Patton College of Education
Lead by Experience
Patton College of Education
The Patton College prepares educators, practitioners, and human service professionals to be leaders. Education is front and center in our name, but leadership is at the core of everything we do. In our 136-year history, we’ve built a nationally recognized model of educating and supporting students. Whether you want to be an educator, counselor, or inspiration in sports pedagogy, recreation, or consumer sciences, our faculty and programs will prepare you to be forever ready—ready to lead, challenge, improve, and answer the call.
To learn more about our faculty, programs, and their work, visit the "Tell Our Stories" playlist on YouTube.
Academic Programs
Find a major that prepares you to lead — as an educator and lifelong learner — from teacher education and teaching licensures to sport pedagogy, hotel and restaurant management, outdoor recreation, and more!
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Hands-On Experiences
From outdoor leadership and study abroad programs to student teaching and ecotourism trips, students in the College of Education have access to many experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom!
Experiential learning... Outdoors!
The Patton College of Education’s Parks, Recreation, Hospitality and Tourism Program offers study away opportunities that teach students outdoor leadership skills in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest and in Costa Rica.
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Events
Sasheen Phillips Dissertation Defense
Thursday, March 12
10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Dissertation Title: Principals’ Perceptions Regarding their Recruitment of Black Teachers and How Policy and Leadership Inform ...
Glidden Visiting Professor Research Presentation - Dr. Yi Yang
Monday, March 16
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM
Gladys W. and David H. Patton Hall
The Learning Experiences of Chinese Art Students in Japan in the Early Twentieth Century and their Activities After Returning to C...
Green STEM Club
Wednesday, March 18
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Gladys W. and David H. Patton Hall
This unique after-school program is designed to educate and empower children in grades 1-6 (ages 5-11) about environmental conserv...