2023 Year in Review

January 9, 2024

Cool things Purdue Education did in 2023!

College of Education students, faculty and staff did innovative research, received awards and research funding, and had an all-around great year as we continued preparing Boilermaker Educators and supporting educators in Indiana and beyond!

College of Education 2023 Year In Review

JANUARY

Two notebooks with a white and gold folder between them with the following text: 8th Annual Indiana STEM Education Conference January 12, 2023

STEM educators converge on Purdue campus for annual conference

US News and World Report (2023) Best Online Education Programs: #1 Education Program in Indiana, #8 Instructional Media Design (Learning Design & Technology), #19 Curriculum & Instruction, #23 Education Program in US

U.S. News Rankings: Purdue College of Education Online MS Programs in Top 7%

FEBRUARY

Wayne E Wright (left) Virak Chan (right)

Wright, Chan co-awarded Alatis Prize for research on multilingual education in Cambodia

Indiana GEAR UP students get outside the classroom and learn about water quality and biodiversity in the local school swamp.

Indiana GEAR UP: Creating doors and opportunities for students

MARCH

Marcia Gentry

Gentry posthumously awarded 2022 LuAnn Aday Award

2023 Golden Apple Award Winners

Second year in a row: all 5 Golden Apple Award winners are Purdue Education alumni

APRIL

GEMS Girls Excelling in Math and Science

Encouraging girls to see themselves as STEM problem-solvers who make a difference

Congratulations Paul Asunda 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Asunda named as 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Kenya

MAY

Congratulations Trish Morita-Mullaney Purdue University 2023 Trailblazer Award Recipient

Morita-Mullaney receives a Purdue 2023 Trailblazer Award

Jennifer Smith (3rd from left), INCEC 2023 Outstanding Professor of the Year. Another College of Education member won the Outstanding student INCEC member award, Jingyuan Zhang (2nd from right).

Smith named INCEC 2023 Outstanding Professor of the Year

JUNE

Jordanian delegation toured the Purdue campus on a beautiful spring day, including a stop at the John Purdue statue.

Purdue’s College of Education hosts group of Jordanian higher educators, scholars

Tara Star Johnson, Sunnie Watson

College names new deans for learning, diversity and global engagement

JULY

Hailey Hayes, Tyrina Jones, Kat Mueller, Thomas Penola, Kerris Roberts, Nathan Walker

Education undergraduates named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, Academic All-Big Ten honorees

Congratulations Victoria Lowell, Recipient of Office of the Provost's Innovation Hub Grant

Lowell awarded Office of the Provost’s Innovation Hub Grant

AUGUST

Three LDT students standing outside of the Hanna Center smiling at the camera.

Using AR to promote learning at local after school program

Lynn Bryan, executive director of CATALYST, and a student seated at a table and smiling for a photo. On the table in front of them is a wooden wind turbine model.

ICHE awards STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant for 4th time to College’s CATALYST

SEPTEMBER

Jessica Hauser and Amanda Case standing next to each other smiling

NSF awards $2M to Purdue’s College of Ed, Downtown Boxing Gym for STEM-based research

Jennifer Barce and Stephanie Oudghiri

Purdue launches rural education center to help address teacher shortage

OCTOBER

CONGRATULATIONS Hua-Hua Chang, Named panelist in Trustworthy AI Lab For Education Summit, Hosted by Notre Dame's Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society

Education’s H-H Chang named panelist for international AI summit

College of Education 1st Book Awards

College honors 9 faculty first-time book authors

NOVEMBER

Kristen Seward from the College of Education and Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research

16 Education faculty, staff receive Seeds for Success Acorn Awards

Purdue University College of Education #51 in the world 2024 Times Higher Education World University Ranking in the subject area of education

Purdue College of Education jumps 27 spots in Times Higher Ed WUR Rankings

DECEMBER

Group of College of Education graduates standing with Interim Dean Phillip J. VanFossen and smiling.

I change the world one student at a time

Christine Kiracofe and Lisa Lambert Snodgrass

Two Higher Ed professors collaborate, research with Greek university

Education faculty experts speak

Our faculty experts weighed in on a number of varied educational topics during 2023. Purdue Marketing and Communications produced these for the Associated Press and they were sent throughout Indiana and the U.S.!

Chrystal Johnson: Low History Scores

Jennifer Smith – Teacher Shortage and 4-Day School Week

Bill Watson – Educational Video Games

Christy Wessel-Powell – 2023 Best Books for Kids: Gift-Giving Guide

Dr. Jennifer Smith seated on a chair, smiling. In front of her is a videographer looking through his camera.
Dr. Jennifer Smith prepares for an AP Video interview.

The Purdue University College of Education continues to prepare tomorrow’s educators and to support the education community. What will we accomplish in 2024?

Source: Wayne E. Wright, wewright@purdue.edu