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COE Welcome Day Connects Students with Community and Opportunity

swa8 | September 30, 2026

Students explored resources, partnerships, career pathways, and ways to get involved while celebrating the cultures and connections that strengthen the College of Education community… Read more

NAU Professor Emeritus Melvin Hall Receives National Award for Advancing Racial Equity in Evaluation

swa8 | September 25, 2026

Former College of Education dean recognized for more than five decades of leadership, scholarship, and commitment to expanding educational opportunities… Read more

From NAU Classrooms to Educators Worldwide: Model-Based Inquiry

swa8 | September 23, 2026

How do you help students build their own understanding of the natural world rather than simply receive it from a textbook… Read more

Putting Psychology Into Practice Through Community Service

swa8 | September 15, 2026

Learning to become a psychologist happens in classrooms, clinical settings, and research environments, but opportunities to engage with people and communities can provide another important dimension of professional growth… Read more

Celebrating Arizona’s Outstanding Educators

swa8 | September 11, 2026

Great teachers do far more than deliver daily lessons. They mentor students, build community in their classrooms, and help shape the future of Arizona… Read more

Celebrating Connection and Community During COE Welcome Week

swa8 | September 9, 2026

New students, new colleagues, familiar faces, and a new dean came together as the NAU College of Education opened the academic year by celebrating the relationships that make the COE community strong… Read more

The Dean’s Legacy

bs2726 | June 17, 2026

Ramona Mellott: 12 Years of leadership, compassion, and community… Read more

New COE Faculty and Staff 2025-2026

| December 10, 2025

The College of Education at Northern Arizona University is happy to welcome our new faculty and staff for the 2025-2026 academic year… Read more

The College of Education celebrates 125 years!

| November 22, 2024

NAU was founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School (NANS) to train teachers for Arizona’s rural schools. It began with just 23 students and two faculty members, reflecting the state’s growing need for qualified educators. Today, NAU serves 28,468 students, with about 11% of the student body in the College of Education… Read more

New 2024 Faculty and Staff

| November 19, 2024

Meet the new faces you’ve seen in your meetings, in the hallways, and in a Zoom room! COE is excited to welcome these folks to our college. Please give them a warm welcome… Read more