Alexis Moaton Archives - NIU College of Education

Above and beyond: Ten students earn right to wear Educate and Engage stoles

November 28, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, Graduate Programs, KNPE, SEED

Ten graduates of the NIU College of Education sported something new when they crossed the stage during the Dec. 15 and 16 commencement ceremonies. Blue stoles emblazoned with the words “Educate” and “Engage” boldly conveyed that the students took full advantage of

Educate Global travelers leave China with perspective from another’s shoes

September 12, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

Educate Global 2.0 is history. China looms in the rearview mirror. A new semester of learning is underway in DeKalb. But the broadened perspectives Educate Global provided to NIU’s future teachers seem destined to persist in countless and unpredictable ways. Just ask

Future teachers gain head start, sharpen skills as literacy tutors

January 23, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

Malika Lee started tutoring young children when she was a young child herself. Now as she does that work professionally as a reading tutor at NIU’s Jerry L. Johns Literacy Clinic, the Early Childhood Education major has discovered her early ambition was

Replace judgment with curiosity: Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity

November 22, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, External and Global Programs, Graduate Programs, SEED

After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a nearly empty airport in China, with none of the crowded hustle and