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Virtual meeting with Yukiko Maeda (top left), Wanju Huang (top left, 2nd from left), and students from the three participating three universities: Nagasaki University, Kyoai Gakuen University and Purdue (Photo provided)

Virtual study abroad pilot program for Purdue, Japanese Education students

Two College of Education professors piloted a virtual study abroad program last semester with Education students from Purdue and two universities in Japan. The students used learning and design technology principles to create three videos to educate K-12 students about...

February 21, 2023

Allison Strange, Kevin Evilsizer, Luke Urban

Rural writing contest for teens with ‘important stories to tell’

Chea Parton held the inaugural Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest with the theme Rural Pasts, Presents, and Futures because she believes that rural youth have important stories to tell. Parton, visiting assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction in...

February 20, 2023

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

“Education beyond high school transcends people’s lives,” says the director of an innovative seven-year program that supports and prepares Indiana students from lower income communities to graduate from high school and go on to start college successfully. Indiana GEAR UP...

February 16, 2023

James D. Russell

IN MEMORIUM: James D. Russell

Dr. James D. (Jim) Russell, Professor Emeritus of Learning Design and Technology in the College of Education, passed away on December 14, 2022, following a period of declining health. A celebration of his life was held February 6, 2023. Russell...

February 9, 2023

Paul Asunda

U.S. Embassy-Kazakhstan funds Asunda’s international STEM instruction proposal

The Embassy of the United States of America in Kazakhstan - American Councils for International Education will fund Paul A. Asunda’s proposal, “Leading Academic Transformation: Enhancing STEM Instructional Methods”. The project was selected as it fulfills the goals of the...

February 7, 2023

Wayne E Wright (left) Virak Chan (right)

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

The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) named two Purdue College of Education faculty members and their colleague as the co-recipients of the 2023 James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts....

February 6, 2023