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Anne Birberick
Vice Provost Anne Birberick is seeking nominations for the 2012 Presidential Teaching Professorships. Nominations are due Monday, Sept. 26, to Anne Birberick in the Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 220B. Following receipt of a letter of nomination, the selection committee will invite each nominated faculty member to prepare materials in accordance with the published...
After 42 years at NIU, Distinguished Teaching Professor William C. Johnson retired Thursday, Sept. 1. The Department of English will host a celebration open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Pollack Ballroom of the Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center. Accolades will be given at 3 p.m. All are invited. Johnson,...
When NIU College of Education professor Richard Orem steps to the podium Wednesday, April 20, for a Presidential Teaching Professor seminar, he will give a nod to a handful of students who made him a better teacher. During the noon seminar, titled “Lessons Learned About Teaching in the Academy,” Orem will explain that those students...
Harvey Blau
It’s ironic that a mathematician such as Harvey Blau often finds that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. But Blau’s educational philosophy, some of it formed on basketball courts and in musical rehearsal spaces, embraces just that. “I volunteered as a basketball coach for my wife’s teenaged special education students during...
Greg Long
Call Greg Long an advocate. He literally has spent a lifetime advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities. He has spent much of his academic career working to lift barriers around higher education, and has instilled social justice thinking and advocacy skills in students from all majors who enroll in his popular general education...
Murali Krishnamurthi
Murali Krishnamurthi learned more than industrial engineering in college. The life’s lesson – to teach the “whole” student – came as he was struggling financially, eating only one meal a day, teetering on the verge of homelessness and preparing to drop out of school. A caring professor noticed – and made a difference. “He invited...
Presidential Teaching Professors
“The art of teaching,” said the late Mark van Doren, a professor of English at Columbia University for more than 40 years, “is the art of assisting discovery.” Such is the mission of this year’s class of Presidential Teaching Professors, who share a deep commitment to creating and nurturing comprehension and knowledge despite their separate...
David Taylor
College of Law professor David Taylor will present a Presidential Teaching Professor seminar from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Students Center. The seminar, called “Storytelling as an Effective Teaching Tool,” is an opportunity to hear Taylor share some of his teaching expertise and experience with the...
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A Presidential Engagement Professorship and three other initiatives represent the newest activities related to the Engaged University designation awarded to NIU last year by the Carnegie Foundation. The Engagement Professorship joins two other presidential awards for senior NIU faculty: the Presidential Research Professorship and the Presidential Teaching Professorship. Other Fall 2010 engagement activities include an...
The Office of the Provost has announced its annual call for nominations for Presidential Teaching Professorships. Letters of nomination for the 2011 Presidential Teaching Professorships are due Monday, Sept. 27, to Vice Provost Earl “Gip” Seaver, Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 220. Following receipt of a letter of nomination, members of the selection committee will...
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