The newest issue of Baylor Impact newsletter (Spring 2023) 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, “A Wider Welcome,” shares the personal journey and professional impact of Dr. Erik Carter, who joined the faculty in January as the Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities. Carter’s research and leadership promise an expansion of the disability programs, research, and impact of the School of Education and the Baylor Center for Developmental Disabilities.
- If you aspire to be a school leader (or are looking to hire one), you’ll be thrilled to hear about Baylor’s First Graduates of the MA in School Leadership. The program provides two tracks — one for leaders seeking Texas principal certification and one for leaders of independent or non-Texas schools, with cohorts launching each June.
- With three Baylor degrees on her résumé, alumna Dr. Majka Woods is leading educational efforts in a surprising venue — the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
- What’s it like to host the winner of the nation’s largest award for great teaching? Read all about Dr. Hollylynne Lee’s semester in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in “Celebrating Great Teaching.” And don’t miss the Web Extra with links to her free online teaching resources for teachers of mathematics and data science.
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