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Division of Outreach Engagement and Regional Development

NIU celebrates community engagement: COE ingenuity, initiatives take spotlight

April 28, 2026 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF, Partnerships

NIU’s two-day Community Engagement Exemplar Symposium put several College of Education faculty front and center. Held April 15 and 16, and hosted by the Division of Outreach, Regional Engagement and Development, the event gathered “impactful NIU community-engaged scholars, practitioners and community partners

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ETRA researchers employ robots again to nurture computational thinking skills within an NIU STEAM summer school

December 5, 2023 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

What began in Naperville Community Unit School District 203 could not stop there. Faculty from the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment interacted with around 200 students in 2021 and 2022 to observe how working with LEGO educational robots might stimulate

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P-20’s Jason Klein joins college, begins dual role leading education partnerships

May 4, 2022 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF, Partnerships

The NIU College of Education and the NIU Center for P-20 Engagement in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development are embarking on a new partnership to maximize the university’s impact on learners of all ages in Illinois schools, community colleges,

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