Curriculum & Instruction Alumni

Taylor Bullis ’25, has been honored as the 2025–2026 First-Year Teacher of the Year at Admiral Byrd Middle School in Winchester, Virginia.  Even so, she acknowledges…

Five Shenandoah University education students received $5,000 Hattie M. Strong Foundation (HMSF) Scholarships in 2023-24, to help cover costs in their student-teaching semester:  Amy Hernandez…

Three of four Loudoun County, Virginia, educators honored with either Teacher of the Year or Principal of the Year awards for 2024 hold a master’s…

Hanna King ’22, has some advice for current and future education students: “Teaching is a very difficult job, but the reward of being with students…

Welton Williams III ’22 believes Shenandoah prepared him for his career as an elementary school teacher by providing him with student teaching experiences that gave…

“Discipline is a big part of my job. However, I try to explain to students that my former job was to teach kids how to…

Hovatter Elementary School Principal Lori Mercer ’98, M.Ed., who received her master’s degree at Shenandoah, was named the 2023 Loudoun County Public Schools Principal of…

Shenandoah University Division of Education & Leadership graduate Jeremy Raley ’11, Ed.D., has been appointed the new chief of staff for the Virginia Department of…

Vernon Bock ’96, ’98, ’00, holds master’s degrees in educational administration and educational technology, and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Shenandoah. Find out more…

Dr. Brian Bennett, a physics scholar with a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a long scientific career with the federal government, chose…