{"id":224,"date":"2017-10-03T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/?p=224"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T19:21:43","slug":"darden-college-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2017\/10\/03\/darden-college-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Darden College of Education and Professional Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education Building, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0Darden College of Education<\/strong>\u00a0and Professional Studies<\/strong> is one of the colleges at Old Dominion\u00a0University<\/b>. Located in the state-of-the-art Education Building<\/strong><\/a> at the corner of 43rd Street and Hampton Boulevard, the college is named after Colgate Darden, Jr., U.S. Representative from Virginia (1933-37, 1939-1941), Governor of Virginia (1942-1946), Chancellor of the\u00a0College of William & Mary<\/strong> (1946-1947), and President of the University of Virginia (1947-1959). The college is divided into the Department of Communication Disorders and Special Education<\/strong>, the Department of Counseling and Human Services<\/strong>, the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership<\/strong>, the Department of Human Movement Sciences<\/strong>, the Department of STEM Education and Professional Services (STEMPS)<\/strong>, and the Department of Teaching and Learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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History<\/h3>\n
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Original Education Building, circa 1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Courses in education were offered at the\u00a0Norfolk Division<\/strong> as early as the fall of 1930 in the afternoon and evening. Later, classes were taught through the division’s\u00a0Evening College<\/strong>. As the Norfolk Division was a two-year school, students who wished to earn their bachelor’s degrees in education would take their general classes at the division and then transfer to four-year colleges to complete their course work. Around 1950, the division created the University of Virginia Extension Program through the Evening College to provide students in Hampton Roads the possibility of earning a Master of Education through courses from the University of Virginia. Dr.\u00a0Stanley Pliska<\/strong> was charged with directing the program, which lasted until the mid-1950s. In 1953, the Norfolk Division was allowed to create a handful of four-year bachelor’s degrees for the first time, including a bachelor of science in elementary education with the first students to graduate in 1957. A bachelor of science in secondary education was added in 1955 with the first students to graduate from the program in 1958.<\/p>\n

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Education Building, 1971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1961, the Education Department was organized into the School of Business, and two years later, the School of Education was established with\u00a0T. Ross Fink<\/strong> as its first dean. The first home of the School of Education was in a building on the corner of 49th Street and Hampton Boulevard known as “Fink’s Flats,” after its first dean. Teacher certification began to take shape around 1963 with those who received their bachelor degrees from Old Dominion would also received the Collegiate Professional Certificate upon completion of student teaching. The School of Education was established in 1963 shortly after Old Dominion became an independent institution in July 1962.\u00a0 In the fall of 1964, Old Dominion established a Master of Education in Elementary Education program with the first students to graduate in 1966. Around 1966, the Master of Education in Secondary Education was added and in 1968, the school was renamed the Darden School of Education in honor of Colgate Darden, Jr., former governor of Virginia and a strong proponent for education in Virginia. The following year, the school moved into the new Education Building\u00a0on what would be referred to as\u00a0Kaufman Mall<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1979,\u00a0Ulysses V. Spiva, from Florida International University, was selected as the new Dean of the Darden School of Education, becoming Old Dominion’s first African American dean. In 1986, as part of the university’s plan to modernize its academic units by renaming them as colleges, the school became the Darden College of Education. Due to the outdated facilities in the\u00a0Education Building and the expansion of its services and programs, the college moved into a new education building at the corner of 43rd Street and Hampton Boulevard in the fall of 2016. In September 2018, to better align itself with the programs offered, the college changed its name to the\u00a0Darden College of Education and Professional Studies<\/strong>. In 2019, the college launched new bachelor of science degrees to address the statewide shortage of teachers in the Commonwealth. The degrees include majors in early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, and career and technical education. In addition, the college also initiated the master of library and information science (MLIS) degree in the fall of 2019, the first of its kind in Virginia.<\/p>\n

Deans<\/h3>\n

1963-1964: T. Ross Fink<\/p>\n

1964-1969: Franklin Jones<\/p>\n

1969-1972: A. Rufus Tonelson<\/p>\n

1972-1977: Dwight H. Newell<\/p>\n

1977-1979: Dennis Rittenmeyer, Acting Dean<\/p>\n

1979-1984: Ulysses V. Spiva<\/p>\n

1985-1994: Donald A. Myers<\/p>\n

1994-1995: Stephen Greiner, Acting Dean<\/p>\n

1995-2000: Donna Evans<\/p>\n

2000-2001: Jane Hager, Interim Dean<\/p>\n

2001-2010: William H. Graves, III<\/p>\n

2010-2013: Linda Irwin-DeVitis<\/p>\n

2013-2020: Jane Bray<\/p>\n

2020-present: Tammi Dice; Interim Dean, 2020-June 9, 2022<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h3>\n
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  1. Dean of the Darden College of Education Records<\/a>,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  2. Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection<\/a>,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  3. A. Rufus Tonelson Papers<\/a>,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    References<\/h3>\n
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    1. Old Dominion University Catalogs<\/a>,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
    2. Old Dominion University Board of Visitors Records<\/a>,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
    3. Old Dominion University Faculty and Staff Directories<\/a>, Special Collections and University Archives, Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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