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Northern Illinois University announced its fall 2012 new freshman enrollment is up 2.9 percent to 2,664 following the first 10 days of classes, according to NIU’s Office of Institutional Research. The strength of the university’s incoming freshman class is reflected not only in its numbers, but also grade point average and class rank. The percentage...
Elizabeth A. Wilkins
NIU’s Elizabeth A. Wilkins has assumed the post of vice president of the Kappa Delta Pi Executive Council. A professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, Wilkins specializes in curriculum and instruction. She came to NIU in 2003 and is a recognized teacher educator at the state and national levels. Her research...
Following through on promises made in the spring, the NIU Say It Out Loud campaign has announced fall programming that will promote mental health literacy in the NIU community and create safe space for dialogues about mental health issues. Among the offerings are a prepared Power Point presentation that can be used to facilitate discussions...
Eighth-grade students from Clinton Rosette Middle School in DeKalb received some hands-on technology training this summer, thanks to the College of Education. John Cowan, assistant professor from the Department of Educational Technology, Research, and Assessment (ETRA), and doctoral student Yan Chen recently finished the seven-week, distance-learning project titled “Who I Am, Where I’ve Been, and...
Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen
A breakthrough study outlining the effects of psychological stress on the recovery of muscular function after strenuous exercise was recently published in the prestigious Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. The results might explain why stressed populations are less fit and develop adaptations more slowly than non-stressed populations. Responsible for the article? Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen,...
Photo of young girl on gymnastics parallel bar
NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education will offer a motor development program for young children ages 3 to 6 from Monday, Sept. 10, through Wednesday, Oct. 31. Held in Anderson Hall Gym 130, the eight-week program runs from 4 to 5 p.m Mondays and Wednesdays. This program provides young children with the opportunity to...
Paul M. Baker
Paul M. Baker is the new director of the Office of College Relations in the NIU College of Education. The office was created in July 2011 to consolidate COE’s alumni relations, event planning, communications and development activities. Baker, whose 20-year career includes leadership positions in higher education, industry, public relations and journalism, started June 18....
Lincoln Douglas
The Honorable Lincoln Douglas, who holds a doctorate in adult education from the NIU College of Education, is now the minister of Arts and Multiculturalism in Trinidad and Tobago. Douglas, most recently the minister of state in the Ministry of the People and Social Development, is among several new cabinet appointments Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar...
Charles Howell
Charles Howell, chair of the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations in the NIU College of Education, is retiring. Howell, a former K-12 teacher in Maine and Georgia who began his higher education career in 1986 at Syracuse University, came to NIU in 2007. During his time at NIU, Howell oversaw the creation of...
Alfred W. Tatum
The NAME Summer Institute is coming to Northern Illinois University. Leaders of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) have selected NIU as the site for the event scheduled from Thursday, June 28, to Saturday, June 30. Since its inception in 1990, NAME has held conferences in notable metropolises across the United States. For this inaugural...
NIU counseling faculty Charlie E. Myers and Toni R. Tollerud, along with department chair Barbara Johnson, have launched the NIU Say It Out Loud Mental Health website. Funded by a “Say It Out Loud” grant from the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership, the website is meant to provide reliable information to NIU and the surrounding...
Paul Carpenter
Three thousand miles. If you drove that far in one shot it could be done in about 48 hours, but you’d need an oil change. Making the same trip on a bike is a different story. Race Across America (RAAM) brings a whole new meaning to the term “road trip.” Rated as one of the...
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