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Dr. Brandi Simonsen

2025 Stoops Lecture Celebrates Centennial School

Apr 23, 2025

Dr. Brandi Simonsen will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2025 John A. Stoops Lecture on May 6, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Iacocca Hall. Established in tribute to Lehigh’s first dean of education and founder of Centennial School, this year’s lecture marks Centennial’s sixtieth anniversary. Simonsen's remarks, titled Celebrating Centennial School and the Promise of Positive Practice, will examine the contributions of Centennial, and the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Dylan Fedell

Fedell Receives Classroom Grant, Awards

Apr 18, 2025

Congratulations to Dylan Fedell, a student in the COE's Supervisor of Curriculm and Instruction certification. Fedell has received a Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees’ Stock the Classroom Grant. The Palisades High School science teacher will use the $5,000 award to start an aquaponics program at his school.

Fedell was awarded a Pennsylvania Power & Light Corporation’s STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Math) Educator award in January to support his work in the classroom. He is also the recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

2025 COE Student Research Colloquium

COE Grad Students Present at 2025 Colloquium

Apr 14, 2025

What a great event! Thirty-three COE graduate students shared their high-impact research at the Inaugural College of Education Student Research Colloquium last Friday. Students from the Counseling Psychology, Educational Leadership, School Psychology, Special Education and Teaching, Learning and Technology programs participated in the Mountaintop campus poster session.

Thank you to everyone who came out to show their support.

2025 COE Networking Event

Fogt Provides Strategies for School Leaders

Apr 11, 2025

In response to a need for strategies to address student behavior concerns, the COE held a networking event, Strategies for School Leaders: Addressing Problem Behavior, on March 26 on Lehigh's Mountaintop campus. Julie Fogt provided an engaging keynote address along with opportunities for local leaders to share strategies with each other.