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Shannon Schroeder, Caroline Risum and Kelly Klosak earned their NBT from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (Shutterstock)
Press release from Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C:
Jan. 21, 2021
Three Homer 33C teachers have earned their National Board Teacher Certification (NBT) from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).
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Shannon Schroeder teaches 8th grade English Language Arts (ELA) at Homer Jr. High. She holds a bachelor s degree in Secondary Education and Composition from DePauw University and a master s degree in Secondary Education and English from Indiana University. She recently finished a second master s from Olivet Nazarene University in Curriculum and Instruction & School Leadership. Mrs. Schroeder co-sponsors the Natural Helpers club, serves on the School Leadership Team, and is a District Instructional Technology Coach.
Virtual 360 Tour of NIU Engineering Labs now available
Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is offering virtual 360-degree interactive tours of its three buildings and the classrooms. Students also can get a close-up look at the labs. Courtesy of NIU Staff Photographer
Updated 1/22/2021 6:04 PM
Students who are curious about the fascinating research being conducted in the state-of-the-art laboratories at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) can now explore the labs virtually from their mobile devices or laptops at go.niu.edu/CEETlabtour.
The college released a virtual 360-degree interactive tour through its three buildings where viewers can virtually stroll through the halls, in and out of the classrooms, and get a close up look at the labs.
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Finch, Tewes named to NIU dean s list
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Sadie Finch of Jacksonville and Tristen Tewes of Pleasant Plains have been named to the fall semester dean’s list at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb.
To be named to the dean’s list, a student must earn a 3.5 or higher grade point average in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a 3.75 or higher grade point average in the colleges of Business, Education, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Newsletter Signup
WBGZ Radio 1/21/2021 |
By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
A Northern Illinois University political science professor says both Republicans and Democrats need to regroup in these tumultuous times for politics.
Democrats scored two big victories in the Georgia Senate races, giving them an equal amount of seats with Republicans. NIU s Mitch Pickerill said the GOP may still be able to get things done because of divisions in the Democratic party.
“The one thing for Republicans that makes the situation not so dire for them is that the Democrats are divided too,” he said. “It not like the Democratic coalition has coalesced around one policy.”