What motivates educators to devote their lives to the process of teaching and learning? How do they find the energy to climb out of bed each morning, fill their water bottles, pack their lunches and drive through the darkness to their schools?
Read morePhotos: Morgridge Office open house
The Morgridge Endowed Chair Office team held an open house Aug. 20 in Gabel Hall 155. Faculty and staff were invited to stop by, grab a snack and meet graduate assistants Kristen Aragon and Kim Teal to learn about their roles, their
Read moreKid-approved: Morgridge GAs launch Camp Creativity in two local libraries
Plastic silverware. Wooden craft sticks. Pipe cleaners. Q-tips. Marble-sized pom poms. For children attending a July 31 summer camp at the Sycamore Public Library, these were the available – and intentional – substitutes for paintbrushes during an activity on color theory. “Kids
Read moreA person in the world: Educate Global students transformed by Indonesia visit
Nicholas 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‘A positive influence’: Laura Hedin ready to retire, continue impacting teachers
Teaching, at least in the classroom sense, wasn’t Laura Hedin’s intention. She liked the humanities and contemplated a career in creative writing, “but my dad kept telling me I’d never make any money.” Plan B: Her older sister, Teresa, worked as a
Read moreHope (Bess) Wilson named SEED chair
Hope (Bess) Wilson is the new chair of the Department of Special and Early Education. She comes to NIU from the University of North Florida, where she had taught since 2012 and most recently served as a professor in the Department of
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