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October 18, 2019

Purdue University honors alumni for the Distinguished Education Alumni Awards

Purdue University’s College of Education will honor three distinguished Purdue alumni during its 2019 Distinguished Education Alumni Awards (DEAA) event on Friday, Nov. 1. Pamela R. Clinkenbeard, James T. McDonald, III, and Martha Nyikos are the recipients of this year’s...

September 18, 2018

Dr. Richard Olenchak recipient for NAGC Award

Recently, Dr. Richard Olenchak, professor and head of the Department of Educational Studies here at the College of Education, has been awarded the National Association for Gifted Children Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes him for his dedication to NAGC...

September 12, 2018

Purdue doctoral students selected for NAGC awards

Purdue GERI doctoral students Mehdi Ghahremani and Julianna Tay have been selected for National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Doctoral Student awards. NAGC presents the Doctoral Student Award to a maximum of five doctoral students who have demonstrated exemplary work in...

September 11, 2018

Purdue Geri recognized by MENSA Foundation

We are excited to share that Mensa Education & Research Foundation recognized a number of our Purdue GERI students, faculty and alumni with awards Enyi Jen (PhD '15 and continuing lecturer), and coauthors Marcia Gentry, director of the Gifted Education Resource...

January 26, 2018

Eichinger named 150th Anniversary Professor

The Office of the Provost has named David Eichinger, associate professor of curriculum and instruction as 150th Anniversary Professors to recognize their achievements in teaching at Purdue. Ten faculty will be named as inaugural 150th Anniversary Professors to coincide with...

December 8, 2017

Purdue online educators win awards from top association

Three Purdue online education efforts captured major awards Nov. 16 from the Online Learning Consortium, calling national attention to Purdue's contributions. The awards were given during the OLC Accelerate conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The award winners were: Jennifer...