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  NIU’s Gender & Sexuality Resource Center will continue to offer a Creative Reflection Space. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to stop by the conference room at the GSRC from noon to 2 p.m. June 20-24. Visitors will have opportunities to color and write and reflect in a calm environment. “Our hearts are with the victims and survivors of the...
NIU Police badge
A hand-written note with hateful language and biblical citations was found over the weekend by a member of the Building Services staff in the Holmes Student Center. NIU police assessed that the campus was not in imminent danger, but out of an abundance of caution, increased security patrols on campus. Police investigated this matter fully...
Greg Conderman has been named chair of the Department of Special and Early Education (SEED) in the College of Education effective July 1. Conderman has been serving as acting chair for SEED since last June. Dean Laurie Elish-Piper offered her congratulations, stating “Greg Conderman has done a remarkable job as acting chair of the Special and Early Education Department...
Omar A. Ghrayeb
Northern Illinois University has selected Omar Ghrayeb to lead NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology as interim dean, effective June 30. Ghrayeb came to NIU in 2001 to teach in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. From 2006 until 20012 he served as chair of that department. Under his direction, enrollment in the...
NIU is launching it first Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program. The program aims to promote the interrelationship of teaching, research and service through theory, action and reflection in response to community needs and to develop and translate academic knowledge, critical thinking and community engagement into civic responsibility. The Faculty Fellows program provides an opportunity for one...
Photo collage of an American flag, a "VOTE" pin, a straw hat and red, white and blue balloons and ribbons
In a presidential campaign season that legitimately can be described as bizarre, what’s the responsibility of the media in covering those elections? What’s the best way to ensure journalists are doing top-notch reporting on local races and referendums? How do you craft stories in this multimedia age that will capture citizens’ attention, encourage people to...
Photo of a railroad crossing signal
According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the IL-23 and 38-Union Pacific Railroad grade crossing in DeKalb will close Monday, June 13, for up to 12 days. The closure will allow the Union Pacific Railroad to repair its Main 1 grade crossing and reconstruct its Main 2 crossing. To provide a detour that will accommodate...
Logo of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Foundation
In an emergency, seconds count. That’s why it’s important that NIU’s Department of Police and Public Safety is close. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Foundation recently recognized NIU’s police department with the EMS Ready Campus distinction for “embracing the challenges of EMS operations outside of traditional patient care activities.” “We are the only...
Orientation & Family Connections has begun campus-wide orientation for incoming freshmen and transfer students and their families. During orientation (a two-day program for freshmen and a single day for transfers), incoming students gain an increased understanding of resources, identify opportunities for engagement and involvement and begin to learn what it means to be part of...
NIU parking deck
Some levels of the parking deck will close for maintenance and cleaning from Monday, June 6, through Friday, June 10. Levels will open as work is completed. During this time, any valid blue or yellow permit holder will be able to park in any legal parking space on all open levels, with the exception of...
Imagine getting lost in your own home or neighborhood. Imagine feeling disoriented, unsure of where you are or how you got there. For individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders or trauma – and more Americans than ever are diagnosed with these conditions each year – this “spatial disorientation” can be a daily occurrence and...
Zhili Xiao
With the arrival of warmer and momentarily quieter days on campus comes the opportunity to reflect on a year of outstanding research, scholarship and artistry at NIU. The accomplishments of our faculty members resonate across the country and around the world, highlighting NIU’s strengths as an engaged, research-intensive institution. Stories that illuminate just some of...
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