Professor uses technology to enhance community building

Mike Zagurski works with Oglesby Elementary third grade students during his CDG clinical visit.

On November 30, Professor Krystal Lewis-Pratl from the Special Education Department at Illinois State University, along with 22 preservice teacher candidates, visited the third grade classrooms of Stacie Ochiltree and Brenda Armstrong at Oglesby Elementary in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood as part of candidates’ course requirement. The school serves approximately 500 students. Both Armstrong’s and Ochiltree’s

Teaching Initiative Awards announced

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Anna Arias, Tara Kaczorowski, Grace Kang, Tina Thompson, and Lisa Vinney will be honored with Teaching Initiative Awards at the annual Founders Day Convocation.

EAF recognizes students’ impactful research

Chris Platt

This research award is awarded to students enrolled in course work in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations (EAF) and was named in the spirit of Barbara Sizemore and her accomplishments in the field of education.

EAF recognizes students’ impactful dissertation research

Diane Wolf and Glenn Wood

The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) Dissertation of the Year award recognizes an outstanding dissertation that has had a generative impact on present and future research. The recipient of this award is recognized as a champion of innovative solutions to problems of practice.

EAF honors outstanding leaders in education

Diane Ashby and Diane Rutledge.

The Ben C. Hubbard Leadership Award recognizes the achievements of a person who has promoted, championed, or achieved one or more significant goals benefiting education in Illinois. The following two educational professionals were recognized with the award in 2016 and 2017.