Informed & Inspired
News from the SDSU College of Education
From a city of glitz, hands-on work builds a gift to teachers
Dec 2Theresa McCune wants her planned giving for SDSU to honor the teaching profession and the difference it can make.
Leadership meets learning: President de la Torre’s return to the classroom
Nov 24For the first time in eight years, the president returned to her roots as a decorated professor to teach a graduate course on leadership in higher education.
HARMONY furthers SDSU’s work to support Indigenous youth wellness
Nov 12Building on three decades of partnerships, a new federal grant supports training school counselors and psychologists to work in tribal communities.
SDSU’s new Music Education master’s degree is made by teachers, for teachers
Oct 9The degree augments the largest program at the School of Music and Dance; classes start next summer.
New minor aims to address special education teacher shortage
Aug 19Launched this fall, the Special Education Minor seeks undergraduate students of any major interested in working with people with disabilities.
Leadership path takes Tonika Green back home
Aug 18SDSU associate vice president and CSP professor will spend a year at Virginia State University as an American Council on Education (ACE) fellow.
Honoring an SDSU professor who transformed math education
May 19Alba Gonzalez Thompson was a trailblazing Latina in STEM, whose revolutionary research impacted math teaching and learning worldwide
Paulette Nungaray follows in her mother’s footsteps to become a teacher
May 15New SDSU graduate learned perseverance, importance of education at mother’s knee
SDSU grad's pivot from teaching to policy lands her at Harvard Graduate School
May 12Shaye Phung started her journey as an aspiring teacher. She leaves SDSU as an aspiring education policy change agent headed to graduate school at one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
SDSU grad says Women’s and Pride centers helped her turn grief into growth
May 12After the sudden loss of her mother, SDSU senior Ila Pecus found strength, purpose and healing through mentorship and community — graduating in just three years with highest honors.