Volgenau College of Education

• MSU is launching a new Master of Arts in Education program in Fall 2023. The program can be completed in three broad categories (elementary education, middle education and secondary education), each containing 13 specializations.

• Dr. Gera Nelson, assistant professor of education, will lead a group of students on a 10-day Spring Break study abroad trip to Vila Velha, Brazil, in March 2023. Students will do their practicum field experience at a private P-12 school, teaching Brazilian students how to improve their English literacy skills while studying the country’s pedagogical practices.

• Menifee County School District leaders Jodi Blackburn (Class of 2012) and Lana

Swartz partnered with Assistant Professors of Education Dr. Rebecca Roach (Class of 1987) and Dr. Casey Cosgriff to provide practical teaching and assessment experience at Menifee Central School during the spring and fall 2022 semesters.

• Eight MSU students and Academic Advisor Risa Boyd (Class of 2009, 2015) will participate in an international studies trip to South Korea during MSU’s Spring Break. Students will teach and work at Busan Foreign School, an international Pre-K-12 school, where they will attend a college class, visit the university-annexed lab kindergarten and preschool classes and experience Korean college campus life.