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Students working in the Northern Illinois University Experiential Learning Center are racing toward a deadline in their quest to help military veterans, both human and canine. The team is working to produce a magazine that will raise awareness of Save-A-Vet, which plans to open a facility in DeKalb where disabled military veterans can live rent-free while...
A select group of Northern Illinois University students will join with Save-A-Vet next semester to ensure that dogs that serve in the U.S. military, and with first responders around the country, earn the retirement they deserve rather than be euthanized when their commission ends. “These dogs are true comrades-in-arms to their handlers their entire working...
Anne Britt, James Johnson and Joseph Scudder
Every professor, every teacher, practices their profession according to a well-honed, learned-on-the-job personal code. This year’s Presidential Teaching Professors – Anne Britt from the Department of Psychology, James Johnson from the Department of Finance and Joseph Scudder from the Department of Communication – are no exception, of course. “I am dedicated to teaching … in a...
James Johnson
“My ‘end game’ teaching goal,” says James Johnson, “is to put myself out of business. I believe I have been successful if I can help students learn how to engage and evaluate subjects on their own, no longer requiring or seeking my guidance.” The cornerstone of Johnson’s teaching methodology, honed through more than 40 years...