Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Brad Hawk, a clinical assistant professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, received the Calvin Jackson Career Impact Award from the Illinois Association of School
Read moreCAHE graduate students explore Mexico to learn about, experience study abroad
Spring break trips to Mexico typically involve beaches, bathing suits and beverages. None of that was on the itinerary this month for Carrie Kortegast, associate professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, and seven of her graduate students in HESA 590: Workshop
Read moreSupervisors of teacher-candidates learn mentorship of trauma-informed practice
What is your current level of awareness about the impact of trauma on the lives of students? Can you think of times when any of your students were triggered into a fight, flight or freeze response? How can you help your students
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
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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 moreKaty Jaekel selected as acting director for center on women, gender, sexuality
Katy Jaekel has assumed the role as acting director of NIU’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS) through June 30. Jaekel, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, has served as a faculty affiliate
Read more‘Master teacher’ Katy Jaekel receives Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
Katy Jaekel loves – and believes in – her work. “College provides a really important pathway for so many people,” says Jaekel, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education. “It’s not about vocations. It’s not about careers. For
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Tiffany Puckett, assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, was nominated and voted in as a member of the board of directors for the Education Law Association.
Read moreEducate Global takes flight again, delivers same life-changing results
Following two years of COVID cancellations, Educate Global returned this summer. Yet that long and unpreventable absence could not diminish the program’s greatest product: eye-opening, life-changing experiences. NIU students and faculty who traveled with Educate Global Indonesia and Educate Global East Africa,
Read moreHESA master’s student Kayce Fuentes extends NIU reign as NASPA Rising Star
Kayce Fuentes makes it four. A second-year M.S.Ed. student in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, Fuentes is the 2022 recipient of the NASPA Region IV-E Graduate Student Rising Star (Illinois) Award and the fourth consecutive Huskie chosen for the annual
Read moreMelissa Fickling leads Honors students in exploring work, wellness, meaning
Thirty months after the world abruptly stopped to grapple with COVID-19, the mechanisms of that response continue to upend life. For many, the work-from-home mandates that early period evolved into work-from-home options. Others eventually encountered a directive of “return, or else” –
Read morePeitao Zhu creates Methods Café to offer support for researchers in counseling
During Peitao Zhu’s time as a doctoral student at Syracuse University, the future member of the NIU College of Education faculty found himself in need of clarity. “Even just prior to when I was writing my dissertation, I felt like I was
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