FY20-21 Education Impact of Philanthropy

Fiscal Year 2020-2021

I M PA C T O F P H I L A N T H R O P Y We’re extremely proud of the national reputation for excellence in teaching, research and service our college has built. We’re in a strong position, but we have more work to do. I believe our focus on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice in the education field will continue to enhance our leadership position in the coming years.

I teach future teachers and model for them the practices I hope they adopt as educators.

I emphasize culturally relevant and sustaining teaching practices and critical pedagogies.

I encourage discussion and student inquiry.

Working with future teachers has been rewarding and invigorating, and I cherish that component of my work.

Suneal Kolluri, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Teacher Education

Y. Barry Chung, Ph.D. Dean, College of Education

C O L L E G E O F E D U C AT I O N Y E A R I N G I V I N G

$5.3M

HIGHLIGHTED GIFTS

Total Raised

An anonymous gift to the Healthy Early Years Clinic provided 174 hours of direct service to support the mental health needs of students and improve the capacity of mental health supports among teachers and administrators at Joyner Elementary School in academic year 2020-21.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION $162,045

Total Awarded in Scholarships

86

Scholarships Awarded

The Lawrence and Opal Maletta Trust Scholarship provided five scholarships for students studying special education.

The Betsey Love Biondo Student Teacher Endowed Scholarship, will provide scholarships to teaching credential students while they are student teaching. The first awards will be in academic year 2021-2022.

POINTS OF PRIDE

55

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graduate education program among national universities

42

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graduate education program among public universities

2022 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT NATIONWIDE GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS

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online education master’s program

8

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graduate education program in the state of California

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Launched the Center for Achieving Black Wellness and AntiRacist Education to help close the education and wellness gap among individuals of African descent. Created in the wake of the pandemic of anti-Black injustice that gripped the nation in 2020, the Center will be home to academic scholarship, service, and professional development that addresses and disrupts antiBlackness and racism among educators and wellness providers.

• SDSU College of Education faculty members garnered more than $18.7 million in research funding during the 2020-21 Academic Year.

• The Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education is the only autonomous bilingual education program in California, and has recently grown into the state’s largest producer of bilingual teachers.

• All three recipients of the San Diego County Office of Education’s 2021 School Counselors of the Year award — Ann Pierce, Bonnie Hayman and Cherryl Baker — received their training in master’s programs in SDSU’s Department of Counseling and School Psychology.

• The U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) awarded a $16.5 million grant to further SDSU’s national leadership in vocational rehabilitation. The funding will support a new center, housed in COE’s Interwork Institute, that will provide quality management to the 78 public agencies nationwide that connect people with disabilities to career resources.

• Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas, chair of SDSU’s Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education, was tapped by the Biden-Harris presidential transition team to help develop policy recommendations for advancing equity in the education workforce.

She served on the Diversity Education Workforce subcommittee of the Biden-Harris National Education Policy Committee.

STUDENTS

Future Educator “As a future educator, I hope to create opportunities for all of my students to become successful in their own unique ways. I want to celebrate their diversity, amplify them, and create pathways in which they can thrive as lifelong learners.”

Giannela Gonzales

Scholarship Recipient Thank you for your support. Your assistance through this tumultuous time means so much to me and will help me to stay focused on my studies and my future career goals.

I can’t wait to begin my career as a teacher and give back to my communities, working with students with disabilities.

Julia Lopez, SPED MILD/MOD. Credential Candidate

Award-Winning Principal Bell Middle School principal Precious Jackson-Hubbard, a student in San Diego State University’s Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program, was named middle school principal of the year for a region covering San Diego and Imperial counties by the Association of California School Administrators.

ACTIVE ENDOWMENTS P R O V I D I N G R E S O U R C E S F O R T O D AY ’ S S T U D E N T S A N D T O M O R R O W ’ S A Z T E C S

21st Century Rehab Counseling Endowed Scholarship Amber Christine Soule Endowment Barbara Erickson Sisk Endowed Scholarship Ben Ziri #218 Endowed Scholarship Betsey Love Biondo Student Teacher Endowed Scholarship Brydegaard Faculty Development Endowment Catherine Y. Lodge Endowment Center for Critical Thinking Endowment Chinese Cultural Center Endowment Davene Gibson Endowed Scholarship Dr. Christianna Alger Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dr. Leonard Pellettiri & Mary Rose Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dr. Samuel M. Ciccati Endowed Scholarship Educational Leadership Endowment Erma Woike Staff Development Endowment Georgia Tait Stooke Endowment Gertrude Bell Endowed Scholarship Gordon Thompson Endowment Halfaker Memorial Endowment Helen and Charles Rappe Teaching Excellence Endowed Scholarship ISMAQualcomm Endowment James Rostello Counseling and Psychological Services Endowment Janet Sinegal Endowed Scholarship Janet Sloan Breece Memorial Endowed Scholarship Jeanne Mendoza Collaboration Endowment

Joe & Betty Suozzo Education Endowed Scholarship Josh A. Comay Endowed Scholarship in Child Development Judy James Memorial Endowed Scholarship Kurt Friedrich Memorial Endowment LaPray/Schmock Endowed Scholarship Leonard Sherr Memorial Endowed Scholarship Leslee K. Teincuff Memorial Endowed Scholarship Margaret Robin Murphy Endowment Marian K. Van Kirk Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Mary Alys Skulavik and Vera Jo Skulavik Endowed Scholarship Mary Catherine Martinez Endowed Scholarship Mary Donaldson Endowed Scholarship Maus Faculty Development Endowment Miriam Paine Memorial Endowment Mission Federal Credit Union Endowment NCUST-Qualcomm Endowment Patricia Calhoun Endowed Scholarship Peggy Hawley Endowed Scholarship Ray Letsinger Endowed Scholarship Richard Servey Endowed Scholarship Robert D. and Jane K. Smith Endowed Scholarship Russ and Judy James Endowed Scholarship Tom and Audrey Pine Literacy Center Endowment Vera Einstein Endowed Scholarship Wilson Faculty Development Endowment

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