Sharing and celebrating good news is always an inspirational focus of all-college meetings, and the Aug. 24 edition was no exception. But the simple act of safely filling the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center that day – wearing masks,
Read moreKelly Wesener Michael joins COE’s higher education, student affairs faculty as Practitioner-Scholar in Residence
Former NIU Dean of Students Kelly Wesener Michael will join the College of Education’s Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE) as a Practitioner-Scholar in Residence, effective July 1. Wesener Michael, who holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration from Indiana
Read moreTrailblazers: NIU, ECC salute first cohort of Elementary Ed graduates via PLEDGE
Fifteen newly minted teachers are ready to return to the school districts where they grew up and, thanks to a partnership between Elgin Community College and Northern Illinois University, never really left. The students completed their first two years at ECC and
Read moreA message from Dean Laurie Elish-Piper
We made it! As we close another successful semester of teaching, learning, research and service, despite extraordinarily challenging circumstances, I’m thrilled that I can write (and live!) those happy words. Reasons for optimism are easy to find. I’m fully vaccinated, and I’m
Read moreNIU, Elgin Community College partner for Special Education transfer pathway
Another bachelor’s degree pathway is now available for Elgin-area students who want to become NIU College of Education-graduated teachers without traveling to DeKalb. NIU and Elgin Community College will launch a cohort this fall in Special Education, the second such collaboration and
Read moreEducate Global taps Zoom to connect with another new destination: Ukraine
Call it perfect timing. Fall 2020: Mariana Ricklefs begins her second year on the faculty of the NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction, thrilled to share in the launch of new (and virtual) Educate Global program with Spain and organized by colleague
Read moreBe You, Keep RoWINg: P.J. Fleck gives Spring 2021 Educator in Residence talk
Four-one-hundred-thousandths of a second. That’s the daily rate of progress sprinter Usain Bolt made between the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games in improving his already-record-setting time. Not much, P.J. Fleck told his online audience March 3 during his Spring 2021 Educator in
Read moreEducator in Residence P.J. Fleck to share lessons of football, life in March 3 talk
P.J. Fleck will never forget his semester as a student-teacher at Clinton Rosette Middle School. It was Spring 2004, and the wide receiver for the NIU Huskies football team had tried to postpone that classroom immersion – he was training for his
Read moreDecade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best
Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with
Read morePLEDGE program aims to ease shortage of teachers, boost teacher diversity
Illinois schools, like schools nationwide, desperately need more teachers – as well as more teachers who look like their students – to serve in growingly diverse classrooms. According to the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, nearly 50% of teachers leave
Read moreCollege of Ed, EdSystems join to offer incentives to CCPE-endorsed students
New incentives for Illinois high school students graduating with the College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) in Education are now available from the Northern Illinois University College of Education and the Education Systems Center at NIU. Starting immediately, CCPE-endorsed students who apply,
Read moreBlack students share COE experiences, offer recommendations for improvement
Four Black students in the NIU College of Education joined the Jan. 7 spring all-college meeting to share their personal stories and offer guidance for how faculty and staff can better empower them during their academic journeys. The quartet included one undergraduate
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