Making News Inside and Outside the Classroom

Celebrating the Class of 2023 School of Education graduates

Staff | June 2, 2023

The School of Education celebrated its 2023 graduates during Commencement weekend May 19-20. Twenty-seven doctoral students were celebrated in a Doctoral Cording Ceremony on Friday. In all, 253 students graduated from undergraduate and graduate programs in education.

Team earns second NSF Grant to promote computational thinking in the classroom

Stephanie McGuire '12, M.A.Ed. '13, Ph.D. '23 | May 15, 2023

Gladys Krause, William & Mary assistant professor of bilingual and mathematics education, has continued an innovative and successful collaboration with colleagues Maggie Vanderberg, Eva Skuratowicz, and Eping Hung from Southern Oregon University, and with Jill Hubbard from Oregon State University-Cascades. Their consecutive National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, part of the “Computer Science for All” program, promote computational thinking (CT) in the classroom.

W&M Holmes Scholars attend annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference

Stephanie McGuire '12, M.A.Ed. '13, Ph.D. '23 | May 10, 2023

In February, William & Mary Holmes Scholars: Philippa Chin, Darla Edwards, Tai Exumé, Lavare Henry (Henry), Tamika Jackson, Jingjing Liu, Paola Mendizabal, Aishwarya Nambiar, and Senttra Snowden-Gregg traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend the annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference.

Personal growth and peacemaking through study abroad experience

Stephanie McGuire '12, M.A.Ed. '13, Ph.D. '23 | May 3, 2023

W&M faculty and students were once again able to travel to Rwanda this past January for the study abroad experience of a lifetime. The main goal of this learning opportunity was to understand peace, reconciliation and forgiveness in Rwanda through the knowledge of pathways to violence and benevolence.

Elizabeth Burgin wins awards for outstanding work in play therapy and with military and veterans populations

Stephanie McGuire '12, M.A.Ed. '13, Ph.D. '23 | May 2, 2023

Elizabeth Burgin was awarded the Association for Play Therapy Research Award, the Military and Government Counseling Association Outstanding Advocacy Award, and the Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award.

Ellen Frackelton, M.A.Ed. ’19 wins Williamsburg-James City County Teacher of the Year 2023

Stephanie McGuire '12, MA.Ed. '13, Ph.D. '23 | April 18, 2023

Many of the Williamsburg James City County’s (WJCC) Teachers of the Year have been William & Mary alumni, including this year’s overall division winner, Ellen Frackelton, M.A.Ed. ’19.