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Jose Rivera (EdD ’13, Educational Administration) organized this year’s LEAD Summit IX at UB on March 29. The annual summit is an international event focusing on the educational outcomes of Latino students. The event was held in a town hall format, bringing together UB undergraduates and students from local high schools to engage in active dialogue on issues facing Latino students.

Corrie Stone-Johnson, associate professor from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, is partnering with the Buffalo Public Schools to address the development of a principal pipeline, which will guarantee that more individuals from minority backgrounds are recruited into leadership programs and supported throughout their development. The collaboration is part of the UB Graduate School of Education Faculty in Residence Program.

Nathan Daun-Barnett, associate professor from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, has been awarded a three-year grant from the private firm vibeffect. The goal of the grant is to evaluate the effectiveness of an electronic guidance strategy designed by vibeffect to help students make more informed decisions in the college-choice and enrollment process, as well as its implications for higher education institutions.

Alumna Keba M. Rogers, BA ’00, MA ‘04, PhD ‘10, has recently made waves in the field of psychology and education with her successful business ventures.

University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education alumna Pauline Skowron Schmidt, EdM ’99, PhD ’09, received the Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in recognition of her book, “Reimagining Literacies in the Digital Age: Multimodal Strategies to Teach with Technology.”