Education News and Features
Dr. Rachel Star earns important role in teacher education accrediting body
August 26, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Rachel Star, assistant professor of education, has just completed an impressive journey. She is now an official site visitor for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), the organization that accredits schools of education, including the School of Education at IU Southeast. She joins Dr. Doyin Coker-Kolo ...
IU Southeast receives Samtec Cares grant for upgrade to STEM Learning Laboratory
August 2, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–IU Southeast has received a Samtec Cares grant award of nearly $50,000. The award will upgrade the School of Education’s STEM Learning Laboratory to better meet the demands of 21st century skills needed in our community. New technology and equipment will allow future K-12 teachers to design and implement hands-on ...
Grant for augmented reality boosts STEM teacher education at IU Southeast
July 22, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–STEM teacher education at IU Southeast has received a significant grant from the Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council at IU. The award in the amount of $18,000 will enable teacher candidates in the sciences to become familiar with augmented reality (AR) technology and to transform their STEM classrooms into spaces for ...
Dr. Sau Hou Chang named Mack Fellow
May 29, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Dr. Sau Hou Chang, professor of education, has received the prestigious P.A. Mack Fellowship for 2019-2020 granted by Indiana University’s Mack Center for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning, administered by the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). The Mack Fellowship aims to promote and enhance the community of IU faculty ...
New recruits fill grant-funded STEM program for teachers of today and tomorrow
February 25, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–How hot are STEM fields? In last year’s “Hoosier Hot 50” job rankings, 12 of the top 25 jobs involved STEM. Coming in at number two was education. That was good news for IU Southeast, which received a grant of $240,000 from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) to ...
Dr. Sumreen Asim presentation shines at Clute International Conference on Education
January 23, 2019
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Dr. Sumreen Asim, assistant professor of education in the areas of elementary science and technology, has received top honors for her presentation at the Clute International Conference on Education (Science Track) held earlier this month in Maui, Hawaii. Asim’s contribution, “The Expanding Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Beliefs Enrolled in a Technology-Infused ...
IU Southeast is a top-ten school for original practitioner licenses in Indiana
December 20, 2018
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—The IU Southeast School of Education has cracked the “top ten” of institutions who offer education preparatory programs in the State of Indiana to issue original initial practitioner licenses. IU Southeast is currently ninth out of 48 schools, joining IU Bloomington and IUPUI in the upper echelon with 114 licenses ...
Faculty Innovator: Gary Pinkston
December 12, 2018
Gary Pinkston Associate Professor of Education School of Education By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Gary Pinkston, associate professor of education and educational technology instructor, asked a volunteer to grip his arm, as the class looked on. The volunteer gripped hard. Pinkston tried to free himself by pulling back, ...
