Mary Beth Henning Archives - NIU College of Education

Project FIRST participants get good advice on moving from associate professor to full

May 15, 2019 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, LEPF

Since February, associate professors in the College of Education have had the chance to explore the changes in expectation that come with that promotion. Project FIRST: Faculty Integration and Refocusing for Successful Transitions, and its related informational workshops, stems from an idea

Ed.D. student in Curriculum Leadership blazes own trail toward rewarding career

September 18, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, Graduate Programs

When Stacy M. Seaworth graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1989, she expected to follow in the footsteps of those amazing educators who had meant so much to her. Five years later, she earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Illinois

EdLEAD fellows begin projects

September 12, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, LEPF

Steve Howell is thinking big. Working with mentor Chad McEvoy, Howell plans to bolster the international alliance between NIU and the University of Tetova in Macedonia by brokering a second dual-degree program between the two schools. ”Tetova recently partnered and collaborated with

COE students dive into summer research

August 22, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, KNPE, SEED

When Sadie Filipski heard an offer to assist in research that she knew would impact her eventual career as an elementary school teacher, she volunteered immediately. “Going into something so relatable to what I’m going to be doing was so exciting,” says