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Jan 16, 2013, 00:00 by CBS Chicago and the College of Education

More than 60 percent of all colleges now offer online programs that allow you to complete your degree or to earn one from start to finish. And every year they add more. The University of Illinois is one example. In 1996, it offered just one online program across its three campuses. In 2013 it offered 114.

Jan 8, 2013, 00:00 by American Psychological Association and the College of Education

Dorothy Espelage, professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, is the lead author of an article published in the APA's American Psychologist. The article makes recommendations for a national research, practice, and policy agenda to better understand and prevent violence directed against teachers. She was chair of APA’s Task Force on Classroom Violence Directed Against Teachers, which issued a report in 2011.

Jan 8, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Although pay-it-forward campaigns are certainly worthwhile and can, indeed, make the world feel like a better place, Ben's Bells is a deeper, farther-reaching, and more meaningful project, spearheaded at the College of Education at Illinois in the form of service learning by doctoral student Michelle Bonati. And what makes it more profound than an isolated act of kindness is what goes into making each Ben's Bell.

Dec 21, 2012, 00:00 by Huffington Post and College of Education

College of Education at Illinois alumna Anjali Forber-Pratt named a "Greatest Person of the Year" by Huffington Post.

Dec 21, 2012, 00:00 by Stephen Rickerl

Surrounded by family, colleagues and friends he’d known for years but never met, Jim King, a new graduate of the College of Education at Illinois, held back tears as he studied the diploma he waited four decades to earn.

Dec 20, 2012, 00:00 by Julie Wurth

Dorothy Espelage, professor of Educational Psychology at the College of Education at Illinois, is part of a national violence-prevention research group that is calling for a renewed nationwide effort to address mass shootings. The statement from the Interdisciplinary Group on Preventing School and Community Violence, made up of researchers from across the country, including Espelage, addresses the need for more mental health services and improved threat assessment.

Dec 19, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Students, faculty, and staff joined together to hear advice and reflections of College of Education at Illinois teaching award recipients at the Bureau of Educational Research's fall seminar, held on December 6. After sharing a meal, attendees enjoyed hearing down-to-earth and practical teaching and advising insight from three panel members, all of whom won a 2011-12 outstanding graduate teaching award.

Dec 18, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Professor Adam Poetzel and his EDUC 102 honors students hosted a poster session on December 13, 2012, at the College of Education at Illinois. Faculty, staff, and peers interacted with the James Scholar Education students as they shared their research findings and answered questions related to student academic achievement, poverty, race, disability, native language, teacher quality, and school reform.

Dec 13, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Rosa Milagros Santos, associate professor in Special Education at the College of Education at Illinois, received the Outstanding CEC Leadership award, which honors a Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) member who has made significant contributions to the council’s programs not only at the local and state/provincial level, but also on the national and international level, over an extended period of time. Award winners will be honored at CEC's annual convention that were held April 2012 in San Antonio.

Dec 7, 2012, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

Anne Haas Dyson, professor in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, has received the Early Literacy Educator of the Year Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.

Dec 5, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Ryen Nagle and Gloria Shenoy, doctoral students in EPOL’s Higher Education program at the College of Education at Illinois, were honored for their in-process dissertations relating to community colleges.

Dec 3, 2012, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

College of Education alumna Mary Lynn Boscardin, a department chair and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has published a book titled “Handbook of Leadership and Administration for Special Education.”

Dec 1, 2012, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

Michael Parrish, an undergraduate academic adviser in the College of Education at Illinois, has been awarded the Larine Y. Cowan “Make a Difference” Award from the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access. Parrish, an active member in many organizations on campus, was given this award in the category of Advocacy for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Affairs.

Nov 30, 2012, 00:00 by Elayne Clift

William Trent, professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, was interviewed for an article by SentinelSource.com about the safety of women on campuses in Massachusetts. Trent specifically commented on a Voices of Diversity study.

Nov 26, 2012, 00:00 by Emily Matchar

College of Education at Illinois alumna Liz Jackson, Ph.D. '09 EPS, was featured in a Star Tribune article about young Americans working overseas.

Nov 19, 2012, 00:00 by Andrew Mark Abernathy

College of Education at Illinois alumna RoSusan Bartee, Ph.D. '03 EPS, was featured in Ole Miss News for becoming the first African-American to obtain a full professorship in the in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Leadership and Counselor Education.

Nov 14, 2012, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Nov 14, 2012, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

Alumni Michael McKelvey, Greg Johnson, and Stacy Bennett were announced winners of the 2012 "Forty under 40" award, given to "people in their 20s and 30s who have already accomplished great things on the job and in their communities."

Nov 12, 2012, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and those questioning their sexuality are at significantly greater risk of truancy and of considering and attempting suicide than their heterosexual classmates – even when bullying isn’t involved, according to a new study by Educational Psychology professors Joseph P. Robinson and Dorothy Espelage.

Nov 9, 2012, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher