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Tag: Presidential Engagement Professorships
Jane Adeny Memorial School
It might take a village to raise a child, but for hundreds of young girls in rural Kenya, it also takes the commitment of two NIU professors who this year are honored as the 2016 Presidential Engagement Professors. Teresa Wasonga and Andrew Otieno are a husband-and-wife team whose accomplishments include building and supporting a school...
NIU President Doug Baker
NIU President Doug Baker invites the entire university community to join him in congratulating the newly named Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professors, Presidential Teaching Professor, Presidential Engagement Professor and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Instruction Award winners. A reception in their honor begins at 3 p.m. today in the...
Altgeld Hall
Faculty excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, artistry and engagement will be recognized in a bigger way beginning this year, as revisions to the Presidential Professorships are enacted. Base salary increments for the awards have been increased from $2,000 to $5,000, and colleges will receive $4,000 to help cover the costs associated with a semester’s release...
NIU: Celebrating Excellence
NIU faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members are invited to nominate NIU professors for any of four different awards designed to honor excellence. The 2016 Presidential Engagement Professorships, Presidential Teaching Professorships, Presidential Research, Scholarship, and Artistry Professorships and the Board of Trustees Professorships will follow the same nomination and application deadlines this year: Call...
Presidential Engagement Professor medallion
Cultural anthropologist Judy Ledgerwood and public administration expert Kurt Thurmaier are this year’s winners of the Presidential Engagement Professor awards. Both are longtime NIU faculty members whose works exemplify the concept of university engagement as “a commitment to fostering reciprocal partnerships in which problems, solutions, goals and measures of success are jointly defined” and “external...
Presidential Engagement Professor medallion
NIU faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to nominate NIU professors with outstanding records of community engagement for the 2015 Presidential Engagement Professorships. Nominations will be accepted now through Friday, Oct. 3. Established in 2010, the Presidential Engagement Professorships recognize faculty members who exemplify the following criteria: Commitment to fostering reciprocal partnerships in...
Christine Malecki and Jon Miller
Teachers and administrators at K-12 schools across the northern Illinois region are singing the praises of this year’s NIU Presidential Engagement Professors. Psychology professor Christine Malecki and biology professor Jon Miller both have long histories of involvement with external school partners: Malecki works with school psychologists on developing systems for assessment and intervention in students’ academic,...
Presidential Engagement Professor medallion
NIU faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to nominate NIU professors with outstanding records of community engagement for the 2014 Presidential Engagement Professorships. Nominations will be accepted now through the end of September. Established in 2010, the Presidential Engagement Professorships recognize faculty members who exemplify the following criteria: Commitment to fostering reciprocal partnerships...
President John Peters
NIU President John G. Peters invites the entire university community to join him in congratulating the newly named Board of Trustees Professors, Presidential Teaching Professors, Presidential Research Professor, Presidential Engagement Professor, and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Instruction Award. A reception in their honor is planned from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, April 22,...
Laurie Elish-Piper and Andrea Molnar
A literacy expert who has developed strong partnerships with area schools and an anthropologist whose work in Southeast Asia has earned her the trust of both villagers and government officials are this year’s NIU Presidential Engagement Professors. Laurie Elish-Piper of the Department of Literacy Education and Andrea Molnar of the Department of Anthropology were chosen...
James R. Ciesla
Northern Illinois University has named public health professor James R. Ciesla as the 2012 Presidential Engagement Professor. The honor is based on President John Peters’ call for “engagement with the community through research, economic development, service and instruction in partnerships that benefit both NIU and the community.” A longtime professor in NIU’s School of Nursing and...
NIU President John G. Peters
NIU President John G. Peters invites the campus community to join him in congratulating this year’s honored professors. Peters will host a ceremony  Thursday, April 19, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium to recognize the new Board of Trustees Professors, Presidential Teaching Professors, Presidential Research Professor, Presidential Engagement Professor and the recipients of the Excellence in...
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