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LAUNCH, the annual magazine of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, features our faculty, students, staff, awards and honors, and listings of fellowships and the donor honor roll.

 

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ReLAUNCH, the annual research magazine of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, features highlights of our major research initiatives and grant awards.

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UCSB Graduate Division Commencement 2025

Gevirtz School Celebrates 2025 Commencement

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education held its commencement on June 12, 2025, to recognize the achievements of students earning doctoral and master’s degrees, as well as teaching credentials. 

 

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Kaylin Russell

Doctoral Candidate Commencement Profile 2025: Kaylin Russell

Kaylin Russell is a doctoral candidate with an emphasis in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UCSB. 

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Honeiah Karimi

Doctoral Candidate Commencement Profile 2025: Honeiah Karimi 

Honeiah Karimi is a Ph.D. candidate in Education with an emphasis in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences. 

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Dean Jeffrey Milem, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

Dean Jeffrey Milem Will Retire on June 30, 2025

After nine years of outstanding leadership as the Jules Zimmer Dean of our Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Professor Jeffrey Milem has decided to retire, effective June 30, 2025. 

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2023 Commencement Student Speaker: Chris Chien

Congratulations to Chris Chien from the Teacher Education Program! Chris was the 2023 Commencement Student Speaker at the Graduate Division Ceremony on June 16th.

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Commencement speaker Courtney Wright reflects on a transformative journey

Courtney Wright, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will address her fellow graduates as a 2025 Commencement speaker — a moment she calls “a dream realized” after five and a half years of graduate study.

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Commencement speaker Courtney Wright reflects on a transformative journey

Courtney Wright, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will address her fellow graduates as a 2025 Commencement speaker — a moment she calls “a dream realized” after five and a half years of graduate study.

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Koegel Autism Center's Unmasking Through Art show on May 8, 2025

The Koegel Autism Center’s Creative Club will be holding its sixth neurodivergent art show, by and for those who think differently. Titled “Unmasking Through Art,” the show will open with a reception on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm at the Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus. This event is free and open to the public.

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Student learning and well-being on the rise through unique university-school partnership

UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Harding University Partnership School (HUPS) are celebrating their successful 15-year collaboration. Launched in January 2010, the partnership brings Gevirtz School faculty researchers and graduate students to the Harding campus, within Santa Barbara Unified School District, to provide research-based best practices and services to benefit student learning and well-being. 

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