Janet Gramza

Mar 6, 2025 | globegazette.com | Janet Gramza

A University at Buffalo program that is helping change the model for teacher education just received a $3.5 million federal grant to expand its reach in Western New York and address the regional and national K-12 teacher shortage. The UB Teacher Residency Program, which we reported on in depth last month, was awarded one of 22 grants nationwide from the U.S. Department of Education’s Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Program, Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, announced.

Mar 6, 2025 | globegazette.com | Janet Gramza

Sydney Favors went to SUNY – Buffalo State College to study political science with the idea of becoming a prosecutor. Then, in her senior year, she had a change of heart. “I began to think about, ‘What if I put someone in prison unjustly?’ ” she said. “So, I decided, ‘What if I became a teacher?

Feb 25, 2025 | stltoday.com | Janet Gramza

Sydney Favors went to SUNY – Buffalo State College to study political science with the idea of becoming a prosecutor. Then, in her senior year, she had a change of heart. “I began to think about, ‘What if I put someone in prison unjustly?’ ” she said. “So, I decided, ‘What if I became a teacher?

Feb 25, 2025 | wcfcourier.com | Janet Gramza

A University at Buffalo program that is helping change the model for teacher education just received a $3.5 million federal grant to expand its reach in Western New York and address the regional and national K-12 teacher shortage. The UB Teacher Residency Program, which we reported on in depth last month, was awarded one of 22 grants nationwide from the U.S. Department of Education’s Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Program, Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, announced.

Nov 29, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Janet Gramza

Franklin Dunn discovered Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology as a sophomore at Frederick Law Olmstead High School and soon headed there daily after school to take advantage of free classes in art, digital media and 3D printing with other inner-city teens. Using state-of-the-art equipment to virtually design buildings in Shawn Chiki’s 3D modeling and printing lab sparked Dunn’s interest in architecture, which Chiki also teaches at the University at Buffalo.