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.
Read moreCongratulations!
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
Read moreFulbright visitor Gunel Karimova to give presentation on homeland of Azerbaijan
Gunel Karimova has spent the last several months learning about NIU and the United States as she visits and observes classes in the College of Education. Now the Fulbright Faculty Development Program participant from Azerbaijan is ready to teach NIU about her
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Welcome to the ETRA Express, our newsletter for students, faculty, and alumni! I’m Wei-Chen Hung, chair of the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, and I am pleased to provide you with news and important ETRA information. Our department has come
Read moreProject SEED to begin three-year study of Taiwanese civic literacy, engagement
How do Taiwanese teachers work with and engage students, parents and communities? In what ways are schools there advancing the tenets of a multicultural society? Both are questions faculty from the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment will explore this summer
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The state motto of Michigan – my home state – is simply, “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” Thinking about the work of KNPE over the past few months, our innovative projects and our support of students, a phrase
Read moreKNPE Alumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to this graduate of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education! Katie Hunzinger, B.S. Kinesiology, ’15, successfully defended her Ph.D. in Biomechanics and Movement Science from the University of Delaware. She will serve as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of
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