Technology Innovation in Educational Research and Design

Feb 8, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Sarah Lubienski, professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois, has been named Director of the STEM Education Research Collaborative (SERC), formerly known as The STEM Collaborative. As part of the College of Education, the Collaborative advances teaching, learning, and policy in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Feb 6, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) presented its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award to James D. Anderson, Ph.D., William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor and head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Education Policy, Organization and Leadership Department. The prestigious award, which recognizes an individual's distinguished and outstanding lifetime contributions to the educator preparation profession, was presented February 17 at AACTE's 64th Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Feb 2, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

A collaborative project between the Orpheum Children's Museum in Champaign and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign called "FIND Orphy" was launched, according to Barbara Hug, clinical assistant professor in Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois and principal investigator, and Donna Korol, associate professor in the Neuroscience Program and Psychology.

Jan 19, 2012, 00:00 by Diana Yates

A program designed to boost cognition in older adults also increased their openness to new experiences, researchers report, demonstrating for the first time that a non-drug intervention in older adults can change a personality trait once thought to be fixed throughout the lifespan. The research was led by Elizabeth Stine-Morrow, professor in Educational Psychology and chair of Cognitive Science of Teaching and Learning.

Jan 12, 2012, 00:00 by the College of Education and Best Colleges Online

Project STEP-UP was named in a “50 Essential Twitter Feeds for STEM Educators” list by Best Colleges Online. Project STEP-UP was listed in the “Underrepresented Groups” category.

Jan 6, 2012, 00:00 by Higher Ed Jobs

The website HigherEdJobs spoke with expert Timothy Reese Cain, assistant professor in EPOL at the College of Education at Illinois. Cain discussed reasons for formation beyond salary and tenure, perceptions of faculty unions, definition of academic freedom, and the potential direction of faculty unions.

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

Kathy Ryan, who has served the College of Education as an undergraduate academic adviser since 2004, has been named Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs. She has served on a number of College and campus initiatives, including the Undergraduate Admissions Campus Recruitment Committee, Parkland Pathways to Illinois, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Honors.

Jan 3, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Effective in January 2012, the College of Education at Illinois announced that Stafford Hood and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick have accepted new leadership positions at the college. Sarah Lubienski, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been named Director of the STEM Education Research Collaborative.

Jan 3, 2012, 00:00 by The College of Education

Laura English, who turned 70 on December 14, 2011, has surpassed the original goals others had for her by leaps and bounds. She is a doctoral student in Philosophy of Education in EPOL (at the University of Illinois) and has been enrolled in higher education courses for some part of every decade since the 1960s.

Dec 21, 2011, 00:00 by Jeff Kohmstedt

Published in the Winter 2011 edition of Action in Teacher Education, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative (INTC) staff and former INTC director and University of Illinois professor emeritus Dr. Renée Clift have published their finding on efforts to improve beginning teachers' induction experiences across the state of Illinois.

Dec 20, 2011, 00:00 by The College of Education

WCIA-3 News took an in-depth look at bullying–its causes, ways it's being expressed, what's being done to stop it, and what individuals can do. The news team turned to Educational Psychology Professor Dorothy Espelage to serve as an expert on the topic for its “Beyond Bullying” special that aired on December 2, 2011.

Dec 20, 2011, 00:00 by Sharita Forrest

Research by Dorothy Espelage, professor in Educational Psychology at the College of Education at Illinois, indicates that boys are less likely than girls to intervene to protect bullying victims, especially if their friends engage in high levels of bullying perpetration.

Dec 14, 2011, 00:00 by The College of Education

Ron Jacobs, professor in human resource development in EPOL and director of the International Programs Office, has been elected president-elect of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).

Dec 8, 2011, 00:00 by The College of Education

2011 - Fouad Abd El Khalick, Department Head of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at Illinois, has been elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Dec 1, 2011, 00:00 by Libby A. Nelson

College of Education alumnus Dr. Freeman Hrabowski was awarded the Centennial Academic Leadership Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Nov 23, 2011, 00:00 by Michelle Stoffel

A seemingly routine school assembly turned into a big surprise for Hersey High School social science teacher and U of I alumnus Brad Abel, who won the Milken Educator Award and $25,000.

Nov 23, 2011, 00:00 by The College of Education

Arijhanna Mann, now an alumna of the College of Education at Illinois, was the recipient in 2011 of a William Chandler Bagley Scholarship.

Nov 18, 2011, 00:00 by Mike Helenthal

A University of Illinois summit titled "Online Education: The Present and Future" was held October 31, 2011, to encourage strategic thinking on campus directions related to online education. The Ubiquitous Learning Institute at the College of Education was a co-organizer of the event.

Nov 18, 2011, 00:00 by The College of Education

2011 - Davida Bluhm, career services coordinator in the Office of Clinical Experiences at the College of Education at Illinois, received the Research/Publications Award from the American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE). The national award honors individuals for outstanding efforts in research and/or publications.

Nov 15, 2011, 00:00 by the College of Education

Six College of Education alumni or current students were listed in the Central Illinois Business Magazine in its “Forty Under 40” list. The winners were selected for their “significant contributions to their communities and their places of employment” and “represent a range of professions and interests, but they all share one trait–a passion for what they are doing,” it said in the October 2011 publication.