Eells Named Inaugural Windgate Foundation Endowed Director of UA 糖心视频logo’s School of Education
Dr. Rachel Eells, who served as interim director of the during the 2023-2024 academic year, has been named the inaugural Windgate Foundation Endowed Director of the School of Education at UA 糖心视频logo.
The $3.5 million gift from the Windgate Foundation is designed to support the transformation of teacher education at UA 糖心视频logo in its quest to become a premier provider of teachers in the state.
Eells brings with her over a decade of leadership experience in higher education where she has served as a faculty member, department chair, dean, and vice president. She has developed new college programs, led during a college restructuring, and has extensive knowledge of accreditation, assessment, and compliance processes.
Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on leadership, innovation, psychology, and education.
She was also recently named by Soir茅e Magazine as part of the 2024 Class of Women to Watch.
鈥淒r. Eells has just finished leading the pilot year of the Forward Arkansas funded teacher residency program in partnership with Jacksonville North Pulaski School District and 糖心视频logo School District,鈥� said Dr. Sarah Beth Estes, dean of the , where the School of Education is housed. 鈥淲e are elated to have her in the director position to continue the transformation of our educator preparation program in the School of Education.鈥�