COE News
- February 28, 2025 -
Schiro-Geist Receives Inaugural Service Award
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Dr. Chrisann Schiro-Geist will receive the inaugural Service Award from the Association for Rehabilitation, Research, Policy and Education (ARRPE). The award recognizes an individual who has contributed to national issues related to service to persons with disabilities from a research, policy and/or education position.
Read more >- February 24, 2025 -
COE Announces 2025 Rumble Award Winners
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education has announced this year’s recipients of the H.E. Rumble Outstanding Student Teacher Award, the college’s highest honor for student teachers. The winners are Keleigh Henry and Aubrey Montague, both Memphis natives.
Read more about this year's winners >- February 23, 2025 -
Music Education Alum Reflects on Recent Grammy Win
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It’s been three weeks of “hooray” for Adrian Maclin, as he says. The hoorays are congratulations coming at all hours of the day after he received a Grammy for the 2025 Music Educator Award earlier this month. Maclin was selected out of 2,400 music teachers across the country.
Read more about our award-winning alum >- February 21, 2025 -
Early Childhood Major Brings Education to Le Bonheur’s Youngest Patients
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jailene Moreno is breaking new ground for the College of Education (COE) at the University of Memphis as the first student to complete her teacher residency semester at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Downtown Memphis. This unique opportunity is part of the All Kids Academy.
Read more about this unique placement >- February 7, 2025 -
CREP to Evaluate Multi-Million Dollar Grant with Literacy Mid-South
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education’s Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) has been tasked with evaluating a Literacy Mid-South’s (LMS) Tutor901 program. LMS recently received a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, allowing them to expand the tutoring program’s capacity by approximately 1,500 students.
Read more about what CREP will be doing >- February 7, 2025 -
IDT Graduate Wins National Distance Learning Award
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. – University of Memphis College of Education (COE) graduate, Dr. Erika Stevens has just been awarded the ACTFL Language Connects 2024 Distance Learning Special Interest Group Teaching Award. The award recognizes language educators who demonstrate excellence in online teaching.
Read more about Dr. Stevens >- February 5, 2025 -
Art Education Partners with Brooks Museum for Community Art Academy
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – For the second year in a row, Art Education students from the University of Memphis will partner with the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to host a season-long Community Art Academy that gives children an outlet to explore the arts.
Read more on this year's academy and how you can sign up >- February 4, 2025 -
Meet This Year's Teacher Residency Scholarship Recipients
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education (COE) has announced the recipients of this year’s teacher residency scholarships. Each year, three scholarships are awarded to current students in their residency teaching roles: The Beverly Hope Presley Scholarship, the Theodora Jackson Cummings Education Scholarship and the Turetzky Family Teacher Candidate Scholarship. Each scholarship is awarded to an “as needed” number of individuals, and this year the number of students was five.
Read more about this year's recipients >- January 31, 2025 -
College Faculty and Staff Recognized for Career Milestones
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education honored 13 faculty and staff Friday for their years of service at the University of Memphis. These periods of service ranged from five to 40 years. The University recognized 254 total faculty and staff at the ceremony.
Read more about the college's honorees >- January 22, 2025 -
COE Faculty Member Publishes Children’s Book on Overcoming Poverty and Bullying
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dr. Rosie Phillips Davis–a former president of the American Psychological Association and vice president for Student Affairs at the University of Memphis – has added another title to her long list of accolades, children’s book author. Her new book “Rosie’s Superpower” tells the story of a young girl growing up in poverty and how she used her imagination to overcome her situation and the bullying that went with it.
Read more about the book >- January 16, 2025 -
CREP Recognized by Smithsonian for K-5 Science Curriculum Project
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education’s Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) was recently recognized for their work with the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) that resulted in improved test scores within elementary school classrooms in North and South Carolina. For the last five years, CREP worked as the evaluator of the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ program.
Read more about the work CREP was a part of >- January 14, 2025 -
OTECP Announces Mentor Teacher of the Month - December 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education (COE) at the University of Memphis recognizes Mandy Austin for her mentor teacher contributions to the college’s Office of Teacher Education and Clinical Practice (OTECP). Nominations for student teacher, mentor teacher, and clinical supervisor of the month awards were not taken for the month of December, due to the nature of final exams and the holiday season. And so, Austin stands as our lone highlight.
Read more about Mrs. Austin's story >- January 9, 2025 -
COE Announces Instructional Design and Technology Minor
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The College of Education at the University of Memphis is adding to its academic offering in its Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) program with an undergraduate minor, available Fall 2025.
Learn more about what career paths can come with an IDT minor >