Community College Leadership Archives - NIU College of Education

Ed.D alumna Christine Sobek celebrates 20 years as president of Waubonsee C.C.

July 19, 2021 Mark McGowan Alumni, CAHE, enewsletter, Graduate Programs

Christine Sobek is fascinated by the mechanisms of the mind. What makes us individuals? What shapes our personalities? What motivates us? What drives the way we learn? Questions like these led her to major in psychology at Purdue University, where she involved

Decade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with

Greetings from Our Program Coordinator

September 20, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, CAHE

HESA alumni, students, faculty and staff, I hope these newsletters, sent out three times a year (fall, spring, summer), will become a new tradition that brings our HESA community closer together. In these newsletters, we intend to share program updates; celebrate personal

Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re (still) in Kansas: CAHE doc student defends dissertation virtually from her Overland Park home

April 26, 2020 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

Kristy Wittman Howell has driven many of her friends to their dissertation defenses throughout her career in higher education, providing not only cheerleading but safe travels home afterward. She couldn’t wait for her own day to come, but COVID-19 arrived instead –

CAHE Department changes name, adds new undergraduate minor in Counseling

May 13, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

NIU’s Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education has revised its moniker to better reflect its mission. Meanwhile, this fall will mark the launch of a new minor expected to enroll large numbers of undergraduates. “The big news for the department is

Community College Leadership provides ‘happy’ balance for AHE prof Xiaodan Hu

April 29, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE

Xiaodan Hu never attended a community college. Her higher education began at Beijing Forestry University in her native China – she grew up in Qingdao – as she pursued a degree in English for Business. Active in student organizations, and confident in

U.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings

January 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).