"College of Education Alumni Updates" highlights career achievements by College of Education alumni.
- Zac Bauermaster, a Penn State College of Education alum, is redefining school culture one high-five, fist bump, and “Protein with the Principal” at a time. Recently featured in PEOPLE, Bauermaster has created a community of connection and trust at his Lancaster County elementary school — where 100% of students report having at least one trusted adult on campus.
- Patricia Sobocinski Cooley, a 1990 graduate of the College of Education, retired from Thompson School District R2-J in Loveland, Colorado as a gifted and talented teacher in May.
- Chris Gamrat, associate teaching professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology and a College of Education alum (2010 and 2018), was featured in an article in Penn State News, “Tailoring teaching design to help more students succeed.” Gamrat was also named among the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members for the 2025-26 academic year.
Did you get a new job, celebrate a career milestone, get a promotion or award, recently retire, or have other career-related news to share? If so, we want to hear from you. Email us at edrelations@psu.edu with your name, information about your achievement, and the degree(s) you earned and year(s) of graduation from the Penn State College of Education.