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About five years ago, NIU Psychology Professor Brad Sagarin’s passion for playing Pokémon Go sparked a research project that sought to answer this central question: What effect does the augmented reality game have on players’ sense of belonging? Along with his Pokémon Go-playing wife, Elmhurst University Chemistry Professor Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin, and then-NIU student Andrew Pederson,...
Orientation and First Year Programs is excited to share that Week of Welcome planning is underway. OFP is excited to plan and implement Week of Welcome through the utilization of the following groups: WOW Executive Committee – share out schedule updates to divisional and departmental leadership and listen to updates and recommendations made by workgroup...
You know you’re a Huskie when you think of Mission every time you see a dog of that breed. You know you’re a Huskie when you look for the Holmes Student Center towering over the cornfields when driving into, or passing by, DeKalb. You know you’re a Huskie when you smile widely thinking of McCabes,...
Molly Kettelhut spent her childhood dreaming of one thing. “I wanted to teach for my whole life. I went through a short period where I wanted to do something else, but then I quickly realized – like I always had known – that I wanted to work with kids,” says Kettelhut, a seventh-grade teacher at...
Jahrita McNeal gets it. As an honors student in the NIU School of Nursing, she has taken challenging courses and learned how to excel in them. Now, she’s taking what she’s learned and paying it forward thanks to the grant-funded initiative Supporting Black Nurses. “As an African American honors student in the nursing program, I wanted...
Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Todd Trexler, ’11, MAS ’12, was a very social and talkative kid who got great grades and followed the rules, but also played the class clown from time to time. While he had a gift of interacting with people, he loved the rush of...
With programming nearly daily on campus and beyond, the Latino Resource Center continues to build community for NIU’s growing population of Latinx and Hispanic students and engage the campus in cultural resources. Known as the LRC, the center serves as a central resource for students. Those behind the programming, as well as those who’ve taken...
Application deadline is March 1! At NIU, we are known for our hands-on experiential learning, which oftentimes take our students off campus and as far as classrooms across the globe. NIU students in all majors who have an interest in entrepreneurial business, can apply to be considered for the three-week European Innovation Academy (EIA) in...
The NIU community is as strong, diverse and vibrant as ever, and we are counting on our community to help support NIU’s groundbreaking programs and hard-working students. To continue an annual tradition, the Huskies United Day of Giving begins on Wednesday, March 20, at 4:25 p.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. Over...
So what’s it like working in the Office of NIU President Lisa C. Freeman. Cara Carlson can describe it in a word: energizing. Carlson’s unique skill sets and willingness to step in and help where needed at NIU have provided her with a wide range of experiences. But this year promises to be the most...
NIU Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) maintained the ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality, a quality rating system for early childhood programs in Illinois that focuses on four areas: teaching and learning, family and community engagement, leadership and management, and qualifications and continuing education. “We go through the renewal process each year as a way to show...
Paul Priester, professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions, was named as a member of the 2024-2025 Interfaith America Faith & Health Fellows. The Interfaith America Faith & Health Fellowship began in January and runs through May 2025. Fellows receive a $4,000 stipend to elevate the story of the positive potential of religious diversity...
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