EDUCATION WEEK 2025
October 20 - 24
Cal State Fullerton’s College of Education (COE) presents Ed Week 2025. Ed Week is an opportunity for the campus community to learn about the impact of earning a credential or degree in education while providing a spotlight for students and alumni to shine.
We encourage everyone to participate and visit all of the incredible events we have in store!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
MCT SCHOLARS: EXAMINING GRADUATE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH IN AN ERA OF DIVISION AND DIVISEVENESS - A C-REAL WEBINAR
Location - ZOOM:
https://fullerton.zoom.us/j/84968026756 Meeting ID: 849 6802 6756
Time - 12 PM - 1 PM
Join the Center for Research on Educational Access and Leadership and the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell (MCT) Foundation Scholars for a special research presentation. This session will highlight a student-led, mixed methods study examining Graduate Student Mental Health during an Era of Division and Divisiveness of graduate students of Color across three institutional types: HBCUs, HSIs, and PWIs.
Drawing from survey and focus group data, the team will share initial findings, reflections on the research process, and their hopes for the next steps.
LANDING THE JOB: TALK WITH NEW TEACHERS
Location - PLN 403 (Pollak Library North, 4th floor)
Time - 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for an insightful panel featuring recently hired teachers who will share what it really takes to secure your first teaching job. This interactive panel is designed for current credential students and aspiring educators eager to understand the hiring process from people who’ve just been through it. Learn how they navigated applications and interviews, what districts are really looking for, and what they wish they had known beforehand.
Come ready with questions!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
FUTURE EDUCATOR EXPO - Hosted by SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Center for Careers in Teaching
Location - MAIN QUAD
Time - 11 AM - 1 PM
Have you considered a Career in Education? Do not miss The Future Educator Expo! Join the College of Education students, faculty, advisers, & staff to learn about our credential, master's & doctoral programs, and connect with our student orgs. & programs for future teachers!
BILINGUAL/BILITERACY TEACHER PANEL
Location - HYBRID PLN-403 and ZOOM:
https://fullerton.zoom.us/j/82548397862
Meeting ID: 825 4839 7862
Time - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Hear from panelists who will discuss their experiences as bilingual/multilingual educators. Conversations will revolve around the idea of JEIE (Just, Equitable, and Linguistically Inclusive) practices and how the Bilingual Authorization prepared them to transform education.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
EDUCATION INTER-CLUB COUNCIL MEET AND GREET
Location - TITAN THEATER
Time - 4 PM - 5 PM
Meet the EICC board. The EICC serves the current, prospective and prerequisite students of the College of Education as a funding body from ASI that can help fund travel to education conferences and research. They also serve as an advisory board and a liaison between the College's clubs and student body.
"MOONLIGHT" SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Location - TITAN THEATER
Time - 5 PM - 7:30 PM
Join the EICC (Education Inter-Club Council) and Dr. Caro Valdez for a screening and discussion of Moonlight. This will be an interactive community event!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
ED.D. RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Location - PAVILION - TSU (TITAN STUDENT UNION)
Time - 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us for the 2025 Research Symposium. Program activities include keynote Derek W. Black, JD.; research discussion roundtables, and an Ed.D. alumni panel.
Defending the Promise of Education: Leadership, Justice, and the Fight for Equity
Education is underfunded, politicized, and increasingly under attack. As systemic inequities widen and misinformation threatens the foundations of democratic learning, educational leaders are called to act with courage, knowledge, and a deep commitment to justice. The 2025 EdD Research Symposium invites educational researchers and practitioners to examine the challenges in education at multiple levels. Together, we will explore how leadership grounded in equity and historical awareness can safeguard the right to education and transform systems to serve all students, especially those most marginalized.
Keynote: Derek W. Black, JD. is a professor of law and the Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he also directs the Constitutional Law Center. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of constitutional law and public education, particularly educational equity and civil rights. His research has appeared in top law reviews and has been cited in federal court decisions and U.S. Supreme Court briefs. He frequently serves as an expert witness in litigation on school funding, vouchers, and education policy. Black is the author of Education Law: Equality, Fairness, and Reform, Schoolhouse Burning, Dangerous Learning, and Ending Zero Tolerance. Before joining academia, he litigated education cases at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and later founded the Education Rights Center at Howard University School of Law.
For questions regarding Education Week contact rosman@fullerton.edu or hterry@fullerton.edu.
