As the powerful messages from a panel of Black students concluded during the Jan. 7 all-college meeting, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper shifted the conversation to action. “I’ve asked each department to share an initiative that directly relates to supporting students of color, broadening
Read moreJobs, jobs, jobs! ETRA Ph.D. students, grads turn IT prep into prestigious gigs
Max Anderson is on a unique journey. He was the first instructional designer hired by the University of Illinois College of Medicine. That was 2013. And when college administrators were ready a few years later to recruit and appoint a director of
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Half of this year’s International Recognition Reception honors went to the College of Education. Ted Moen, program coordinator in the Office of External and Global Programs, received the award for Outstanding Staff Contribution to International Education. Moen is instrumental in providing infrastructure,
Read morePi-Sui Hsu begins Senior Faculty Fellow work in promoting STEM fields to youth
Pi-Sui Hsu wants to see more children enter the fields of science and engineering. Hsu, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, has launched numerous initiatives over her career to advance that goal. These have included summer
Read moreETRA doctoral candidate offers faculty ways to ‘rethink’ online course delivery
As another semester of remote learning begins, Hal Hinderliter is on a mission. Hinderliter, a teaching and research assistant in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA), wants to help faculty in the NIU College of Education to reimagine the
Read moreRobin Miller Young writing next chapter in retiring from Early Childhood faculty
Robin Miller Young always knew that she wanted a career making positive differences for children and families. How to meet and exceed that goal, however, has evolved continually since the beginning of her pursuit – and, unsurprisingly, another chapter is soon to
Read morePodcast features Laura Ruth Johnson
Laura Ruth Johnson’s search for local knowledge from the direct source – the people who live those realities and the grassroots organizations they populate – has taken her from Chicago to Puerto Rico to Taiwan and beyond. Johnson’s community-based research serves to
Read moreCOE recognizes administrative professionals
Wednesday is Administrative Professionals Day. Our amazing administrative professionals in the College of Education are the can’t-live-without glue that hold our offices and departments together. And while we’re all away, unable to thank or five-high them in person, they continue to serve
Read moreGrad students modify Chicago research to address host site’s COVID-19 concerns
During this strange era of COVID-19, the adage about “the best-laid plans” has proven itself more than a cliché. For Dean Laurie Elish-Piper and Laura Ruth Johnson, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, their work that
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