The 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频 College of Education inducted new members into its Dean鈥檚 Circle on December 2. The Dean鈥檚 Circle recognizes donors who have a cumulative lifetime giving amount of $100,000 or more to the college.
Patricia S. 鈥淧at鈥 Koskinen Ph.D. 鈥75 and John A. Koskinen have established three scholarships and fellowships in the College of Education. First, in 2014, they created the Patricia S. and John A. Koskinen Scholarship for students who are graduates of Prince George鈥檚 Community College. In 2021, they instituted the Patricia S. and John A. Koskinen Endowed Fellowship in Urban Education to support a graduate fellowship for a Ph.D. student specializing in urban education. That same year, they launched the Elaine Johnson Coates 鈥59 Endowed Scholarship in honor of Coates, the first Black woman to receive an undergraduate degree from 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频. This scholarship supports students who promote racial diversity in the College of Education through activism or service or have distinguished themselves through their research, internships or presentations on the topic of racial diversity. The Koskinens are also members of the President鈥檚 1856 Society for donors who have given more than $1 million in their lifetimes to the 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频.
Pat Koskinen earned a doctorate in elementary education at 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频. She was an adjunct professor at the College of Education for more than 25 years and served as associate director of the National Reading Research Center, a federally funded consortium led by 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频 and the University of Georgia. In addition, she is a former president of the College Reading Association (now the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers). Her research has focused on reading fluency and comprehension, literacy instruction and vocabulary acquisition. Before receiving her doctorate, Koskinen taught elementary school in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. She was a member of the College of Education Board of Visitors and the college鈥檚 Fearless Ideas Campaign Committee and has served on the boards of the National Children鈥檚 Museum, Heads Up afterschool program, and Pierce-Warwick Adoption Agency.
John Koskinen is a former Senate-confirmed commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and also served as the non-executive chairman of Freddie Mac and the deputy mayor and city administrator of Washington, D.C. Koskinen chaired the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion and was a senior staff member of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (also known as the Kerner Commission), which studied the conditions of urban communities before and after the uprisings of the late 1960s.
Barbara K. Shapiro 鈥55 established the Bebe & Bebop Shapiro Endowed Scholarship in 2019 to provide merit-based scholarships for students enrolled in the College of Education鈥檚 K-12 teacher certification programs who began their education at Baltimore City Community College, Community College of Baltimore County or Prince George鈥檚 Community College.
Shapiro, who earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in early childhood education at 沈芯语老师家访麻花视频, is a board member of the M. Sigmund & Barbara K. Shapiro Philanthropic Fund. She and her late husband Sig managed the family shipping and logistics business, Samuel Shapiro & Company, which their daughter Margie now leads as president and CEO. A lifelong resident of Baltimore and a respected philanthropist, Barbara Shapiro has supported numerous nonprofits in the city and invests in projects that make a difference in the lives of individuals and families.
