Archive: June, 2017
Please be advised that the 2017 Presidential Evaluation has been posted on the Board of Trustees website.
Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance will host an interactive workshop on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for employees on Wednesday, July 12, in Altgeld Hall, room 125, from 1-3 p.m. The workshop will cover what is and is not a disability, how the ADA provides protections for differently-abled individuals and what the protected categories...
Mark L. Canaday, assistant director of housing at NIU, died this week at the age of 47. His career in housing began with five years at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, one year at Illinois College, and finally eighteen amazing years at NIU. Mark was very involved in the community as a member of Kiwanis,...
Effective with the 2017-18 academic catalog, two units within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will change their names to better reflect their areas of study. The Department of Geography will become the Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences. Only the department name is changing, the degree names and course prefixes for geography and...
The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees today finalized the appointment of Lisa C. Freeman as acting president of the university, effective July 1. Freeman will become the first female president in NIU’s 118-year history. Calling her appointment “a historical milestone of no small consequence,” John Butler, chair of NIU’s Board of Trustees, said that...
The national Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) will present NIU with two awards related to laboratory safety in July. CSHEMA supports and educates campus-based environmental, health and safety professionals to empower and improve the profession in campus environments. At its annual conference next month, CSHEMA will recognize NIU’s Jerry Blazey with the...
The NIU Center for Child Welfare and Education is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its Educational Access Project (EAP), a project that promotes educational success for children in foster care. According to Angela Baron-Jeffrey, the Center’s director, since 1997 the EAP has partnered with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to provide...
As Pride Month comes to a close, NIU campus officials at the forefront of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and/or Queer spectrum (LGBTQ+) resources and support are only gearing up their ongoing efforts to help train campus and community members to be advocates for and supportive of those who identify as LGBTQ+. Pride Month is...
As NIU Executive Vice Provost and Provost Lisa C. Freeman prepares to become acting president of the university July 1, she is acting in accordance with the NIU Bylaws to name her temporary replacement. Freeman has sought the opinions of her colleagues across campus “at a particularly challenging time in the history of NIU, during...
First- and Second-Year Experience (FSYE) has collaborated with several others to provide a website offering NIU mentor program information in one place. Kelly Smith, director of FSYE explains, “There are so many exceptional mentorship opportunities available at NIU. Having a website like niu.edu/mentor is effective when the information is up-to-date, and students, faculty and staff know...
Northern Illinois University is immensely proud of its outstanding students, and now there’s a fast and easy way to keep track of some of their noteworthy accomplishments. Graduation and dean’s lists will now be conveniently posted in a searchable format on the NIU Institutional Communications website. The spring graduation and dean’s lists are already available. Parents,...
The NIU Student Association released a statement on Monday, June 19, reacting to the news of President Douglas Baker’s recent resignation. Here is the association’s statement in full:
