According to a 2013 report released by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, the reported number of individuals aged 19 and under treated in U.S. emergency departments for concussions and other non-fatal, sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries increased from
Read moreLaurie Elish-Piper to lead NIU College of Education
(This article originally appeared on NIU Today.) Laurie Elish-Piper, who has served as acting dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Education since 2015, will take over officially July 1. Members of the NIU Board of Trustees endorsed her appointment last
Read moreTech Talk: Convert a Word file to PDF in Word 2013
What do you do when you need to share important Word documents with your external contacts who don’t have access to Microsoft Office software like we enjoy here at NIU? The most common and probably universal answer to this question is to
Read moreNIU Literacy Event at NIU-Naperville Campus
Northern Illinois University’s Department of Literacy and Elementary Education (LEED) is sponsoring a Literacy Event: “Reading & Writing in the Digital Age” on Wednesday, March 23, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at the NIU-Naperville campus, 1120 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, Ill.
Read moreCollege of Education’s spring 2016 Community Learning Series panel to discuss concussion in youth sports
Sharon Moskowitz, a NIU graduate student and life-long athlete, suffered her first concussion at 15, the result of a particularly aggressive foul during a high school basketball game. Moskowitz’s opponent hit her so hard that it broke her nose and knocked her
Read moreNew COE Resource Guide has the information you need
The COE Staff Council has taken a giant step toward eliminating the “Huskie Shuffle” with its new COE Staff Resource Guide, now located on the shared or P: drive. Available in a handy Excel or PDF formats the guide is a compendium
Read moreProgram Prioritization Task Forces “On Schedule”
The co-chairs of NIU’s Program Prioritization task forces say their groups are making good progress with reading and scoring the nearly 500 program narratives submitted in December. Academic Task Force Co-Chairs George Slotsve and the [College of Education’s] Alan Clemens and Administrative
Read moreLynda.com – How do I access it?
Have you tried Lynda.com yet? The best way to become familiar with this handy online learning resource is just to dive right in. Simply go to go.niu.edu/Lynda, enter your ID number and password, and you’re there. Then just look around. Lynda.com offers professional
Read moreCollege of Ed online graduate program ranks No. 5 in nation
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the NIU College of Education’s online graduate program among the country’s best. The COE program was ranked No. 5 out of a field of 188 competing programs offered by institutions
Read moreedTPA scores surpass state average
The Education Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) became mandatory last fall for all teacher candidates in Illinois. We are happy to note that NIU candidates posted a 99.13 percent passing rate, with the vast majority of licensure programs posting a 100 percent passing
Read moreAlumni Profile: Anwer Al-Zahrani
DeKalb winters can be difficult for anyone to get used to, but for Anwer Al-Zahrani, it was especially tough. In his home country, Saudi Arabia, temperatures rarely dip below freezing, even on the coldest of days. Fortunately, Al-Zahrani arrived at NIU in
Read moreAlumni Profile: Heather Frankfort
Editor’s note: Last fall the Rockford Register Star published an article about Heather Frankfort (M.S. Early Education, ‘09) that we thought might interest you. The story, written by reporter Corina Curry, is re-published here with the permission of the Rockford Register Star
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