In uncertain times, professional school counselors provide critical support for students facing a variety of challenges in their homes and schools. To continue to support the profession with highly qualified school counselors, the College of Education and Human Services will welcome Rawn Boulden as an assistant professor this fall.
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Tiffany Mitchell Patterson joined the research team for the Teachers in the Movement, a civil rights oral history project at the University of Virginia this summer. This oral history project explores teachers' ideas and pedagogy inside and outside the classroom during the1950s through the 1980s.
The College of Education and Human Services has named two long-time faculty members as Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick Endowed Professors. Reagan Curtis, professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, was named the Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick CEHS Endowed Professor. Sam F. Stack, Jr., professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies, was named the Chester E. and Helen B. Derrick Teacher Education Endowed Professor.
WVU Reed College of Media students are gaining valuable, hands-on experience reporting, producing podcasts and creating marketing and promotional materials from home this summer, thanks to a new partnership with local businesses and generous sponsorships from College alumni and friends.
Two WVU Institute of Technology accounting students have earned the WV Society of CPAs Outstanding Accounting Student award. Benton Anderson and Elissa Bailey, both seniors and double majors in accounting and business administration, were awarded second place and third place, respectively. Both Anderson and Bailey are due to graduate in December.
Reed College of Media students and faculty won five Telly Awards this year in categories that included storytelling in online commercials, non-broadcast social issues, social media video, and immersive and mixed reality.