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Early voting begins in the Blackhawk Annex of the Holmes Student Center on Monday, Oct. 24, and runs through Monday, Nov. 7. Hours are as follows: Monday, Oct. 24 – Friday, Oct. 28: 12 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct....
The Supportive Professional Staff (SPS) Council is requesting nominations for the Presidential Supportive Professional Staff Award for Excellence. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the university. All supportive professional staff are eligible. To be eligible to receive this award, an employee must be at least 50 percent time and may not hold...
Joseph Flynn hears the anxiety in his NIU classroom. “We have conversations about the institutional violence being perpetrated against black men, and it’s a soulful and challenging intellectual issue,” says Flynn, a professor in the College of Education who also teaches a course on the social philosophy of hip-hop through the Center for Black Studies....
On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s Assistant Director and Curator Peter Olson accepted a competitive Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) Award of Excellence that recognizes museums in the state that exemplify professional best practices and standards in the field of museum curation at the professional organization’s annual conference. Olson accepted the...
As Halloween approaches, NIU is joining other universities in reminding students to think carefully about the emotional and hurtful impact of costumes that mock the sexual orientation, gender identity, cultures, ethnicities and races of others. The “Conscientious Costumes” campaign seeks to keep Halloween a fun and imaginative time for students who plan to share and...
The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s Huskie Service Scholars Program is partnering with the DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC) to organize a winter outerwear drive for the DeKalb area community. This event is part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The DAWC is a nonprofit organization that advocates for women and related...
NIU Campus Parking Services is excited to announce the installation of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The charging station is located on the west side of the parking garage drive-up ramp off of Carroll Avenue. This project is part of an initiative known as the “Workplace Charging Challenge.” The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to...
Organizations from across campus have united to plan a Homecoming week focused on being engaging and inclusive. “For the last couple of years, we’ve been talking about ways to make a more unified Homecoming,” said Liz McKee, assistant program director of Student Involvement and Leadership Development. In the spirit of unity and inclusivity, the ballot...
NIU’s Division of International Affairs invites nominations for the 2016 awards to recognize outstanding practice in international education. Nominations are due by Wednesday, Oct. 26. Recognition is planned for Outstanding International Educator, Outstanding Department Contribution to International Education and Outstanding Student Contribution to International Education for a domestic student and a non-immigrant student. The awards will be...
While growing up in a rural area of western Illinois outside small-town Geneseo, Blake Burghgrave always had an intense interest in how things worked. It’s safe to say that interest has taken him far. First, to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a degree in engineering physics. Then on to Northern Illinois...
At the next STEM Café, “Market Morph,” two NIU experts will explore the recent boom in the “sharing economy,” in which businesses help private individuals rent each other’s houses, cars and other assets. The free, public talk and discussion will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant,...
The Department of Accountancy in the NIU College of Business has been designated as a certified public accountant (CPA) exam field test location by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).  Those invited to sit for the field test exam free of charge are senior NIU accountancy students, Master of Accountancy Science students and Master of...
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