Coming of age in the ’80s as part of a “very Catholic” family located in a “white, conservative town just north of Indianapolis,” Corrine Wickens had yet to realize that she was a lesbian. That comprehension would surface in college, says Wickens,
Read moreFaculty, students from Tetova visit NIU to explore topics in teacher preparation
Fifteen guests from the University of Tetova – six students among them – visited the NIU College of Education for a week of workshops related to contemporary practices in teacher preparation, U.S. cultural experiences in Chicago and the renewal of an agreement
Read moreAnalyze this: Brandon Perez takes reins of BCBA master’s, certificate programs
NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education: Behavior Analysis is under new management. Brandon Perez, assistant professor in the Department of Special and Early Education, is now coordinating the program led for years by Professor Jesse “Woody” Johnson, the college’s senior faculty fellow for
Read moreNIU’s Nonprofit and NGO Studies taps Laura Ruth Johnson as acting director
Laura Ruth Johnson has a new, albeit temporary, title: acting director of NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies. Johnson, professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, will hold the office for a year while a search commences to
Read moreMichael Manderino upholds COE legacy with election to ALER leadership roles
Michael Manderino is carrying on a proud NIU College of Education tradition. The associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction has been elected vice president of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), meaning he will ascend to the
Read moreBCBA program partners with Westside, Turning Pointe agencies for new cohort
Thirty staffers of Westside Children’s Therapy and Turning Pointe Autism Foundation are beginning coursework this fall toward NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education: Behavior Analysis – with tuition covered by their employers. Following completion of their master’s degrees in May 2026, the graduates
Read moreLEPF celebrates 62 summer graduates
Sixty-two professionals are now ready to advance their careers with degrees earned this summer from the NIU Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF). Among the new alumni are 25 educators prepared as school principals, 15 from the Rockford cohort and
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Peitao Zhu, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, has been chosen to receive the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Outstanding Research Award. This award
Read moreMerritt speaker Megan J. Laverty to talk on importance of engaging children, students in discussions of philosophy
Megan J. Laverty remembers the moment when life delivered an unexpected turn. She was a philosopher, working at the University of Melbourne in her native Australia and pursuing her Ph.D. in that exact field at the University of New South Wales. “Everything
Read moreCollege team gathers for fall meeting
Faculty and staff gathered Aug. 20 for the fall All-College Meeting, which culminated in the annual group photo in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commons and an invitation to Sunday’s picnic. Acting Dean Bill Pitney and associate deans David Walker
Read moreA person in the world: Educate Global students transformed by Indonesia visit
Nicholas Koronkiewicz was born and raised in Bolingbrook, the only place he’s called home. Just coming to the cornfields of DeKalb as a transfer student in the Department of Computer Science supplied some stranger-in-a-strange-land sensations for suburban Koronkiewicz, who soon declared a
Read morePhotos: Welcome Back Picnic
About 230 students turned out for Sunday’s Welcome Back Picnic on the Anderson Hall lawn for a good kickoff to the 2024-25 academic year and to make new friends – or to reconnect with old ones. Joined by around 25 faculty, advisors,
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