Mamma mia! The physics behind a perfect pizza
Ah, crispy crust Italian-style pizza with perfectly cooked toppings and a moist fluffy dough. It’s hard to beat, and despite the simple ingredients, it’s also challenging to replicate at home….
Category: Education
‘Replace judgment with curiosity’
Educate Global travelers return to United States with eyes open to power of classroom diversity
After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a…
Breaking the Silence
Suicide ‘survivors,’ counselors discuss uncomfortable subject, stigma
For Adam Carter, the moment came some 15 years ago in the preschool classroom where he taught. Three-year-old Malcolm would not – or perhaps could not – sleep during the…
Top honors for educating male nurses
National organization names NIU ‘2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing’
Northern Illinois University recently received the “2017 Best Nursing School for Men in Nursing Award” from the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) for its commitment to preparing men to…
A walk in the woods
NIU’s Project SLIDE couples lessons in biodiversity with preparation for teaching diverse learners
A chance to explore and learn in a natural, outdoor setting is uncommon for most fifth-graders at Golfview Elementary School in Carpentersville. But students and faculty from the NIU College…
A passport to transformation
Educate Global provides ‘world of opportunity’ for NIU students flying to teach in China, Taiwan
Thirty-seven NIU College of Education students are traveling to teach in Asia this summer, a “business trip” guaranteed to enrich and shape their professional lives in amazing ways. Part of…
Lone Star lessons
Educate U.S. travelers celebrate another successful trip to Texas
One by one, the names of Farias Early Childhood Center students are called as the morning attendance is taken. When there is no response – no “Here!” or “¡Aquí!”– a…
Fighting back against injustice
K-12 teachers to explore equity at Social Justice Summer Camp
Question: Can K-12 teachers without a deep understanding of social justice concerns effectively engage and enlighten their students on those topics? Joseph Flynn, James Cohen and Mike Manderino would say…
Changing the narrative, changing the paradigm
NIU’s Laura Ruth Johnson to study civic engagement, advocacy of young parents in Humboldt Park
Laura Ruth Johnson has spent two decades observing the lives, struggles and triumphs of young parents in Chicago. Throughout those years, the associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology,…
‘Who is going to make that breakthrough today?’
NIU alumna, grad student Ashley Van Sickle honored for excellence in teaching
Ashley Van Sickle loves foreign languages and cultures. While earning her NIU bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, she pursued a minor in Spanish. Her licensure endorsements include English as a…
NIU Press Releases- NIU Board of Trustees Vote to Hold the Line on Tuition for 2019-20 December 7, 2018
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- NIU Partners with Northwestern Medicine for Health Care November 15, 2018
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