Tag: University Honors Program
University Honors is pleased to announce Natalie Andzik as the winner of the 2024 Great Professor Award. The University Honors Great Professor Award is an annual accolade that recognizes faculty and staff across campus for their leadership, dedication and service to honors. Andzik, an associate professor in the Department of Special and Early Education, is...
By the time Connie Storey began working as the assistant director of programming and communication for the NIU Honors Program, she had a good idea of the challenges that faced many hard-working Huskies, as well as the opportunities afforded to diligent students. After earning her B.S. in management in 2003 and returning to campus to...
The University Honors Program (UHP) is excited to announce the 2022-2023 Honors Faculty Fellowship call for proposals. Faculty selected to teach Honors seminars are recognized as Honors Faculty Fellows during the year in which they teach their Honors seminar. The Honors Faculty Fellowship program began in the fall of 2020 with a cohort of NIU’s award-winning professors...
Valerie Garver, professor and chair of the Department of History, is the recipient of the 2021 University Honors Great Professor Award. Garver, who has been active in honors programming during her 17 years at NIU, is a trained early medievalist, focusing on the study of northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages. She is currently...
Winter is coming…and so is Game of Thrones and Medieval History. Have you taken a 23andMe test to find out about where you come from? Do you know someone who struggles with addiction or substance abuse? How well acquainted are you with Don Quixote? These are just a few of the themes honors students will...
The NIU family came together like never before during the NIU Foundation’s inaugural Day of Giving event last Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7-8. This 1,895-minute period was designed as an opportunity for everyone who loves and cares about NIU to show their support by being an ambassador, inspiring others and giving. While final results...
To prepare students for a competitive job market, the University Honors Program is connecting alumni with students and expanding career-related experiences for its students. To ensure that honors students get opportunities that prepare them for a career, they are now required to utilize EngagePLUS, Northern Illinois University’s program that allows students to gain experience in...
Like many students, Mary Carter questioned whether she chose the right major. Carter, a senior in the electrical engineering program, wanted to be part of a new externship program at Northern Illinois University to get a better idea of life after graduation. The program, a collaboration between the University Honors Program and NIU Alumni Association,...
