Whether pizza truly is America’s favorite food is the stuff(ed crust) of hopeless debate. But considering the infinite personal preferences for preparing a pie, it’s no surprise how many ways that creative teachers can slice it up for the sake of learning.
Read moreAlternative Spring BAE travelers discuss work, life realizations during Belize trip
Three students from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who traveled to Belize during spring break joined in an April 9 panel discussion to talk about their experiences abroad. Emerson Baptist, Ashanti Ford and Wiktor Kwiatkowski, all of whom are studying
Read moreResearcher Rachel White presents work to NIU Aspiring Superintendents Forum
Research avenues that examine the superintendency are limitless – and winding. Just ask Rachel White. “When I ask a question, I think I’m going to find an answer,” White told about three dozen aspiring superintendents enrolled in NIU Ed.S. in Educational Administration
Read moreNIU will host April 26 local celebration of annual World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
NIU will celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Anderson Hall, 520 Garden Road in DeKalb. Held each year in more than 80 countries, World Tai
Read moreKildeer Countryside School District 96 celebrates decade of M.S.Ed. partnership
Kildeer Countryside School District 96 is home to around 3,400 Pre-K-through-eighth-grade students who live in southern Lake County, a diverse community where more than 60 languages are spoken. Five of its seven buildings are U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Schools.
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these alumni of the NIU College of Education! Phil Asbury, M.S.Ed. Adult and Continuing Education, ’ 94, began work Dec. 1 as executive director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Asbury’s more than 30
Read moreMary E. Earick named new COE dean
Mary E. Earick, dean of the New Mexico Highlands University School of Education, has been selected as the new leader of the NIU College of Education. Earick will begin as dean July 1 pending approval from the NIU Board of Trustees in
Read moreProject FLEX hosts hoops tournament, cuts ribbon on new Anderson Hall space
Since Project FLEX launched in 2018, its young participants in the secure custody of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice have become regular visitors to NIU and Anderson Hall. Now a new experience has taken place for everyone engaged in the initiative
Read moreNIU middle-level education curriculum earns national accreditation, recognition
NIU’s program in Middle Level Teaching and Learning has received accreditation and national recognition from the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). The favorable review follows years of internal data collection and annual reporting to the university that began in 2018, which
Read moreEarly Childhood Education majors visit Riverwoods Montessori school to see, experience a different way of teaching
Carolyn Kambich winds her way through a group of NIU College of Education visitors at Riverwoods Montessori Elementary School to announce that an impromptu piano performance is taking place just down the hall. Sure enough, a young girl – maybe in fourth-grade,
Read morePh.D. candidate Priyanka Jha receives top award for counseling scholarship
Priyanka Jha was barely a teenager in India, and already brimming with ambition and confidence, when her ultimate destination in life came into view. “Since sixth-grade, I’ve always wanted to pursue a doctoral program – and in the U.S.,” Jha says. “I
Read moreKNPE Career Fair attracts more than 200 Sport Management, Kinesiology majors
As a freshman NIU softball player from St. Louis, Jaylyn Brister knows why she’s majoring in kinesiology. “I’m a student-athlete. I’ve been through injuries. I’m really interested in how the body works,” Brister says. “Using my muscles and my body as an
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