Open House is scheduled Monday, Oct. 10, which means prospective students and their families are coming to campus to explore the NIU College of Education. As potential new Huskies check us out, we can all help to make visitors feel welcome while
Read more‘SPICE’ presentation to explore faculty-student research Oct. 13
Higher education has identified the engagement of undergraduate students in research as a high-impact practice, something NIU has emphasized for the past decade. Faculty in the athletic training program of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education have established an excellent track
Read moreReimagined courtyard opens
Once home to a frightening thicket of withering trees and patchy grass, the courtyard outside the ramp between Gabel and Graham halls now offers a picturesque place of serenity. Funded entirely by the generosity of friends of the College of Education, the
Read moreA look behind the College of Education’s edTPA numbers
Laura Tuma felt uneasy when she first heard about the edTPA, the new assessment she would need to pass before receiving teacher licensure in Illinois. “It was very intimidating at first. It was very scary not knowing what to expect,” says the
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Achieving the unimaginable is no easy task, and doing so is something most people will never know. John Evar Strid is not among them. The associate professor in NIU’s Department of Literacy and Elementary Education recently learned that the TESOL Journal accepted
Read moreIn the Conversation
Chad McEvoy, chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was included in Affinio’s “Top 100 Most Relevant Twitter Accounts in Sports Marketing.” India White, a content strategist at Affinio, blogged on how she compiled the list. “Affinio is a marketing
Read moreHow to save a life
NIU receives grant to prevent suicides through awareness A $300,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will work to decrease stigma around mental health and promote resilience in the NIU community. NIU’s three-year grant, awarded to collaborators from
Read moreFunding available for research, innovation, partnerships
Grants to help advance College of Education research, instructional innovation and partnerships are available again this year. Financial support in research and innovation enables faculty and staff to prepare and improve submissions for external research funding or to design programs that enhance the
Read moreBridging oceans
NIU joins Macedonian university in promoting peace Deep and influential thinkers from around the world will convene this December in Macedonia at the State University of Tetovo’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. As they share their ideas on the impact of
Read moreSinging NIU’s praises overseas
College of Ed alumna values, imparts NIU lessons Lalitha Gowdanahalli Ramappa was teaching children with special needs through a spiritual organization in her native India when she came to an important realization. “I didn’t have enough knowledge to teach them,” Lalitha says.
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