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Giving is Joyful

Dec. 03, 2019

Susie Baker Adams, B.S. ’67, and her husband, John, are longtime supporters of undergraduates in the College of Education and believe in the power of philanthropy.

Kevin Cokley: Why Support for the Death Penalty is Much Higher Among White Americans

Nov. 27, 2019

Special Education Alumna Awarded Classroom Set-Up Grant

Nov. 20, 2019

Special Education alumna Dana Rathbun, M.Ed. ’18, received a classroom set-up grant for first-year teachers from the Texas Association of Certification Officers for the fall 2019 semester.

Richard Mattingly

Oct. 18, 2019

Portrait of Richard Mattingly, former Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. For 15 years, Richard Mattingly worked with College of Education students as assistant dean for student affairs. He guided them in course choices and helped them navigate decisions…

Betty Bird

Oct. 09, 2019

Portrait of Betty Bird, alumna from the class of 1963, graduating with a BS in Secondary Education from the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. I am a former history teacher and a huge Longhorn baseball fan. I graduated from the College of Education in 1963…

Alberta and Richard Hogeda

Oct. 04, 2019

“As undergraduates, we both struggled with the cost of attending UT. We’ve been blessed since graduation and wanted to pay it forward. We are hoping that this scholarship can alleviate some of the financial stress for College of Education students. Our hope is that the funds allow them to focus…

Janis Forse Wells

Oct. 01, 2019

Janis Forse Wells knows what it’s like to face adversity. When she was a UT undergrad in the mid-1960s she was studying to be a teacher and she was a single mom. She struggled to balance parenthood with being a successful student. “I know how difficult it is to be…

Megan Wehrle, B.S. ’12, M.Ed. ’19

Aug. 26, 2019

4th Grade Teacher Elgin Elementary School, Elgin ISD

Charles R. Martinez, Jr.: Teachers are Routinely Devalued. We Have the Power to Change That.

Aug. 23, 2019

Dean Martinez discusses the immense value of teachers in an op-ed for the Austin-American Statesman saying, “There is truly no more important profession with the power to transform lives.”

David DeMatthews: Stop Blaming Public Schools for Everything Awful

Aug. 09, 2019

When it comes to society’s problems, politicians always seem to place at least some blame on public schools, scapegoating them for social issues that politicians themselves fail to address.