Educational Administration & Foundations at Illinois State University

09/03/2026

Our three graduate teaching assistants bring a wealth of personal and professional experiences to their EAF 228 courses.

Meet Prince Yohannes, Edith Kachia, & NaStasha Powers!

Department of Educational Administration and Foundations (EAF) doct...

09/03/2026

Last night the College of Education's student orgs showed off what college can look like outside the classroom. We're proud of these future and future leaders! The College Student Personnel Administration's Student Affairs Graduate Association was out connecting with students, too!

08/28/2026

Week 2 of the fall semester is almost in the books, Your growth over the next 14 weeks will impact your life for years to come.

08/22/2026

Happy first week of classes, Redbirds! Cheers to the first of many weeks filled with growth, learning and exploring the student affairs profession together! We can’t wait to introduce you to the wonderful people that make up our first-year cohort, and catch up with our second-year cohort to hear about their summer adventures ❤️🐦‍⬛🙌🏼

08/21/2026

ICYMI: EAF's own Dr. Laura Kalmes received the College of Education's 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award last week!

Her dynamic teaching includes course work in critical theory, culturally-sustaining pedagogy, school-to-prison pipeline, policy analysis, trauma-informed care in schools.

08/20/2026

Departments that eat together, teach together! EAF faculty and staff just got together to break bread and share notes on their awesome plans for the 2026-2027 academic year. A lot of great conversation and delicious eats! Thanks Medici in Normal!

08/03/2026

Educators, your voice can help shape the future of education in Illinois. The Center for the Study of Education Policy (CSEP) at Illinois State University has launched a new newsletter designed to keep you informed about emerging education issues while inviting you to participate in conversations that help guide CSEP's future research and grant-funded initiatives. It's called Education Horizons.

Whether you're a teacher, school leader, policymaker, higher education professional, or simply passionate about education, we'd love to have you as part of the conversation.

📬 Sign up today and help shape what's next for education in Illinois.

The first issue, “Why Today’s Staffing Model No Longer Fits Today’s Schools,” publishes August 2026 and invites educators into a growing community built around seeing change before it becomes crisis.

07/21/2026

EAF's scholarship donors are awesome. 51 of our graduate students' tuition & fees are >$75,000 less expensive for FY27. Like us, these future leaders are nothing but .

07/10/2026

The welcomed about 200 attendees last month, but countless meaningful moments and connections were made. Here are some of the ones we captured!

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth, LeaderBirds!