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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 >