NIU has been chosen as one of the 15 stops for the first #SameHere Sit-Down College Campus Tour, organized by mental health non-profit organization We’re All A Little “Crazy.” Former Chicago Blackhawks player Daniel Carcillo will headline the evening of vulnerable, interactive
Read moreCertificate in trauma counseling proves popular way for professionals, students to impact workplaces, internship sites
In the two years since the NIU Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education launched its Graduate Certificate in Trauma-Informed Counseling, 97 people have enrolled. Twenty-one of those already have completed the one-year program while the rest continue to enhance their skills
Read moreCAHE faculty accomplishments
Congratulations to these CAHE faculty members! Xiaodan Hu traveled to Texas in April for an impressive honor: Her dissertation, “The Impact of Performance-based Funding on Community College Retention and Completion in Louisiana,” is the winner of the 2018 Council for the Study
Read moreJustice, ethics, collaboration: New minor launching in Social Change Leadership
NIU’s Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education began this fall to offer an undergraduate minor in Social Change Leadership. No matter a student’s professional aspirations, the development of leadership skills is essential for career success and important in an increasingly diverse
Read moreService-Learning Faculty Fellow Carrie Kortegast visits Mexico to explore site for Summer 2019
Carrie Kortegast traveled to Mexico this July to explore the “classroom” for next summer’s study abroad and service learning course for Adult and Higher Education graduate students. The assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education is nearing the
Read moreCareer Planning 211 celebrates 35 years of life skills enrichment for undergrads, grad instructors
Thirty-five years after Carole W. Minor brought the Career Planning 211 course to the NIU College of Education, it continues to thrive. Undergraduates of any major or college are welcome to take 211, where freshmen and sophomores explore careers and juniors and
Read moreGrant to advance counseling named in honor of Toni Tollerud
Toni Tollerud’s service to education, from teaching to counseling, spans nearly 50 years. Yet her legacy will last far longer through the new Toni R. Tollerud School Counselor Grant, created and funded by the Schultz Foundation for Advancing Counseling. Recipients will use
Read moreFaculty, student podcast probes portrayal of mental illness in film
People who love movies love to talk about movies. Sometimes it’s the plot. Sometimes it’s the acting. Sometimes it’s the cinematography or the music or the special effects. But for NIU’s Scott Wickman and his cohort of film buffs – colleagues, students,
Read moreScott Wickman left ‘speechless’ by ‘Humanistic Educator’ award
Scott Wickman, associate professor in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, has received the 2018 Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award from the Association for Humanistic Counseling. He was honored in April at the 2018 ACA Annual Conference in Atlanta. The award recognizes
Read moreCAHE’s Xiaodan Hu celebrates ‘Dissertation of the Year’ award
Xiaodan Hu, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, traveled in April to Texas for an impressive honor. Hu’s dissertation, “The Impact of Performance-based Funding on Community College Retention and Completion in Louisiana,” is the winner of the
Read moreCAHE students, faculty attend Student Affairs 101 Conference
Ten graduate students in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education (CAHE) traveled recently to attend the Student Affairs 101 Conference in Normal. The one-day conference at Illinois State University, complete with 16 workshop sessions, enabled faculty and graduate students to
Read moreLEPF doctoral student leads multilingual efforts in Uruguay
Languages are deeply valued in Uruguay, where multiple tongues beyond the native Spanish are the norm. “Uruguay is a country of immigrants,” Aldo Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, says of his homeland. “We have
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