“Budget cuts, administrative changes, new curriculum, new state licensure requirements, a changing student population — and the list goes on.” So wrote Edye Cowan in an abstract of a paper she co-presented in October at the National Academic Advising Association’s 2015 conference
Read moreMeet COE Northern Lights Ambassador Jamal Murphy
Jamal is an Elementary Education major originally from Chicago. Experiencing, and ultimately overcoming challenges he had in his local high school inspired Jamal to pursue teaching and eventually to be a leader in his field. He states his goal is to return
Read moreCollege of Education AWARDS
Do you know someone in the College of Education who is deserving of special recognition for their efforts over the past year? The College of Education Awards have been reinstated this year, and the information for the awards as well as the
Read moreFood drive for hungry NIU students
The College of Education is now accepting donations of food and personal hygiene products for the Huskies Student Food Pantry. The pantry, which relies on donations and volunteers, strives to provide non-perishable, supplemental food and other necessities for NIU students who are
Read moreHoliday Book Drive!
Give the gift of literacy to a child in need this holiday season. Students, faculty and staff in the College of Education are teaming up for a holiday book drive to benefit Neighbor’s House reading and tutoring program, a non-profit organization that serves
Read moreLiteracy & Elementary Education offers new reading cohort in Grayslake
Northern Illinois University’s Department of Literacy and Elementary Education (LEED) will offer a new cohort leading to a Master of Science degree in literacy education with a focus on reading beginning in 2016 at University Center-Lake County (UC-LC) in Grayslake. The program
Read moreAlumni profile: Meet Mina Blazy
If you had asked Mina Blazy if she aspired to be a teacher back while she was a student at Proviso East High School, she would have told you “no.” But the fond memories of a 10th grade chemistry teacher at that
Read moreSupporter of literacy program receives two prestigious awards
As the author or co-author of approximately 300 articles, research studies and professional books, Jerry L. Johns, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the College of Education’s Department of Literacy and Elementary Education (LEED), is known in the field of reading education for
Read moreGo Teacher project graduates 37 Ecuadorian “Huskies”
Thirty-seven Ecuadorian teachers gathered at the Red Roof Inn Aug. 13 for the *Go Teacher project’s graduation ceremony. Go Teacher is a seven-month international education program where Ecuadorian teachers studied ESL methodology, second language acquisition, and culture on NIU’s campus. James Cohen,
Read moreLEED remains a leader in faculty production
A new study published by researchers in the Department of Teacher Education at Brigham Young University ranks NIU’s literacy faculty within the top-10 most productive literacy faculties in the country for the years 2006 through 2012. The article, which appears in the
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