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• EPSY’s New Graduate Certificate in Evaluation

  by Melissa GoodnightSep 24, 2020 10:30 am1 View

  The Department of Educational Psychology (EPSY) is offering a new Graduate Certificate in Evaluation that offers students a strong interdisciplinary foundation in the evaluation of educational and social programs. The certificate is open to graduate students across campus who are interested in strategies to design, implement, assess, and improve social programming and polices.

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  EPOL's Jessica Li Named to Provost's Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders Cohort

  by Communications OfficeSep 21, 2020 4:45 pm77  Views

  Congratulations to Jessica Li, professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, who has been selected to the Provost's 2020-21 Building Pathways for Emerging Leaders at Illinois cohort.

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• Free Professional Development Workshops for Illinois K-12 Educators

  by Melissa BowlesSep 18, 2020 4:00 pm232  Views

  As part of their The Bilingual Advantage Starts at Home grant bilingualism experts Dr. Melissa Bowles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Dr. Kim Potowski (University of Illinois at Chicago) are offering two free professional development workshops for Illinois teachers and administrators. Each 2-hour interactive workshop will be offered online via Zoom and will provide attendees with 2 ISBE-approved clock hours of professional development (PDH).

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  Faculty Alumna Sarah Zehr's Expertise, Research Highlighted

  by Communications OfficeSep 16, 2020 9:30 am65  Views

  Sarah Zehr, Ph.D. '16 EPOL, was recently interviewed by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association about the value of internships as part of the student experience.

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  EPOL's Adrienne Dixson and Two Colleagues Awarded Spencer Foundation COVID-19 Grant

  by Communications OfficeSep 10, 2020 2:00 pm292  Views

  Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership Adrienne Dixson is part of a research team awarded a grant from the Spencer Foundation for COVID-19 related research.

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• Savvy Researcher Workshops

  by Nancy O'BrienSep 9, 2020 5:00 pm1 View

  Join us for online workshops that will help you improve your research and information management skills.  Upcoming sessions include:

  • GIS for Research I: Introduction to GIS Concepts, Software, and Data
  • Qualitative Data Analysis with Atlas.ti
  • Introduction to Topic Modeling
  • Evaluating Journals: The Good, The Bad, and the Predatory
  • Fine-tuning Your Research with Scopus!
  • Managing Your Work Habits
  • Where to find millions of books, and how to read them

  And much more! For more details and registration: http://go.library.illinois.edu/savvyresearcher

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  What Would Have to Happen for All 28 State Prisons to Offer Academic College-level Programming?

  by Rebecca GinsburgSep 8, 2020 1:30 pm62  Views

  The News-Gazette asked seven local advocates, including Rebecca Ginsburg, professor of EPOL and director of the Education Justice Project, to offer solutions for criminal justice system reform.

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  Flu Shots Available Beginning Monday, September 14

  by Communications OfficeSep 8, 2020 10:00 am299  Views

  With COVID-19 in our community, your health and wellness this flu season is more important than ever. Protect yourself and get your flu shot this fall. Flu shots will be available for faculty, staff, and students beginning Monday, September 14. Because of capacity limits in the McKinley Health Center, various outreach locations on campus will have flu shots available, in addition to a location directly outside of McKinley Health Center.

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• AERA 2020 Virtual Awards Celebration: October 3, 2020

  by Communications OfficeSep 4, 2020 11:00 am85  Views

  All 2020 AERA-wide awardees, including the 2020 Presidential Citation recipients—one of whom is James D. Anderson, Dean of the College of Education at Illinois—will be honored at a Virtual Awards Celebration on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT.

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  Center for Children's Books Speaker Series: The Technical and Narrative Potential of Audiobooks

  by Joshua AltshulerAug 31, 2020 9:45 am14  Views

  This semester, the Center for Children's Books will host several virtual lectures presented by visiting scholars on a variety of topics connected to literacy and youth services. On September 17, Matthew Rubery will lead a talk about the technical and narrative potential of audiobooks for children.

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