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#WhyIChoseEducation: SUNY Schenectady President Nicole Reaves ‘06EDD on the Transformative Power of Education

In July, Nicole Reaves ‘06EDD began her tenure as the eighth president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College in New York.
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Associate Professor Cesar Delgado Uses Virtual Reality to Help Astrophysics Students Better Understand Scale through Grant-funded Project

In college-level astrophysics courses, students often underestimate the distance between interstellar bodies like the sun and ...
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Dean Sztajn Elected To Executive Committees of Two National Leadership Organizations

Paola Sztajn, dean of NC State’s College of Education, has been elected to serve on the executive committees of two prominent national organizations dedicated to supporting and advancing research ...
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“My First We Teach Weekend Felt a Little Like Coming Home”

As an educator, returning to Wilson County for my first We Teach Weekend felt a little like coming home and seeing a familiar ...
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Two Projects Receive Funding through College of Education’s Community-Engaged Partnerships Initiative

The NC State College of Education has awarded funding to two proposals for community-engaged partnerships. Initially ...
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Why is it Important for Students to Feel a Sense of Belonging at School? ‘Students Choose to be in Environments That Make Them Feel a Sense of Fit,’ Says Associate ...

This is part of the monthly “Ask the Expert” series in which NC State College of Education faculty answer some of the most commonly asked questions about education. When students feel a sense of ...
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How Can Game-based Learning Improve Student Achievement in STEM? ‘We See the Immediate Benefits of Having Students More Interested in Learning,’ Says Professor Emeritus ...

When students engage in game-based learning in STEM classrooms, they not only learn content, but also learn the practices they will need to be successful in STEM subjects, according to NC State ...
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How Can Parents and Teachers Help Students Be Digitally Safe? ‘We Should Start Very Early, Even at the Preschool Level, With Some Simple Lessons,’ Says Professor Florence ...

The digital landscape for children has drastically changed over the past decade, which means it’s more important than ever that children learn how to be digitally safe from a young age, says NC State ...
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Elevate, NC State’s New Inclusive Postsecondary Education Program, Welcomes 7 Students

Administratively housed in the College of Education, Elevate is a university-wide initiative designed for North Carolina residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and offers a ...
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Longtime Museum of the Cherokee People President Bob Blankenship ’60 Named NC State College of Education Alumnus of the Year

Tribal Leader. Army helicopter pilot. Trout farmer. Antique car collector. Museum president. Since graduating from the NC State College of Education, it sometimes feels as if there is little Bob ...
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AI Academy, Apprenti to Partner on AI Registered Apprenticeship Program

Editor’s note: The following has been adapted from a release distributed by Apprenti. NC State’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy is teaming up with Apprenti, a leading Registered Apprenticeship ...
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How Can Innovative Ways of Teaching Help Students Better Understand Math? ‘More Students Get Involved When They’re Asked to Be Central to the Learning Environment,’ Says ...

Shifting away from traditional ways of teaching mathematics and introducing innovative and unconventional curricula into the classroom can help students become more engaged and better able to learn to ...