November - December 2012

December 2012

North Carolina Teacher Earns Master's Degree Online at Penn State

Tonia Bauer is using knowledge learned online through a Penn State World Campus master’s degree program to help improve her fourth-graders’ reading abilities.

Philadelphia Urban Seminar Offers Students the Opportunity to Teach in Urban Public Schools

CI 295D: The Philadelphia Urban Seminar is a 3-credit, two week course that allows students to teach in urban public schools.

November 2012

Rose Snyder Named Fall 2012 Student Marshal for the College of Education

Penn State senior Rebecca "Rose" Snyder as the College of Education's Fall 2012 Student Marshal.

Principal and Doctoral Candidate’s School is Awarded National “Breakthrough” Schools Award

Doctoral candidate Tom Dodd's school was recently recognized as a Breakthrough School by a partnership between the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the MetLife Foundation.

Alumna Receives Dissertation Award for Groundbreaking Research

Dr. Erin McHenry-Sorber '11 Ph.D. has received the Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award from the National Rural Education Association