The summer after eighth grade, Abby Andrews distributed flyers in neighbors’ mailboxes. Her start-up business? Helping kids retain skills they learned during the school year. Today, the 2018 graduate in mathematics education is ready to take on her own classroom. Q: What made you want to be a teacher? A: My mom and most of […]
Alumni
2018 Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards
HALL OF FAME Professor Wayne K. Hoy Naples, FloridaNovice G. Fawcett Chair Emeritus In a 40-year career, Hoy has distinguished himself as a trailblazing creator of knowledge in the field of educational administration. He is the author of what likely is the most widely read text in the field, still used extensively after 38 years […]
Guide for life
They once were professor and advisee. Now they’re colleagues. And that’s the end goal, they say. BY ROBIN CHENOWETH Accomplished nutrition scientist Kelly Walsh, ’00 BS, ’06 PhD, was an untried grad student when he first crossed paths with the man who would set his career into motion. He was intimidated, to say the least. […]
New grad’s goal: Elevate teaching
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN ZIMMER Justin Creps is an engineer bent on a revolution. He wants to change people’s perceptions of teachers. While earning his second degree from Ohio State in mechanical engineering, something clicked. As a graduate student teaching undergraduates, he realized he’d found his place. He is now beginning his fifth […]
