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• Fall 2019 MSTE Friday Lunch Series: PAGES: Progressing Through the Ages--Global Change, Evolution, and Societal Well-being

  Oct 4, 2019 10:15 am0 views

  MSTE Friday Lunch is back! Please join us on Friday, October 11, from 12-1 p.m. for a presentation from Barbara Hug about the PAGES project and developing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curriculum and professional development, as well as how to support in-service science teachers through the use of NGSS storylines. Please RSVP: https://fridaylunch.mste.illinois.edu/event/2019-10-11

• Alumna, Husband Receive 2018 Lou Liay Spirit Award

  Oct 9, 2018 4:30 pm0 views

  Pat Meyers Giles '69 C&I and her husband, Bob, are the recipients of this year's Lou Liay Spirit Award, an honor established in 1997 to recognize graduates who consistently display extraordinary spirit and pride toward the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Mary Lyons, Curriculum & Instruction Grad Student, is a Finalist in the 2019 Research Live! Competition!

  Oct 11, 2019 4:00 pm0 views

  Mary Lyons, a graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction, has advanced to the final round of the 2019 Research Live! competition!

  We invite you to join us for the final event on Tuesday, October 22 from 4-6 PM at Stage 5 in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to see the final presentations. The event is free and open to the public, so we encourage you to come out and support Mary.

  For more information about Research Live! and a full list of finalists please visit https://grad.illinois.edu/research-live/event. 

• Flu Shot Season--Get Yours Today!

  Oct 11, 2021 12:00 pm0 views

  McKinley Health Center is providing free seasonal flu shots to all students who have paid the health service fee, as well as to benefit eligible faculty, staff, and retirees. There are several locations across campus between now and the end of October. Don't delay!

• Available position: Special Education head

  Oct 16, 2017 3:00 pm0 views

  The Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois seeks a nationally recognized scholar with effective leadership qualities to serve as the tenured professor and head of the department. The Head will support an exceptionally strong faculty to fulfill the research, teaching, and service missions of the Department and College in a major research land-grant university. To ensure full consideration, please complete a candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu by November 27, 2017, and upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three samples of scholarly peer reviewed publications.

• Multiple tenure-track positions – hiring for Fall 2017

  Oct 17, 2016 10:15 am0 views

  The College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring!  A nationally ranked top-25 college, we are searching for collaborative and dedicated new tenure-track faculty members.  We provide competitive salaries and full benefits, exceptionally strong support for research, and multiple opportunities for collaboration within the College as well as with departments across campus. We are known for our groundbreaking research, innovative approaches to teaching, and service to the global community. The College is comprised of four academic departments: Curriculum & Instruction; Educational Psychology; Education Policy, Organization & Leadership; and Special Education; with approximately 600 undergraduates and 600 graduate students enrolled annually.

  Please click on the position title for full position announcements and application information. We are seeking colleagues for the following positions:

  Department of Curriculum & Instruction

  Assistant/Associate Professor of Science Education–Deadline November 15

  Department of Educational Psychology

  Assistant/Associate Professor of Social-Emotional Development – Deadline December 1
  Open Rank Professor of Statistics and Quantitative Methods (2 positions) – Deadline December 15

  Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

  Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics of Education – Deadline December 5
  Assistant/Associate Professor of Educational Administration – Deadline December 1

  Department of Special Education

  Open Rank Professor in Autism and Developmental Disabilities – Deadline November 15
  Open Rank Professor of Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) – Deadline November 15

  The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action-Equal Opportunity Employer www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu. The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

  The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

• OCCRL’s Illinois Community College Leadership Institute the Start of Something Special

  Oct 26, 2023 10:30 am0 views

  Last spring, the Office of Community College Research and Leadership in the College of Education held the inaugural Illinois Community College Leadership Institute. The two-day event was at Parkland College in Champaign and brought together statewide community college scholars and practitioners who shared best practices in community college leadership.

• Collaborator in ECE Discusses How VR is Transforming How her Students Learn

  Oct 28, 2019 10:00 am0 views

  Meet Raluca Ilie, a professor in the University of Illinois’ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who is transforming the way her students learn by using virtual reality to help them better understand complex electrical-engineering concepts.

• OCCRL Releases Fall 2023 UPDATE on Research and Leadership Issue

  Nov 1, 2023 9:15 am0 views

  The fall UPDATE on Research and Leadership issue from the Office of Community College Research and Leadership delves into critical research such as the impact of the SFFA v. Harvard Supreme Court decision on community colleges and the role of community colleges in empowering student parents. “While this UPDATE edition provides no concrete answers to the difficult questions presented,” Dr. Lorenzo Baber writes in the Director’s Note section, “I believe the research reflected on these pages engages with the tradition of social justice, in the face of attempts to suppress progress.”

• Program Review Advisory Committee Plans for the Future

  Nov 6, 2023 12:00 pm0 views

  The 2023-2024 Program Review Advisory Committee (PRAC) held its first quarterly meeting of the academic year in October with an in-person get-together at Olive Harvey College. The meeting kicked off a year-long focus on strategic planning and vision-casting goals for the committee’s future. Members are striving to embed collaboration and collective responsibility as they return to in-person engagement after the last few years of conducting mostly virtual work due to COVID. 

• Spring 2017 Course Offerings from Human Resource Development

  Nov 9, 2016 9:00 am0 views

  The Human Resource Development (HRD) program at Department of Educational Policy and Organizational Leadership is offering the following courses in Spring 2017. All courses are open for registration. For further inquiries please contact Dr. W. David Huang at wdhuang@illinois.edu.

  - HRD 414 Facilitation Skills (Wednesday, 9-11:50 am)

  - HRD 415 Diversity in the Workplace (Monday, 1-3:50 pm)

  - HRD 440 Work Analysis (Wednesday, 2nd 8 weeks, 7-9 pm online)

  - HRD 470 Design of Learning Systems (Monday, 1-3:50 pm)

  - HRD 480 Foundations Online Teaching and Learning (Tuesday, 1-3:50 pm)

  - HRD 509 Advanced Theories in HRD (Wednesday, 9-11:50 am)

  - HRD 535 Consulting in HRD (Thursday, 1-3:50 pm)

  - HRD 536 International HRD (Tuesday, 9-11:50 am)

  - HRD 585 Program Evaluations (Wednesday, 1st 8 weeks, 7-9 pm online)

• 2018 Guide to Gift Books Now Available

  Nov 14, 2018 2:30 pm0 views

  The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books has released the 2018 Guide Book to Gift Books. This annual publication, available as a free, downloadable PDF, highlights more than 300 of the best books for giving and receiving.

• Birmingham-Illinois BRIDGE 2015-2016 Launch

  Nov 24, 2015 1:00 pm0 views

  Join Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson Dec. 3 in welcoming Dr. Adam Tickell, provost and vice principal of the University of Birmingham, to announce this year’s call for proposals for the BRIDGE collaborative seed fund, the initiation of the new Birmingham-Illinois BRIDGE Fellowships program, and the launch of the collaborative website biriminghamillinoisBRIDGE.org. More...

• EDUC 102 James Scholar Poster Session

  Dec 3, 2018 8:00 am0 views

  Please come out and support College of Education first year students as they present their James Scholar research projects on Thursday, December 13. Presentations will be held in the South Lobby of the Education Building from 10:30–11:30am. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to faculty, students, and staff.

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  Hispanic Outlook on Education: Supporting Multilingual Education in Illinois

  Dec 5, 2023 9:00 am0 views

• Shaping Pathways from Community College to Medical School

  Dec 6, 2023 2:15 pm0 views

  A new paper co-written by OCCRL Director Lorenzo Baber addresses how pathways to medical school can be more supportive for students who get their start at community colleges. The study specifically centers on the academic advisors and counselors who collaborate with “pre-health” community college students.

• On-Site Researcher Background Checks Sign-Up | SAVE THE DATE

  Dec 12, 2019 2:45 pm0 views

  Accurate Biometrics will visit the College of Education, Room 333, on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 between 10 a.m. and noon to administer fingerprint criminal background checks. You must have a background check on file to conduct research in local schools this academic year.

• Participants Needed for Collaborate Ultra Customer Roadmap Survey

  Dec 13, 2017 2:00 pm0 views

  Blackboard is conducting a survey to help determine the direction to move toward regarding Collaborate Ultra in 2018. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey and make your voice heard. 

• Illinois Innovation Prize

  Dec 19, 2017 3:30 pm0 views

  The Illinois Innovation Prize, administered by the Technology Entrepreneur Center in the College of Engineering, is awarded on an annual basis to the most innovative students on campus. In 2017, Lucas Frye was recognized as the most innovative student on campus at the Entrepreneurship Forum.

  Nominations for 2018 are currently open—nominate a worthy student today! Nominations are due Sunday, January 21, 2018. 

• Professor Herrera publishes educational video about Asef Bayat's book

  Dec 19, 2017 7:00 am0 views

  In her column "Critical Voices in Critical Times," which can be found in the North Africa and West Asia page of openDemocracy, Professor Linda Herrera collaborates with Heba Khalil, a Ph.D. student in the Departemnt of Sociology at Illinois, to present Asef Bayat's new book, Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making sense of the Arab Spring (Stanford, 2017). Watch the video by Herrera and the interview text by Khalil.

• 2018 Graduate Student Conference call for abstracts

  Dec 20, 2017 2:45 pm0 views

  From extreme climate change and the ubiquity of technology to an unprecedented scale of migration, we live in a time of anxiety and uncertainty. How are learning and education changing in these uncertain times? What are the potentials and limits of education to address these pressing issues? How can we as educators and researchers collaborate across digital, physical, disciplinary, and methodological borders to navigate the road ahead?

  The March 9, 2018, College of Education Graduate Student Conference is calling for scholarship that addresses these questions both nationally and globally. For more information, please view the call for abstracts. Submission instructions will be posted soon.