Category: Undergraduate Students

Kathryn Obenchain

Seminar shifts future educators from ‘thinking like a student’ to ‘thinking like a teacher’

Four new seminar courses for Social Studies Education (SSED) students will better prepare these “Boilermaker Educators” with innovative training in teaching the content of the various disciplines that make up social studies in middle and high schools.

Students work in the CREATE lab

CREATE: “All teachers need to know about assistive technology”

To provide high quality instruction for each and every student, College of Education students and faculty need access to both pre-made assistive technology and customized assistive technology solutions. The College’s Center for Resources and Equipment for Assistive Technology in Education (CREATE) opened for Purdue Education faculty and students in the Fall of 2021 to help meet this need. 

Interim Dean Phillip J. VanFossen with 16 of our newest graduates at the Dec. 16 pinning ceremony

‘I change the world 1 student at a time’

The College of Education honored December graduates with a Teacher Education Pinning Ceremony on December 16 in Marriott Hall.

Boilermaker Educator

Launch becomes Boilermaker Educator!

We transformed our print magazine, Launch, into a new e-magazine, Boilermaker Educator!  Read how our activities set us apart from all other colleges of education.
Spring 2022 Academic All-Big Ten, Distinguished Scholars

Education students named to spring 2022 Academic All-Big Ten, Distinguished Scholars

Purdue Athletics produced 90 Academic All-Big Ten spring honorees for the second year in a row and 72 student-athletes earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition - including four College of Education student-athletes. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, student-athletes must...
May 2022 Teacher Education Pinning Ceremony

College of Education Pinning Ceremony honors May 2022 graduates

Purdue University College of Education honored the May graduates during the Teacher Education Pinning Ceremony on May 13, 2022. The Ceremony was held in the Stewart Center Loeb Playhouse on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. Graduates of the teacher education programs...