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Madison Reid, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Madison Reid, Elementary Education, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Megan Brown, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Megan Brown, Elementary Education, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

IBEC Wins NHCS Battle of the Books

Congratulations to the Battle of the Books team at Isaac Bear Early College High School! The IBEC team won the high school division of the New...

Rilee Seering, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Rilee Seering, MAT in Elementary Education, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Savannah Everhart, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Savannah Everhart , MAT in Elementary Education, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Taylor Stanley, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Taylor Stanley, MAT in Secondary Education, Spring 2024 Hattie M. Strong Scholarship Recipient

Kimberly Walrod Receives STEM Educator Award

Kimberly Walrod ’23 has received the STEM/STEAM Educator of the Year Award from Bell Fork Elementary School in Jacksonville, NC.

Jenn Hatch Knight Receives NASUP Boundary Spanner Award

Jenn Hatch Knight has received NASUP’s PK20 Boundary Spanner Award for her outstanding work with UNCW’s partnership schools and school...

Congratulations to December 2023 Graduates

In December, the Watson College of Education celebrated the achievements of our most recent graduates!

Ray Pastore Named to Editorial Team

Watson College Professor Ray Pastore has joined the Editorial Team for Verizon’s Parenting in a Digital World.

WCE Alumni Named NCCAT BTOY Finalists

Madison Ayers ’22 and Katie Adams ’22 are finalists the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2024 Empower NC...

Isabel Garcia Named National STEM Champion

Isaac Bear sophomore Isabel Garcia has been named a National STEM Champion. She also took top honors at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair,...

Devin Pierce is NHCS 2024 Rookie of the Year

Devin Pierce ’21, a third-year special education teacher at the International School at Gregory has been named New Hanover County...

Join M.J. for MusicDanceChat

M.J. Giammaria is the creator and host of a new podcast, MusicDanceChat, and a new Facebook community that is bringing together people from around...

Taura Simmons Alumni Profile

Taura Simmons ’23M graduated in December with an M.Ed. in ESL, Reading Specialist add-on licensure and National Board Certification. She...

Journal of Children's Literature Explores "Liminal Spaces"

Caitlin Ryan, Karla Zaccor and other literacy researchers explore liminal spaces and how they offer insight into reading in the latest issue of the...

Graduate Programs Fusing Research and Teaching

Dr. Shawn Savage has collaborated with master's and doctoral students in WCE's curriculum & instruction programs on research projects...

Hattie Strong Scholarships are Announced

The Watson College of Education is pleased to announce that Abby Corbett and Carly Mounts have received fall 2024 Hattie M. Strong scholarship awards.

Community Celebrates AT&T Gift

On November 8, the community gathered to celebrate AT&T’s generous gift of $40,000 to support a virtual Watson College Stike Ed Lab...

Van Dempsey Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Van Dempsey has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Educational Studies Association. The award was presented at the AESA...

Denise Henning is REACH Expert Consultant

Denise Henning is an Equity Champion Consultant for the REACH Collaborative, a six-state network partnering to strengthen career pathways for...

WCE Hosts Retirement Celebration for Joy Childs

Joy Childs recently retired from her position as Watson’s Business Officer. WCE held a reception in her honor on November 1.

Reception Held for Jaci Webb Dempsey

On Nov 30, the Watson College, CHHS, and the Cameron School of Business held a joint reception to honor Jaci Webb-Dempsey who will retire from her...

Watson College Recognitions

The Watson College is pleased to information about recent faculty publications, presentations and recognitions, and other faculty, staff and alumni...

Jennifer Park Receives AECT Award

Jennifer Park has received the Richard Cornell Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. The award was presented at...

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