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Celebrating the achievements of the members of our community.

Recent COE graduate Amelia Traviesa’s longtime commitment to education, service and meaningful change led her from the Youth and Community Studies program to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the Attorney General.

UT’s Longhorns in Residence program aims to help address critical teacher shortages in Central Texas through yearlong program that integrates fieldwork and coursework.

Youth and Community Studies student and Texas Education Scholar Afsaneh Masoumi realized her dream of exploring education in non-traditional settings at UT. This past summer, she won the President’s Award for Global Learning to apply this knowledge with a team in India.

The second cohort of Hook ’Em Here, Harlingen interns spent the summer teaching in Harlingen ISD classrooms, gaining valuable hands-on experience and directly impacting students.

A group of curriculum and instruction experts, educators and community leaders are working together to preserve Asian American history while inspiring educators to apply real-world issues to a variety of subjects.

Celebrating the achievements of the members of our community.

Celebrating the achievements of the members of our community.

Longhorns in Residence partners with local school districts to provide paid residency opportunities for teacher residents while addressing the teacher shortage.

Gilman, Impact and Rappaport Scholar Nickoll Santos Garcia arrived at UT Austin as a cautious, first-generation college student. Now a COE graduate and recipient of multiple honors, as well as the Michael Mizell Mankins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Education, she leaves for Boston confidently with her Youth and Communities Studies degree, multiple minors and a public policy certificate in hand.