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NIU educational technologist Pi-Sui Hsu named 2024 Presidential Engagement and Partnership Professor
Pi-Sui Hsu knows her mission. “Scientific argumentation is one of the eight essential practices in the Next Generation Science Standards,” says Hsu, a professor in the Department of Education...
CEET, College of Education receive transformative gift from alumnus’ estate
Arthur D. Graffam, a 1941 alumnus of Northern Illinois University (NIU), has posthumously made a monumental contribution to his alma mater. His estate has generously donated over $2.4 million, sp...
College of Education Professor Donna Werderich earns two aw...Presidential Teaching Professor, Excellence in Online Teaching
When Donna Werderich became a teacher in 1993, she consciously made that profession her identity. Even her vanity license plate – POPQUIZ – and her personal email address with the same seven ...
Laurie Elish-Piper earns second term as dean of NIU College of Education
Laurie Elish-Piper, who has served as dean of the NIU College of Education since July 2016, has been appointed to a second term. During her first term, and during her service as acting dean th...
Degges-White featured on Good Morning America
To put it mildly, Suzanne Degges-White is experienced at dealing with reporters. Degges-White, who is chair of Counseling and Higher Education in the College of Education, has been featured in th...
https://niutoday.info/2021/06/15/degges-white-featured-on-good-morning-america/
Huskie spouses, colleagues Carolinda Douglass, Ted Moen to retire
Their story begins at the University of Minnesota. Carolinda Douglass – “I’m sort of from a lot of different places; we moved a lot when I was little,” she says – went to study hum...
https://niutoday.info/2021/05/24/huskie-spouses-colleagues-carolinda-douglass-ted-moen-to-retire/
Excellence in Online Teaching Award recipients announced
In early February, the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning announced a new award to recognize excellence in online teaching. The university community responded to the call by nominating 2...
https://niutoday.info/2021/04/19/excellence-in-online-teaching-award-recipients-announced/
Social Justice Summer Camp 4.0 turns to podcasts to continue vital momentum
Joseph Flynn JOE FLYNN heard the news without any sense of surprise. “It came out in late April that there was a disproportionate representation of African Americans and Latinos who have ...
Keep learning, keep teaching: COE students, alums detail their COVID-19 adjustment
Sofia Porrovecchio Teaching in the time of COVID-19 is uncharted territory for almost everyone, and that includes our student-teachers. Sofia Porrovecchio, a SPECIAL EDUCATION MAJOR from L...
With the help of a federal grant, NIU is revolutionizing the way braille is taught
More than 5,000 teachers of students with visual impairments from across the country have completed an online course developed and hosted at NIU with support from a grant from the U.S. Department...
Merritt speaker Lynda Stone to explore motivating youth past politics to action
Lynda Stone It happened in a heavily traveled minority neighborhood south of the center of San Francisco. Mary Lou Vanilla, a beloved art teacher at a nearby school, lived at a dangerous and ...
John M. Dunn named College of Education’s Fall 2019 Educator in Residence
John M. Dunn A university president. A provost. A dean. A department chair. A vice chancellor – and two terms as an interim chancellor. An internationally respected researcher. JOHN M. DUN...