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The Kannapolis City Schools named Kevin Garay as the new Superintendent beginning in August. He was unanimously selected as a proven educational leader with over 20 years of experience connected to improving student learning and staff development. In 2014, Mr. Garay become the principal of Mallard Creek High School, which is part of the Charlotte […]

Dr. Christine Reed Davis, 2020 graduate of the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership-Higher Education concentration, was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Legacy for Leadership Award. This recognition is for the dissertation of the year in the Department of Educational Leadership. Her dissertation titled “A Phenomenological Case Study of Faculty and Staff Experiences in Green […]

Dr. Walter Hart was recently named the 2021-2022 Distinguished Research and Practice Fellow recipient by the National Education Finance Academy. Dr. Hart will be recognized and awarded during the annual (virtual) NEFA conference during the first week of April. https://www.nationaledfinance.com/ The mission of the National Education Finance Academy is to provide a non-partisan policy forum […]

On March 3, 2021, Dr. Mark D’Amico, Professor of Higher Education, provided a keynote address to the Achieve Alabama Transfer Student Success 2021 Conference. D’Amico delivered his address to the statewide virtual convening on “Transfer Patterns, Paths, and Trends: Implications for Equity and the COVID Effect.” For more information about the conference: training.ua.edu/achieve/agenda/

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Ayers on being selected by the Jackson County Board of Education to serve as the new Superintendent of Schools beginning June 1, 2021. She is noted as having more than 21 years of experience and a philosophy for wanting students and staff to recognize their self-worth and potential. Jackson County is […]

Dr. Xiaoxia Newton, Associate Professor of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation has been elected to a three-year term on the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Board of Directors. AEA is the leading national organization for evaluators with 7700 members representing all 50 states in the United States as well as over 60 countries.

Dr. Clyde Wilson, 2013 Ed.D. graduate, was recently promoted to Assistant Vice President for Institutional Diversity at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Wilson is a former recipient of the Department’s Legacy for Leadership Dissertation of the Year Award for his work, “Imagining the unthinkable: A case study exploring an institutional response to the persistence of African […]

Ryan Miller, assistant professor of higher education, was elected program/pre-conference chair of the Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs (CAHEP). CAHEP, a council of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), seeks to enrich the teaching and learning experiences of students and faculty in graduate higher education programs within North America […]

Two students from the Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERME) earned research awards from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE). David Lynn received the 2020 Marvin Wyne Outstanding Student Paper Award for his paper, The Relationship Between Faculty Professional Development Experiences Abroad and Nurturing Intercultural Competencies Growth. Kristin Villanueva received […]

Congratulations to Heather Ramsey, an Ed.D. Student in the Learning, Design and Technology concentration on her new position as the Director of Educational Technology at the Fletcher School. In this role, Heather will work collaboratively with administration and teachers to provide leadership, vision, and day-to-day management of educational technology. Heather will also support teachers through […]