Category: Undergraduate Students

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Purdue College of Education’s Times Higher Ed WUR Rankings in Top 50 worldwide

The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings provide the definitive list of the world’s best universities, with an emphasis on the research mission.

Vanessa Hernandez, Silva Laukkanen, and Dwayne Scheuneman seated next to a statue of John Purdue

Price creates transformative experience for special ed majors, community

Richard Price recently planned and implemented a three-day agenda of undergraduate classes and community outreach activities in a new collaboration with visiting members from REVolutions Dance, an inclusive mixed-ability dance company from Florida.

A group of elementary education students standing on the front steps outside of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette.

Year 3 Elementary Ed teacher candidates visit local Montessori school

As part of the Purdue College of Education’s innovative teacher preparation curriculum, Year 3 teacher candidates (TCs) learn about different educational approaches by visiting and working in non-traditional classrooms.

2025 Pinning Ceremony attendees standing on the Loeb Playhouse stage.

‘You are ready, you are valued’: Future teachers celebrate at Teacher Education Pinning Ceremony

The College honored 168 future teachers graduating this May from Purdue. Held in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse, the Spring 2025 pinning was the largest such event to date.

KDP inductees posing for a photo with current president Ryley Zawada.

Celebrating academic excellence: KDP Induction Ceremony welcomes 12 new members

Purdue University’s Teacher Education Program inducted 12 outstanding students into its chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education, during a formal ceremony on April 21, 2025.

Marshay Jolly holding a certificate. Standing with her are Jennifer Smith and Phillip VanFossen.

‘Collaborative, motivated people’: College honors faculty, staff, students in spring awards ceremony

The College of Education held its annual Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards and Recognition Ceremony on April 18, 2025.  “We wish to again congratulate these winners and the other winners of department and university awards this year,” said Phillip J. VanFossen,...