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Curry Jumps Up Seven Spots in National Rankings
May 2009 - The Curry School of Education jumped seven places to 24th in the US News and World Report rankings of graduate schools of education. In a competitive environment in which many other schools are also working diligently to improve, Curry’s movement of seven places is a tremendous step forward.
Curry also had four programs highlighted: special education (No. 4), elementary education (No. 5), secondary education (No. 6), and curriculum and instruction (No. 10).
For more information, please visit the US News and World Report rankings. For information on how other schools at UVa rank visit the UVaToday article about this year's rankings.
"Topping Out" Marks Another Milestone in Bavaro Hall Construction
April 24, 2009 -- Dean Robert C. Pianta and the Curry School Foundation Board joined representatives from the Bavaro Hall construction team and architect's office to toast the addition of the final steel beam to the top of our new education building.
Topping out is a traditional formal ceremony in the construction industry marking placement of the last beam at the top of a structure. Dignitaries on hand signed the white-painted beam before it was hoisted by a crane to the top of Bavaro Hall. A small evergreen tree on one end of the beam is considered to signify growth and good luck. An American flag was placed at the other end of the beam.
Construction is proceeding on schedule and is expected to be completed in May 2010.
Late University Alumna Leaves More than $1 Million to Support Education School
November 21, 2008 — A lifelong teacher and school librarian decided before her death in 2006 to make a final commitment to the world of education, including to the University’s Education School. The estate of University alumna Jane Iris Crutchfield has executed Crutchfield’s wish to donate more than $1 million to both the University’s Education School and the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Crutchfield left these donations in the name of her mother, Janie Gammon Crutchfield, a driving force behind her pursuit of her education, Curry Foundation Executive Director Deb Donnelly said. (More from the Cavalier Daily) (More about Miss Crutchfield)
Buy-a-Brick Offer Extended
The deadline has been extended for ordering bricks. For every gift of $250 to the Curry School of Education Foundation, you may order a brick inscribed with your name or the name of someone you wish to honor or memorialize. You may buy a brick online with your credit card at our secure site: http://www.campaign.virginia.edu/currybuyabrick.
View progress on Bavaro Hall construction.
Curry Buy-a-Brick Campaign
June 2008 -- In February 2007, Foundation board member Sheila Johnson issued a challenge to Curry alumni to support Bavaro Hall by purchasing an inscribed brick to be placed in the north terrace between Ruffner Hall and the new Bavaro Hall. Since that time 169 bricks for a total of $42,250 have been received in support for the building.
Bavaro Hall will be key to the future of Curry School of Education, providing first-class facilities from which it can pursue its vision of discovery and innovation leading to change in America’s public schools. How appropriate that this building will be named for a devoted teacher. You probably still fondly remember those caring teachers like Wally Bavaro who touched your life or the lives of your children.
Preparation work on the Bavaro Hall construction site began in May 2008. The one advantage of this later starting date is that major construction work did not commence until after regular session classes ended, and students will escape most disruptions. Once construction is completed sometime in 2010, each inscribed brick will be placed in the north terrace between Bavaro and Ruffner halls.