Warner School of Education

It was a day of pride and celebration for the 215 students receiving doctoral and master’s degrees and advanced certificates from the Warner School of Education. The graduating class gathered with family, friends, faculty, and staff on Saturday, May 19 to make their walk across stage in recognition of earning their graduate degrees in education.

New York State is home to a rapidly growing population of English language learners (ELLs), where nearly one-third of students in the state are immigrant children learning English as an additional language. As student demographics are rapidly changing, the Warner School of Education is leading a new charge to champion the needs of nearly 6,000 ELLs in the Greater Rochester Area and support them in meeting high academic standards.

The Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education Association (RACCE ) presented a Warner School of Education student with a 2011 Outstanding Adult Student Award. Alicia Van Borssum was formally honored by the RACCE at an award banquet this spring.

Get Real Science, the science teacher preparation program at the Warner School of Education, hosted a red carpet event on Thursday, Apr. 26 at the Cinema Theater to premiere documentaries created by East High School girls.

Karen DeAngelis, assistant professor in educational leadership at the Warner School, is this year’s recipient of the G. Graydon ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Nontenured Member of the Faculty. She will be honored with a citation for her outstanding teaching at the Warner School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 19, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.