Pieces of the Blackwell History of Education Museum’s collection always have been scattered. Graham Hall. Gabel Hall. The Milan Township District #83 One-Room Schoolhouse. Basically, says Patrick Roberts, associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF) and faculty
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Q Hutchings, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE), has received ACPA-College Student Educators International’s Commission for Professional Preparation Teaching Excellence Award. The ACPA CPP Teaching Excellence
Read morePassages: Christine Sorensen Irvine
Christine Sorensen Irvine, dean of the NIU College of Education from 2002 to 2007, died Jan. 27. She was 64. Irvine left NIU to serve as the dean of the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she
Read moreProject FLEX participants to tell stories of how sport offered healing behind bars
Project FLEX somehow continues to surprise Jenn Jacobs and Zach Wahl-Alexander. More than four years have passed since the associate professors in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education launched their initiative to deliver structured physical activity and positive life lessons
Read moreJason Klein presents during All-College on advancing partnerships, programs
Partnerships: We develop reciprocal relationships with educational institutions, community organizations, agencies and businesses. We build learning solutions to address problems of practice in our region and beyond. Innovative Action: Develop or customize curricula, programs or practices to improve access, address workforce and
Read moreKaty Jaekel selected as acting director for center on women, gender, sexuality
Katy Jaekel has assumed the role as acting director of NIU’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS) through June 30. Jaekel, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, has served as a faculty affiliate
Read morePhotos: All-College Meeting, Social
The Spring 2023 edition of the All-College Meeting took place in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center, which provided a short walk to the social event in the Huskie Den. Colleagues were able to bowl or shoot pool. On the
Read morePhotos: New Teacher Send-off
The NIU College of Education recognized December graduates of licensure programs Dec. 9 during the New Teacher Send-off event in Cavan Auditorium. Evadne Bowlin, who earned her B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education in 2020, delivered the keynote address. “With all the lessons and
Read moreNIU celebrates fall commencement
Congratulations to our newest NIU College of Education alumni! One of our amazing graduates was featured in a video shown during the ceremonies. Meet Allison Graham, who earned her B.S. in Physical Education … Also, check out a photo gallery from the
Read moreMessage from the Dean
It seems impossible that the semester is already coming to an end. Weren’t we all just on the Anderson Hall lawn for our Student Welcome Picnic or outside Gabel Hall for the Sweet Tea with the CoE event? Yet final exams are
Read moreJennifer Johnson to retire from 30 years of gladly serving where she was needed
Truth: A television ad changed Jennifer Johnson’s life. “When I was in fifth-grade, I saw a commercial for Illinois Bell, and it had Alexander Graham Bell on it. He had a thing that made someone with a hearing impairment able to hear,”
Read moreA life in ‘the middle’: Jenny Parker ready to travel, enjoy family time in retirement
Jenny Parker was teaching and coaching at Cheltenham Ladies’ College in the United Kingdom when she found something intriguing in her mail. “My mother sent me an ad from the local paper for an International Rotary Foundation scholarship. I don’t think she
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