Professors Earn Prestigious Fellowships
Milo Obourn and Elizabeth Garner Masarik receive funding from SUNY to promote the education of diversity and gender issues in New York State.
Read the storyProfessors Earn Prestigious FellowshipsGraduate’s education degree continues a family tradition spanning three centuries.
A family legacy occurs when back-to-back generations graduate from the same institution. As Childhood Inclusive Education major Kayla Reese makes her way to the commencement stage, she will mark the fifth generation in her family to earn a degree from SUNY Brockport.
“The connection to Brockport was extremely well known and talked about in my family,” said Reese. “Coincidentally, I wrote my college essay about being the potential fifth generation to attend.”
“Brockport was always my number one choice. After hearing about my family’s positive experiences with their programs in Education, I knew that it would benefit me as a future teacher to enroll in their programs.”
Kayla Reese
The five generations of Reese’s family dates back to the 19th century. The University traces its origin to 1835 when village leaders initiated an institution of higher learning to formalize the Brockport Collegiate Institute. Following the Civil War, it joined a movement to become a part of the “Normal” state school system in 1867.
With aspirations of becoming a teacher and a long history of educators in her family, Reese’s desire to attend SUNY Brockport was never in question.
“Brockport was always my number one choice,” Reese said. “After hearing about my family’s positive experiences with their programs in Education, I knew that it would benefit me as a future teacher to enroll in their programs.”
As the final piece to earn her degree, Reese has worked as a long-term substitute teacher at QUEST Elementary.
“I am in a job-embedded placement that will also count towards my student teaching,” Reese said. “I am teaching at QUEST Elementary right now for fifth and sixth grade, but I started my student teaching in a fifth-grade classroom at Fred W. Hill School in Brockport. I have had amazing experiences in both placements.”
Professors Earn Prestigious Fellowships
Milo Obourn and Elizabeth Garner Masarik receive funding from SUNY to promote the education of diversity and gender issues in New York State.
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