The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) has named Lazaro Camacho, assistant professor of College Student Personnel, to the AAHHE Faculty Fellowship Program, whose primary goal is to prepare Latina/o/x faculty for successful careers in academia and beyond by increasing the number of tenured and promoted Latina/o/x faculty. The program is geared towards […]

“Lift up your eyes to the day breaking before you, give birth again to the dream. Women, children, men, take it into the palms of your hands, mold it into the shape of your most private dream. Sculpt it into the image of your most public self. Lift up your hearts. Each new hour holds […]

Just over two years ago, the Feinstein College of Education embarked on an expansion of URI’s existing partnership with Germany’s Technische Universität Braunschweig (TUB), to develop a new collaboration between the two schools that will incorporate each other’s respective research, mobility programming and methodology into teaching programs. This new branch of the institutional partnership has […]

From URI to federal special agent and back to URI
Matt Wardle BA ’95, ‘MS 23

2023 Distinguished Alumni Award winner, retired Mass. superintendent Michael Welch ’89 still training education professionals

While most students were enjoying a January winter break away from the classroom, five URI education students traveled to the Caribbean for a J-term course, EDC 278/478 – A Cross-cultural Understanding of Socio-political Issues, Educational Challenges, and Interventions within the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, to participate in a unique international experience to gain a […]

The Feinstein College of Education is going global! In this issue of Educators & Innovators, we share our international collaborations in Germany and the Dominican Republic where faculty, staff, and students had opportunities to explore comparative education as well as local history and culture. With our focus on the interconnectedness across nations, our faculty designed […]

In our increasingly interconnected global world, educators encounter classrooms more diverse than ever before. To address this new reality, the College of Education will offer a new Global Education Studies minor in Fall 2024, where students will explore globalization of education and educational policies, using the critical lens of equity and social justice, human rights, […]

Dean Danielle Dennis tells what has happened in the last six months since the College of Education was introduced, and what is in store for the future.