News, alumni notes and updates from the Northern Illinois University College of Education
Many years after NIU students began visiting Indonesia’s Al Azhar Yogyakarta Islamic School to practice their skills as preservice teachers, Professor James Cohen can describe that Educate Global program in three words. A well-oiled machine. Such was not the case, however, for
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When Shuhaimi Salleh and Noripah Kamso hosted NIU College of Education Professor James Cohen in their Kuala Lumpur home, the couple loved their guest’s stories about Educate Global. And when they wondered aloud if Educate Global could come to Malaysia, it was
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Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Cynthia Taines, associate professor in the Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology, is celebrating an award for her book, “The Metropolitan Community: Partnering for Equality Across the Educational Divide.” Her
Read moreMelvin Rogers found his life’s fascination as a teenager in the Bronx, where he attended the now-shuttered Grace Dodge Career and Technical Education High School. For Rogers, that future inhabited a document from the past. “Grace Dodge had a very expansive understanding
Read moreThe NIU College of Education joined several Huskie colleagues over the summer to deliver a day camp for young students from Altus Academy. Altus, a tuition-free private school serving first- through eighth-graders living in East Garfield Park and surrounding communities on Chicago’s
Read moreCongratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Todd Gilson, the NIU College of Education’s associate dean of Research, Resources and Innovation, has been chosen as president-elect of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). AASP is the premier
Read moreGraham, Gabel, Cole and Patterson halls came alive the week of June 8 to welcome and host NIU’s Summer Camp for Responsive Education. The eighth edition of the camp focused on the Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards adopted by the Illinois
Read moreVicki Collins attended California State University at Long Beach to earn her bachelor’s degree in psychology. Neither research nor assessment was the plan. Just a career – a life – of helping people. But during her final year there, the Los Angeles
Read moreHal Hinderliter, an instructor in the Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology, received a 2026 Blackboard Exemplary Course Award for ETRA 502: Technology and Assessment for Elementary and Middle Level Education. Blackboard’s Exemplary Course Program honors faculty and instructional designers for
Read moreNIU’s College of Education is celebrating the July 1 launch of the Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology (LILT). LILT combines the former Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) and the former Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Read moreIn Alya Khan’s daily work as a registered behavior technician at a children’s therapy clinic, she experiences an aspect of autism that she wants to understand better. Many of her young clients present with a large deficit in communication skills, whether that
Read moreNIU’s two-day Community Engagement Exemplar Symposium put several College of Education faculty front and center. Held April 15 and 16, and hosted by the Division of Outreach, Regional Engagement and Development, the event gathered “impactful NIU community-engaged scholars, practitioners and community partners
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