“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 moreStephen Tonks, David Nieto share ideas with teachers in Uruguay via Fulbright
What is language? What are the roles of language and culture in the process of teaching and learning? How can teachers encourage motivation in their students during lessons covering those topics? Stephen Tonks and David Nieto spent most of June and part
Read moreUruguayan teachers visit NIU, nearby schools to gather ideas for improvement
After two weeks of visiting schools in DeKalb, Rochelle and the Chicago suburbs, 20 teachers from Uruguay made their way to Rockford. Their destination – Lincoln Middle School, opened in 1927 and located adjacent to the city’s historic Midtown District – provided
Read moreFulbright visitor Gunel Karimova to give presentation on homeland of Azerbaijan
Gunel Karimova has spent the last several months learning about NIU and the United States as she visits and observes classes in the College of Education. Now the Fulbright Faculty Development Program participant from Azerbaijan is ready to teach NIU about her
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