The School of Professional & Continuing Studies has extended to the fall application deadline for all degree programs until July 31.
Campus Announcements
Jennifer Rhoden, GC'14, has been named principal of Kaechele Elementary School in Henrico County.
Three of five Henrico County Public Schools Teachers of the Year finalists are students or graduates of the SPCS Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program, including the winner of Henrico Teacher of the Year, Eric Byers, GC’21.
The fall 2021 online schedule of SPCS degree program classes is now available online. Registration opens on Wednesday, July 14, at 9 a.m.
Lisa Thompson, GC’11, principal of Washington-Henry Elementary School in Hanover County, has been named the Hanover County Public School winner of the 2021 R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership, receiving a cash grant along with funds for creating a sustainable outdoor learning environment.
Tiawana Giles, GC’13, principal of George W. Carver Elementary School in Richmond, has been named a runner up for the 2021 R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership, receiving funds for promoting science education at her school.
Elisa Tedona, GC’17, is among a team of authors in the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) who published a report seeking to make the Advanced Placement (AP) program more equitable.
Kimberly Bridges, GC’13, is among a team of authors from the Penn State University Center for Education & Civil Right (CECR) and the Virginia Commonwealth Univesrity School of Education who published a report on unequal access to AP classes by race and economic status in Virginia.
In preparation to develop programs for the fall 2021 semester, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute surveyed its members about their experiences and preferences about returning to a new post-pandemic “normal.”
The fall deadline for degree-seeking students to apply for SPCS scholarship funds is June 1.