Project FLEX somehow continues to surprise Jenn Jacobs and Zach Wahl-Alexander. More than four years have passed since the associate professors in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education launched their initiative to deliver structured physical activity and positive life lessons
Read moreProject FLEX continues to inspire youth behind bars: ‘I don’t want to be in a cell’
Nelson Mandela’s recorded voice affirms the message of the short video: Sport has the power to change the world. As students in KNPE 393: Sociology of Sport watch and consider that declaration April 14, associate professor Jenn Jacobs asks a question: “Are
Read moreTeresa Fisher retires from College of Ed with vivid curiosity, love of learning intact
Growing up as the fifth of six girls, Teresa Fisher naturally “had to do a lot of listening and observing.” “That was an important piece,” says Fisher, recently retired after 18 years as a professor in the NIU Department of Counseling and
Read moreNew juvenile justice course explores ways to lower number of youth entering ‘the system’
Teens who find themselves on the wrong side of the law are nothing new – such stories have flickered on movie screens for a century – but the need to identify new strategies to support them never ends. A new course in
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