who was dean of the COE at the time, approached Jean with an idea: to create a scholarship at Wayne State University’s...
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Faculty, Staff & Programs
College of Education Faculty/Staff Retirees: What's Next for Them?
By Chelsea Smith
Seven: That’s the number of loyal, caring, and irreplaceable faculty/staff members the College of Education has lost this year to the oft dreamed-of-state of retirement. The college, as a whole, said goodbye to these members of our “family” at the college’s annual Spring Luncheon in April. Although some have been officially enjoying their “happily...
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Research
COE Faculty Collaborations with Research Colleagues
By Anne Murphy
College of Education (COE) faculty are very involved in collaborative grant-funded research projects. The act of collaboration typically means working jointly with others to achieve shared goals; a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals. In attempting to achieve the positive results these researchers are seeking, many...
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Outreach & Engagement News
High Five Literacy Program Tutors Students in Reading and Writing Skills
By Allia L. Carter
Traditionally, high five is a gesture of celebration where two people raise their hands high in the air and slap each other's open palm. However, the College of Education Teacher Education Division (TED) has another way to express the high five celebration: For TED, High Five is an innovative Reading, Language, and Literature (RLL) program available for youth (1 st -...
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News For Students
2014 Student Ambassador Program: Pomp, Circumstance, and All Great Things in Between
By LaSondra Dawn
Great things continue to unfold for the College of Education (COE) Student Ambassadors (SA) program as it enters the third year of providing service to the college. While going to school, working full or part-time jobs, and spending time with their families, these COE scholarship recipients at Wayne State University also take time to give back.
On May 28th, the SA...
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Alumni News
Alumni Strong: Staying Involved and Connected
By Susan LaGrois
Are you an alumnus of Wayne State University? Have you signed up yet with WSU’s Alumni Association? There are lots of reasons why you may want to do so. First of all, it’s free! In 2012, the Alumni Association changed from a dues-based to a non-dues-based organization, providing the opportunity for all alumni to take advantage of the communication and engagement...
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