This past Saturday, NIU’s STEM Fest celebrated its 10th year with the largest attendance on record, welcoming more than 8,200 attendees, including more than 700 NIU student volunteers. The excitement was palpable as people of all ages took in talks, performances and
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The Division of Administration and Finance is tapping former Acting Executive Vice President and Provost Chris McCord to assist in preparation for comprehensive review of facilities on NIU’s main campus. The effort will inform NIU’s administration on how to move forward with
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NIU President Dr. Lisa C. Freeman celebrated amazing students, faculty and alumni during her State of the University Address as she introduced and heralded new initiatives that will make the university stronger and a better place to work. Those include the Huskie
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Saying the university must bridge the financial gap for students when Pell and Monetary Award Program (MAP) grants fall short, President Lisa Freeman announced a generous new financial aid program that aims to make NIU more affordable for Illinois families with household
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Kay Caster What do teachers want? To boost student learning. To improve school effectiveness. To advance their careers. Professional development that is meaningful, relevant and sustainable facilitates that – and the NIU College of Education makes it as easy as possible to obtain. Meet
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Huskies’ 88 Percent Mark is Second-Highest All-Time With seven Northern Illinois University athletics programs achieving a perfect 100 percent Graduation Success Rate and the Huskie football program earning its highest GSR in five years, NIU Athletics posted an overall Graduation Success
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For Daewoo Park, innovation can be rooted in the past – if only because his unfailing belief in the importance of breaking new ground spans decades. Park brings that same commitment to reimagining to his new role as the recently-appointed associate dean
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Two alumnae use 35 years of friendship and experience to help Northern students For Huskies, the sense of NIU community is very real and often lasts far beyond a person’s time on campus. Just ask best friends Kelli Mitchell and Julie Ann
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Northern Public Radio is remembering their friend and colleague, Carl Nelson. He died unexpectedly last week at the age of 35. Carl’s fingerprints are all over WNIJ, on-air and behind the scenes. He was a frequent and familiar voice for listeners, especially
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Patricia (Banks) Aldred As NIU prepares to celebrate Homecoming 2019 from Oct. 19 through Oct. 27, one group of former Huskies already has notched its return to campus. Members of the Class of 1959 reunited Sept. 6 at the College of Education, touring Graham,
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For 50 years, Northern Illinois University’s (NIU’s) Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) has provided applied research, technical assistance, and public sector capacity-building services to our region, state and beyond. Registration is still open for a one-day conference Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at
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Lynda Stone It happened in a heavily traveled minority neighborhood south of the center of San Francisco. Mary Lou Vanilla, a beloved art teacher at a nearby school, lived at a dangerous and unguarded intersection along Army Street. The number of deaths
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