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In February 2025, American University announced that the largest philanthropic gift in the school’s history was being made to its School of Education, with the school set to be renamed for the donor and his late wife. But since November 2024, education students had thought their school was on the brink of dissolution.
https://awolau.org/7374/print/campus-life/au-education-students-feared-loss-of-their-school-while-massive-gift-was-in-the-works/
https://awolau.org/7679/print/campus-life/soe-students-push-for-solutions-as-school-secures-independence/

School of Education Undergraduate Council president Shayna Caruso, right, and Gabriela Rupp read remarks to a crowd of 40 students after hearing that morning that their school would likely be dissolved. November 12, 2024.
Student government members confer at the Nov. 12 rapid response meeting.
A copy room in the Spring Valley Building, the School of Education’s headquarters.
Former SOE Undergraduate Council President Joe Molloy.
Exterior shot of the Spring Valley Building.