News: College of Education
![Sam Song](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71119_006.jpg?itok=g2YCgLqg)
A younger relative’s brush with gangs and the school's indifference to his situation set this College of Education professor on his career path.
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Education professor Stefani Relles on how paying for a college education is progressively harder, especially for low-income and minority students.
![Brittnie Watkins](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70855_018.jpg?itok=BwJQxHUu)
Brittnie Watkins excels at keeping multiple balls in the air as she earns four UNLV degrees, mothers two, and fulfills a state Supreme Court clerkship.
![John Starkey](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70890_10%20NC.jpg?itok=NcgB4DAc)
John Starkey began his UNLV career as an undergraduate. Now that’s he’s earned two degrees, is happily working as a senior academic advisor, and has campus career goals in mind, he has no plans of leaving anytime soon.
![Valarie Burke and son Jace](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70880_12.jpg?itok=naKXSBTa)
One of the Administrative Faculty Member of the Year Award winners, the Graduate College's Valarie Burke has been part of UNLV since arriving as an undergraduate 14 years ago.
![Diana Gomez, Dawn King, and Benjamin Feinstein](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70852_03%20NC.jpg?itok=iHtIaoCC)
UNLV, CCSD partner on hands-on master's program to create a pipeline of local K-12 teachers to fill demand for as many as 150 principals and other administrators a year.
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UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to honor a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
![Cheryl Strabala](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Strabala_D70805_11.jpg?itok=MTkk0T9f)
Advice from Cheryl Strabala, Graduate College Alumna of the Year
![Carol Martin](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Carol_Martin_D70761_07.jpg?itok=rX7jbW1G)
Advice from Carol Martin, School of Nursing Alumna of the Year
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The two UNLV students will teach English and perform research abroad. One is headed to Korea, the other to Colombia.
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Advice from Ruben Kihuen, College of Education Alumnus of the Year
![Hannah Kelley](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70823_15.jpg?itok=3eS32EQt)
Kelley, a junior in UNLV’s Honors College, is one of just 54 college students nationwide selected for the $30,000 award based on academics, public service leadership potential.