Fall 2025
Premier Magazine
A transformation for teacher education. A new departmental alignment that fortifies the college's foundation for the future. Continued growth and evolution of graduate education. The 150-year-old bond of 60,000 seen through the stories of alumni.
Those features lead the way for the 2025 issue of Premier, the College of Education alumni magazine. And there's more:
- how a continuing commitment to student success drives the teams responsible for advising, placement and assessment
- a time for scholarship amid the summer slowdown
- a perspective on preparing students for today's techology in the classroom;
- center updates reflecting initiatives benefiting early childhood development
- achievements by faculty, staff, students and alumni in the past year.
Read along online and stay up-to-date on the ever-evolving world of the College of Education.
From the Dean
Dear Friends,
With a year of significant change behind us, we’re stepping boldly into the future.
We’re energized by what’s taking root, even more by what’s ahead! As we move further into the 2025–26 academic year, we’re beginning to see the results of many initiatives, several of which we’ve previously shared with you in progress, now coming to fruition:
- Full implementation of a rejuvenated teacher education curriculum for the good of students of today and tomorrow. We are grateful for everyone’s efforts within the college and across campus that helped us achieve our vision.
- A newly structured College of Education that promises greater synergy, flexibility and collaboration as we look toward the future.
- The opening of the TEACH Studio, a collaboration with the Rod Library that enhances the resources and environment for learning in a model media center and library setting.
- A consolidated Office of Graduate Studies and Research that solidifies and supports a growing graduate curriculum.
It’s been, as they say, a heavy lift. And while these highlights tell part of the story, they don’t capture it all. Throughout all the change and preparation, our faculty and staff have continued doing what they do best: showing up every day to support student success.
We celebrated a record number of doctoral graduates in May, launched new micro-credentials through the College of Graduate, Research and Online Education, and managed a growing number of preservice teacher placements with our PK-12 school partners, driven by expanding online programs.
As we move forward, we’re embracing a broader, more inclusive vision of education — one that builds on our proud past in teacher preparation while stretching beyond for a bold future. With our updated organizational structure and deeper collaboration across disciplines, the College of Education is positioned to support learning across the lifespan — not only in PK-12 classrooms, but in all the places education happens. Undergraduate teacher education remains our foundation, and we will continue to meet the needs of practicing teachers, career changers and adult learners through our strong graduate programs and emerging pathways.
We believe the UNI Sesquicentennial Celebration theme, "Tradition Meets Tomorrow" perfectly encapsulates who we are today. With a legacy tied to our very origins as a university, we’re focused on the future, ready to meet changing times and changing needs.
With that momentum behind us, we invite you to help shape our future. Join us as we begin to write the next chapter of the College of Education.