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Sarah Deighton is the new Director
of Career Services and Alumni Relations at SUSE. She will be responsible
for managing career services programs and advancing alumni relations
initiatives. Most recently, she worked on an employer outreach project
at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Stanford,
Deighton worked at the Office of Career Services at Harvard University
and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Before working in
a university setting, she held a variety of roles in recruiting
and marketing at Korn/Ferry International, the executive search
firm. Deighton has always enjoyed being an active alumna. She recently
planned a Harvard Graduate School of Education gathering for new
admits and alumni living in the Bay Area.

Clare Kosnik has been appointed Director
of SUSE’s Teachers for a New Era (TNE) project. Funded by
the Carnegie Corporation of New York, TNE is a landmark initiative
designed to strengthen K-12 teaching by developing state-of-the-art
programs at schools of education. Kosnik is on a five-year leave
from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of
Toronto, where she was most recently the Director for the Elementary
Preservice program. Her area of research is teacher education, and
she continues to use her program research to inform practice and
policy. She is co-editing the upcoming text, Making a Difference
in Teacher Education Through Self-Study: Studies of Personal, Professional,
and Program Renewal (Kluwer). Kosnik is currently Chair- Elect
of the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices Special Interest
Group of the American Education Research Association.

Rania H. Sanford joined the School
of Education as Director of Academic Services in July 2004. Sanford
comes to SUSE after nine years of experience at Stanford where she
developed the university’s orientation for postdoctoral scholars,
led efforts to bring undergraduates to work with senior scholars
at the Stanford Humanities Center, and planned recruitment strategies
for research and academic programs. In her role as Director, she
oversees a wide range of activities, such as admissions, financial
aid, degree progress, and career services. Sanford hopes to expand
academic services for international students. She received her M.A.
in intercultural communication from the American University in Cairo
in 1995 and is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in organizational leadership.
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