Category: Education
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...
The Northern Illinois University Alumni Association recognized the achievements of outstanding alumni during its annual awards dinner at the Pollock Ballroom in the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center on Friday, April 25. The following recipients were selected based on outstanding professional and personal successes in addition to involvement in civic, cultural or charitable activities: ...
According to the American Psychological Association, people who identify as LGBT utilize mental health services more than their heterosexual counterparts. They also experience depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicidality at disproportionate rates, and are more likely to be homeless, suffer abuse and experience feelings of loneliness. Forty-two percent of LGBT youth say their communities are...
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...
NIU junior Linnea Scherer hopes to change the way women are portrayed in video games, and she already has developed an impressive game concept thanks to the McKearn Summer Fellows program she participated in last year. “The McKearn Fellows Program was amazing. It was what got me to this point,” says Scherer of Elburn, a...
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,...
More than 300 NIU students are making last-minute preparations before showcasing their ingenuity and artistry during the fifth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD). The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Open to the public, URAD will...
Summer is just around the corner. Do you know where your kids will be burning daylight this year? At Northern Illinois University’s summer camps, your children can learn to write the great American novel, become the next Indiana Jones, sharpen their soccer skills, create video games, design roller coasters or even prevent future wars between...
Northern Illinois University alumna Tammy Prentiss assumes the role of assistant superintendent of special education for Hinsdale District 86 schools on July 1, following her recent appointment by the district board. She replaces Dr. Joyce Powell, who submitted her resignation last month. Prentiss holds four degrees from NIU: a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in education;...
There’s an old saying that a teacher's purpose is not to create students in her or his own image,
