NIU College of Education

NIU to give honorary doctorate to Tetovo’s ‘rector of the people’

November 22, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

NIU will confer an honorary doctorate degree this fall to Vullnet Ameti, a man who demonstrated his belief in education as a human right by helping to establish the only Albanian university in Macedonia. The rector of the University of Tetovo will

NIU professors explore peace, policy at Macedonia conference

February 21, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Still energized by the Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication’s first-ever international conference, held in Macedonia, organizers already are gearing up for this fall’s second installment in DeKalb. NIU and the State University of Tetovo are partners in the center, which was

KNPE finds global partnerships in Macedonia, Kosovo contacts

February 21, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Chad McEvoy didn’t need time to think when he heard that the rector of the State University of Tetovo wanted to collaborate with NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. “The rector has a sports background – he was a competitive wrestler

Mizzou honors Teresa Wasonga

February 21, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Teresa Wasonga is grateful for ignorance. Without it, she says, she probably wouldn’t have felt compelled to learn so much during her doctoral program at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She probably would have doubted that climbing aboard the single-engine plane sent to

Bridging oceans

September 20, 2016 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter

NIU joins Macedonian university in promoting peace Deep and influential thinkers from around the world will convene this December in Macedonia at the State University of Tetovo’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. As they share their ideas on the impact of

NIU teacher candidates spend time in Chicago and Texas classrooms

June 15, 2016 admin-salvani Alumni eNewsletter, LEED

Teacher candidates visit Altus Academy On April 28th a group of Elementary Education teacher candidates traveled to Altus Academy in Chicago. Altus Academy provides college preparatory education to 2nd-8th grade students from historical minority groups, low-income families, and first generation college graduate

Against All Odds

January 8, 2016 admin-salvani CAHE, ETRA, KNPE, LEED, LEPF, SEED

by Angela M. Johansson, M.A. ’05 Originally appeared in Northern Now North Lawndale is one of the toughest neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side. Its streets are plagued by poverty and gang violence. Each morning, workers in reflective orange vests are stationed at