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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Leading Equity-Focused Inquiry for Continuous School Improvement
📅 Thursday, February 12, 2026
🕕 6 – 8 p.m. ET
📍 Moot Court Room, Lincoln Center Campus

Join Fordham for a special evening with Margaret Terry Orr, Ph.D., former chair of Educational Leadership, as she shares insights from her new book on equity-focused school improvement. Drawing from real-world cases led by Fordham Ed.D. grads, this session explores how leaders use inquiry and improvement science to build more equitable systems.
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ADMISSIONS EVENTS

January 2026 Virtual Open House

📅 Thursday, January 15, 2026
🕕 6 – 8 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Thinking ahead to fall enrollment? This Open House is designed to help you compare programs, ask questions, and get practical details about applying and funding your graduate degree.
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Curriculum and Teaching and Educational Leadership Info Session

📅 Wednesday, February 18, 2026
🕕 6 – 7:30 p.m. ET
📍 Location TBA
This session highlights two of our most impactful areas of study: Curriculum and Teaching, and Educational Leadership. Learn how Fordham GSE prepares both new and experienced educators to lead classrooms and schools with vision, purpose, and care for their communities.
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Curriculum and Teaching and Educational Leadership Virtual Info Session

📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026
🕕 6 – 7:30 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Explore Fordham GSE’s dual focus on teaching and leadership. Whether you want to strengthen your classroom practice or prepare to take on an administrative role, this session will help you understand how our programs support professional growth in New York City and beyond.
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Online M.S.T. Webinar

📅 Tuesday, April 14, 2026
🕕 6 – 7 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Interested in teaching but need the flexibility of online study? This session will introduce you to our Online M.S.T. program and explain how it combines academic rigor with fieldwork support, preparing you for certification and the classroom.
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Curriculum and Teaching Virtual Info Session

📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕕 6 – 7 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Discover how Fordham GSE’s Curriculum and Teaching programs prepare educators to meet the needs of today’s diverse learners. Learn about pathways to certification, advanced study options, and how our graduates are making an impact across New York City schools.
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Online M.S.T. Webinar

📅 Thursday, May 28, 2026
🕕 6 – 7 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Join this online session to learn how Fordham’s Online M.S.T. program offers the flexibility to pursue a teaching degree while balancing work and life. Faculty and admissions staff will walk you through program details, the application process, and next steps.
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GSE News

Fordham GSE Leads the Way in School Counseling Innovation

Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) was extremely well-represented at this year’s annual Guidance Expo, hosted by The Westchester Putnam College Conferences, Inc., on October 22. This annual conference is a free, day-long professional event for New York area school counselors, educators, and researchers. The Guidance Expo brings together hundreds of experts in the …

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In the Media: Anita Vazquez Batisti and Travis Proulx on Reaching Out with Gregory Floyd

How does Fordham turn mission into action across New York City? In a recent episode of Reaching Out with Gregory Floyd, Anita Vazquez Batisti, Ph.D., Associate Dean and founding Director of the Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP), and Travis Proulx, Fordham’s Vice President for External Affairs, highlight CEP’s community-facing work and the partnerships behind it: …

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Fordham GSE Faculty Member Featured on The Multicultural Psychologist Podcast to Discuss New Research on Multiracial Asian American Experiences

Yuki Yamazaki, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor and alumna of Fordham GSE’s Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program, joins The Multicultural Psychologist to discuss her new publication, “Multiracial Asian Americans: Intersectional Perceptions of Microaggressions and the Model Minority Myth.” The episode offers an accessible entry point to her research. Yamazaki examines how Multiracial Asian Americans experience racial microaggressions …

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Fordham Graduate Brings Passion for Equitable Math Education Back Home

This content was contributed by Shiva Mohsenian. When Dr. Robert Schwartz, Ed.D. ‘25, attended Lower Merion High School, he never imagined he would ever return to shape how students learn math in those classrooms. Now, nearly thirty years later, that’s exactly what he is doing. After earning his doctorate in Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy …

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Gregory Maguire, Ph.D., on Art, Faith, and the Wildness of Imagination

More than 250 people turned out to hear Wicked author Gregory Maguire, Ph.D., speak at Pope Auditorium on October 23. The event, hosted at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, had to be relocated from a smaller venue after registration quickly surpassed capacity. The crowd included undergraduates, graduate students, professors, and members of the public, drawn by …

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Fordham’s Graduate School of Education Awarded $11.3 Million Grant to Continue Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network

This content was contributed by William Li. For nearly two decades, Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education has played a leading role in shaping the future of bilingual and multilingual learning across New York City. That legacy continues with a new $11.35 million grant from the New York State Education Department (NYSED), which will fund …

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Building Equity-Driven Leadership: Inside Fordham GSE’s Ed.D. Community of Inquiry Immersion

This content was provided by Shiva Mohsenian. This summer, Fordham’s Graduate School of Education hosted its annual Community of Inquiry immersion, a cornerstone of the cohort experience. Grounded in the Carnegie Project’s Education Doctorate (CPED) framework, the immersion allows Ed.D. students in the Leadership, Administration, and Policy program to step away from their everyday demands …

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Haciendo Caminos: A Retreat for All Saints and All Souls

This month, the Graduate School of Education and Haciendo Caminos is inviting the Fordham community to gather, and remember. Haciendo Caminos: A Retreat for All Saints and All Souls will take place on Saturday, October 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. The program begins with a presentation in McShane 260. A 3:30 p.m. Mass will …

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Carina Chen, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Awarded NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant

This content was contributed by Shiva Mohsenian. Carina Chen, a fifth-year doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at Fordham’s Graduate School of Education, has spent most of her life with a tennis racket in hand. She began playing at 4 years old, eventually competing as an NCAA athlete in college. For Chen, those years weren’t just …

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Edgardo Lugo on Hope, Prayer, and Spiritual Direction at Fordham GSE

This content was contributed by William Li. When Edgardo Lugo speaks about spiritual direction, he draws on both lived experience and a strong desire to guide others. Edgardo, who recently completed a Master of Arts in Christian Spirituality with a concentration in spiritual direction at Fordham, is now helping to form future directors as part …

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