Christy Schweitzer Archives - NIU College of Education

Educators Rising conference encourages future teachers to join, enrich profession

June 21, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter

Seventy-five high school students seriously contemplating careers as teachers gained powerful motivation May 25 during the Northern Kane Educators Rising Conference at NIU. Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the NIU College of Education, made sure of it. Teachers, she told the teens gathered

Future Teachers Conference welcomes 233 high school students to NIU campus to explore potential careers in education

May 4, 2022 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

For the high school students who attended April 27’s Future Teachers Conference at NIU to learn more about careers in education, the message was clear. Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the College of Education, was thrilled they had come, grateful for their intentions