UIC College of Education

09/22/2026

CHIME applications close Oct. 1! Join the second and final CHIME cohort and earn your MEd in Special Education, LBS1 endorsement, and Early Childhood Special Education approval, with tuition and fees covered. If you're ready to make a bigger impact for young learners with diverse needs, apply today. Read about the program: go.uic.edu/CHIMEstory

09/18/2026

SPARK 2026 is bringing live music featuring Vince Staples, entertainment, food, and UIC students together for one of the university’s biggest back-to-school traditions.
Grab your friends, RSVP, and get ready for a night at Harrison Field with the Chicago skyline as your backdrop!

🗓️ Saturday, October 3
🕔 Doors open at 5:00 PM
📍 Harrison Field

UIC students attend FREE with an RSVP.
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SPARK is UIC's pinnacle Concert Event🎤, celebrating our community, our students, and our campus. With the Chicago Skyline🏙 as our backdrop, we'll create the 💥SPARK💥 you need to ignite the flame...

09/11/2026

The UIC College of Education is excited to announce a federally funded scholarship for 8 students pursuing a Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) who are interested in working with young children with disabilities. Full tuition, a book stipend, and the BCBA exam fee are all included! This program is led by Sunny Kim, PhD, BCBA-D, Principal Investigator, and Project Coordinator Rocco Catrone, PhD, BCBA-D, in the Special Education department. This grant is supported by the U.S. Office of Special Education. The application deadline is May 15, 2027, for a fall 2027 start. To set up an appointment to discuss the grant program, visit: go.uic.edu/UICABA

09/09/2026

Program Staff, Leaders, Evaluators, Funders, OST Intermediaries, and Students: Join us for a free interactive webinar to explore the latest scholarship on evaluating OST programs and connections to cutting-edge work in OST. Hear from Vivien Ahrens, Arielle Lentz, and Marlo Reeves --whose research helps us dive deeper into how we think about evaluation-- as we stay grounded in what is occurring in the field with Maria Guzmán-Rocha and Troy Selvey, and our own reflective convos with colleagues. September 16, 2026, 11:00-1:00 CST. Register at go.uic.edu/OSTEval

09/04/2026

Congrats to Cathy Main, who was honored as an Early Childhood Education Trailblazer by the Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship at the Scholar Recognition Ceremony in August. (Pictured with Natalie Vesga, Director, UIC Chicago Early Childhood Preparation & Pathway Project, and Guadalupe Valdivia, Director, Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship).

09/03/2026

Connect with Program Director Dr. Everett Smith at next week's info session to learn how our online MESA program can support your professional goals.

RSVP: go.uic.edu/mesa-program-overview

08/31/2026

We made UIC history! New and current students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters came together to form the largest circle ever at UIC. One Circle. One UIC. Thank you to everyone affiliated with the College of Education who joined us!

08/28/2026

Congrats to Diamond B. Harris, MEd, a doctoral student in Education Policy, who was awarded the 2026 Children’s Champion Award from the Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children (ILAEYC).

08/27/2026

Congratulations to Esther Lindström on her appointment as a tenured associate professor!

08/24/2026

Careers focused on research, analytics, and evaluation are growing as organizations increasingly rely on data-informed decision-making.

Learn more about these career paths and see where an online MESA degree can take you: go.uic.edu/top-mesa-careers