Portia Downey Archives - NIU College of Education News

CoE’s Altus partnership blooms with El-Ed major Jamal Murphy

November 22, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Jamal Murphy is not a typical NIU College of Education teacher-licensure candidate. Raised on the West Side of Chicago, Murphy encountered an eighth-grade teacher who told him he would drop out by his sophomore year. What? Not finish high school? “Once you

Educate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas

June 6, 2017 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, SEED

One by one, the names of Farias Early Childhood Center students are called as the morning attendance is taken. When there is no response – no “Here!” or “¡Aquí!”– a child stationed at the front of the classroom carefully removes that classmate’s

Lone Star stars: Educate U.S. ‘teas’ up for May trip to Texas

April 11, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, External and Global Programs, LEED, SEED

NIU College of Education students selected for the May 2017 edition of Educate U.S. gathered last week in a Graham Hall classroom to learn more about their pending trip to the Houston Independent School District. Jennifer Johnson, the college’s director of teacher