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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Barbara L. Jackson, Ed.D., Lecture
Education, Equity, and Liberation

📅 Monday, October 27, 2025
🕕 6 p.m. ET
📍 Room 1-01, Fordham Law School | 150 West 62nd Street, NYC
Join us for the 2025 Barbara L. Jackson, Ed.D., Lecture featuring scholar and activist Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D. Hill will speak on how schools and communities can resist systems of oppression and serve as sites for transformative justice. A reception will follow in Schmeltzer Dining Hall.

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ADMISSIONS EVENTS

October 2025 Virtual Open House

📅 Monday, October 20, 2025
🕕 6 – 8 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Thinking about graduate study in education? At this Open House, you’ll get an overview of all of Fordham’s Graduate School of Education programs, including master’s, doctoral, and advanced certificates. You’ll also learn how our Jesuit values, community focus, and New York City partnerships prepare educators and leaders to thrive.
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Counseling and School Psychology Virtual Info Session

📅 Wednesday, November 12, 2025
🕕 6 – 7 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Considering a career in counseling or school psychology? This session offers a closer look at Fordham GSE’s accredited programs, faculty expertise, and field placement opportunities in New York City schools and agencies. Bring your questions and explore how you can begin your path in the field.
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Curriculum and Teaching Virtual Info Session

📅 Saturday, November 15, 2025
🕛 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Interested in becoming a teacher or advancing your teaching practice? Join us to explore our Curriculum and Teaching programs, from initial certification to advanced study. You’ll hear how Fordham GSE prepares teachers to connect theory with classroom practice while serving diverse communities.
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December 2025 Virtual Open House

📅 Thursday, December 11, 2025
🕕 6 – 8 p.m. ET
📍 Virtual
Start the new year with clarity. At this Open House, you’ll discover Fordham GSE’s wide range of graduate programs and meet the people who will guide your journey: faculty, staff, and current students.
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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 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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For Ed.D. Students, a New Kind of Guidebook

When Margaret Terry Orr, Ph.D., first designed Fordham’s Ed.D. program in educational leadership, she knew it needed to do more than prepare students to write dissertations. It had to prepare them to lead change. Now, recently retired from the University, Orr is sharing what she’s learned in a new book from Harvard Education Press. Leading …

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Gerald Cattaro, Ed.D. Connects Pope Francis’ Vision to the Mission of Catholic Schools

In a recent feature for Momentum, Gerald (“Jerry”) M. Cattaro, Ed.D., of Fordham’s Graduate School of Education explores how Pope Francis’ roots as a Jesuit educator continue to shape his global message and what that means for the future of Catholic schools. The article, Pope Francis’ Pedagogy: From Chaos to Kairos (PDF), draws a line …

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Fordham GSE Alumnus Recognized with National Catholic Education Award

James Hickey, Ph.D., a graduate of Fordham’s Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy (ELAP) program, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Award by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). The national honor recognizes Catholic educators for exemplary leadership, service, and contributions to the mission of Catholic education. Hickey serves as head …

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