For Alum Teresa Squires Osborne, giving is not a single act. It is a way of life shaped across generations, grounded in education, and carried forward through a deeply personal commitment to future students.
For Ellie Hein, FHS, studying abroad was about far more than travel or academics. It became a transformative experience that challenged her to step outside familiar boundaries and, in doing so, discover newfound independence, confidence, and patience.
Sexual and gender minority youth tend to be at higher risk for peer victimization and all forms of harassment, including experiences of stigma and discrimination. Written by Maria Schweer-Collins, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice.
Finalist Kimberlee Pelster has a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy from the University of Oregon and this spring completed a doctoral degree, also in educational leadership. Pelster is currently principal at Thurston High School.
COE Professor Lisa Mazzei received the 2026 Dangerous Coagulations Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education Special Interest Group. The award recognizes collaborative research teams whose scholarship advances post-foundational studies in education and pushes the boundaries of educational research through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Meet Gilberto Orozco, '22, Services Coordinator for Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services, who is a graduate of the University of Oregon College of Education’s Family and Human Services program. For Gilberto, the path to his career has always been rooted in connection.
The HEDCO Clinic is the College of Education’s interdisciplinary training and clinical service hub, connecting families with essential services while preparing the next generation of education and health professionals.
Meet Alisha (Rowlee) Gildon, MSW, LCSW candidate, a 2016 graduate of the Family and Human Services (FHS) program whose professional journey reflects commitment to growth, adaptability, and leadership shaped by her experiences at the University of Oregon College of Education.
Many students don’t realize that heavy drinking has negative effects for both the short- and long-term, said one of the study’s lead authors, Ashley Linden-Carmichael, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services in the COE.
Ronda Fritz earned a special education doctorate in literacy from the University of Oregon in 2016. That was three years after Mississippi instituted a statewide literacy program that would bring its statewide reading scores from the bottom to the top of the country using a science of reading program.
