Three elementary students in hats review their water workbooks outdoors.
Impact
Hands-on Learning

For two weeks this summer, Auburn College of Education students majoring in Elementary Education gained critical hands-on teaching experience with rising first through sixth graders at Project SWAR (social studies, writing, art and reading).

Seven members of the College of Education
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Circle of Excellence

The Communications and Marketing team in Auburn's College of Education has earned international recognition for its reimagined 2025 digital magazine, The Keystone, receiving a 2026 CASE Silver Circle of Excellence Award in the online magazines category.

Tamarceo Shaw performs onstage while someone accompanies him on the piano.
Academics
Center Stage

Auburn College of Education doctoral student Tamarceo Shaw recently had the opportunity to show off his passion for vocal music at the George Shirley Vocal Competition at the University of Michigan.

Students at ways camp work at their desks in a classroom.
Impact
New Perspectives

Rising 10th- to 12th-graders gathered on campus this week to explore what it takes to be global leaders at this year's World Affairs Youth Seminar, or WAYS Camp, led by Auburn College of Education Associate Professor Jesús Tirado and other faculty and students.

Grier Feldman with her Miss Alabama
Impact
Crowning Achievement

Earlier this year, Grier Feldman was named Miss Alabama's Teen 2026, and it should come as no surprise that her passion for service and hard work led her to Auburn's College of Education, where she will be a freshman this fall.

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Impact
Learning Together Through Literacy

Like many students his age, Ke'Zerrious Powell often let anxiety keep him from speaking up in class. Through a new literacy partnership between Auburn University's College of Education and Beauregard High School, though, the ninth-grader is stepping forward — gaining confidence, building connections, all while helping future educators in turn.

Silvia Scaife receives her award at the Auburn High School CTE Ceremony.
Impact
Scholarship for Success

For over 28 years, Auburn College of Education alumna Silvia Scaife has devoted her career to the field of education. Her efforts were recently recognized with the creation of the Dr. Silvia Scaife Career Pathways Scholarship.

A group of campers sits on steps and smiles for a photo while pointing their index finger in the air.
Impact
Students gain college experience at GEAR UP Achieve camp

At GEAR UP Achieve's annual residential summer camp, rising 10th-grade students lived like college students for a week on the Auburn University campus.

Beverly Price and Katheryn Conradson are pictured standing next to one another inside a school.
Impact
Principled Mentoring

When Kathryn Conradson stepped into her first principalship at Reeltown Elementary School, she brought with her four degrees from Auburn's College of Education and a passion for educational leadership. But she also gained something equally important — a trusted mentor through Alabama's New Principal Mentoring Program, co-created by Auburn College of Education Professor Ellen Hahn.

A graphic displays two people sitting and talking.
Impact
Mental Health Momentum

Auburn's College of Education has opened the door for candid discussion around mental health in rural Alabama, offering a series that brought Tallapoosa County residents, community leaders and university partners together for months of conversation, connection and practical guidance at Central Alabama Community College.