Educational Leadership Program Awards
Academic Program of the Year
May 19, 2021 * College of Education and Allied Professions
The Educational Leadership program received the Academic Program of the Year Award
at the
annual University Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards. The event is a celebration
of achievements of the university鈥檚 faculty and staff in the areas of teaching, scholarship,
and service.
Chancellor Kelli R. Brown presided over the event, along with Provost Richard Starnes.
鈥淒iversity, inclusion and equity remain at the forefront of the university鈥檚 goals
and planning,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淚t only makes sense that this year鈥檚
winner of the Academic Program of Excellence Award would be Educational Leadership.
Those who
nominated the Educational Leadership program had this to say about the program, 鈥楾he
Educational
Leadership program is dedicated to promoting new and current leaders in K-12 and higher
education.
Faculty members in the program have diverse educational and research backgrounds,
which allow them
to support leaders in a variety of contexts. Additionally, faculty in the program
are nationally known,
prolific researchers and writers, and are consistently recognized for their pedagogical
techniques."
Back Row, L-R: Kofi Lomotey, Robert Crow, Heidi Von Dohlen.
Front Row, L-R: Jess Weiler, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford, Emily Virtue, Cathy Andrews,
Darrius Stanley
CPED's 2021 Program of the Year
Some statements from the CPED Committee are: The Program of the Year award will be given annually to one or more institutions whose CPED-influenced programs show themselves to be distinctive, innovative, and useful to other CPED members. This award is not intended to identify a so-called 鈥渂est鈥� program among CPED members, but rather offer evidence of a proofing site that lifts up and features a program鈥檚 approaches and components that might stimulate change and innovation among other CPED-influenced programs. The CPED committee stated that the competiition for the CPED program of the year was very rigorous. They stated the data was wonderfully varied, innovative in itself, and informative.
鈥淭hrough our teaching, service and scholarship, our faculty demonstrate a shared and relentless commitment to justice in education,鈥� Weiler said. 鈥淚t is this shared commitment that has brought success to our program, our students and our educational communities.鈥�
鈥淲ith an increasingly diverse, competent and informed faculty, we are creating a program wherein our graduates are committed to disrupting inequitable, unethical and socially unjust educational programs 鈥� from pre-K to professional school 鈥� in an effort to epitomize equity, ethics and social justice,鈥� said Lomotey, 91热爆网鈥檚 Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership.