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Gov. Bruce Rauner today announced the appointment of retiring Illinois state representative Robert W. Pritchard to the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Pritchard, a Hinckley resident, served in the Illinois House for 15 years, representing the 70thDistrict. Last year Pritchard announced he would not be seeking re-election. He will officially step down on Sunday,...
Veteran anthropology professor Judy Ledgerwood, who for the past five years served as director of NIU’s internationally renowned Center for Southeast Asian Studies, has stepped into the role of acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. With 18 departments spanning the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences is...
The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees today finalized the appointment of Lisa C. Freeman as acting president of the university, effective July 1. Freeman will become the first female president in NIU’s 118-year history. Calling her appointment “a historical milestone of no small consequence,” John Butler, chair of NIU’s Board of Trustees, said that...
Monday May 1st is known as College Decision Day for high school seniors. To welcome the Class of 2021 to NIU, the Division of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications rolled out NIU emoji and sticker applications. There are iMessage stickers and an emoji keyboard for iPhone users, and an emoji keyboard for Android users. Show...
Bruce Niemi’s “Remembered” sculpture in the Memorial Garden near Cole Hall
Northern Illinois University will remember the lives of five students lost Feb. 14, 2008, with a moment of reflection. The bells will toll five times at 3:06 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Do you have a talent for storytelling? Put that talent to good use to get published and earn money for educational expenses. The Department of English is accepting literary fiction submissions through Feb. 1 as part of the Mike and Anne Malone Award for Short Fiction competition. The competition reflects the living legacy of a...
Smile! Photographers from NIU’s Division of Marketing & Communications will attend next week’s Internship Fair and Job Fair to provide free, professional portraits for the LinkedIn profiles of job- and internship-seekers. The photos will be available for download beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, at http://go.niu.edu/prophoto.
The Chicago White Sox and Northern Illinois University have again partnered to host NIU Day at U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday, Aug. 28, when the Sox take on the Seattle Mariners (1:10 p.m. first pitch). NIU Day features specially priced tickets and a free giveaway item for Huskie students, faculty/staff, alumni, family members and friends....
Two Northern Illinois University music professors just received news that is music to their ears: They have been awarded prestigious grants to create distinctive new works for the small ensemble projects they lead. Greg Beyer and Geof Bradfield, both associate professors at NIU’s School of Music, have been awarded Chamber Music America grants: Beyer received...
NIU faculty, staff and students volunteers are needed to help welcome our new students and their families to campus at a brand new event, the Huskie Fall Kick-Off, set for 5:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. At this event, new students and families will celebrate the different NIU traditions with President Baker, faculty, staff and other new...
NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences is heading back to school with a roster of changes aimed at bringing synergies and coordination to several programs. Those changes add two new names to the roll call this year: the School of Nursing, and the School of Health Studies. The important changes include: The School of Nursing contains only the nursing majors (both...
Representatives of Illinois and Wisconsin universities today presented the Champion of Science Award to Congressman Bill Foster. The award is given by the Washington, D.C.-based Science Coalition to members of Congress in recognition of their commitment to funding the basic research that keeps the United States at the forefront of scientific and medical discovery and...
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