Corrine Wickens Archives - NIU College of Education

Student Research Symposium provides glimpse of questions, answers, learning

April 28, 2026 Mark McGowan enewsletter, Research/Faculty, Student Success

In Alya Khan’s daily work as a registered behavior technician at a children’s therapy clinic, she experiences an aspect of autism that she wants to understand better. Many of her young clients present with a large deficit in communication skills, whether that

Corrine Wickens to complete analysis, book on LGBTQ young adult literature during her Senior Faculty Fellowship

September 23, 2024 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Coming of age in the ’80s as part of a “very Catholic” family located in a “white, conservative town just north of Indianapolis,” Corrine Wickens had yet to realize that she was a lesbian. That comprehension would surface in college, says Wickens,

COE²: College of Education team gathers for pre-finals Celebration of Excellence

May 14, 2024 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, KNPE, LEPF, SEED

The NIU College of Education family came together May 3 in the ballroom of the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center to celebrate another year of teaching, learning, scholarship, service and success. Acting Dean Bill Pitney recognized several faculty and staff members, including

Alumna Cindie Cortinas-Vogt celebrates state, national teaching awards in 2023

January 17, 2024 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter, KNPE

Cindie Cortinas-Vogt arrived late to the college game. She was 22, maybe, and all of her friends from high school already had graduated. While they all had apparently felt certain enough to enroll and select their majors as teenagers, Cortinas-Vogt had not.