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• Application Deadline Extended for Study Abroad Trip to Tarragona, Spain

  Feb 13, 2017 3:00 pm7 views

  The College of Education at Illinois is offering an eight-week course—one week of which is in Spain—that will provide students with an overview of education in Spain and a comparative experience between European and American education systems. The experience in Tarragona, Spain, includes a visit to Barcelona!

• Apply for GLOBE Fall 2020

  Apr 23, 2020 10:30 pm34 views

  Apply today to become a GLOBE member! Accepting Blue applications now, priority date is July 1, 2020. Orange applications will be open soon. Details and application links: go.illinois.edu/globe. 

  Global Leaders Orange and Blue Engagement (GLOBE) offers current students an opportunity to make connections with Orange members (new incoming students), build intercultural communication skills, leadership experience, and lifelong friendships.

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  Apply to GLOBE for Leadership Opportunities and to Expand your Global Competency!

  Apr 2, 2019 6:00 pm1 views

  Looking for leadership opportunities that will better prepare you to work with your future students? GLOBE (Global Leaders Orange and Blue Engagement) is a program with International Education that groups domestic and international students together to collaboratively learn about each other's cultures, perspectives, and values. In an increasingly pluralistic and global society, GLOBE offers teacher candidates a great opportunity to learn first-hand about the cultures and people we will be working with in the future. Apply at go.illinois.edu/globe.

• A question for College's 'Those Who Excel' honoree

  Oct 20, 2016 10:00 am9 views

  Prior to the Oct. 22 Those Who Excel/Teacher of the year banquet in Normal, Ill., The News-Gazette asked some of the honorees: What does it mean to excel as an educator in today’s climate? Victor Perez, who coordinates the SOAR program, said that educators must continue to identify the most pressing needs in schools and communities, and that collaborations and partnerships are keys to success.

• Arcasia James-Gallaway Receives Ford Foundation Fellowship

  Mar 22, 2019 3:45 pm987 views

  Congratulations to Arcasia James-Gallaway, doctoral student in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, for being selected as a 2019 Ford Foundation Fellow.  

• Arlette Willis Honored with John J. Gumperz Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Scholarship from AERA

  Apr 3, 2019 6:00 pm15 views

  Professor Arlette Willis will receive this award at the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting from the Language and Social Processes special interest group (SIG).

• Art-based research exhibition on view: DRAWING IN/DRAWING OUT: Ethnicity and Culture in Perspective

  May 18, 2016 10:45 am6 views

  Exhibition on display May 2nd – June 22nd for viewing between 9am-5pm Monday-Friday

  Women’s Resources Center703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, Champaign, IL 61820 (next to Cocomero)

  Closing ReceptionWed. June 15th 4PM-5:30PM | Curator’s Talk at 5PMWomen’s Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. 2nd Fl. Champaign, 61820)Refreshments will be provided.  Free and open to the public.

  This exhibition features an art-based research study conducted by (Elka) Elzbieta Kazmierczak, MFA, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. Participants of the study–students and C-U community members–expressed how they feel about their ethnic and cultural identities through drawings titled, Inside Me-Outside Me. About 50 colorful drawings and narratives are featured in the show, along with visualizations of the study results.

  Note: Many of the study/exhibition participants were recruited from the College of Education.

• Art for Health & Unity Competition: Protect & Respect

  Apr 29, 2021 4:15 pm20 views

  Calling all artists! The 2021 Art for Health & Unity Competition was created to reward artists for contributions toward preventing COVID-19 and inspiring our community to be a better place for all. Artists of all ages are invited to submit original art to the community-wide competition. 

• Ashley M. Davis Named Strive Awardee from Illinois Women's Resource Center

  Mar 31, 2020 3:00 pm184 views

  Ashley Davis, Visiting Coordinator for Undergraduate Recruitment and Career Services, is the winner of the Advocate Award, part of the larger Strive Awards from the Illinois Women's Resource Center.

• Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Literature: APALA's Evaluation Rubric

  Apr 5, 2022 11:00 am6 views

  Interested in learning about how to build inclusive, respectful collections and syllabi centering Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders? Join The Center for Children’s Books and a panel of children’s literature scholars and practicing librarians for a virtual discussion... 

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  Asif Wilson Awarded with Early Career Scholar Award

  Nov 28, 2023 11:15 am38 views

• Asif Wilson PI on 'Communiversities' Research Project Chosen for Funding by the Mellon Foundation

  Feb 7, 2023 1:00 pm52 views

  Curriculum and Instruction assistant professor Asif Wilson was recently named as a PI in the final round of the Humanities Without Walls consortium’s Grand Research Challenge, funded by the Mellon Foundation.

• A special ambassador

  Jun 29, 2016 2:30 pm9 views

  The dedication and commitment of Champaign resident Phyllis Robeson, Ed.M. '58 Ed., as an ambassador of the Youth Literature Festival has helped make the event exceptional.

• A special opportunity for teachers

  Jul 1, 2016 8:15 am41 views

  Teachers: Don't miss this special opportunity to earn professional development hours by attending a workshop with Youth Literature Festival authors Sharon Flake and Matt de la Pena.

• Assistant director of online programs to serve as moderator at retreat

  Jun 7, 2017 10:30 am15 views

  Dr. Mila Thomas Fuller, assistant director of online programs at the College of Education and president of the board of directors for the International Society for Technology in Education, will serve as guest moderator for a breakout session at the June 16 All-Staff Retreat for Minority Recruitment and Retention.

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  Assistant Professor Giselle Martinez Negrette Honored by AAHHE

  Nov 12, 2020 2:15 pm100 views

  Martinez Negrette's dissertation, “Bilingual Ways with Words: An Ethnographic Study of Language and Social Constructions in a Kindergarten Dual Language Class,” has been selected as second place in the 2021 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Outstanding Dissertation Competition sponsored by Educational Testing Services (ETS). 

• Assistant Professor Idalia Nuñez Awarded Second 2023 Early Career Award from AERA

  Feb 8, 2023 3:00 pm7 views

  Congratulations to Curriculum and Instruction assistant professor Idalia Nuñez, who has been awarded a second 2023 Early Career Award—this time, from AERA Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education.

• Associate Professor Meghan Burke Named a Fellow of the AAIDD

  Jan 14, 2020 1:15 pm196 views

  Special Education's Burke is among the select individuals promoted to Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and will be honored at the AAIDD's 144th Annual Meeting this summer.

• A Teachers' Teacher

  May 6, 2015 3:15 pm16 views

  Gloriana Gonzalez is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. She was recently featured in the [In Class] Education section of the Spring 2015 issue of Illinois Alumni magazine.

• A Tribute to James D. Anderson: Recordings Now Available

  Nov 11, 2022 3:45 pm13 views

  If you missed the Conversation with Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III and Dr. James D. Anderson or the Tribute to James D. Anderson—or if you just want to relive the events—you're in luck. Recordings of both are available now.

• Attend the 2019 Graduate Student Conference: "The Urgency of Now: A Clear Call to Action"

  Feb 22, 2019 4:00 pm8 views

  Please join us Friday, March 8, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the College of Education building for the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference, "The Urgency of Now: A Clear Call to Action". The schedule includes two keynotes, 26 presentations, and a panel discussion during lunch. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all registrants and admission is free. Register for the conference here.

• Attend the 2021 Global Education Symposium!

  Oct 18, 2021 4:00 pm112 views

  The Global Education Symposium, October 21-24, is a four-day event with opportunities to engage with scholars from around the world, engage in professional development activities, participate in informal networking activities, and more!

• Available position: School-University Research Coordinator

  Nov 5, 2017 4:00 pm3 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research is seeking a School-University Research Coordinator, with support from the OVCR and OPRS. The primary function of the position is to serve as the Campus and College of Education research liaison to public and private school districts throughout the State of Illinois, and beyond. The full job announcement and link to application interface are available at http://jobs.illinois.edu.

• 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.

• AVAILABLE POSITION -- University Practicum Supervisor, Department of Special Education

  Jun 20, 2014 10:30 am2 views

  University Practicum Supervisor
  Department of Special Education, College of Education
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  

  The Department of Special Education seeks a full-time nine-month Visiting Lecturer to function as a University Practicum Supervisor in the Learning and Behavior Specialist I (LBSI) Initial Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The successful applicant will provide guidance and feedback to teacher candidates, evaluate assignments, collaborate with cooperating teachers in the schools, and teach a seminar course. The position requires reliable transportation to travel to schools throughout Champaign and surrounding counties. A complete announcement with qualifications and how to apply is located at: http://education.illinois.edu/about/jobs.

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  Ayesha Boyce, PhD '14, EPSY, Wins Award at AEA

  Nov 18, 2019 1:30 pm61 views

  Educational Psychology alumna Ayesha Boyce, PhD, was recently awarded the American Evaluation Association 2019 Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award. This award, which she received at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Nov. 12–16 in Minneapolis is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion of his or her master’s or doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluator.

• Be a Community Advocate and Co-Creator in Chicago with BECOME

  Mar 1, 2022 10:00 am19 views

  Attention College of Education graduate students:

  BECOME is a nonprofit organization located in Chicago and is a movement building organization that facilitates authentic community leadership and co-creates strategies and solutions to help communities actualize their collective liberation. BECOME is currently looking to expand our team to include a Community Advocate and Co-Creator who would be responsible for organizing, coordinating, planning and designing proposals and projects for and with BECOME’s nonprofit partners.

• Be a Mentor: CU One-to-One Mentoring

  Jan 20, 2016 10:30 am43 views

  The One-to-One mentoring program matches willing adults with students in 3rd -7th grade.  The mentors receive an initial training and then come to the schools, during the school year, once a week to meet with their mentee.  The pairs play games, visit, eat lunch, and share together.  It is a hugely rewarding program that provides encouragement and support to kids who need it! Here is the link to our website: http://cu1to1.org/

   There is great information here for anyone who may be interested.  We are currently recruiting and training our next group of mentors, so if you know anyone who may be interested, please let us know!  The winter Mentor Trainings are Tuesday, January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Urbana Free Library and Tuesday, February 9, 11:30-1:30 at the Mellon Administration Building (703 New St in Champaign). There are students on our waiting list at every school…won’t you consider being a part of the life of a child?

• BER Research Assistantship for Graduate Students: Applications Now Open

  Oct 5, 2023 11:30 am8 views

  Applications are now open to graduate students (with preference for those from the College of Education) for a yearlong 50% graduate research assistant position with the Bureau of Educational Research (BER).

• BER to Host Lightning Talk Events on COVID-19 Research

  Aug 18, 2022 10:00 am25 views

  The Bureau of Educational Research is very pleased to bring you Lightning Talk sessions over two days. We offer these as a space for the research teams, and colleagues, to share and hear more about their research experiences and findings. It is also an opportunity for all to make connections with these research teams.

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  'Best Friends' Art Reception Illini Union Art Gallery

  Apr 22, 2022 12:30 pm45 views

  GSSO's own Lori Fuller, of L A Fuller Art, is displaying her art in a show called "Best Friends" at the Illini Union Art Gallery. The opening reception is Thursday, May 5, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and all are invited to attend.

• Betty Trummel to Continue Alumni Speaker Series

  Sep 19, 2016 3:15 pm3 views

  BETTY TRUMMEL is scheduled to speak at the second session of the Office of Advancement's Alumni Speaker Series on Friday, October 28 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Education Building, Room 22. Snakcs will be provided!

  Betty Trummel has 35 years of elementary classroom experience. She earned her BS in elementary education, and a master's degree in science, outdoor education. She is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Three Antarctic deployments provided Betty the opportunity to work alongside outstanding science researchers. Additionally, Betty has coordinated teacher exchange programs in Sweden and has traveled to Zambia to model literacy instruction to teachers and students.

• 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...

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  Black Graduate Student Summer Support Circle

  Jun 1, 2020 5:15 pm100 views

  As Black graduate students, we may be shouldering multiple stressors such as general graduate student struggles, virus related injustices, and household/family responsibilities. During this pandemic, it’s not unusual to start to feel fatigue (if you’re not already exhausted), to notice emotions (e.g. fear, grief, uncertainty, etc.), and have periods where you’re overwhelmed. Within this circle, we will cultivate our cultural resources and the power of the community for support. We will facilitate discussions and dialogues about healing, change, and power.

• Black Lives in America: Moving Away from Police Violence, Mass Incarceration, and Capitalism

  Dec 1, 2020 3:30 pm108 views

  The Library is hosting an event on Sunday, December 6 as part of the READ (Racial Education, Activism, and Discussion) series. It is a follow up from the October event about police violence and mass incarceration – Part 2. The College's Rebecca Ginsburg is among the planned panelists.

• #BlackLivesMatter: From the Frontlines of Criminal Justice Reform | Abolition Event on Feb. 18

  Feb 8, 2021 8:30 am25 views

  Please join the CAS for a conversation with Los Angeles-based artist, activist, educator, and public speaker Patrisse Cullors. Ms. Cullors is the Co-Founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and Founder of the LA-based grassroots organization Dignity and Power Now. For the last 20 years, she has been on the frontlines of criminal justice reform and led the Reform LA Jails “Yes on R” campaign, a ballot initiative voted on in March 2020.

• Black Teacher Collaborative Selects Asif Wilson as a Clark-Woodson Fellow

  May 27, 2022 9:00 am49 views

  Congratulations to Asif Wilson, assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction, who was named a 2022-23 Clark-Woodson Research Fellow by the Black Teacher Collaborative.

• Book Club with Edith Campbell and Sarah Park Dahlen: Moonwalking

  Jun 12, 2022 11:00 am3 views

  Join professor Sarah Park Dahlen (U. of I. School of Information Sciences) and Edith Campbell (Indiana State University) for a book club discussion of Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann's Moonwalking.

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  Book Club with Ms. Edith Campbell and Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen: Maizy Chen's Last Chance

  Mar 9, 2022 10:00 pm23 views

  Each month, join iSchool professor Sarah Park Dahlen and Edith Campbell of Indiana State University for a virtual book club. On March 30 at 6 p.m. CST, they will be discussing Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance. 

  Register Here: https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-uprj4jGtxDVnvNB3J7d5438tEWwDRM

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  Brian Brauer, Ed.M. HRD '06, Ed.D. EPOL '16, Named Campus' Inaugural Executive Director of Emergency Management

  Feb 3, 2022 2:45 pm43 views

  Congratulations to two-time Education alumnus Brian Brauer, who has been chosen to serve as the campus’s first Executive Director of Emergency Management. 

• Bringing School and Community Together - Prof. Emeritus Chip Bruce | Monday, October 13, 4–6 PM | College of Ed Room 2

  Oct 7, 2014 12:30 pm22 views

  Prof. Emeritus Chip Bruce | Monday, October 13, 4–6 PM | College of Ed Room 2
  
  What is the real purpose of education? Is it all about preparation for college and career or is it helping to develop critical thinkers who can shape a just and equitable society in order to lead good and purpose-filled lives? This talk considers examples from the US, Turkey, Spain, France, and Romania of how schools and communities can work together to promote individual and social growth. Some involve new media, others libraries and civic activism. Overall, the examples point to a more critical and dynamic conception of education goals as a necessary element of a healthy society.

• Business Leadership Conference

  Oct 21, 2016 10:00 am4 views

  Want to build leadership skills while on campus that will prepare you to be successful in your career? Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever due to globalization and changes in employee demographics. Those who lead inclusively will be the most innovative, impactful, and successful. Learn how to listen, talk, and manage at the Business Leadership Conference: Leading in a Diverse Workplace.

• Call for Abstracts | 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference

  Dec 18, 2018 8:00 pm8 views

  The College of Education's 2019 Graduate Student Conference, themed The Urgency of Now: A Clear Call to Action, has a deadline of January 14 for abstract submissions for its 10th annual event.

• Call for Abstracts: 11th Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference

  Oct 16, 2019 10:00 am26 views

  2020 VISION: RESHAPING OUR APPROACH TO EDUCATION

  The 2020 College of Education Graduate Student Conference is calling for scholarship that shifts the educational fields with a sense of visionary novelty. The University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign continues to create space for graduate level research that revels in reshaping education for the future within every discipline of education on national and global scales.

  For more information, visit https://go.education.illinois.edu/gsc.

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  CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 5th Annual COEGSC

  Dec 5, 2013 4:15 pm38 views

  We welcome all research areas, and want to share the work of all students across the college at the annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference, to be held Friday, March 14, 2014. Consider sharing your proposals from AERA, CREA, AESA, CRT, ASHE, CRSA and other conferences. This is also a great way to practice sharing your research before a national conference. Click for more...

   

• Call for proposals for Beginning Teacher Conference

  Apr 9, 2018 2:00 pm6 views

  The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative is excited to announce a call for proposals for its 2018 Beginning Teacher Conference, which will be held June 26-27 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign.

• Call for Proposals for Illinois Education Research Symposium

  May 1, 2014 3:00 pm39 views

  The Illinois Education Research Council is requesting proposals for its 12th annual Focus on Illinois Education Research Symposium Oct. 7 and 8 in Bloomington. The deadline for proposals is June 20.

  This symposium provides a forum for the discussion of education issues of interest to the Illinois community for education policy makers, researchers, and practitioners from the state and beyond. Learn more...

• Call for Proposals II: Illinois Learning Sciences Design Initiative (ILSDI)

  Jan 29, 2016 4:00 pm0 views

  Phase II of the ILSDI seed-funding program is accepting proposals for projects that address research and development related to teaching and learning. Type I Projects (up to $15,000) will plan, develop and submit for large-scale external funding; Type II Projects (up to $40,000) will develop and/or pilot research, followed by submission for large-scale external funding. Deadline is Feb. 29, 2016.

   

  Contact: Elizabeth C. Niswander, Bureau of Educational Research

• Call for Proposals: Student Success Initiative Symposium

  Dec 2, 2021 4:00 pm57 views

  Call for Proposals! There is a great deal of outstanding work conducted across campus to foster student success and we want to hear about it! Review the proposal submission guidelines. The deadline for submitting your program proposal is December 15, 2021.

• Call for submissions for fourth annual CREA Conference

  Dec 15, 2016 8:00 am13 views

  Hosted by the College of Education, the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) will hold its fourth international conference Sept. 27-29, 2017, in Chicago. CREA is accepting proposals, papers, and roundtable suggestions through Feb. 20, 2017. Learn more about the conference and about the call for submissions.