Earning a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education is only the first step. Standing between Anderson Hall and each K-12 gymnasium is a successful job interview. But future teachers in Jim Ressler’s classes have a leg up on their competition. Ressler, professor in
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Pi-Sui Hsu, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, received an Outstanding Capstone Mentor Award from the NIU Honors Program. Students completing Senior Honors Capstone projects
Read morePrincipal Prep program gains approval to provide fully online, hybrid options
NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Educational Administration is going 100% online next fall for those future school principals who prefer that mode of course delivery. And, for those who would rather earn their master’s degrees in a hybrid structure with classroom and virtual settings,
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! Allison Boutet, M.S.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, ’08, and B.S.Ed. Elementary Education, ’06, was named assistant superintendent of Administrative Services for junior high
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If you’re like me, you’ve had more than your fill of campaign ads and mailbox postcards – and now you’re grateful that the midterm elections are over, even if some of the results didn’t match your vote. Feeling thankful simply because you
Read moreGoggles on, paddles in hand: NIU serves as pilot ‘metaversity’ to test VR teaching
Since joining the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education faculty in 2015, Zach Wahl-Alexander has taught in plenty of Anderson Hall spaces. None is remotely like where his KNPE 343 class is meeting this fall. Wahl-Alexander accepted the university’s invitation to teach
Read more‘Master teacher’ Katy Jaekel receives Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
Katy Jaekel loves – and believes in – her work. “College provides a really important pathway for so many people,” says Jaekel, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education. “It’s not about vocations. It’s not about careers. For
Read moreGeneration X-ercise? NIU study seeks sedentary adults ready to get physical
Are you between the ages of 40 and 60? Are you mostly sedentary but otherwise healthy and able to perform routine daily activities? Are you exercising less than 90 minutes per week, or no more than three days a week? Are you
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Tiffany Puckett, assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, was nominated and voted in as a member of the board of directors for the Education Law Association.
Read moreKNPE, City Colleges of Chicago pave 2+2 paths in kinesiology, sport management
City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) students now have a seamless “2+2” transfer pathway to bachelor’s degrees in Kinesiology and Sport Management from the NIU College of Education. Thanks to a newly signed articulation agreement, students completing Associate of Science degrees who are
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As we pass the midpoint of a busy and productive semester, I want to you know that I appreciate you. Our buildings and our campus are bustling with the kinds of activity we perhaps took for granted before March 2020, and I
Read moreKNPE students enact Sport Ed model with Barb City STEAM Team children
Future teachers in KNPE 368: Sport Education typically practice their instructional ability on each other. Not this semester. Paul Wright, the EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, has partnered with NIU STEAM to
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