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Love of Family, Teaching Inspires Gift By Lauren Knapp When Anne and Steve Hiller, sibling Spartan graduates, were considering a way to honor their mother, supporting teachers came first to mind. Their mother—Phyllis Golus Hiller (1929-2020)—was a teacher for 26 years. A first-generation college graduate, Phyllis was hired as a kindergarten teacher at Elmwood Elementary… Read More »
YVETTE MCELROY ANDERSON was named among the 2020 honorees for Michigan Chronicle’s Women of Excellence award. The recognition celebrates African American women who inspire the community through leadership, achievement and participation in various acts of service. Anderson, M.A. ’03 (Educational Technology), is the district director of government affairs at Wayne County Community College District. She… Read More »
The following individuals received doctoral degrees from the College of Education in the program areas and during the semesters noted. Spring 2020 Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education Justin Deane DetmersAshley Elizabeth MooreTracy Lynn Weippert Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) Mary K. Behm Liesel Jan Carlson Charles Edward Cotton III Christina Marie Hinds Elizabeth Guerrero Lyons Rebecca Ann… Read More »
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, or EPIC, at Michigan State University was created to work with education policymakers and stakeholders to conduct research that directly informs important policies in education. So when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, EPIC researchers immediately began studying its impact. How would decisions made by public school leaders affect students, educators and… Read More »
MSU leads national project to prepare teachers committed to equity By Priscilla El-Achkar The divisive state of the nation has brought many issues surrounding systemic racism to the surface within the past many months. As awareness continues to spread, it is important for Michigan State University, as a community, to discover processes that aid in… Read More »
Spartan supports remote educators globally with free program By Lauren Knapp When learning suddenly went totally online in spring 2020, experts in the MSU College of Education immediately started providing resources to help both K-12 educators and faculty. (Read more COVID-19 stories: Meet the COVID Crew | On the Front Lines) UPDATE 08/24/21: The Mini-MOOC… Read More »
How these Spartans kept the sun shining at a Detroit charter school By Lauren Knapp COVID-19 dramatically changed daily operations for schools. Read how MSU alumni in one school responded, and how they are teaching and learning through the pandemic—together. (Read more COVID-19 stories: Mini-MOOC, Massive Results | On the Front Lines) It’s all in… Read More »
Sonya Gunnings-Moton has been a Spartan since 1968, when her family moved to Michigan because her father, Thomas Gunnings, would become the first Black faculty member in the College of Human Medicine. In 2020, after earning two MSU degrees and long-serving as an associate professor and associate dean of student support and engagement in the… Read More »
Margaret “Maggie” Malone is a Spartan alumna with many credits to her name. She has been an integral figure in the College of Education’s Alumni Board in recent years, serving as president from 2017 and ending her term in 2021. She is the director of fine arts and shared time for Grand Rapids Public Schools… Read More »
Over the course of childhood and adolescence, how do we grow and learn motor skills, such as jumping, throwing and running? What changes in our body, brain and environment influence our physical maturation and skills? These questions, among others, were examined in a decades-long study at Michigan State University that began in 1967. The MSU… Read More »
