graduate programs
‘Scholarship that Serves the Community’: Charlitta Hatch ’25 Ph.D. wins CMS school board seat with priorities driven by doctoral research
Academics often love to say that their research drives real change in the world, but sometimes it’s hard to prove that it does. Charlitta Hatch, however, has some pretty concrete proof. Earlier this year, she ran for Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board in District 1 and won, defeating several other candidates. She defended her dissertation in urban […]
‘I Wanted to Do More’: Seth Gillis ’25 M.A. shifts from teacher to counselor to fill need in his Charlotte community
Beyond the classroom, teachers carry invisible titles — counselor, social worker, therapist — because no one spends more time with students than they do. Seth Gillis experienced this for ten years as a classroom teacher and decided that if that was going to be asked of him, he’d better get the training for it. “I […]
Cato College’s Sejal Foxx honored with de Silva Graduate Mentor Award
Sejal Parikh Foxx ’08 Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Counseling in the Cato College of Education, is one of this year’s recipients of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. Considered a cornerstone of mentorship in the Ph.D. Program in Counselor Education and Supervision, Foxx was honored for supporting students both […]
Cato College soars in U.S. News and World Report 2025 rankings
UNC Charlotte’s Cato College of Education has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 programs in online graduate education, tying for the No. 9 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Master’s in Education rankings, released Jan. 21. This represents an increase of fourteen places from 2024 and marks the […]