Rachel Newland found the NIU Department of Special and Early Education’s Visual Disabilities Program through a YouTube search. And in coming to the College of Education, she’s found a home. “Dr. Kapperman has been my primary guide; his interest in sex education
Read moreYou’re hired: KNPE’s first job fair scores rave reviews from students, employers
Yordanos Gardner and Monica Maravilla walked into the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s job fair with a good idea of their career plans and a bit of trepidation. “We’re seniors, and it’s terrifying to go into the next phase,” says Gardner,
Read moreMore to life? Project FLEX participants discuss how NIU program changed them
Different situations. Different backgrounds. Different races. Different traumas. Different struggles. Yet the four young men facing the audience in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center do share one reality – and, for many, it’s potentially insurmountable. Prison. Two already have
Read moreAlumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these alumni who are making a positive impact on the leadership and administration of education at all levels! George Abbott, M.S.Ed. Visual Disabilities Program, ’92, served as one of 10 jurors for the 2022 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition. A
Read morePhotos: National Pizza Day!
The College of Education invited students to a National Pizza Day party Feb. 9, offering free slices, free books, chances to win college swag and opportunities for friendly conversation with Office for Student Success staff and college leadership. Click on any image
Read moreBluebirds Fly: Dana Isawi continues support group for grieving children
Like all human beings, children experience intense emotions. How they express those feelings is quite different than adults, however – and children in DeKalb County who are mourning the deaths of close family members have a strong advocate in Dana Isawi. The
Read moreNorth Chicago teachers near completion of technology specialist endorsements
No matter their subject matter – English, English as a second language, history, math or even driver’s ed – teachers use technology. Six educators within those disciplines at North Chicago School District 187 are now upping their game in ways that will
Read moreCampus teamwork yields study guides to help Huskies ace state licensure tests
Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS) Study Guides are now available at Founders Memorial Library. Passage of the state tests, administered by the Illinois State Board of Education, is required before newly minted graduates can begin their classroom careers. Those claiming multiple endorsements
Read moreBlackwell filling Graham storage room to improve collections management
Pieces of the Blackwell History of Education Museum’s collection always have been scattered. Graham Hall. Gabel Hall. The Milan Township District #83 One-Room Schoolhouse. Basically, says Patrick Roberts, associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF) and faculty
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Q Hutchings, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE), has received ACPA-College Student Educators International’s Commission for Professional Preparation Teaching Excellence Award. The ACPA CPP Teaching Excellence
Read morePassages: Christine Sorensen Irvine
Christine Sorensen Irvine, dean of the NIU College of Education from 2002 to 2007, died Jan. 27. She was 64. Irvine left NIU to serve as the dean of the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she
Read moreProject FLEX participants to tell stories of how sport offered healing behind bars
Project FLEX somehow continues to surprise Jenn Jacobs and Zach Wahl-Alexander. More than four years have passed since the associate professors in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education launched their initiative to deliver structured physical activity and positive life lessons
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