Razak Dwomoh knows why he teaches – and why he prepares future educators to use inquiry-based instructional approaches in their classrooms that foster the civic readiness of students. “Looking at the way the world is now, and how the world is evolving,
Read moreAlready ‘rising’: RPS-205 students start strong toward grow-your-own degrees
While they still have 18 months to go, the future teachers enrolled in the Grow Your Own RISE (Rockford Inspiring School and Community Excellence) initiative are off to a great start. At the midpoint of the fall semester, the students (all current
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family – and watch future issues of the Ed News for full coverage of these announcements. Hope (Bess) Wilson, the College of Education and the Department of Special and Early Education have
Read moreDrive My Car: ETRA delivers fun times to STEM Fest crowds, graduate students
Hundreds of children of all ages visited the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment’s STEM Fest booth Sept. 28 in the Anderson Hall gym. And the learning – along with the smiles – was not limited to the guests. “This is
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these alumni of the NIU College of Education! Kinasha J. Brown, Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, ’23, and Ed.S. Educational Administration, ’20, is the new superintendent of Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144. Brown most recently served as assistant
Read moreFall numbers of graduate students ranks College of Education atop NIU’s campus
Student numbers in the NIU College of Education have reached levels not seen in a decade. “Our graduate enrollments are up by 9.9%, or 112 students, which is the highest graduate enrollment we’ve had in the last 10 years,” said David Walker,
Read moreCorrine Wickens to complete analysis, book on LGBTQ young adult literature during her Senior Faculty Fellowship
Coming of age in the ’80s as part of a “very Catholic” family located in a “white, conservative town just north of Indianapolis,” Corrine Wickens had yet to realize that she was a lesbian. That comprehension would surface in college, says Wickens,
Read moreFaculty, students from Tetova visit NIU to explore topics in teacher preparation
Fifteen guests from the University of Tetova – six students among them – visited the NIU College of Education for a week of workshops related to contemporary practices in teacher preparation, U.S. cultural experiences in Chicago and the renewal of an agreement
Read moreAnalyze this: Brandon Perez takes reins of BCBA master’s, certificate programs
NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education: Behavior Analysis is under new management. Brandon Perez, assistant professor in the Department of Special and Early Education, is now coordinating the program led for years by Professor Jesse “Woody” Johnson, the college’s senior faculty fellow for
Read moreNIU’s Nonprofit and NGO Studies taps Laura Ruth Johnson as acting director
Laura Ruth Johnson has a new, albeit temporary, title: acting director of NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies. Johnson, professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, will hold the office for a year while a search commences to
Read moreMichael Manderino upholds COE legacy with election to ALER leadership roles
Michael Manderino is carrying on a proud NIU College of Education tradition. The associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction has been elected vice president of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), meaning he will ascend to the
Read moreBCBA program partners with Westside, Turning Pointe agencies for new cohort
Thirty staffers of Westside Children’s Therapy and Turning Pointe Autism Foundation are beginning coursework this fall toward NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education: Behavior Analysis – with tuition covered by their employers. Following completion of their master’s degrees in May 2026, the graduates
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