At the College of Education (COE), learning doesn’t stay in the classroom. It lives in our communities, where current students strengthen schools, clinics, nonprofits, and essential behavioral support programs every day. These experiential learning opportunities allow them to translate rigorous training into meaningful service for the communities they serve.
Ducks Give is your opportunity to help these students step confidently into careers of service. Rise with us to power hands‑on learning and launch students into the jobs where they will make an immediate impact.
When you give to the College of Education on Ducks Give, you support:
Scholarships that launch service-driven careers
Last year, your generosity provided more than one million dollars in scholarships to College of Education students. Sustaining and expanding this support helps students stay enrolled, manage financial challenges, and graduate on time. It also ensures they can focus on their training and enter high‑need fields in education and human services with stability and confidence.
Programs that strengthen cultural knowledge and Indigenous education
For more than twenty years, the COE’s Indigenous teacher education program, Sapsikwałá (“teacher” in Ichishkíin/Sahaptin), has prepared future educators through elder mentorship, land‑based learning, and language revitalization projects that root their teaching in Indigenous knowledge. When you support Sapsikwałá, you sustain these culturally grounded experiences and help ensure students have access to scholarships and emergency funding when they need them most.
Clinical training that strengthens care for children and families
COE students complete hundreds of hours of experiential learning in clinics, classrooms, and early learning programs. More than one hundred student clinicians develop their skills each year at the HEDCO Clinic, where they offer free and low‑cost mental health, behavioral, and speech‑language services. Rise with us to expand care, strengthen training technology and faculty supervision, and ensure more families can receive the services they rely on.
