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COE Launches First Course Designed for Undergraduate Students

Jan. 20, 2025

This semester, Dr. Allison Zengilowski is teaching the COE'S first course designed for undergraduate students—Applied Learning Sciences. The course is part of a Learning Sciences minor that the COE hopes to have approved later this year.

Liz Sims

Iacocca Hallways Showcase Local K-12 Artists

For Liz Sims, a doctoral student in the COE's Educational Leadership program, the blank walls of Iacocca Hall provided inspiration. Sims, who teaches art full-time at Valley Forge Elementary, recognized an opportunity to bridge the gap between the COE’s graduate training and the creative energy of local K-12 classrooms.

Samantha Shera

Shera Selected as Dissertation Award Recipient

Samantha Shera has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Elizabeth V. Stout Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, “The Mediating Effect of Motivation between Academic Self-Concept, School Connectedness, and College and Career Readiness for Students with/at-risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.”  Shera is a doctoral student in the COE's School Psychology program.