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Innovation through research ............................................................................................................1
Collaboration with partners and friends ............................................................................................3
Transformation in the classroom ......................................................................................................5
Celebration of excellence on and off campus ....................................................................................7
OVER FIVE YEARS
50%
68%
growth in
growth
IN DEGREES AWARDED
1
UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT
44%
306%
IN GRADUATE
ENROLLMENT
IN RESEARCH
AWARDS
growth
#
OVER FOUR YEARS
growth
ONLINE RANKINGS:
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT’S #1
ONLINE MASTERS IN EDUCATION
2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
45%
IN THE NUMBER OF
DONORS OVER FOUR
ACADEMIC YEARS
32%
IN THE
NUMBER
OF GIFTS
increase
increase
OUR TEACHER
RESIDENCY
PROGRAM HAS
GRADUATED
217
teachers
ABOUT OUR DEAN
As dean, Kristin M. Gehsmann guides the work of College of Education leadership, faculty and staff while establishing
and maintaining partnerships across the University and with South Carolina educational and district partners. Gehsmann
joined the College in Fall 2023. She previously served as director of the School of Education at Virginia Tech. Gehsmann
holds three degrees in the field of education: a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, a Master of Science in Early
Childhood Education and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She is credited with $20 million in
sponsored research and outreach over the course of her career and has led more than 20 university-school partnerships.
A nationally recognized expert in literacy development, instruction and intervention, her research has been published in
peer-reviewed journals, blogs, encyclopedias, newspapers, websites and books.