Shock, excitement and joy were among the emotions running through Chesterfield schools today when three teachers learned they are the school division's top Teachers of the Year. A delegation of school system and county leaders brought banners, cakes and balloons...
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Henrico County named Whitney Wells Corfield (M.Ed.'10/E) the county's Teacher of the Year earlier this month. Corfield, the mathematics teacher-in-residence at Chamberlayne Elementary School, says she wants her students to "realize how important they are to their schools, communities, families,...
Christine S. Walther-Thomas, Ph.D., has been named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, effective June 15. She currently leads the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas, the No. 1-ranked special education public graduate program...
Twin Hickory elementary school students came out to see their principal and VCU School of Education alumnus Mike Dussault (M.Ed.'03/E) spend the school day on top of Twin Hickory Elementary School's roof May 8. He kept his promise that if...
S. Dallas Dance (M.E.D.'02/E; Ph.D.'07/E), chief middle schools officer in the Houston school district, has been chosen as the next superintendent in Baltimore County. Dance, 30, had only two years of teaching experience in public schools and therefore needed and...
Sharon Pope (Cert.'04/E), the principal at Byrd Middle, has won the R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership, and Dr. Jodie Brinkman, principal at Echo Lake Elementary, is the runner-up. "I know the high caliber of leaders who have earned this...
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education Alumni Council will host its sixth annual golf tournament at The Crossings Golf Club in Glen Allen, Va., on Friday, April 27, 2012. Anyone can join! Sign up as an individual player, or...
Robert RiceFormer students frequently drop by to visit Robert Rice (B.A.'98/H&S; M.T.'99/E) or invite him to lunch, coffee, birthday parties, high school and college graduations. But this year was the first time, he says, that he was invited to the...
As a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, Nancy Niedermayer (B.S.'01/H&S; M.T.'01/E) was assigned to Glen Lea as a student teacher. A decade later, it's still home. Though she taught second and third grade during her first few years at the...
Thomas Wolfe wrote the book "You Can't Go Home Again." Former Virginia Commonwealth University soccer standout Andrew Dykstra (B.S.'08/E; M.S.'10/E) is proving him wrong. Earlier this month, Dykstra inked a contract to rejoin Major League Soccer, this time with the...
Ann M. Zyglocke (B.S.'87/E) is the 2012 Teacher of the Year for Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield, Va. With 24 years of experience, she teaches third-grade students in the Center Based Gifted Program at Winterpock Elementary School. Her award...
On Jan. 12, a sellout crowd, including more than 200 alumni, faculty, staff and friends from the School of Education, watched as the VCU Rams downed the James Madison University Dukes 65-45. School of Education night at the Siegel Center...
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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education Alumni Council won the $500 prize by donating the most peanut butter and tuna fish to VCU's Pound Out Hunger campaign. The School of Education Alumni Council assembled for a check presentation photo...
Attention all Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education alumni, donors and friends. Save the date for SOE night at the Stuart C. Siegel Center, Thursday, Jan. 12. See the VCU Rams men's basketball team take on the James Madison Dukes....
The Community Foundation program, in its 24th year, recognizes and celebrates outstanding classroom teachers from the Richmond area's public schools. REB Awards present cash grants to teachers to enable them to pursue postgraduate studies, professional training or world travel.Among those...
Alumnus Javaid Siddiqi (B.S.'00/H&S), M.Ed., has been appointed Virginia's deputy secretary for education. Siddiqi is currently pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership. Read the official press release.For the latest on all things related to the School of Education, visit...
Dale C. Kalkofen, Ed.D.1976 Master of Art EducationSchool of Education A Virginia Commonwealth University professor spotted a premier talent when he came across Dale Kalkofen. She was an art teacher for Richmond Public Schools, where she supervised student teachers, when...
"Welcome to the World Peace Game. I'm very, very sorry, but you're going to have to have fun today." That is how alumnus and teacher John Hunter (B.S.'78/E) introduces his fourth- and fifth-grade students in Charlottesville, Va., each year to...
Petersburg City Public Schools selected four Virginia Commonwealth University alumni for leadership positions this year. Erica Broudy (M.E.D.'10/E), assistant principal of A.P. Hill Elementary School Shannon Smith (M.T.'96/E; Cert.'00/E; Ph.D.'11/E), director of elementary education Tonya Shelton (M.E.D.'05/E), principal of A.P. Hill...
Mark your calendars! Virginia Commonwealth University's Alumni Stars program is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. The VCU and MCV Alumni Associations will honor 11 of our most accomplished alumni before a university audience at a seated dinner and...
LaTonya Waller meeting with President Obama at the White House last month as part of the National Teacher of the Year program LaTonya E. Waller (B.S.'01/E; M.T.'01/E) was named 2011 Virginia Teacher of the Year. She was selected from...
Linda Wood Harrowgate Elementary Principal Linda Wood (M.Ed.'93/E) received the National Distinguished Principals Award. Wood is the only principal in Virginia to be honored this year. Jim Baldwin, executive director of the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals, made...
In March, U.S. News & World Report ranked several programs in the School of Allied Health Professions among the best in the country in its latest list of "op-ranked Graduate and First Professional Programs. The publication ranked Nurse Anesthesia as...
Patricia Stauffer (left) and Deborah Getty enjoy the tournament. More than 20 teams of golfers and numerous volunteers attended the School of Education's fifth annual golf tournament April 29. Perfect weather graced the day-long event, which was held at The Crossings...
VCU Alumni Association President Donna Dalton (M.Ed.'00/E) catches up with Robin Yohe (B.M.E'86/A) and Dale Kalkofen (M.A.E.'76/A). Alumni and friends of the VCU School of Education gathered for two networking events last month at Cafe Caturra's Grove Avenue and Midlothian...
Don't miss the School of Education Alumni Council Golf Tournament set for 11:30 a.m. April 29. A box lunch will be provided with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., and dinner at 5:30 p.m. The tournament will be held at The Crossings, in...
Diane J. Simon Beatty, Ph.D., associate dean for student affairs in the School of Education, and her husband, Thomas H. Beatty, Ed.D. (B.S. '93/H&S), established the Elaine West Johnson Scholarship in Special Education in honor of her mother. The...
VCU's School of Education Alumni Council and alumni and friends of School of Education are sponsoring a networking event 4-6 p.m. March 21 at Cafe Caturra, 5811 Grove Ave. Alumni and friends are invited to network and enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a...
Don't miss the School of Education Alumni Council Golf Tournament set for 11:30 a.m. April 29. A box lunch will be provided with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., and dinner at 5:30 p.m. The tournament will be held at The Crossings, in...
