Top-ranked School of #Education and Social Policy (SESP) is @NorthwesternU’s school of learning, leadership + policy.
Evanston, IL
Joined January 2012
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Congrats to professor Lois Trautvetter, the longtime director of SESP’s Higher Education Admin. + Policy program, who began a year of research leave on Sept. 1 and will retire in fall 2027.
Read why Lois views life as "one big experiment" 🔗 spr.ly/6184BHWRVy
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Illinois’ pioneering law requiring media literacy education in high schools has been implemented unevenly, according to a study co-authored by alumnus Michael Spikes (PhD23).
✳️ The study: spr.ly/6016BHWZZK
✳️ Read more: spr.ly/6019BHWZZ3
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A huge, huge thank you to all the SESP alumni who came back to talk with students and attend the dean's reception on Homecoming weekend during our Centennial year. We always love to see you. 💜
Check out some of our alums who came back: spr.ly/6187BHlOGW
Tonight (Oct. 27) at 6:30 p.m.! SESP alumna Stacy Kim (PhD90) will discuss her book ENVY: Why Wanting What They Have is the Key to Getting What You Want with Chicago Public Media’s managing editor Jennifer Tanaka.
🔗: spr.ly/6011BHckW3
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Congratulations to Dean Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, the Carlos Montezuma Professor, who was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 10 at Harvard University. 💜
🔗 spr.ly/6019BHXpW9.
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Congrats to alumnus Braydon Brus and undergraduate Ashley Sessa, who were named Big Ten Player of the Week in their respective sports of football and field hockey!
🔗: spr.ly/6187BGfZDf.
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The Northwestern Collaborative for Applied Research in Education (NCARE) is expanding in Illinois!
Read more to see the districts we are collaborating with: spr.ly/6011BGLOm3.
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Don't miss tonight's free Family Action Network event with bestselling author Min Jin Lee, who will talk about her new book, "American Hagwon" with School of Education and Social Policy prof. Megan Bang.
🕛 7 p.m.
📍ETHS: 1600 Dodge Ave. Evanston
🔗 familyactionnetwork.net/even…
Wildcat undergraduates! Last chance to register for today's Loeschner Leadership Lecture pre-event convo at 4:30 p.m.
✅Pre-event 4:30 p.m. (limited to 15 students): spr.ly/6016BGsaIE
✅Main event. 6 p.m. spr.ly/6017BGsaI1.
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Next week! The Lake Show, @NU_Sports most successful program, is coming to SESP for our annual Loeschner Lecture on Leadership on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m.
🥍🥍 Register: spr.ly/6189BG6yBb.
🥍🥍 Learn more: spr.ly/6180BG6yBj.
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Shout out to our amazing peer advisors: 🤸💜
Ty Moyer, Lauren Rollins, Maya Agrawal, Meiling Sun, Anne Chiang, Nic Williams, Chase Bell, Michael Jurek, Adrian Wu; Board Director: Matthew Jamil
#WildcatWelcome #Classof2030
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Meet the SESP Class of 2030! 💜💜 We welcomed 114 new students from 12 countries to campus this week and can't wait to see them make their way in their new home. Here are some of their smiling faces. #WildcatWelcome
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SESP first years and transfer students "Marched Through the Arch" today, marking the beginning of their Northwestern journey. Welcome SESP Class of 2030! 💜You're right where you belong.
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While some classes will still be held in Annenberg this fall, the heart of SESP (and the candy bowl) is now at 2001 Sheridan Road! We caught some of our faculty and staff getting organized.
📷: Eileen Molony
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Congrats to Daniel Svärd (BS26), of Järfälla, Sweden, who was named a Cobalt All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
✳️ Read more: spr.ly/6016BGJFCE.
📷: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics
Professor Miriam Gamoran Sherin has been named the inaugural associate dean for master’s and professional education, a new role that reflects the growing scope and importance of the master’s and professional programs.
Read more ➡️ spr.ly/6010BGJAqk.
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There's no show like the Lake Show! 🥍 Register now for this year's Loeschner Leadership Lecture on Sept. 30 featuring Selena Lasota and Nicole Beardsley Montag in conversation with Dean Brayboy.
🔗 spr.ly/6010BGzUeK.
#SESP100
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A new federal proposal to loosen rules governing Head Start will gut the program rather than streamline it, Terri Sabol argued in the Chicago Tribune.
🔶 Read more: spr.ly/6014BGBnKp
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It's official! SESP has left the building! Goodbye Annenberg Hall. We loved you and have so many happy memories. Especially the Candy Bowl. Come see us (and the Candy Bowl) at 2001 Sheridan Road in the heart of campus.
📷: David Brazy
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