Wednesday, June 25, 2014

News from The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin

We're very proud of our faculty who mentor and groom excellent future scholars. We just learned that two of Dr. ANTHONY PETROSINO'S recent doctoral students - Dr. VANESSA SVIHLA at the Univ of New Mexico and Dr.CANDACE WALKINGTON at Southern Methodist University - won prestigious National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships.This Fellowship is one of the highest national honors given to education scholars. To read more about the work that Svihla began here at UT with Petrosino and is continuing in her current position, you can go to Dr. Petrosino's blog athttp://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2014/05/dr-vanessa-svihla-receives-national.html. You can find out more about Walkington's work - which also was launched under Petrosino's mentorship - athttp://hobokencurriculumproject.blogspot.com/2014/05/dr-candace-walkington-receives-national.html. Big congratulations to all three of them!

The COLLEGE OF EDUCATION at The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN is ranked among the top 10 nationally by U.S. News & World Report, as are several of its departments and programs.