Category: Engagement
Where are you getting your next meal? Some DeKalb residents don’t have an answer to that question. Thanks to a new NIU program, however, the hungry in DeKalb have an answer in a new set of allies; NIU students, faculty and staff who want to fight hunger in their own communities. President Obama challenged higher...
The Digital Convergence Lab at Northern Illinois University is offering a Saturday Game Development Lab open to students ages 11 to 18 who are interested in animation, computers, 3D virtual worlds or video games. The program lasts seven weeks with one meeting per week, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays in the Digital Convergence...
“How can I let families and teachers know about NIU campus activities they would enjoy?” That question from a local educator sparked development of a newsletter that lists educational and cultural enrichment activities on the DeKalb campus that are appropriate for professional educators and for families. The Center for P-20 Engagement is distributing this calendar...
After a hugely successful event last year, NIU now is gearing up to hold its second annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Festival, better known as STEMfest, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the NIU Convocation Center. The festival promises to be even bigger and better than ever with backing from lead...
Energy Systems Group (ESG) has partnered with NIU’s STEM Outreach to sponsor STEMfest 2011, an annual event that packs NIU’s Convocation Center with thousands of area students exploring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through exhibits, competitions and hands-on activities. ESG donated $30,000 to STEMfest to expand the range of learning opportunities available at the...
Rockford is one of 20 U.S. cities that have won a federal Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge grant. A grant totaling $2.4 million has been awarded to a collaborative made up of Northern Illinois University, Rock Valley College, the Rockford Area Economic Development Council and EIGERlab to accelerate job creation and innovation for small and...
NIU students are invited to apply for the university’s annual congressional internship program in Washington, D.C. The highly competitive program will provide five students with the opportunity to live, learn and work in the heart of the nation’s capital. The program runs from late May through early August 2012. Each student will intern for a...
The NIU Study Abroad Office will hold its 19th annual Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. All students who would like to learn more about the possibility of studying abroad are invited to attend. Students will have the opportunity...
A five-year effort to collect the oral histories of Cambodians who survived the Khmer Rouge era and now live in the Chicago area will culminate this week with an exhibit at the Cambodian American Heritage Museum (CAHM) and Killing Fields Memorial in Chicago. The exhibit resulted from a collaboration between the museum and Northern Illinois...
NIU audiology professor King Chung and four of her undergraduate and graduate students recently returned from a goodwill and learning trip to Hong Kong, where they exchanged ideas with scholars and medical experts, provided free hearing tests to underserved residents and visited local landmarks. During the two-week stay this summer, Chung and the students provided...
NIU is front and center in the current push by the U.S. and Indonesian governments, announced in 2010 by President Barack Obama, to strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Division of International Programs have been taking the lead in leveraging NIU’s...
Do you like volunteering and helping the community? Are you looking for ways to help pay for your education? Why not put the two together? Participants in Students in Service can receive $1,175 toward their education upon completion of 300 hours of community service. Interested students MUST attend an orientation session and bring completed applications...
