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Northern Illinois University recently earned three awards for publications submitted to the Higher Ed Marketing Report’s 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards competition. NIU’s publication about educating tomorrow’s teachers, “iPledge allegiance,” was a bronze medal winner in the brochure category. The publication topped brochures from Cal State Northridge, Drexel, Liberty and George Mason, among others. The...
Image of the NIU Mobile app, version 2.5
Just in time for the start of fall semester, version 2.5 of NIU Mobile is rolling out in app stores. The popular smartphone app adds additional campus-friendly features for students on the go. New modules include: eSuds – Look up the status and availability of the washers and dryers in the residence halls. Social Media...
A guided excursion of the NIU campus is now only a web click away. NIU’s Web Communications department, in collaboration with Enrollment Management and Admissions, launched a virtual tour Monday, June 18, complete with a friendly escort, panoramic images, videos, photos and an interactive map. The university’s Facebook page also offers an app that provides...
NIU: Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow
Almost one year has passed since the university unveiled its new logo and tagline, “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow,” to convey a unified and consistent visual identity for Northern Illinois University. The new logo debuted Aug. 15, 2011, on the NIU homepage, and has been almost completely implemented across all web pages using the NIU templates...
Kenlyn Bialas, Lincoln Fox, Brenda Jones and Kelly Stewart
Four members of NIU’s Operating Staff have been chosen to receive the Outstanding Service Award for 2012. The recipients are Kenlyn Bialas, office manager for ACCESS; Lincoln Fox, chief instructional media systems engineer in the Department of Media Services; Brenda Jones, office manager for the Department of Literacy Education in the College of Education; and...
NIU’s Division of University Relations launched a new website today to monitor and report activity in Springfield related to performance-based budgeting. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, the Illinois Board of Higher Education budget recommendations to governor and the General Assembly will include allocations to public institutions of higher education based on performance metrics. The IBHE’s...
Who’s up for a game of tag? Facebook tag, that is. NIU’s social media team is encouraging everyone on campus who’s captured by the cameras of NIU photographers to find their pictures on the NIU Facebook page and tag them. And, should they happen to spot any faces of their friends while they’re visiting, they...
NIU new logo
Today’s announcement of a new university logo to accompany the tagline selected in December 2010 – “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” – completes the research and design phase of NIU’s institutional brand identity. Working hand-in-hand with the “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” tagline, the trademarked logo is the visual component of NIU’s communications efforts to strategically convey...
Logo of the 2011 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
Two new NIU publications produced by the Division of University Relations were singled out for excellence in the 2011 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. The APEX Awards are sponsored by Communications Concepts, a producer of newsletters and other resources for professionals who write, edit and manage business communications. They recognize excellence in graphic design, editorial...
Photo of a moving box on an office chair
After many years in Gilbert Hall, the Office of Publications relocated June 1 to Swen Parson B12. The Office of Publications (PUBS) shares an office suite with Media Relations & Internal Communications (MRIC), which will be renamed Media and Public Relations in July. Almost two years ago, these two offices were part of a larger reorganization that formed...
NIU mobile app
NIU is now as close as the nearest smartphone with the debut of NIU Mobile in app stores this week. The free mobile campus application brings an interactive campus experience to smartphone users. “We wanted to put useful, fun, interesting and dynamic information in the hands of our campus community,” said Jennice O’Brien, team leader...
Sergio Garcia
A team of six NIU students had the unique opportunity to act as consultants by providing social media and marketing strategies and recommendations to the university in a semester-long project that started in January through the College of Business’ Experiential Learning Center (ELC). The project was designed to find innovative ways of enticing potential students,...
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