Dr. Elish-Piper, Thank you so much for enabling and supporting my second trip to Belize this Spring! Your support for Engage Global program’s like this helped us put on the first ever Women’s Sports Summit in Belize! The BAE (Belizeans Advocating for
Read moreLetter from Barrett Kaeb
Dr. Elish-Piper, My name is Barrett Kaeb, and I am a first-year graduate student here at NIU. I just returned from the BAE Sports Summit in Belize, and would like to take a moment and say thank you for making this opportunity
Read moreLetter from Kelsey Kunz
Dr. Laurie Elish-Piper, I hope you and your family are doing well during this time of chaos, uncertainty, and heartache. My name is Kelsey Kunz, and I was one of the students who had the opportunity of going to Belize with the
Read moreLetter from Joseph Mwachullah
Dear Dr. Laurie Elish-Piper, Hello Laurie, I am Joseph Mwachullah and I am one of the students lucky enough to get blessed with the opportunity to go to Belize last Spring. First, I want to say thank you for the support you’ve
Read moreElgin U-46 partners with NIU to prepare new Special Ed teachers from within
With teachers in short supply throughout Illinois and across the United States, the responsibility of confronting that challenge is often left to school districts. Elgin U-46 has found an answer in the NIU College of Education. Serving nearly 40,000 students in 11
Read moreThree-time NIU College of Ed alum climbs ladder to DeKalb District 428 headquarters
During his 15 years at DeKalb’s Clinton Rosette Middle School, Tim Vincent donned many hats. Four years teaching seventh-grade science. Two years teaching math. Two years serving as assistant principal. Seven years in charge as principal. What the three-time NIU College of
Read moreThree-decade CPS principal remembers finding career mantra in NIU classrooms
At age 30, recently married and with a child on the way, Richard Morris decided to take an interview for a principal’s job in the Chicago Public Schools. The 1980 alum of the NIU College of Education really wasn’t in the market
Read moreFirst-year high school principal builds strong foundation with NIU preparation
During the six years Matthew Bennett and his wife, Erin, spent teaching school in Nevada, he realized his professional future might lie outside the classroom. “We just had a lot of turnover in the administrative ranks,” Bennett says. “I thought, ‘There’s got
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! John W. Herrin, M.S.Ed. School Business Management, ’17, has been named finance director for Libertyville School District 70. Herrin will complete the
Read moreKNPE alumni accomplishments
Congratulations to these Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education alums! Julie Bergstrom, B.S.Ed. Physical Education, ’98, was featured Jan. 9 by the Naperville Sun: “The Waubonsie Valley High School physical education teacher and soccer coach has a passion for everything sports-related and
Read moreJanuary All-College meeting focuses on student success, offers good news
During an all-college meeting focused on students and their success, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper and her administrative team made it clear how that objective aligns perfectly with the NIU College of Education’s vision statement. Elish-Piper tailored the Jan. 7 gathering to put “a
Read moreVisual Disabilities wins federal grant to train specialists to support adults
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education long has enjoyed U.S. Department of Education grants to train professionals to work with people who are blind or visually disabled. For more than 40 consecutive years, those federal dollars have supported NIU’s preparation of
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