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Teachers building a robot at VEX Robotics workshop

Training session aims to equip more K-12 educators to teach robotics in schools

More than 40 educators from across the U.S. are participating in a week-long training to learn how they can implement robotics curriculum in their schools.

July 23, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement

USF students at a research conference on the Tampa campus

Special issue of research journal highlights work of USF students, faculty

The latest issue of The Journal of Practitioner Research includes the work of numerous students and faculty from the College of Education.

July 19, 2018Academics, Faculty and Staff, Research, Resources for Educators

Students on laptops at USF CyberCamp 2018

CyberCamp inspires high school students to explore careers in cybersecurity

To encourage more high school students to pursue careers in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry, the USF College of Education hosted a week-long cybersecurity camp at SecureSet Cybersecurity Academy in Ybor City.

July 17, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement

Tampa Theatre Film Camp participants with instructor at the Tampa Theatre

Film camp puts local students in the director’s chair

Students in grades 3-12 learned the process of digital filmmaking during the Tampa Theatre's 15th annual summer film camp, hosted in collaboration with the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

July 17, 2018Centers and Institutes

Photo of a Tampa Bay Area Writing Project event sign

Tampa Bay Area Writing Project Leadership Institute empowers writing teachers to share expertise, improve practice

The Tampa Bay Area Writing Project hosted a two-week leadership institute to welcome a new cohort of writing teacher consultants to the program.

July 2, 2018Centers and Institutes

Animation camp instructor Dani Bowman working with a student on a laptop

Animation camp helps students with disabilities discover passions, career opportunities

The Animation Gets Real summer camp celebrated its fifth anniversary, welcoming students between 13 and 22 years old with autism and related disabilities to camps in both Tampa and Miami to learn the basics of creating animated videos, music and sound effects.

June 28, 2018Centers and Institutes, Community Engagement

Photo of David Allsopp

Professor appointed to Learning Disabilities Association Professional Advisory Board

College of Education Professor David Allsopp, PhD, was appointed to a three-year term on the Professional Advisory Board of the Learning Disabilities Association of America.

June 27, 2018Faculty and Staff

Jennifer Wolgemuth

Assistant Professor selected as executive editor of Florida Journal of Education Research

College of Education Assistant Professor Jennifer R. Wolgemuth was selected to serve as the new executive editor of the Florida Journal of Educational Research.

June 20, 2018Faculty and Staff

State Farm makes gift to USF Stavros Center

State Farm makes $20,000 gift to Gus A. Stavros Center Free Enterprise and Economic Education

The USF College of Education announced that State Farm awarded $20,000 to the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education in support of the Center’s 2018 K-12 Economics Education Professional Development Program.

June 18, 2018Centers and Institutes

Nathaniel von der Embse

Assistant Professor receives Lightner Witmer Award from American Psychological Association

College of Education Assistant Professor Nathaniel von der Embse was selected by the American Psychological Association to receive the 2018 Lightner Witmer Award.

June 12, 2018Faculty and Staff

VSA Florida waves of change exhibit

‘My Art My Way’ program empowers students with disabilities to explore artistic potential

Home to the artwork and installations of notable contemporary artists, the University of South Florida’s (USF) Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) held a reception for the work of another group of rising artists in May.

June 1, 2018Centers and Institutes

Wipro Science Education Fellowship participants at the University of South Florida

USF Launches New Program to Prepare Tampa Bay Region’s Science Teachers

The USF College of Education is launching a new fellowship program to provide science teachers in the Tampa Bay region with the tools they need to become more effective instructors, advance science education curriculum and achieve greater student success.

May 10, 2018College of Education News, Community Engagement

About the USF College of Education:

As the home for more than 2,200 students and 130 faculty members across three campuses, the University of South Florida College of Education offers state-of-the-art teacher training and collegial graduate studies designed to empower educational leaders. Our college is nationally accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and our educator preparation programs are fully approved by the Florida Department of Education.