NIU faculty and staff can receive free, online tutoring for their children in first- through sixth-grades, thanks to a new partnership between the College of Education and the Employee Assistance Program. Mission Possible Tutoring and Homework Help connects elementary school students with
Read moreMayra Daniel ready to continue looking for serendipitous avenues in retirement
Mayra Daniel considers herself among the fortunate ones. Born in Cuba, she spent her first 11 years in the Caribbean nation with an extended family that included great-grandparents who’d emigrated from Europe. “We left to escape the Castro regime. My father left
Read moreNo place like Zoom for the holidays!
As the fall semester nears its end each December, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper and her Dean’s Office team in the NIU College of Education typically gather for a lunch hour potluck in Gabel Hall. Elish-Piper didn’t want to lose that tradition this year,
Read moreHere We Grow: Counseling minor
Suzanne Degges-White has never forgotten the words of a professor during her master’s studies in counseling. “ ‘Probably only half of you are going to end up doing professional counseling,’ ” Degges-White, chair of the NIU Department of Counseling and Higher Education,
Read moreCommencement profile: Evadne Bowlin
Out of concern for the health and safety of the Huskie community, NIU is hosting virtual commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 13, for those who register. Those who would prefer to watch after the scheduled times can visit YouTube
Read moreCommencement profile: Kelsey Sipp
Out of concern for the health and safety of the Huskie community, NIU is hosting virtual commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 13, for those who register. Those who would prefer to watch after the scheduled times can visit YouTube
Read moreJobs, jobs, jobs! ETRA Ph.D. students, grads turn IT prep into prestigious gigs
Max Anderson is on a unique journey. He was the first instructional designer hired by the University of Illinois College of Medicine. That was 2013. And when college administrators were ready a few years later to recruit and appoint a director of
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Half of this year’s International Recognition Reception honors went to the College of Education. Ted Moen, program coordinator in the Office of External and Global Programs, received the award for Outstanding Staff Contribution to International Education. Moen is instrumental in providing infrastructure,
Read moreHere We Grow: Elementary Education
One year after Sally Blake arrived to lead the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, she joined in the August 2019 “grand opening” celebration of a new partnership with Elgin Community College to offer NIU’s B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education there. And she’s still
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