Education Department News

Noyce Tutors:
Noyce Tutors work with students on math and science education in various schools in the local community.  The following students have been selected as Noyce Tutors for spring, 2012:

Leslie Amrein
William Geddes
Joseph Kramkowski
Michael Lodato
Justin Markowski
Matthew McCormick
Megan Norton
Timothy Nowak
Thuy Uong

Noyce Scholarship:
Congratulations to the following students in the Teacher Education Program who have recently been awarded Noyce Scholarships of $22,000 for the 2012-2013 academic year.

William Geddes '14, physics major

Zachary Kenny '13, mathematics major

Matthew McCormick '14, mathematics major

Zachary Kenny, a member of the class of 2013 and a mathematics major in the Teacher Education Program at the College of the Holy Cross, has been awarded the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. Supported by a National Science Foundation grant awarded to the College, the scholarship, which provides Kenny $19,000 for his third year at Holy Cross, encourages talented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to become middle- and secondary-school teachers in these disciplines.

As a part of receiving this honor, Kenny will need to spend at least two years in a high needs school or school district after graduation. “I feel that teaching in urban areas, which is where I have done a significant amount of my tutoring, is where I can feel the best about what I am doing,” he shares. “There is something special about helping students understand material that does not automatically come to them, and there is, unfortunately, more of that type of student in the urban school system.”

“Zach has been a significant contributor to our Noyce tutoring program since his first year at Holy Cross. As a scholarship recipient, he will be participating in an important national effort to bring highly qualified math and science teachers to the schools that need them most,” states Danuta Bukatko, professor of psychology and education at Holy Cross.
Read entire press release:  http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2011/10/19/holy-cross-junior-awarded-scholarship-to-pursue-teaching-career-in-urban-areas/

Kerrin O’Leary ’11, a mathematics major in the Teacher Education Program, has been awarded Holy Cross’ first ever Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the scholarship encourages talented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to become middle- and secondary-school teachers in these disciplines.  The honor, which provides O’Leary with $19,000 of scholarship support, requires that O’Leary spend at least two years in a high needs school or school district after graduation, though she said she’ll “probably spend more.”
Read more....http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/features/2009-2010/kerrin_oleary_noyce_scholarship