School of Education

Reaching out to do our part to improve communities at the local, state, national, and international levels is an important part of our mission. As educators, we are eager to create environments where learners are engaged and encouraged to achieve.

Our outreach programs include:

• The Youth Art Program and Science Quest for Kids, two long-running programs that give local children an opportunity to explore their talents in art or science while our pre-service teachers work side-by-side with our expert educators to learn the best techniques for motivating students to be confident learners
• The Partners in Education program, which encourages middle school students to set a goal of attending college
• I-CARE (International Counseling, Advocacy, and Research & Education Project), a program that gives faculty and undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to be involved in fundraising and in creating and implementing programs in counseling, assessment, and public health education in sub-Saharan Africa, an area of the world where programs like this are most needed