Laurie Elish-Piper opened Tuesday’s All-College Meeting by quickly acknowledging the elephant in the virtual room. COVID-19 continues to impact the world, and returning to a new semester of teaching and learning will bring “challenges and situations that are quite different than what
Read moreCOE’s technology team continues to tackle technical issues amid staff, process shifts
Keeping up with speed-of-light evolutions in the market of technology can border on the impossible, even for the gadget lovers and early adopters. Add to that challenge the responsibility of explaining and servicing technology for users, along with changes in personnel and
Read moreSteve Builta departs for new challenges training, coordinating disaster responders
Three months after his 1984 graduation from Hononegah High School, Steve Builta arrived at NIU with plans to become a school psychologist. Even though he had enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, where he eventually would earn a bachelor’s
Read moreCome, Look, See: Blackwell celebrates classic book series
Familiar faces – at least to those of a certain age – are taking root throughout the College of Education’s Blackwell History of Education Museum and the Learning Center. Dick, Jane and Sally, along with their parents and pets, are the stars
Read moreWriting Center to open satellite location in CoE Learning Center
NIU’s Writing Center, a place “to practice critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and writing communication without fear of judgment,” will open a satellite location in the College of Education’s Learning Center this fall. Steve Builta, director of Technology Innovation and Learning Services in
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