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Rachael Mahmood

New Teacher Send-off urges graduates to believe ‘that every student can learn’

May 19, 2025 Mark McGowan Alumni, CI, enewsletter, SEED, Student Success

For the NIU College of Education’s spring group of educator licensure graduates, part of their professional mission was made clear May 9 during the New Teacher Send-off. Rachael Mahmood, the 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year and a 2016 alumna of the

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Rachael Mahmood tells new graduates to know their ‘why’ stories for teaching

December 15, 2024 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter

For December graduates of the college’s educator licensure programs about to embark on their classroom careers, the question was direct. What type of teachers will they become? It was something Rachael Mahmood, the 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year and a 2016

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Alumni Accomplishments

September 27, 2024 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter

Congratulations to these alumni of the NIU College of Education! Kinasha J. Brown, Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, ’23, and Ed.S. Educational Administration, ’20, is the new superintendent of Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144. Brown most recently served as assistant

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Alumni Accomplishments

April 2, 2024 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter

Congratulations to these alumni of the NIU College of Education! Ryan Berry, M.S.Ed. School Business Management, ’12, has been named assistant superintendent for Business Services in River Trails School District 26. He begins July 1. Berry has served Since 2011 as assistant

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