Image Recognition
Image credit: SOEIn recognition of gift commitments to the University of Michigan School of Education totaling more than $55 million, the U-M Board of Regents approved a new name: Marsal Family School of Education. The School of Education will be named for the family of Kathleen and Bryan Marsal and their children, Megan Kirsch Marsal and Michael Marsal. With two generations of U-M education alumni in the family and a deep commitment to the role of education in a just and equitable society, the Marsals have become tireless advocates for the profession of teaching and the transformative work of the School of Education. Image credit: SOE“With one of the largest gifts to any school or college of education in the country, the Marsal family brings resources and attention to critical efforts to improve education,” said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean of the Marsal Family School of Education and the George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education. After graduating from the U-M School of Education in 2014, Megan Kirsch Marsal taught in Harlem and Brooklyn, New York, before returning to Michigan for a master’s degree in early childhood education from Oakland University.