2010   <<more details>>

Astronaut Ricky Arnold speaks to a group of early childhood education majors and high school students about becoming future teachers. Before Astronaut Richard Arnold ('92) ever became a space crusader, he was a science teacher who understood the value of math and science and how proper student assessment could lead to a lifetime of career possibilities in the sciences.

2011   <<more details>>

COE Alumna Dr. Theresa R. Alban (Ph.D. '02) named Superintendent of Frederick County Public Schools. Dr. Alban received her degree from the Department of Measurement and Statistics.

2012   <<more details>>

Dr. Donna Wiseman, dean of the College of Education, was named to the National Commission on Teacher Preparation- a high-profile national commission to raise standards for teacher preparation across the nation.

2013   <<more details>>

COE honored with the 2013 Best Practice Award in Support of Global Diversity by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). The award recognizes a school, college or department of education that fosters diversity, equity and global awareness as core elements of its educator preparation programs.

2014   <<more details>>

COE Doctoral Student Jessica Bennett and Alumna Dr. Annie Stevens contribute to White House Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.

2015   <<more details>>

Adam Lax, a master's student in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education, awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant for study in China.

2016   <<more details>>

Molly F. Morin, a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy (HESI) program, was the lead author of A National Education Blueprint: Investing in Hispanics to Fulfill America's Future, a 2015 report from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, housed in the U.S. Department of Education.

2017   <<more details>>

Jennifer K. Rice, Ph.D. is named Dean of the College of Education.

2018   <<more details>>

Dr. Candace M. Moore, faculty director of the Higher Education in the Ghanaian Context (HEGC!) study abroad program, with Dr. Jillian A. Martin, co-instructor for HEGC!, led a group of graduate students and higher education staff on a study abroad program to Ghana, West Africa.

2019   <<more details>>

The University of Maryland Writing Project (UMdWP)-housed in the College of Education--has been selected to receive a 2019-20 Advanced Institute Scale Up the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) grant in the amount of $15,000 from the National Writing Project (NWP). The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners.