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Watson Wednesdays at the Ed Lab

The Ed Lab, the only program of its kind in North Carolina, has been supporting students and the community for 40 years.

Watson College of Education students and their tutees have been celebrating Watson Wednesdays in the Ed Lab.

The Betty Stike Education Laboratory is a distinguishing feature of UNCW’s Teacher Education program. The Ed Lab gives future teachers an opportunity to teach children in a supervised setting on campus before beginning field placements in local school classrooms. AT&T gifted $40,000 to the lab in 2023, and it’s programming continues to be supported by UNCW’s philanthropic gifts through Like No Other: The Campaign for UNCW

Since 2017, more than 7,500 students, alumni and school partners have participated in #WatsonWednesdays, helping to promote the college and the teaching profession by wearing Watson t-shirts on Wednesdays. – BY SUSAN FINLEY

Avery Chaucer, who plans to graduate in fall 2025 with a degree in elementary education, practices her teaching methods while tutoring local elementary student Vicky Silva at the Watson Ed Lab.
PHOTO: BRADLEY PEARCE/UNCW
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