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Megan Reynolds is a Senior Learning Experience Designer at customer relationship management powerhouse Salesforce. She is a graduate of the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) master’s degree program in the UK College of Education and is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Educational Sciences at UK. Recently named to Learning 30 Under … Read More
A school year like no other became the perfect chance for Whitney Walker to take her social studies classroom to the next level at Lafayette High School in Lexington. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walker’s classroom had been a marvel. Nearly every inch was covered with souvenirs, maps, retro … Read More
Written by Meg Mills, UK Public Relations and Marketing Each semester, the University of Kentucky sends education students into the classrooms of experienced teachers to observe and learn best practices for their own future classrooms. This year, the shift to online education in the face of COVID-19 required an innovative … Read More
University of Kentucky College of Education professor Dr. Cheryl E. Matias has received national recognition for her work in racial justice and teacher education as recipient of the 2020 American Educational Research Association’s Mid-Career Award in Division K (Teaching & Teacher Education). “Dr. Matias has clearly become a leading voice … Read More
Cameo Kendrick and Rachel Immerman, recent graduates of the University of Kentucky, crossed paths during their time as students in the UK College of Education. Both were passionate about education, with their sights set on leading classrooms, while also impacting large-scale change. Their chance meeting through the National Education Association … Read More
A total of 15 University of Kentucky College of Education student-athletes earned a place on the 2020 Winter Sports Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Honor Roll, announced recently by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Overall, UK had the fourth-highest number of honorees in the league at a total of 66. The 2020 … Read More
Sydney Harper was on her final leg of student teaching when the semester was turned upside down. Kentucky schools, like most across the nation, were closing their doors to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. “It didn’t seem real. I kept telling myself that we’d be back in … Read More
Lyudmyla Ivanyuk, a doctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky College of Education, won the Literacy Research Association’s 2019 J. Michael Parker Award for contributions to adult literacy research. She will graduate this month with her D.Ed. in Literacy Education. Ivanyuk’s study focused on understanding how context and genre shape … Read More
Written by Chelsea Hobbs, News Intern The University of Kentucky recently hosted the 2019 Kentucky Excellence in Educator Preparation (KEEP) summit. This was the second annual summit, planned in collaboration with Thomas More College, the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Association … Read More
University of Kentucky College of Education faculty and students helped host the Kentucky Historical Society’s National History Day competition in April. The event included 225 students and 38 teachers from a total of 35 schools across Kentucky. The competition helps students connect the past to the present and learn 21stcentury … Read More