News, alumni notes and updates from the Northern Illinois University College of Education
Jayda Greiwe entered her Educate Global trip to Malaysia “with no expectations.” Yet the senior Elementary Education major from Palatine cannot say the same about the students ages 13 to 17 who she met at Imtiyaz Islamic School. “They had a lot
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Many years after NIU students began visiting Indonesia’s Al Azhar Yogyakarta Islamic School to practice their skills as preservice teachers, Professor James Cohen can describe that Educate Global program in three words. A well-oiled machine. Such was not the case, however, for
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When Shuhaimi Salleh and Noripah Kamso hosted NIU College of Education Professor James Cohen in their Kuala Lumpur home, the couple loved their guest’s stories about Educate Global. And when they wondered aloud if Educate Global could come to Malaysia, it was
Read moreBefore Daisy Cruz went on the Summer 2025 Educate Global trip to Indonesia, she considered herself “a very shy person.” Now the senior Elementary Education major classifies that as “stepping into her voice.” “My biggest reason why I wanted to experience this
Read moreNicholas Koronkiewicz was born and raised in Bolingbrook, the only place he’s called home. Just coming to the cornfields of DeKalb as a transfer student in the Department of Computer Science supplied some stranger-in-a-strange-land sensations for suburban Koronkiewicz, who soon declared a
Read more“Hi Dr. Cohen,” the email begins. “I am SO EXCITED to tell you that I have been selected as a Fulbright Luxembourg English Teaching Assistant for the 2024-2025 school year!! I’M TEACHING IN EUROPE!!!” The message came to James Cohen from Kristal
Read moreThe first students from Southeast Asia arrived on the campus of what then was known as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1903. “One of the really interesting things about Indonesia, and really all of Southeast Asia, is how deep and
Read moreTerry Borg was a high schooler in his native Livonia, Mich., when he set his compass for a lifetime in public service and international affairs. Fifty years later, his direction remains unchanged. Borg, senior director of the College of Education’s Office of
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