BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Our momentum is greater than ever and, with your support, our potential is unlimited. Through a broad research agenda, diverse degree and certification programs, and inclusive learning environments we are poised to transform education. Our faculty and staff collaborate to challenge our students with aims at making a lasting impact and strengthening our society.
This fall we aim for new heights as the University of Florida continues to charge forward. It is our privilege to answer the clarion call and to align our goals; the University’s aspiration is our aspiration. The desire to change lives burns brightly at the College of Education. Together, we are building a brighter future.
Campaign Progress
$55M
Campaign Goal
$53M
Gifts Received
3,981
Donors
Recent Notable Gifts
Donor Spotlights
Drs. Beverly Tucker and Glenn Tucker Endowed Education Scholarship
Dr. Glenn Tucker (M.A.E. ’67, Ed.S. ’68 and Ph.D. ’69 Science Education) met his wife Beverly, a Special Education and Early Childhood Education graduate student, on the steps of Norman Hall. Together, they went on to share full, prosperous careers in education. To embody their shared love for the College of Education and to honor Beverly, who passed in 2006, Dr. Tucker established an endowed scholarship to support future early childhood educators, like her.
Jamee and Gilbert Miller Ed-Tech Learning Studio and Scholarship Endowment
Jamee (BAE ’01 M.Ed. ’02 Elementary Education) was the 2009 COE Outstanding Young Alumni award recipient. She and her husband Gilbert recently committed to create the Jamee and Gilbert Miller Ed-Tech Learning Studio in Norman Hall. Jamee and Gilbert have also established an endowment at the college to support graduate students in the ProTeach program whose concentration is Educational Technology.
Professor Mark Alan Koorland Scholarship
Mark Koorland’s legacy will live on. Mark, a triple Gator, earned his BAE in Education in 1970, M.Ed. in Education in 1972 and Ph.D. in Special Education in 1977. Ahead of his passing in December 2018, he and his wife, Vivian Fueyo, worked to establish the the Professor Mark Alan Koorland Scholarship to provide scholarships for graduate (Ph.D.) students in the College majoring in Special Education.
Initiatives
Early Learning
We are leading the way to a future where every child is prepared to enter school, giving children the opportunity to succeed through transdisciplinary collaboration.
Student Success
By removing barriers through a variety of research-based approaches, our faculty are actively seeking to increase the opportunity to achieve for every student.
Education Technology
By integrating emerging technology with proven learning techniques we are breaking down barriers, and creating learning environments of the future.
Leadership
To influence the transformation of education we are working to prepare students and faculty to administer and implement complex policy at the local, state and national level.
Early Learning
CHANGING THE LIVES
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
on the right track with early learning
Through our work in Early Learning we are leading the way to a future where every child is prepared to enter school. Focused on young children birth to age five, their families and the contexts that support their health, we are giving children the opportunity to succeed through transdisciplinary collaboration.
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION
for the success of every student
Our work in the area of Student Success is done with the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve. Like so many of our programs, the impacts of this initiative are felt far beyond the classroom. We are implementing varied strategies to actively remove barriers and build bridges for the success of every learner. In areas of literacy, special education, counseling, social justice and beyond, we are lighting the way toward a more inclusive and brighter future.
Student Success
Education Technology
CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
OF THE FUTURE
using research today
In the area of Educational Technology, shared data, interdisciplinary collaboration, and implementation of learning analytics, are helping us to create learning environments of the future. We are focused on bringing opportunity to people around the world and creating jobs for the next generation. By integrating emerging and innovative technologies with learning sciences, we are enhancing the educational experiences and outcomes for students everywhere. Together, we are going beyond the limits of technology to reach boundless potential.
SETTING THE COURSE
TO STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP
by focusing on the future today
Our Leadership and education policy programs go far beyond the classroom. In order to transform education, we are working to prepare students and faculty to administer and implement complex policy at the school, district, state and national levels and to help build a brighter future through collaboration.
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