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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored 10 alumni, faculty and staff Oct. 28 during their annual event at Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The CLAS Distinguished Awards program honors individuals who have achieved prominence in their professional fields or who have made major contributions to the college, its mission and its reputation for excellence. The 2022 honorees...
NIU alumna Paulette Hasier, chief of the Maps and Geography Division at the Library of Congress, will give a talk on the importance of geographical information at Founders Memorial Library at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the first-floor Founders Gallery. The talk will kick off the Women in STEM Speaker Series, co-sponsored by the...
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly welcomes journalist and author Ray Suarez as the next guest in their Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series at 7 p.m. CDT April 5. The event, conducted on Zoom, will feature a discussion between Suarez and Dean Robert Brinkmann on the role of media, freedom of the press, distortion...
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly welcome Rep. Sean Casten (IL-6) as the next guest in their Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series at 7 p.m. CST Oct. 18. The hour-long event, conducted on Zoom, will feature Rep. Casten alongside NIU faculty conducting research in the area of climate change and climate policy. Professors Walker...
Ashley Hines learned that she loves conducting research. Michelle Nuñez Salas discovered that she wants to commit herself to activism. Emma Hazen discovered an affinity for community outreach, Chenaire Barmore is convinced that data is the future, and Kirk Williams learned that he could make a big difference in the community through nonprofit consulting. These...
Five years ago, NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Assistant Director Eric Jones rustled up a surplus table, a couple of microphones, and swaths of Indonesian batik to “soundproof” a corner of his office for a makeshift studio space on the second floor of Pottenger House. The goal was to expand the CSEAS’s global...
Northern Illinois University and its Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) have a long history of working with universities across Southeast Asia. This includes Cambodia, which began sending students to NIU after the country’s reopening to the West following the United Nations intervention in 1993. Helping solidify this connection is the most recent of five...
Report includes a comprehensive profile of the nonprofit sector, impact of COVID-19 McHenry County is home to nearly 2,000 nonprofit organizations of all sizes. A new, comprehensive study conducted by Northern Illinois University provides a glimpse at their structure, funding, programs, challenges and the impact of COVID-19. The Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies at...
The Society for the Study of School Psychology has awarded Logan Riffle, a psychology Ph.D. student, a research grant to assist with the completion of her dissertation. The Society for the Study of School Psychology has a unique role among school psychology organizations, a mission that is devoted exclusively to recognizing and promoting scholarship and...
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly welcomes Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL 16) as the next guest in their Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series at 6 p.m. CT March 30. The 45-minute event, conducted on Zoom, will feature Congressman Kinzinger discussing a variety of topics such as rebuilding democracy, energy, agriculture and foreign affairs with...
Report includes economic impact of the nonprofit sector, impact of COVID-19 DeKalb County has a robust nonprofit sector employing seven percent of the total workforce. Yet, COVID-19 has had a noticeable financial impact with nearly 82 percent saying they have had to cancel fundraising events due to the pandemic. A new study explores nonprofit organizations...
NIU’s Pick Museum of Anthropology received the 2020 Award of Superior Achievement from the Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) for the exhibition, Swept Under the Rug during the organization’s recent awards ceremony. The judges noted that this was an amazing example of the power of community collaboration. “Safe Passage approached the Pick Museum about doing an...
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