M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction Archives

Double-alumna Jessica Lombard named first female superintendent: Huntley 158

March 15, 2024 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter

Jessica Lombard graduated from Huntley High School in 1990, when the superintendent of District 158 was – as had always been the case since its creation in 1920 – a man. On her return to Huntley in 2002 to become assistant principal

Elementary Education alumni selected as Chicago-area Golden Apple finalists

April 19, 2023 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter

Erin Odle has always loved working with children. Piotr Wojciaczyk drew inspiration from a high school music teacher. Dominique Yackley discovered her ambition from within after she left high school as a sophomore. Connecting the three NIU College of Education alumni, all

Laurie Elish-Piper joins NIU colleagues in cultivating Indonesian relationships

March 29, 2023 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

The first students from Southeast Asia arrived on the campus of what then was known as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1903. “One of the really interesting things about Indonesia, and really all of Southeast Asia, is how deep and