The College of Education ranks 183 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Education Schools, moving up 19 spots from last year. *** Several faculty, alumni and current students of the Department of Counseling and Higher Education were honored at
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Happy New Year! We hope you all had a relaxing winter break and a good start to the new semester. We are thrilled to share all the exciting things going on in our program. Spring is always a busy time for us.
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Gudrun Nyunt, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, was elected vice president of Membership for ACPA (American College Personnel Association)-College Student Educators International, the premier association for student affairs professionals. Her colleagues will celebrate her and other newly
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! David Walker, associate dean for Academic Affairs, received the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award from the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences where he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees. The
Read moreGudrun Nyunt taps students to research, publish on motivations for Ed.D. pursuit
What inspires someone to pursue an Ed.D. in higher education? Why do they choose that degree over the Ph.D.? Gudrun Nyunt wanted to know. “As a faculty member, I’m always curious about what brings our students to our programs: What are they
Read moreStudent Research Symposium resumes in-person operation with posters, panels
Questions and answers took center stage April 21 at the NIU College of Education’s Student Research Symposium. Held in the Learning Center of Gabel Hall (face-to-face for the first time since COVID forced an online format), the event featured five oral presentations,
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Paul Wright, the EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). Wright
Read moreGudrun Nyunt celebrates Harrah Award for manuscript on Residence Life staff
Gudrun Nyunt has walked the walk. As a sophomore at State University of New York at New Paltz, she began working as a resident assistant – a job she would hold the next three years. Later, while in pursuit of her master’s
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Xiaodan Hu, assistant professor of Higher Education in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, is the recipient of an American Educational Research Association Grants Research Award for “A Head Start
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Alison Douglas, who graduated from the NIU College of Education in August 2021 with her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, is a co-winner of the AERA Special Interest Group Research in
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! James Cohen, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, received the Outstanding International Educator award Tuesday from the NIU Division of International Affairs. The award recognizes sustained contributions over
Read moreCAHE researchers ask students to rate their mental well-being during COVID
Living and learning on the NIU campus proved beneficial to the mental well-being of students during the Fall 2020 semester, a Department of Counseling and Higher Education study has found. Titled “Flourishing in the Time of COVID-19: How Institutional Responses to COVID-19
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