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Decade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with

IASBO partnership continues to prepare Illinois chief school business officials

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Language on the Illinois Association of School Business Officials website (IASBO) leaves no doubt. “For those seeking a master’s degree, Northern Illinois University has become the quintessential training ground in the state for school business leaders!” it proclaims. “Students in the School

Loyal Huskie R.J. Gravel thrives in career, embodies ‘definition of lifelong learning’

October 3, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Growing up in suburban Des Plaines, R.J. Gravel wanted to live a life in song. He enrolled at NIU in the fall of 2001 to major in music education and vocal performance, but something happened before classes began in August that would

U.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings

January 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).

A homecoming 40 years in the making: Lynn Gibson starts second career at NIU

October 2, 2018 Mark McGowan Alumni, Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, LEPF

During Lynn Gibson’s undergraduate years in the NIU College of Business, then housed inside Wirtz Hall, she lived directly across the street in the Timbercrest Apartments on the corner of Lucinda Avenue and Garden Road. Hers was Apartment 5, she knows for

U.S. News extols College of Ed online grad programs – again

January 23, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Another January, another celebration of a Top 5 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the NIU College of Education’s online graduate programs. NIU is tied for fifth with the University of Houston and Utah State University this year, bringing the

CoE online graduate programs earn high U.S. News rankings for fifth consecutive year

January 10, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, Graduate Programs, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education continue to perform near the top of the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. NIU places fourth (tied with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) in the current