Laurie Elish-Piper opened Tuesday’s All-College Meeting by quickly acknowledging the elephant in the virtual room. COVID-19 continues to impact the world, and returning to a new semester of teaching and learning will bring “challenges and situations that are quite different than what
Read moreSwole Patrol: KNPE’s Project FLEX adds earned privilege of 1:1 personal training
Swole – think “swollen” – is a hip way to compliment jocks on their muscles. Urban Dictionary defines swole as “a paragon of hypermasculinity, manifesting in the physical and attitudinal embodiment of strength, occupying space with intimidating quantity and developing rippling musculature
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Read all about it: NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education was well-represented in Volume 38, Issue 4, of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. Five faculty members – Jenn Jacobs, Jim Ressler, Zachary Wahl-Alexander, Paul Wright and Laurie Zittel –
Read moreProject FLEX culminates in campus visit for young men who glimpse opportunity
They seem like any other college students. Young. Comfortably dressed. High school graduates. Eager to participate. Curious about GPAs and friends, part-time jobs and time management. Interested in earning college degrees to pursue careers in coaching, law enforcement and music. But these
Read moreIllinois Youth Center speaker to discuss ‘Flexing Behind Bars’ of juvenile detention
In the six months since Project FLEX began delivering physical education and leadership training to young men incarcerated in the Illinois Youth Center of St. Charles, many eyes have been opened. Jenn Jacobs and Zach Wahl-Alexander, professors in the NIU Department of
Read moreKNPE professors, grad student launch Project FLEX inside Illinois Youth Center
Opened in December 1904, the 120-acre Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles can hold 348 juvenile males in its Level 2 medium-security facility. The average daily population of 138 represents about 40 percent of that capacity. The average age is 17. Those
Read moreAnd the award goes to …
Congratulations to these members of the College of Education family! Annie Malecki, a Physical Education major, was recognized as a SHAPE America Major of the Year with about 80 other students from Physical Education Teacher Education programs across the country. She plans
Read moreAll-college meeting motivates faculty, staff to set 2018 focus
Laurie Elish-Piper plans to inspire – and expects to find inspiration – in 2018. The dean of the NIU College of Education used the platform of the spring all-college meeting to reveal her “one word” focus for personal development and effort and
Read morePhysical Ed majors provide ‘structured recess’ programming for Brooks Elementary children
Recess is fun and games at most elementary school students, but it’s not always without problems. For one, it’s often lightly supervised. And, says Zach Wahl-Alexander, professor of Physical Education, it’s likely parent-volunteers and not teachers who are in charge. Meanwhile, Wahl-Alexander
Read moreProgram Updates
We offer three bachelor’s degrees and two master’s degrees to approximately 600 students in KNPE. Here are some quick updates on our degree programs. Athletic Training (B.S.) Two athletic training students were awarded prestigious scholarships for their work over the 2016-2017 academic
Read moreThe postcards are in the mail
Even though technology has changed the game in college admissions, that doesn’t mean we’ve abandoned the time-honored method of communicating with future undergraduate students through the U.S. Postal Service. The College of Education’s Student Services embarked on a marketing project this spring
Read moreThe postcard is in the mail
Even though technology has changed the game in college admissions, that doesn’t mean we’ve abandoned the time-honored method of communicating with future undergraduate students through the U.S. Postal Service. The College of Education’s Student Services embarked on a marketing project this spring
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