The newest issue of Baylor Impact newsletter (Spring 2025) is now online. If you are an SOE graduate and did not receive a newsletter in the mail, please let us know by emailing BaylorImpact@baylor.edu. To make sure you don’t miss any future communications, you can also update your information online at this link: Update Your Information
This Impact issue features exciting news about SOE programs, faculty, students, and alumni who are making a difference.
- The cover story, Promising Futures (photo above), shares how the School of Education’s scholarship program is removing barriers associated with income so that more high-ability students can participate in Baylor TIP (Talent Identification Program) through the Baylor Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development.
Meet Dr. Mark Brown, a 2022 EdD graduate who is making history as the first Tuskegee University graduate to be named the institution’s president. A retired two-star Air Force major general, he was previously chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid. Read about his educational journey, how he managed to earn an EdD while working full-time, and his vision for the future of education. (Photo courtesy of Tuskegee University)
Beloved SOE professor and former interim dean Dr. Jimmy Williamson and his family have established a new scholarship fund to benefit graduate students preparing for leadership in K-12 schools. The James L. and Glenda Williamson Endowed Scholarship Fund in Educational Leadership was created in loving memory of and tribute to Glenda, a Baylor graduate and longtime educator like Jimmy. The family gathered for a signing ceremony (and family picture) at the Hurd Center.
The SOE’s Interns in England program is celebrating its 40th anniversary! Learn about the latest program updates from co-program director Dr. Kelly Johnston, who actually was a student participant. And yes, there’s a picture of her from 2004 — with some local English students and Dr. Tony Talbert — co-director then and now. You can also find out all of the other places where SOE students can study abroad.- Plus, we’ve got lots of photos from events in the SOE, a message from the Dean, news of faculty research, awards for faculty and students, and more!
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