Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the summer 2021 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.
Life transitions, such as the start or end of a school year and beginning or end of a college career, are a great time to take stock and reassess how you’re doing in life. Am I living the lifestyle I want to live? Do I have a healthy work-life balance? What would help me live more fully? Am I spending enough time doing things I like with the people I enjoy the most?
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.
The advice to make lemonade when life gives you lemons certainly applies to how Arizona State University student Alexandra Paul has been managing these last few years.
The American Educational Research Association, the leading organization for advancing knowledge about education and promoting the application of education research, held its 2021 annual meeting on a virtual platform from April 8 through 12. The theme was "Accepting Educational Responsibility," and nearly 120 scholars from ASU and Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College took part as presenters, speakers and participants. See all their sessions below.
Two MLFTC doctoral students — Valencia Clement (PhD: Educational Policy and Evaluation) and Amanda Riske (PhD: Learning, Literacies and Technologies) — were recently honored with awards based on their research and merit.
“They’ve done what might have been considered unimaginable,” says Lauren Katzman, adding, “created a virtual environment, provided an education to students while schools were closed, all in the midst of a global pandemic, and at a time when issues of social justice were heightened.”
A new program produced in partnership with Arizona State University and Arizona Western College allows students living in Yuma to pursue a bachelor’s degree in education without traveling to Phoenix. This spring, the Sun Devil community is celebrating the graduation of the first education cohort.
When the Arizona State University Alumni Association announced its 2021 slate of Sun Devil 100 honorees, eight alumni of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College were on the list.
The annual Sun Devil 100 designation recognizes the fastest-growing organizations and businesses owned or led by ASU alumni. For 2021, 133 alumni represent companies from individually owned firms to large corporations in more than two dozen industries.
The Sun Devil 100 selections that include MLFTC alumni are:
Two Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College faculty members, Yi Zheng and Carlos Casanova, were nominated for 2021 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards. The awards are presented each year by the Arizona State University Faculty Women’s Association.
A monthly survey of books, chapters, articles, conference papers and presentations by faculty members and graduate students of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Perceptions of classroom quality and well-being among Black women teachers of young children
By: Erica B. Edwards, Wayne State University; Nicole Patton Terry, Florida State University; Gary Bingham, Georgia State University; Jeremy L. Singer, Wayne State University