LaVerne Gyant shared her view on Black Lives Matter with an international audience. A professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education and former director of the NIU Center for Black Studies, she was invited to serve as the keynote speaker
Read moreO Canada: Alissa Droog finds perfect mix in job duties for NIU education librarian
Alissa Droog is eager to run workshops that teach NIU Huskies how to read peer-reviewed articles and how to practice academic integrity in citations. She’s counting the days until she can welcome College of Education majors to Founders Memorial Library to teach
Read moreEnd of an era: Pat Wielert to retire Aug. 1
For the daughter of a United Methodist minister and the granddaughter of United Methodist missionaries to the Belgian Congo, the thought process behind major decisions is rooted in a higher authority. And so it was for Pat Wielert this summer as she
Read moreA message from Dean Laurie Elish-Piper
Dear Colleagues, I hope you had a chance to read the important message that our Academic Equity Committee shared last Thursday. I want to take this opportunity to amplify a pledge from that letter – “the College of Education’s commitment to fostering
Read moreSocial Justice Summer Camp 4.0 turns to podcasts to continue vital momentum
Joe Flynn heard the news without any sense of surprise. “It came out in late April that there was a disproportionate representation of African Americans and Latinos who have been contracting and, most importantly, dying from the virus,” says Flynn, an associate
Read moreCOVID-19 challenges counselors to treat children, paves long, difficult road ahead
COVID-19 changed abruptly from just a concerning topic in the news to a crushing force that isolated and locked down schools, communities and economies. The pandemic continues to claim a heartbreaking inventory of victims, from small businesses and gainful employment to human
Read moreZoom! 2020 Kalisiak lecture goes online to beat COVID-19, draws huge viewership
When the arrival of COVID-19 abruptly shuttered life as we knew it, Nicholas E. Grahovec already had most of the pieces in place for the 15th annual Roger and Cathy Kalisiak Lecture Series. The date. The venue. The keynote speakers. The invitations.
Read moreRead to me: Literacy educators explore ‘magic’ of COVID-19 online read-alouds
As schools closed across the country for COVID-19, celebrities quickly found a new calling. Betty White, Michelle Obama, Josh Gad, Demi Lovato, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon and countless other famous faces sat in front of cameras to engage in an online version
Read moreAllan Vest comes ‘full circle’ in closing 50-year NIU career back where he began
During his 1970-71 senior year at Thornridge High School in suburban Dolton, Ill., Allan Vest played on a now-legendary basketball team crowned as state champions in the first of its back-to-back titles. Membership in a club like that offers bragging rights that
Read moreCOE Student Spotlight: Tim Mack
Hometown: Oak Park, Ill. Program: M.S. Sport Management Status: Spring 2020 graduate What inspired you to pursue this degree/career? I have always had a passion for sports, and this same feeling continued when I enrolled into NIU back in 2013. Going the
Read moreICYMI: Committee for Academic Equity and Inclusive Excellence final statement
NIU Chief Diversity Officer Vernese Edghill-Walden has an important message for College of Education faculty and staff. Greetings to the College of Education Faculty and Staff, At the start of this year, the Committee for Academic Equity and Inclusive Excellence shared a
Read moreEducational Administration alumni lead school districts through COVID-19 crisis
Brian Harris, M.S.Ed. ’91, Ph.D. ’01, had visited the bustling cafeteria of Barrington High School many times before. He had never regarded it the way he did March 12, however, through the social-distancing lens of COVID-19. “We have 650 kids eating lunch
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