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When Ted Fondak was called to assist at a College executive council meeting, he thought he was going to help solve an IT problem. Instead, education colleagues and Purdue Management and Professional Staff Advisory Committee (MaPSAC) members surprised him with...

A new College of Education Civic Literacy Leadership Initiative (CLLI) partnership received $1.2M funding through the U.S. Department of Education's American History and Civics Education – National Activities program. It extends collaboration between the College’s and the Literacy Design Collaborative’s...

The College of Education welcomes Travis Stoutenborough in his new role as Executive Director of Development (effective July 1, 2026). Purdue alumnus Stoutenborough (BS Health Ed & Phys Ed ’06) also serves as the executive director to help raise support...

The College of Education honored first-year and second-year doctoral students who received prestigious graduate fellowships at a doctoral fellowship luncheon in Marriot Hall’s John Purdue Room (Oct. 8). Wayne Wright, associate dean for research, graduate programs and faculty development, presented...

A College of Education alumna and her dissertation committee chair co-authored the first book in the new Emerald-Purdue Research Impact Series. Haiyan Li (PhD Curriculum and Instruction ’22) and Wayne E. Wright co-authored English Learner Literacy in Elementary Schools: Instructional...

At its recent all-college meeting (Sept. 25), the College recognized 12 new books published by its faculty since December 2025. Five of those were first-time book authors. Phillip J. VanFossen, the Suzi & Dale Gallagher Dean of Education, congratulated the...