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Archive: July, 2017
It’s time once again for a dazzling evening of stargazing, great food and scientific talks. The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak in mid-August, as brilliant meteors radiate from the Perseus constellation and appear throughout the sky. At the next STEM Café, view the meteor shower and hear from experts about hot astrophysics topics. This...
The month of July is closing for all financial reporting activity at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 9. Journals not posted at that time will go into August business. Final July reports are scheduled to be available on Thursday, Aug. 10. August reports are scheduled to be available on Monday, Aug. 14. These dates and other...
A new http://www.niu.edu/ NIU homepage debuted today. The new design continues to be responsive and mobile friendly. It marks the first significant upgrade to the homepage in three years, and for the first time in the 20-year history of the homepage, a scrolling feature that fills the entire screen. The content – created by the...
The annual Northern Illinois University’s Service-Learning Institute is a time for NIU’s faculty and staff interested in civic engagement and service-learning to get together, reflect on their work, learn about innovative service-learning practices and new ways to conduct their work and to discuss important topics related to strengthening the civic participation on our campus. This...
WNIJ News received an award in the annual Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) competition for 2016. The award was presented Friday, June 23, at the PRNDI gathering in Miami, FL. PRNDI awarded WNIJ News second-place in best news series for “Great Lakes Basin Railroad: Down the Line.” The Great Lakes Basin Railroad (GLBR) was...
Danell is very pleasant and professional. She is always willing to assist when any type of Accounts Payable problem arises for our department.
NIU students and faculty have the opportunity to access hundreds of IBM programs and other resources – for free. These resources – ranging from cloud access, industry software, remote hardware and datasets to training tools and lesson plans – are part of the IBM Academic Initiative, which offers free resources to academic institutions worldwide to...
An NIU political science student’s years of work for those who serve in the military has led to national recognition, which recently put her on stage in Washington D.C. with Olympian Gold Medalist Michael Phelps. Glennita Williams, of South Holland, Ill., was invited to Washington D.C. by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, which is...
Dr. Mark Groza, Associate Professor of Marketing at Northern Illinois University and the Enterprise Holdings Professor of Sales, was named last month as NIU’s NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative according to Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier.  As the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), Groza, who was a four-year letterwinner at linebacker for the...
Fans and friends of Northern Illinois University Athletics are invited to join Huskie coaches and staff on Thursday, July 20 at Eduardo’s Restaurant in DeKalb (214 E. Lincoln Highway) as NIU will kick off a “tour” celebrating the first Jacoby Trophy win in school history.  The free event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and includes...
A robotic hand developed by a team of NIU engineering students has the potential to change the lives of amputees – at about one percent of the cost of similar prosthetics currently on the market. The team of three students set out in summer 2016 to develop a functional, low-cost prosthetic hand that could benefit...
All civil service/operating staff are cordially invited to have fun, food and mingle with co-workers at the Annual Civil Service Celebration (formerly StaffFest). The event will be held on Thursday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. The menu will include hot dogs, veggie...
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