Education

Holy Cross Teacher Education Program to Offer New Ninth Semester Option

Students to teach in Worcester classrooms beginning fall 2014

The Teacher Education Program (TEP) at the College of the Holy Cross will debut a new program that will allow students enrolled in the TEP to complete their student teaching requirement in a “Ninth Semester Option.” “This program is a …

Three Holy Cross Students Awarded Scholarships to Pursue Teaching Careers

Three students at the College of the Holy Cross—William J. Geddes ’14, Matthew D. McCormick ’14, and Zachary R. Kenny ’13—have been honored with Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the scholarship encourages talented students in …

Blog: Asante ’16 Finds Out What Inspires So Much Alumni Loyalty at Holy Cross

NAME Inez Asante ’16 HOMETOWN Plainsboro, N.J. STUDIES Political science with educational studies minor and Africana studies concentration WHY SHE CHOSE HOLY CROSS “During an alumni interview, my interviewer talked about how 25 of his Holy Cross classmates had attended his …

Holy Cross Sophomore Raises $16,000 for DEAF, Inc.

Ever since her middle school jazz band played a concert at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, Nina Batt ’15 has been interested in deaf culture and American Sign Language. Now, as a sophomore at the College of the …

Holy Cross Junior Awarded Scholarship to Pursue Teaching Career in Urban Areas

Zachary Kenny, a member of the class of 2013 and a mathematics major in the Teacher Education Program at the College of the Holy Cross, has been awarded the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. Supported by a National Science Foundation grant …

Holy Cross Senior Brings Sleep Education Program to Worcester

Classroom lesson inspires psychology major to increase awareness of sleep benefits

Christina Kyriakos’ interest was piqued as soon as she heard about a children’s sleep education program that psychology professor Amy Wolfson mentioned in her Sleep and Behavior course. The psychology major, who conducts sleep research with Wolfson and Gregory DiGirolamo, …

Math Major Awarded Scholarship to Pursue Teaching Career

Scholar-athlete O’Leary ’11 receives inaugural Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship

Kerrin O’Leary ’11, a mathematics major in the Teacher Education Program, has been awarded Holy Cross’ first ever Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the scholarship encourages talented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) …

Holy Cross Receives Grant to Work with Worcester Area Schools

Local math teachers to reap benefits of workshops

WORCESTER, Mass. – The department of mathematics and computer science and the education department received a three-year $240,000, Improving Teacher Quality grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.  The grant will allow the College to conduct workshops that will …