Welcome to the College of Education
Alumni Association

The College of Education Alumni Association Board invites you to use your college as a continued source of support in your professional life. As one of the nation's premier schools of education, our college is on the leading edge in developing innovative ideas in teaching and learning, physical activity and educational research, use of technology, teacher education, and school reform. We hope you will network with and learn from our outstanding faculty and alumni.

Alumni Notes

Ball Deborah Loewenberg Ball, BA ’76, MA ’82, Ph.D. ’88 (curriculum, teaching and educational policy) was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Board for Education Sciences, which provides guidance to the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Ball is dean of the University of Michigan School of Education. Her appointment was conﬁrmed by the U.S. Senate in June.

Beilock Sian Beilock, Ph.D. ’03 (kinesiology and psychology) is the author of a new book and related blog about why people often fail to perform their best when the stakes are high. Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To is published by Simon & Schuster. Learn more about Beilock, an associate professor at University of Chicago, at sianbeilock.com.