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  • Win a trip to present your research in Hong Kong

    Jan 4, 2016 8:45 am257 views

    The Graduate Student Conference is partnering with the University of Hong Kong to present the second annual Graduate Student Conference Exchange Program.

  • Free Professional Development Workshops for Illinois K-12 Educators

    Sep 18, 2020 4:00 pm257 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).

  • Congratulations to our 2015 AERA award recipients!

    Apr 9, 2015 3:00 pm256 views

    The College of Education at Illinois is honored to have three of our faculty members recognized at this year’s AERA Annual Meeting.

  • Dr. Lisa Monda-Amaya

    Lisa Monda-Amaya Named Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

    Mar 17, 2021 10:00 am255 views

    I am pleased to announce that Lisa Monda-Amaya has accepted my offer to become the Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. She began transitioning into this role on March 15 and will serve as Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Designate pending approval by the Board of Trustees.

  • Job Posting: Graduate Research Assistant - Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)

    Dec 10, 2013 4:00 pm253 views

    Graduate Research Assistant – 50%

    January, 1 2014 – May 15, 2014, with possible renewal 

    The focus of this Research Assistantship is to assist the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) in their current and future research and grants portfolio. This includes searching and compiling RFPs, literature reviews on current issues in higher education, conducting survey research, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and producing easily consumable reports. This RA will report to the Coordinator, Research & Grants. Click headline to read more...

     

  • SwaTaleem Foundation: Hiring Student Interns for Summer 2020

    May 29, 2020 12:15 pm245 views

    SwaTaleem (Swa from Sanskrit meaning 'Self' and Taleem from Persian meaning 'Owning your Education') is an international nonprofit that works with adolescent girls, teachers, and local government officials in some of the most remote parts of the world to ensure quality education and critical life skills.

    The organization is hiring interns for summer 2020 in a variety of roles.

    For more information, please read the attached flyer and if interested, please fill out the attached Google Form: https://forms.gle/54xgTqZtnJrvZQLS9

  • Dr. Gianina Baker

    NILOA Associate Director Gianina Baker Selected 'Forty Under 40' Woman of the Year

    Oct 18, 2020 9:15 am243 views

    Congratulations to Dr. Gianina Baker, associate director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, how has been named the 2020 'Forty Under 40' Woman of the Year by Central Illinois Business Magazine.

  • Dr. Laura Taylor

    Taylor Comes Home to Urbana School District

    Apr 3, 2024 11:00 am240 views

    Dr. Laura Taylor was appointed as the Executive Director of Leadership Development for Urbana School District #116.

  • IDEALL Grand Opening - Wednesday, September 30

    Sep 8, 2015 3:45 pm239 views

    Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory (IDEALL) Grand Opening

    Wednesday, September 30, 2015

    3:00 – 5:00 PM

    166-170-176 Education Building

    IDEALL is a research laboratory developed for use by educational, learning sciences, and educational technology researchers both in the College of Education and from the wider campus research community. A highly configurable space, IDEALL is intended to facilitate investigations of cutting-edge, technology-enhanced learning environments in both formal and informal learning settings, and across the life-span. The Lab offers state-of-the-art 360-degree video and audio capture, a highly configurable lighting system, projectable surfaces and associated projection infrastructure in every dimension, a pull-out interview room, an observation center with one-way mirror, and more. The Lab is ideal for setting up, and capturing, learner interactions with state-of-the-art digital learning environments, including virtual and augmented realities, multi-touch surfaces for collaborative learning, and educational games, among other platforms.

    Please join us to explore the capabilities and affordances of the Lab. Demonstrations of capacity and use will be offered, with opportunities to connect with researchers who are putting the Lab to use.

     

     

  • Dr. John Trach

    Alumnus and Former Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. John Trach Passes Away

    Dec 18, 2023 11:30 am239 views

    Dr. Trach, Ph.D. '89 SPED, and associate professor emeritus in Special Education, passed on December 9, 2023. 

  • OCCRL Graduate Student Named an AAHHE Fellow

    Mar 5, 2020 10:00 am238 views

    Angel Velez, a research associate in the Office of Community College Research and Leadership in the College of Education, was selected as a fellow in the Graduate Student Fellows Program of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.

  • Retirement Reception for Professor Violet Harris

    Aug 13, 2015 4:45 pm237 views

    Please join us in recognizing Professor Violet Harris for her 29 years of service and accomplishment at the University of Illinois.

  • POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant/Associate Professor in Evaluation

    Sep 11, 2019 3:00 pm234 views

    The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, announces a position for an outstanding emerging or established scholar in evaluation. The successful candidate will have a strong record of intellectual contributions to evaluation, substantial field experience as an evaluator, and expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods.

    For more information, please go to www.education.illinois.edu/cbo/human-resources/available-positions.

    To ensure full consideration, we ask that applications be submitted by October 10, 2019.

    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.

  • EPOL doctoral alumnus honored for dissertation

    Jan 26, 2016 9:15 am230 views

    Joel Malin, Ph.D. ’15 EPOL, was honored with the 2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the National Education Finance Conference for his dissertation, “Social Makeup and Public School Funding Effort and Distribution.”

  • Education Justice Project Recruitment

    Jan 23, 2019 4:30 pm223 views

    Language Partners (LP), a program in the Education Justice Project (educationjustice.net) is an award-winning, peer-taught, English as second language program at Danville Correctional Center serving a primarily Latinx population. We are accepting applications for instructor-trainers at Danville Correctional Center. 

    To apply, go to http://www.educationjustice.net/home/get-involved/apply-to-ejp/ and select the Language Partners application.

    Deadline for applications is March 1, 2019.

  • EPOL Ph.D. candidate chosen as Spencer Dissertation Fellow

    May 19, 2016 2:45 pm223 views

    Alisha Johnson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, was chosen as a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow. Johnson was one of 35 fellows selected among nearly 400 student applications from more than 100 graduate institutions.

  • Fall 2019 EPS 420: Social Foundations Course for Masters and LES Students

    Jul 18, 2019 3:30 pm220 views

    EPS 420 Sociology of Education, Tuesday, 3:00 to 4:50pm, Room 323 Educ Bldg

    CRN # 337154: 4-Hrs  for Graduate Students 

    CRN # 64995:  3-Hrs for Undergraduate Students 

    Professor: Bernice McNair Barnett (bmbarnet@illinois.edu)

    Description: EPS 420 Sociology of Education is a sociological examination of education and schooling in society. It can be used to fulfill the EPOL social foundations requirement for Master’s students and advanced hours for Learning and Education Studies (LES) majors. Students will: (1.) learn about how major sociological theories/theorists view and explain education and its relationship to society; (2.) become familiar with sociological concepts, assumptions, questions, research, methods, issues, and debates related to education/schooling in various school and societal contexts; (3.) analyze race/gender/class+ diversity in education and society, including experiences, representations, opportunities, and challenges of students, teachers, and administrators in various school settings and eras; and (4.) assess the educational impact and legacies of teacher and student-led movements in education and society, such as the student free speech,  African American, Mexican American, Asian American, Native American, women/feminist, anti-war,  special education, disability, LGBTQ+, anti-poverty, language minority, immigrant, and migrant farm worker rights movements.

  • U.S. News & World Report Ranks College's Graduate Programs Among Nation's Best

    Apr 25, 2023 12:30 pm216 views

    U.S. News & World Report released their 2023-24 Best Graduate Schools rankings today, and the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s on-campus graduate programs all continue to rank in the top 25 nationwide.

  • Family Behavior Support App Now Available

    Jan 27, 2021 3:15 pm214 views

    The Family Behavior Support App (FBSApp) is a tool to support caregivers of children who engage in challenging behaviors and is now available for FREE in the Apple store.

  • Congratulations to alumna Yasemin Copur-Gencturk

    Apr 12, 2016 11:00 am213 views

    The AERA Special Interest Group Research in Mathematics Education named Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, Ed.M. '07 C&I, Ph.D. '12 C&I, a recipient of the 2015 Early Career Publication Award.

  • Over 200 entries received for MLK Creative Expressions Competition

    Jan 25, 2016 11:45 am211 views

    The Center for Education in Small Urban Communities received more than 200 entries for this year’s Creative Expressions Competition. The winners and honorable mention recipients were announced at the Jan. 23 MLK Jr. Community Celebration at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Essays, poems, songs, short stories, drawings, paintings, mixed media, multimedia, and sculptures were all accepted art forms for the contest.

  • UPDATED: Education Leads Several Funded Projects in 2021-22 Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program

    Dec 15, 2021 10:15 am210 views

    Chancellor Jones has announced the first U of I projects to be awarded funding under this $2 million annual commitment by the university to respond to the critical need for higher ed institutions across the nation to prioritize research focused on systemic racial inequities and injustices, as well as the expansion of community-based knowledge that advances the understanding of systemic racism and generationally embedded racial disparity.

  • Ashley M. Davis

    College of Education's Ashley M. Davis Talks About Recruiting Future Teachers

    Jan 26, 2022 5:00 pm205 views

    Coordinator for undergraduate recruitment and career services, Ashley M. Davis, recently spoke with local WCIA reporter Sarah Lehman about her experience working to recruit high school and community college students to pursue careers in education at the University of Illinois.

  • EPSY/INFO 590 Demo Day: Engaging Ed Tech

    Dec 2, 2015 10:15 am203 views

    Please join us for an open house demo session (with refreshments!) to see class projets from the fall semester of EPSY/INFO 590, Engaging and Interactive Educational Technologies (taught by Dr. H. Chad Lane).  Come and try the prototypes, talk to the inventors, and learn more about this interdisciplinary course (offered each fall).  Send questions to hclane@illinois.edu.  We hope to see you!

    Tuesday, December 15, 2015
    1:30 - 3:00 pm
    Education 176 (IDEALL Lab)

    Please view the PDF document to see details on all the wonderful projects that will be displayed!

  • Leading Forward: Strategies for Innovative Leadership

    May 29, 2015 3:45 pm200 views

    Designed for senior-level leaders in the Champaign-Urbana school districts, this inaugural three-day program from the Executive Leadership Academy will provide participants with an opportunity to collaborate with peers while engaging in a rich experiential learning environment designed to fuel innovation in leadership. Leaders will return to their districts for the new school year equipped and energized to advance as a groundbreakers, decision-maker, and change agent.

  • Graduate Student Academic Review

    Oct 28, 2013 10:21 am200 views

    The College of Education online academic review process has begun.  All graduate students are required to complete a self-review by January 15, 2014, irrespective of whether you plan to graduate in December 2013 or May 2014.  If you are a master degree student, you will note  the form includes many doctoral milestones which you can disregard.  At a minimum, you do need to upload a resume and fill in the courses you plan to complete.  The review is a check for you and your advisor that you are making progress to your degree.

  • Alumnus Scott Woods recognized for outstanding research in middle-level education

    Apr 23, 2018 2:30 pm199 views

    College of Education alumnus Scott C. Woods is the recipient of this year’s Graduate Student Award from the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group, an affiliate of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

  • 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.

  • Two Education Faculty Members Honored with 2019 Campus Awards

    Apr 11, 2019 4:30 pm196 views

    Two members of the College of Education are among the 23 faculty and staff members and graduate teaching assistants honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and advising through the 2019 Campus Awards. 

  • EPOL candidate named director at Purdue University

    May 5, 2016 10:15 am196 views

    Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership doctoral candidate Xavier Hernandez has been selected as the next director of the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center at Purdue University. Hernandez is currently a graduate assistant at the Asian American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois.

  • Prof. Rodney Hopson Named Co-PI for New NSF INCLUDES Program

    Sep 12, 2019 3:00 pm195 views

    Hopson part of NSF program with new funding to develop partnerships among stakeholders across the public, private and academic sectors, share promising practices for broadening participation and other useful data, contribute to the knowledge base on broadening participation in STEM through research, and establish a framework for supporting communications and networking among partners. 

  • Dr. Kern Alexander named Distinguished Educational Research Lecturer

    Jan 28, 2016 4:30 pm194 views

    Excellence Professor Dr. Kern Alexander, a faculty member in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, will be the 2016 Distinguished Educational Research Lecturer at the College of Education at Kansas State University.

  • Magen Rooney-Kron, SPED PhD Student, Wins 2020 Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development

    Apr 9, 2020 3:45 pm194 views

    Congratulations to Magen Rooney-Kron for being selected to receive the Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development for her research, "Instruction and Engagement of Studertns with Intellectual Disability and Work-Based Learning."

  • Jessica Hardy and Catherine Corr

    SPED Faculty Awarded New $1.2M OSEP Grant

    Sep 27, 2021 4:30 pm193 views

    Assistant professors Catherine Corr and Jessica Hardy are leading a project that has received significant funding from the Office of Special Education Programs.

  • Open Faculty Positions in the College of Education

    Sep 11, 2013 10:06 am192 views

    The College of Education seeks to fill faculty positions in our college. Full position descriptions for all positions and application information can be found at http://education.illinois.edu/about/jobs.  The University is an AA-EOE www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

  • Food For Thought App Wins Two 1st Prizes at 2019 Engineering Open House

    Mar 11, 2019 4:00 pm190 views

    Congratulations to Emma Mercier, C&I professor and developer of the Food For Thought app, which won two first place awards at the 2019 Engineering Open House (EOH) held March 8-9. Lu Lawrence and Susan Kelly, both PhD students in Curriculum & Instruction and members of Mercier's lab group, brought home the top prize in both the Innovation in Energy and Sustainable Solutions categories. 

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

    Mar 31, 2020 3:00 pm190 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.

  • Idalia Nunez Receives Three Awards for Dissertation

    Apr 8, 2019 3:45 pm188 views

    Curriculum & Instruction Assistant Professor Idalia Nunez has been recognized with three awards in 2019 for her outstanding dissertation.

  • Dr. Nancy Latham

    ICYMI: Nancy Latham Appointed Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs

    Sep 17, 2021 12:00 pm187 views

    Dr. Nancy Latham has agreed to serve the College of Education as both the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Executive Director of the Council on Teacher Education (CoTE).

  • Natalie Coleman

    EPOL Doctoral Candidate Passionate About STEM Education in Underserved Communities

    Mar 22, 2021 4:30 pm186 views

    Natalie Coleman, B.S. '02, is a current doctoral candidate in EPOl and founder of After the Peanut, a company based on the core idea of providing STEM educational opportunities for students in underserved communities.

  • EPOL alumnus named Champion of Change by White House

    Apr 25, 2016 1:45 pm184 views

    Robert Scott, Ph.D. '11 EPOL, was named a Champion of Change by the White House for his work as executive director of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) at Cornell University. CPEP provides college-level liberal arts education to qualified incarcerated students in upstate New York prisons and is a response to the challenge of mass incarceration in the United States.

  • EPOL Doctoral Student Cecilia Vaughn-Guy Named 2023 Women’s Congressional Policy Institute Fellow

    Aug 1, 2022 2:00 pm183 views

    Congratulations to Cecilia Vaughn-Guy, working toward her Ph.D. in Human Resource Development and Diversity & Equity in Education, on being selected to the prestigious WCPI Fellowship Program.

  • C&I's Rochelle Gutierrez Awarded Spencer Foundation Grant

    Apr 6, 2020 4:30 pm182 views

    Professor Rochelle Gutierrez is a principal investigator on a $500,000 project funded by the Spencer Foundation, titled, "Political Conocimiento in Teaching Mathematics: Preparing Teachers to Advocate for Students."

  • Jill Donnel

    Jill Donnel Selected as Council on Teacher Education's Executive Director

    May 25, 2023 4:15 pm180 views

    Join us in welcoming Jill Donnel, Ed.D., to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as Executive Director of the Council on Teacher Education. Most recently, Donnel served as Assistant Director for Undergraduate Programs and Advising at Illinois State University's College of Education, School of Teaching, one of the largest teacher preparation departments in the nation.

  • Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky Receives Provost's Campus Distinguished Promotion Award

    May 28, 2019 3:30 pm179 views

    Eleven faculty members on campus, including Special Education's Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, have been honored with the Provost’s Campus Distinguished Promotion Award for 2019.

  • Sara Verma

    C&I's Sara Verma Awarded 2021-2022 Fulbright Grant

    Jun 15, 2021 11:00 am179 views

    Sara Verma, '21 ElEd, is among nine University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates offered an opportunity to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences via Fulbright grants.

  • Exploring Education Summer Camp

    Jul 11, 2019 10:00 am179 views

    High school students from around the state of Illinois joined us for the first session of Exploring Education Summer Camp in June. Campers spent a week living in dorms, visiting the University Primary School, touring the IDEALL lab, conquering an escape room, meeting fellow future Illini, and more.

    The second session of camp will begin this Sunday, July 14. We can't wait to meet the new campers!

  • Nidia Ruedas-Gracia

    Ruedas-Gracia Keynote Speaker for First-Gen Week at Texas State University

    Nov 1, 2023 9:00 pm178 views

    Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology is invited to be the keynote speaker during First-Gen Week at Texas State University. Ruedas-Gracia's keynote address, titled "The FLI Ride: Developing a First-Generation/Low-Income Story of Success", will outline how first-generation/low-income (FLI, pronounced FLY) college students are trailblazers and can customize their college experience with the support of their institution for optimal success. Ruedas-Gracia's keynote will be held at the LBJ Student Center Ballroom on Thursday, November 9th, 2023.

  • Special Education Professor Emeritus Bob Henderson Passes Away

    Apr 10, 2019 4:00 pm176 views

    It is with much sadness that we report the recent passing of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Bob Henderson. He died peacefully in his sleep at age 94. As one of the true pioneers in the field of Special Education, he will be missed greatly. More information to come in the near future as plans are made to honor and remember Dr. Henderson.

  • Praveen Chhikara

    Curriculum & Instruction Ph.D. Student Participating in NSF-Sponsored Workshop

    May 14, 2024 1:30 pm171 views

    Praveen Chhikara, will attend the event at the University of Minnesota May 20 - 24.