Student Engagement
Engagement through organization involvement and event participation helps shape the Mary Frances Early College of Education experience. Our student engagement initiatives offer a break from the classroom and opportunities to interact with peers who could become lifelong friends.
With over 20 official student organizations and an ongoing event calendar, there are endless ways for you to get involved.
Latest News
- Amazing Student: Eunbi Sim
Eunbi Sim's (Ph.D. ’25) passion lies in advancing intersectional feminist perspectives in the field of learning, leadership, and organization development.
- Amazing Student: Laura Conway
Laura Conway (B.S.Ed. ’25, M.Ed. ’26) represents the Mary Frances Early College of Education as a student ambassador and is passionate about working with middle grades students.
- Forming connections through robotics and literature
Professor Roger Hill and clinical professor Petros Panaou recently led a robotics workshop for elementary and middle grades students at Annunciation Day School in Atlanta.
- Study connects exercise with improved sleep quality in women with PTSD symptoms
New research from alumna Melissa McGranahan (B.S.Ed. ’14, M.S. ’18, Ph.D. ’23) and professor Patrick O’Connor highlights an underrepresented demographic in prior exercise intervention studies.
- Fear of rejection influences how children conform to peers
New research by alumna Cayenne Predix (M.A. ’21, Ph.D. ’23) and professor Michele Lease highlights how rejection sensitivity shapes children’s social behavior in school.
- New program fosters English language development, career readiness for high school students
The Center for Readiness in English and Career Education supports newly arrived multilingual learners in the Clarke County School District.