During an all-college meeting focused on students and their success, Dean Laurie Elish-Piper and her administrative team made it clear how that objective aligns perfectly with the NIU College of Education’s vision statement. Elish-Piper tailored the Jan. 7 gathering to put “a
Read moreVisual Disabilities wins federal grant to train specialists to support adults
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education long has enjoyed U.S. Department of Education grants to train professionals to work with people who are blind or visually disabled. For more than 40 consecutive years, those federal dollars have supported NIU’s preparation of
Read moreYanghee Kim assists UNESCO efforts to prepare children for future world
That the world is changing rapidly comes as no surprise to anyone who’s dialed a rotary phone attached to a wall or wearily rose from a comfortable couch to change the channel. But the relentless and breakneck pace at which technology is
Read moreNIU celebrates fall commencement
NIU College of Education graduates stepped in the spotlight last month during the fall commencement ceremonies. President Dr. Lisa C. Freeman told the audience at the Dec. 15 undergraduate ceremony about Angie Lobdell, who earned a bachelor’s in Special Education. One day
Read moreCOE Student Spotlight: Brittany Williams
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla. Program: M.S.Ed. Kinesiology and Physical Education/Sport and Exercise Psychology Year in school: First-year master’s student What inspired you to pursue this degree/career? I have a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and I’m just really into athletic training. It wasn’t
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Stacy Kelly, an associate professor in the Department of Special and Early Education, is the recipient of the 2020 Exemplary Advocate Award from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Visual Impairment and Deafblindness. The annual award recognizes “exemplary leadership and commitment
Read moreWebsite honors M.S.Ed. in Special Ed among nation’s best for new teachers
NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education has earned high kudos from Teacher.org, a national website “for teachers by teachers.” Following a review of “every single accredited ITP master’s program available,” the site’s editors “hand-selected the ones we could confidently recommend as the very
Read moreEd Psych students join Daryl Dugas for presentation on ‘white fragility’
Talking about race is never easy. Secondary teaching candidates in NIU’s EPS 450: Classroom Management course, however, are growing more comfortable in conducting such discussions in respectful, productive ways – something their professor hopes will “change the conversation.” Daryl Dugas, an assistant
Read moreLaura Ruth Johnson travels to Taiwan to see community research in action
Some of the world’s greatest wisdom is stored only in the minds of people who’ve inherited this information from the generations that have come before them. However, much traditional research overlooks this grassroots knowledge and expertise in favor of “scientific” knowledge gathered
Read moreInternational Affairs honors KNPE
NIU’s Division of International Affairs honored the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) with its 2019 Award for Outstanding Department Contribution to International Education. Recipients are chosen for meeting one or more of these criteria: Supporting NIU-sponsored Study Abroad Programs that
Read moreCOE Student Spotlight: Andre N. Joachim Jr.
Hometown: I moved to DeKalb from Joliet, Ill. Program: Ph.D. Counseling Education and Supervision Year in school: I am a fourth-year doctoral student. What inspired you to pursue this degree/career? I wanted to make a difference in the lives of individuals who
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Gudrun Nyunt, a visiting assistant professor in Higher Education in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, received a $1,550 grant from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Foundation Grant Committee. The grant supports her longitudinal study that explores how students integrate
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