Tag: NIU College of Education
Members of the board of directors of the Northern Kane Educational Corp. acted May 19 to honor the late Moses Masesi Mutuku by naming a portion of Cambridge Lakes Learning Center in his memory. The Moses Mutuku Early Childhood Administrative Suite encompasses the administrative areas of the learning center’s preschool and kindergarten building. Mutuku joined...
Lucia Hoffman could have done her student teaching in the suburbs or in Chicago. She chose instead an eight-week internship at Amka Afrika School in Babati, Tanzania, during January and February 2014. An early childhood major in the NIU College of Education, Hoffman worked with her Tanzanian co-teacher Paschalina and 25 pre-schoolers in an English-language...
Undergraduates in NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who are interested in sampling careers in athletics administration will find the balls now in their courts. Departmental and College of Education leaders, working in coordination with NIU Intercollegiate Athletics, have developed the unique opportunity. Huskie Athletics will provide internships each academic year to selected undergraduates...
NIU’s Department of Special and Early Education invites the campus to attend an open house honoring Lynette Chandler, professor and program coordinator for special education. The event is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in the north room of the Gabel Hall Learning Center. Chandler is retiring after 22 years of dedicated...
Alumna Pamela Nichols, principal of White Swan Elementary School in Rockford, has been named the 2014 Puri Family Outstanding Principal by the Golden Apple Foundation. In addition to the award, Nichols will receive $1,500 for her school and $500 in Volcano Falls gift certificates to reward excellent students, compliments of Sunil Puri of First Rockford...
Elizabeth A. Wilkins, a professor in the NIU Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, has been elected president of Kappa Delta Pi. The International Honor Society in Education’s new leaders will serve in their posts for the 2014–2016 biennium, with terms beginning July 1. Members of KDP elect this executive council every two years...
The Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations invites you to attend a ceremony to honor Rosita Lopez from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, on the second floor of Graham Hall outside Room 225. After 19 years of service to NIU, Lopez is retiring. Remarks will begin at 2 p.m. For more information,...
Heather Grobe, who is studying early childhood education in NIU’s College of Education (COE), did not expect
Three Northern Illinois University alums are among the five winners of the Golden Apple Award this year for making a difference in the community through excellence in teaching. The Golden Apple Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works to inspire, develop and support teacher excellence in Illinois, especially in schools of need. The winners are...
The NIU College of Education’s Department of Literacy Education will offer a new graduate-level course for the fall 2014 semester titled “Methods and Materials for English Learners with Disabilities” (LTIC 555). LTIC 555 will focus on preparing teachers to work with bilingual students who have special needs. Graduate students and students-at-large will gain valuable insight...
Jaclyn Vasquez told honors students on Wednesday to be ready for the “politics of life,” something often discovered on the job and not in the classroom. The students, who came to meet the NIU alum and have lunch as part of Souper Wednesday, learned that Vasquez faced a roadblock from coworkers and administration during her...
Northern Illinois University’s Department of Literacy Education will host a Literacy Educators & Leaders Networking Event from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. This event at NIU-Hoffman Estates, 5555 Trillium Blvd., provides an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with faculty and former classmates. Alumni are encouraged to bring their colleagues to introduce them to the...