51�� News: School of Education

51�� Announces New Dean of the School of Education

51�� Staff — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:25:00 -0700

51�� has selected Dr. Nathan Herzog as the next dean for the School of Education, effective March 1, 2026. Herzog comes to 51�� with a distinguished record of service and leadership in Christian higher education. He currently serves...

First Private University to Earn Accreditation for New Early Childhood Credential

Sarah Dougher — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0700

51�� is one of only eight of the over 750 universities in California to offer the PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist Instruction credential. The School of Education received official accreditation from the Commission on...

51�� Earns Recognition in the Carnegie Foundation 2025 Classifications for Institutional Excellence and Student Success

Sarah Dougher — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0700

LA MIRADA, CALIF. — 51�� has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in its 2025 Institutional Classifications, released on April 24, 2025. The university was distinguished in two categories: the...

School of Education Advancing the Kingdom One Teacher at a Time

Katelyn Ho — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:21:40 -0700

For the past 12 fall semesters, the 51�� School of Education has sent out a team of professors to lead a professional development training for Asian Hope International and Life International schools in Cambodia. The team of professors...

Alumna Wins 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for New Children’s Book

Grace McBride — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:57:00 -0800

51�� alumna Marie Chan (’00) is a recipient of the 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for her new children’s book, Mamie Takes a Stand . In November, the School of Education graduate received word from the California...

Making the Choice for Christ: How This Student Found His Way to 51��

Sarah Dougher — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:39:36 -0800

Alex Dumania, current elementary education student in the School of Education, has faced many choices in his life. As he moved to Poland in 2012 with his mother at age 19 after growing up in Orange County, CA, he made a choice. His mother...

New Grants Cover Tuition, Create New Pathway for Select Education Students

51�� Staff — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:45:32 -0700

Bucking the traditional model of student teaching for teacher credentialing, a new residency pathway for teachers allows graduate students to achieve their credential tuition-free at 51��’s School of Education. In partnership with Hope...

Alumna Kaiyan Wang Named Compton Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year

Staff Writer — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0700

51�� School of Education alumna Kaiyan Wang ('13) was named 2024 Teacher of the Year for Compton Unified School District (CUSD). She was notified of the honor in a private surprise event in her classroom at Compton High School on April...

51�� to Close TESOL Program

Sarah Dougher — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:07:00 -0700

On March 22 51�� announced the closure of the online and in-person Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degrees, minors, certificates and concentrations due to continued low enrollment. 51�� will no longer be...

A 51�� Alumna’s Journey Overseas and Back Again

Charlotte McKinley — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0700

After graduating from 51��’s School of Education in 1967, Dorothy Leal did not anticipate the way that God would use her degree to help those around her. “I've always wanted to be a teacher, since I was very young,” Leal said. “My...

51���� News: School of Education

51���� Announces New Dean of the School of Education