Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the NIU College of Education, today was named an Impact Academy fellow. She joins a cohort of 13 leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation; collectively, they lead programs that enroll more than 3,500 teacher-candidates in
Read morePomp and circumstance: NIU marks spring commencement
NIU College of Education graduates stepped in the spotlight over the weekend during the spring commencement ceremonies. Acting NIU President Lisa Freeman told the audience at the May 12 undergraduate ceremony about Elizabeth Hipskind, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Special Education.
Read moreFuture elementary teachers find good ideas within interventions
Courtney Rieb could not help but notice the boy. “He was frequently off-task,” says Rieb, a junior Elementary Education major from Antioch. “He was trying to talk to his friends, or taking laps around the classroom. I identified him as needing some
Read moreSri Lankan visitors experience ways to instill social, personal responsibility through sport
Sport is spoken the world around. That certainly proved true last month in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, where 25 young visitors from Sri Lanka and the Maldives learned about boxing from, and taught cricket to, students from DeKalb’s
Read moreChinese education leaders visit to glimpse trends, best practices
When DeLandon Mason lifted a brass trumpet to his lips May 1 in a classroom of the Learning Center, the notes he blew were somewhat reminiscent of the beginning of a horse race. His audience – a delegation of secondary school principals,
Read moreSelf-advocacy: SEED professor partners with alumna to pilot student-driven transition plans
Choosing a path for after high school is rarely easy for any young adult, and that naturally includes those teens with special needs. But for students with special needs at Hononegah High School in Rockton, Ill., those roads to “transition” are becoming
Read moreService-Learning Faculty Fellow Carrie Kortegast visits Mexico to explore site for Summer 2019
Carrie Kortegast traveled to Mexico this July to explore the “classroom” for next summer’s study abroad and service learning course for Adult and Higher Education graduate students. The assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education is nearing the
Read moreCareer Planning 211 celebrates 35 years of life skills enrichment for undergrads, grad instructors
Thirty-five years after Carole W. Minor brought the Career Planning 211 course to the NIU College of Education, it continues to thrive. Undergraduates of any major or college are welcome to take 211, where freshmen and sophomores explore careers and juniors and
Read moreAnd the award goes to …
Congratulations to these members of the College of Education family! Annie Malecki, a Physical Education major, was recognized as a SHAPE America Major of the Year with about 80 other students from Physical Education Teacher Education programs across the country. She plans
Read moreStudent-Faculty Links invites applications for fall mentors
Faculty and staff are invited to apply to be a Student-Faculty Links (SFL) mentor to a new Huskie for the fall 2018 semester. NIU’s Student-Faculty Links mentorship program has successfully connected first-year freshman and transfer students to faculty and staff mentors for
Read moreEducate U.S. program to offer unique glimpse of rural teaching inside North Dakota reservation
North Dakota’s Mandaree School District is a three-hour drive from the nearest airport in Bismarck. The closest hotel is at least 20 miles away, if not 30. Shopping for groceries – beyond those for sale at the tiny convenience store in town,
Read moreStart your engines: Engage U.S. transports Sport Management grad students to Indianapolis
First-year graduate students in Sport Management magnified their credentials this month with a behind-the-scenes look at operations of the NCAA, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Purdue University’s athletic and recreational sport facilities. Part of the NIU College of Education’s Engage U.S. program,
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