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Apr 15, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Rebecca Ginsburg, associate professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership and in Landscape Architecture, has been selected by the University YMCA to receive this year's J. Frederick Miller Award.

Apr 12, 2013, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

2013 - For the past seven months, a group of international graduate students from the College of Education has coordinated a program titled "Understanding Educational Diversity Around the World" to showcase education systems in various countries.

Apr 11, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Barbara D. Bateman, an alumna of the College of Education at Illinois, has been named the recipient of the J.E. Wallace Wallin Special Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She was presented with the award at the Council's 2013 convention in in San Antonio.

Apr 10, 2013, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

The quality of the social relationships that newly hired people develop with other employees in their work groups is critical to newcomers’ job satisfaction, learning their responsibilities and their ability to fit in to the workplace culture, a University of Illinois study suggests.

Apr 4, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

College of Education at Illinois alumna Isa Adney, author of "Community College Success," made GOOD Magazine's 100 "People Pushing the World Forward" list in 2013.

Apr 2, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

K. Peter Kuchinke, professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, was featured in an April 2013 article in International Educator. The magazine interviewed him in the midst of his four-year FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) grant.

Apr 2, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

College of Education at Illinois announces outstanding and distinguished faculty/staff awards for 2013.

Apr 1, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Christie L. Gilson, an alumna of the College of Education at Illinois, received the 2013 Alumni Humanitarian Award by the University of Illinois Alumni Association.

Mar 27, 2013, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Ben's Bells, a service learning project in the Department of Special Education at the College of Education at Illinois, was recently featured in postmarks, a publication for parents and friends at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, published by the UI News Bureau.

Mar 25, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced that it will be home to a new Confucius Institute starting this spring, which will be physically located in the Education Building, although its implementation and day-to-day functions will be a coordinated effort from across campus.

Mar 22, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Jason Taylor, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, was one of three graduate student interns selected by the Higher Learning Commission to study dual credit state policies related to quality assurance.

Mar 21, 2013, 00:00 by Dave Evensen

Education Justice Project volunteers bring upper-level college courses to Danville Correctional Center students.

Mar 11, 2013, 01:00 by Sharita Forrest

Liv Thorstensson Dávila, clinical assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois, spoke with Sharita Forrest of the University of Illinois News Bureau about high schools’ placement policies and teachers’ biases about immigrant students’ abilities, which can be detrimental to students’ academic success, according to Dávila's research.

Mar 7, 2013, 00:00 by WILL AM 580 and the College of Education

Timothy Reese Cain, assistant professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, was featured on WILL's radio program Focus 580 on March 5, 2013. He was interviewed about the Ethnography of the University Initiative and the importance of archiving campus research projects.

Mar 7, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

College of Education at Illinois student wins Isabelle Purnell Education Award on March 2, 2013.

Mar 6, 2013, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

On February 28, 2013, the University of Illinois held its fifth annual Public Engagement Symposium to celebrate innovation in various fields through programs and organizations on campus. Students, faculty, and members of the community presented posters that displayed their projects and respective engagement with the public. The symposium was sponsored by the Office of Public Engagement and Online and Continuing Education.

Mar 4, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

2013 - Professor Rosa Milagros Santos of the College of Education at Illinois received three awards for achievement, research, and service in special education.

Feb 28, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

The International Reading Association has created a task force to examine poverty's impact on literacy, and Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer, associate professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois, is one of seven members commissioned to examine the important topic.

Feb 27, 2013, 00:00 by Kimberly Howard and the College of Education

New teacher induction and mentoring is the focus of a statewide conference wrapping up today in Springfield, Ill. This event was the eighth annual conference organized by the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative (INTC), and it is Illinois' only annual statewide conference devoted to new teacher mentoring and induction.

Feb 21, 2013, 00:00 by The News-Gazette and College of Education

College of Education student Nicole Beck and alumna Laura Taylor were each presented with social justice awards from the McKinley Foundation in Champaign.