Ana Pyper not only graduated from one of the best education programs in the nation, but delivered the type of flawless commencement address only a passionate, talented, and confident new teacher could give.
Thirty graduating students networked with more than 50 donors from Illinois State University’s 1857 Society at the inaugural Greet Our Grads event.
The week of March 7th marked the 2016 Spring Break week for all Illinois State University students, a week to rest and refocus. Meet Chanel Howard, an ISU Special Education major student who did just that! After taking a College of Education redesigned course offered by Dr. Lucille Eckrich, Chanel observed a local High School in the East Garfield Park Community on the West-side of Chicago.
More than 500 Illinois State undergraduate and graduate students distilled months of hard work into posters that they displayed Friday at the University Research Symposium.
All teacher education alumni who are completing their first or second year in the field are encouraged to register for the New Teacher Conference on June 17.
The next Research and Recognition Event, which was created to provide a forum for graduate students, faculty, and staff interested in educational research to share their ideas, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, February 29, in 551 DeGarmo Hall.
Alum of Chicago-based hybrid special education Ed.D. program Sara Jozwik talks about her experience in the program.
Nancy Lopez was the department chairperson of special education at Thornton High School, located south of Chicago, when she first started in the Department of Special Education at Illinois State’s hybrid, Chicago-based doctoral cohort program.
Illinois State Special Education Professor Maribeth Lartz has received the Excellence in Teaching Award 2015 in the Illinois Teacher Education Division from the Council for Exceptional Children.
Special education majors are invited to attend interest sessions on the Washington, D.C., policy immersion trip scheduled for Wednesday, February 3, from 6-7 p.m. and Thursday, February 4, from 11 a.m.-noon in 551 DeGarmo Hall.
