NIU will confer an honorary doctorate this spring to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, whose nearly half-century in various elected offices are only part of a remarkable lifetime of public service. White’s long résumé includes 33 years as a teacher and
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Jocelynne Escontrias, a senior Elementary Education major, is among 23 Huskies chosen to receive the 2022 Outstanding Women and Gender Advocacy Student Award given by the NIU Presidential Commission on the
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Dear Alumni and Friends of CAHE, We are so excited to have this opportunity to share with you updates on how this academic year has been going here in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education as we head closer to commencement.
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A Few Faculty Highlights Kimberly Hart, clinical assistant professor, was honored with the Illinois Counseling Association Bea Wehrly Human Rights Award. Carrie Kortegast, associate professor, recently published two articles. Gudrun Nyunt, assistant professor, was selected as the associate editor of The Journal
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Congratulations to these graduates of the Department of Counseling and Higher Education! Jacob Cushing, Ed.D. in Community College Leadership, ’20 Jacob Cushing is the director of Student Records and Global Engagement at College of Lake County (CLC). His dissertation research focused on
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Greetings from DeKalb! It is my pleasure to send you the Department of Curriculum and Instruction’s alumni newsletter. I am pleased to confirm that “Pandemia” is becoming Academia again as we return to a semblance of normal on campus. It is so
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Spring greetings from the Department of Special and Early Education! It is hard to believe that commencement is just around the corner. As a magnificent thunderstorm brews outside my window, I am reminded that spring brings change – change for flora; change
Read moreBill Penrod, Ximena Burgin researching Safe Toddles Pediatric Belt Cane efficacy
When Hunter College instructor Grace Ambrose-Zaken needed someone to research the efficacy of a device she helped to invent for children with visual disabilities, she knew where to turn. “She only sent out grant proposals to people she had known for a
Read moreAmanda Baum joins NIU as coordinator of Illinois Tutoring Initiative’s Region 2
Part of the NIU College of Education’s commitment to the Illinois Tutoring Initiative is the hiring of a full-time coordinator for the 16-county hub of Region 2. After all, the project funded by $3.4 million in federal pandemic relief for Illinois schools
Read moreGudrun Nyunt celebrates Harrah Award for manuscript on Residence Life staff
Gudrun Nyunt has walked the walk. As a sophomore at State University of New York at New Paltz, she began working as a resident assistant – a job she would hold the next three years. Later, while in pursuit of her master’s
Read moreCounseling student earns silver award as Career Services Intern of the Year
Shannen Sutherland was undecided on a career path when she enrolled at Waubonsee Community College. That question lingered even after she found a promising possibility. “I randomly took a psych class and just loved it,” says Sutherland, who grew up in Sandwich.
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Stephanie DeSpain, assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Special and Early Education, is among three winners of NIU’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards for 2022. The Excellence
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