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For nearly a decade NIU has been home to the Illinois P-20 Network – a partnership of educators, policymakers and researchers who work with learners across the lifespan, from newborns and toddlers to higher education and ongoing adult education. The network’s goal is to ensure that all Illinois residents benefit from the best possible learning...
Northern Illinois University has long been a leader in the field of early childhood education. The new Center for Early Learning Funding Equity (CELFE), in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development, is helping to advance that work by studying and advancing  funding equity so that every family has access to quality early childhood...
The Huskie family is growing by one small, adorable member. Meet Mission III, a three-month-old puppy who shares beautiful black-and-white markings and crystalline blue eyes with his mascot siblings, Mission I and II. Mission III comes from premier breeder Debra Debalys, who is based in British Columbia, Canada, and NIU mascot trainer Lisa Boland is...
Avalon String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence in the Northern Illinois University School of Music’s January 27 performance (7 p.m., Recital Hall) will feature music by Joseph Haydn and Johannes Brahms, and the world premiere of a piece for string quartet and narrator by prominent Chicago composer Stacy Garrop. Garrop’s piece, “For Such a Time as This” is...
In November, Dr. King Chung and five NIU audiology students joined forces with students and faculty from Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) in Brazil on a mission trip to Kraków, Poland, where they provided free hearing services for school children, members of a community center, and Ukrainian refugees at Krakow, Poland. The...
A movie more than a decade in the making will have its world premiere, Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present the original film production of Mark Twain’s “The $30,000 Bequest.” Filmed in 2011, the production was a collaboration that included faculty, students...
The NIU Jazz Orchestra is one of only 10 collegiate jazz programs invited to participate in the 2023 Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jack Rudin Jazz Championships in New York City. The competition is a two-day invitational, January 14-15. The championships are held throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located on...
NIU leads the way with new wayfinding program Evolving as a leader in efforts to increase accessibility, NIU has piloted a new wayfinding system that will benefit all Huskies, especially those who are blind or visually impaired. The wayfinding system will allow students, faculty, staff and visitors to hear key information and navigate their way...
It’s all systems go on NIU’s planned $23 million Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability (NICCS), as the State of Illinois has released the remainder of its funding set aside for the project. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. Governor JB Pritzker announced yesterday the release of $37.3 million to launch facilities for five hubs of the...
NIU Libraries are happy to announce that the 2023 “Wildlife from the NIU Campus and Along the Prairie Path” calendar is now available for purchase. A collaboration between NIU Libraries and local wildlife photographer/English Professor Emeritus Michael Day now in its second year, the calendar features a “hyperlocal” selection of photographs of birds, animals, and...
It can be challenging for teenagers to advocate for themselves, and even more challenging for those with a disability diagnosis. Members of NIU’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic hope to change that with Ignite, a new program being launched in 2023. “As a clinician at the NIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, I often hear from families and school professionals that...
The Northern Illinois University Jazz Orchestra will be heading to New York City in January to compete in the third annual Rudin Jazz Championship at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and you can get a preview of that performance at their concert Thursday, November 17 at 7 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music...
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