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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.

Feb 19, 2013, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

Winter break educational for College of Education at Illinois students who expanded their horizons by studying in China.

Feb 18, 2013, 00:00 by Meg Dickinson and the College of Education

Biology teacher Lynn Wiedelman ('11 LAS, Biology major, Sec. Ed. minor), has been named a science-teaching fellow—an Astellas-NSTA Fellow in the National Science Teachers Association's New Science Teacher Academy to be exact. Wiedelman, who teaches biology at Centennial High School in Champaign, was featured in The News-Gazette for her fellow designation.

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

New teacher induction and mentoring is the focus of a statewide conference that will be held February 26 and 27, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. This event is 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 8, 2013, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

Jeri Hart, a senior in the College of Education at Illinois, had a passion for theater that was too great to leave behind in high school. As an Elementary Education major, she has found a way to blend her interest with her major.

Feb 6, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education and WCIA News

University of Illinois student Michelle Bonati is teaching people in the community to pay it forward. Her friend's son died suddenly in 2002. Now she, and people around the country, are Taking Action to honor his memory.

Feb 5, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education and USA Today

A study about gay teen victimization by Joseph P. Robinson, assistant professor of Educational Psychology, will be featured in the March 2013 issue of Pediatrics, the premier journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study, "Developmental Trends in Peer Victimization and Emotional Distress in LGB and Heterosexual Youth," was co-authored by Dorothy L. Espelage, professor of Educational Psychology, and Ian Rivers, a professor in the department of Sport and Education at Brunel University in the United Kingdom.

Jan 28, 2013, 00:00 by American Association of People with Disabilities and College of Education

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) announced that Anjali Forber-Pratt, a College of Education at Illinois alumna, is one of two winners of the prestigious 2013 Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award.

Jan 24, 2013, 00:00 by Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and the College of Education

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment paper: Put student work at the center of accountability efforts.

Jan 23, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

Jennifer Delaney, assistant professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, has been named a consulting editor of the journal Research in Higher Education.

Jan 22, 2013, 00:00 by Allie Pitcher

2013 - Linda Herrera, professor the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the College of Education at Illinois, led a small delegation from the University of Illinois to Egypt to meet with Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei and Egyptian youth.

Jan 17, 2013, 00:00 by The College of Education

The University Primary School held its "Culminating Event: The Water Project" in January to show off an entire semester's study of all things water. On the evening of January 11, 2013, about 250 parents, siblings, extended family, and friends viewed the water displays, and on January 14, the event was open to visitors from the University of Illinois and the community.

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.