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![Suzette Kelly](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/suzette-kelly-horizontal.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: Suzette Kelly
Ever since she began teaching Sunday school students, USF Alumna Suzette Kelly, PhD, knew she would eventually pursue a career in education. While an administrator at a preschool in Jamaica, Dr. Kelly learned about USF’s master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and quickly enrolled.
May 12, 2021Alumni and Friends, Student Life
![Edna Jones Miller headshot](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/edna-jones-miller-320-213.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: Edna Jones Miller
A three-time graduate of USF, Edna Jones Miller was motivated to pursue a career in higher education thanks to her student involvement activities on campus.
May 5, 2021Alumni and Friends
![LaShawn Frost](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/lashawn-frost-320-213.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: LaShawn Frost
USF Alumna LaShawn Frost entered the education profession after being inspired through volunteer work at a Sarasota County teen parent program. Since then, she's advanced her career into impactful leadership roles and serves as principal at Booker Middle School in Sarasota, Fla.
May 5, 2021Alumni and Friends
![Troy Sadler](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/troy-sadler-classroom-320-213.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: Troy Sadler
Troy Sadler, PhD `03, has dedicated his career to helping prepare the next generation of science educators to provide high-quality instruction to their students.
May 5, 2021Alumni and Friends
![USF College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award recipients 2021](/education/blog/images/2021/distinguished-alumni-awards-no-text-490-327.jpg)
USF College of Education announces recipients of 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, the College of Education presents our Distinguished Alumni Awards to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our graduates. Recipients are selected by a committee of College of Education faculty, staff and administrators from nominations submitted by the USF community.
May 5, 2021Alumni and Friends, College of Education News
![Mellissa Alonso-Teston](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/mellissa-alonso-teston-320.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: Mellissa Alonso-Teston
Since graduating, USF alumna Mellissa Alonso-Teston began teaching and advanced into a district position in 1996 that enabled her to author and lead Hillsborough County Public Schools' Reading Coach Project. In 2017, Alonso-Teston’s desire to become an education researcher motivated her to pursue a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Literacy Studies at USF.
March 3, 2021Alumni and Friends, Student Life
![College of Education Distinguished Alumni Awards](/education/blog/images/2021/distinguished-alumni-awards-2021-490.jpg)
Nominations Now Open for College of Education Alumni Awards
Nominations are now open for the University of South Florida (USF) College of Education's Distinguished Alumni Awards for the 2020-21 school year.
January 27, 2021Alumni and Friends, College of Education News
![Julia Genkinger](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/julia-genkinger-320-213.jpg)
Student Spotlight: Julia Genkinger
Julia Genkinger always knew she wanted to become a teacher. The USF graduate, who earned her bachelor’s degree in English Education, says she was eager to take on every opportunity she could while a university student.
January 26, 2021Alumni and Friends, Student Life
![Linda Morales](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/linda-morales-regalia.png)
Alumni Spotlight: Linda Morales
As a parent of three and a former stay-at-home mom, Linda Morales was no stranger to the term “parent involvement.”
May 19, 2020Alumni and Friends, Student Life
![USF graduates standing outside Sessums Elementary](/education/blog/images/2020/usf-graduates-at-sessums.jpg)
81 College of Education students receive full-time teaching offers from Hillsborough County Public Schools
Eighty-one students graduating from the USF College of Education’s teacher preparation programs this semester have received full-time teaching offers from Hillsborough County Public Schools.
May 8, 2020Academics, Alumni and Friends, College of Education News
![Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients](/education/blog/images/2020/distinguished-alumni-awards-490-327.jpg)
USF College of Education announces recipients of 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, the College of Education presents our Distinguished Alumni Awards to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our graduates.
May 5, 2020Alumni and Friends, College of Education News
![Francesca Perrone-Britt teaching at Mort Elementary](/education/images/about-us/news/student-spotlights/francesca-perrone-britt-320.jpg)
Alumni Spotlight: Francesca Perrone-Britt
With a lifelong desire to become a teacher, USF alumna Francesca Perrone-Britt eventually found her passion in working with elementary-aged students. Today, the soon to be three-time graduate of the university teaches at a school less than 10 minutes from USF’s Tampa campus, and the achievements she’s made so far in her career led her to become the 2020 recipient of the College of Education’s Young Educator Alumni Award.
May 5, 2020Alumni and Friends