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Wilmington University Leads Delaware Team in National Study of Teacher Certification Requirements

April 1, 2021
Delaware will join a national consortium to study how teacher certification and licensure requirements can better attract teacher candidates. Wilmington University has been designated to lead the Delaware team, with Dr. Michele Brewer, Chair of the Office of Technology, Assessment, and Compliance in the University’s College of Education as the state team’s chairperson. “Everyone involved in…
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A New Adjunct Coordinator in the College of Education

February 18, 2021
Dr. Heather Horowitz is now the adjunct program coordinator for the M.Ed. in Higher Education, a degree program first offered in 2019. She was a member of the team of five Wilmington University doctoral students who worked with Dr. Nina Buchanan, chair of the Higher…
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Alumna Brings Experience as Graduate Program Coordinator

December 9, 2020
Dr. Jennifer Palmer, a longtime educator and administrator who earned her doctorate at Wilmington University, has returned as an adjunct graduate program coordinator in the College of Education. She earned her EdD in Education Leadership and Innovation in 2012, when she also…
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Serving the Educational Community 

October 21, 2020
Faculty and staff in the College of Education are sharing their time and expertise to benefit the educational community throughout the state. Nina Buchanan, associate professor, was recently named chair of the Wilmington branch of the Scholarship Committee of the American Association of University Women. The committee awards scholarships to women in New Castle County attending college programs…
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Once a Student, Now a Mentor

August 12, 2020
Frank Hanson, who emigrated to the United States from the African nation of Ghana, has been a respected educator in Delaware for 10 years and recently became a mentor to Promise Grant recipients at Wilmington University. In keeping with WilmU’s commitment to accessible…
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College of Education Adds Two

June 3, 2020
The College of Education is growing, adding two new members to its team. Nicole Garrity is the undergraduate program coordinator. She worked as a school psychologist in San Diego and Wilmington before moving to work in the Sussex County Consortium. Garrity has been teaching at Wilmington University in the undergraduate and graduate programs for the past three years. In her new role, she will be…
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New Pathways in Education Leadership

March 26, 2020
Candidates for an Ed.D. in Education Leadership now have three new pathways to the doctorate: Teacher Leadership, Building Level Leadership, and District Level Leadership. The new program is modeled after an approach derived from the work of the Carnegie Project on the…
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12 WilmU Alumni Among Top 20 Teachers

January 9, 2020
The State of Delaware has honored 20 District Teachers of the Year, 12 of whom earned degrees at Wilmington University. Each received $2,000 at an award ceremony on Oct. 15 at Dover Downs, where they were congratulated by Governor John Carney, Senator Tom Carper and state…
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Fast-track Certification for Special Ed Teachers

October 17, 2019
Via an innovative partnership with Wilmington University, six special education teachers in Appoquinimink School District now have an additional certification in Autism/Severe Disabilities. The fast-track program, designed by Todd Hackett-Slimm, special education program chair at WilmU, featured daily classes for a cohort of classroom teachers. The certification requires the successful completion…
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