Tag: Malaysia
Northern Illinois University’s College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET) has entered the third phase of its partnership with the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). The two universities are working together to prepare UMP to begin the ABET accreditation process as well as create dual degree opportunities for Malaysian students. In February, Omar Ghrayeb, associate dean of...
Over the past two years, the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology and the Universiti Malaysia Pahang have laid the foundation for the creation of an Engineering Technology Program for Malaysian students. The second phase of the partnership, concluded in spring of 2013, included the development of an engineering technology curriculum that included 400-level...
Two NIU students have won prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Grants to teach in Southeast Asia. SarahEmily Lekberg, an Indianapolis native who will earn her master’s degree from NIU in world music this summer, will begin a 10-month teaching assignment in August at a university in Vietnam. Matthew Ropp, a graduating senior from Oswego majoring in...
The Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is assisting Universiti Malaysia Pahang in the creation of an engineering technology program. The program will help Malaysia meet a tremendous need for engineering technologists. The government there recently indicated that their proposed plan for the future entails having 60 percent of their technical workforce...
The United States is celebrating this year the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, a volunteer program that has sent more than 200,000 Americans around the globe to promote world peace and friendship. When the Peace Corps was founded in March of 1961, NIU became an early and active advocate for service in the Corps. Through...
Three NIU officials headed for warmer climes in Malaysia during the university’s recent spring break, but the trip wasn’t about rest and relaxation. The trio instead visited the campuses of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), one of NIU’s partner universities in Malaysia, to discuss development of three undergraduate programs in engineering technology. The NIU delegation included Deborah Pierce,...
