What’s up with NIU Alumni
Where would the world be in pandemic times without video and online chat services like Zoom? In just a few short months, we have learned to depend on this particular software platform to stay close with coworkers, friends and family, and in
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When Cymone King, ’15, was on campus, earning her industrial management and technology degree, she seized the day, taking advantage of opportunities in her area of study wherever she could. Making contacts and learning industry best practices allowed King to eventually land
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Now, more than ever, teachers are concerned about engaging students and making learning relevant to them, whether that learning happens in school or at home, in person or online. This July, NIU STEAM’s virtual summer institute will offer educators four weeks of
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It took Jill Krueger years to figure out what she wanted to do with her career, but when she found it, there was no going back. To Krueger, there is nothing better than making a business successful while improving people’s lives. As
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Huskies. Never. Quit. But sometimes they need a little help. Providing NIU students that helping hand is the goal of the NIU Foundation’s Huskies United. The fundraising event will begin at 4:25 p.m. on June 24 and will run for 1,895 minutes,
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Michael Vazquez’s discoveries benefit patients worldwide every day. In March, Vazquez will be recognized with the NIUAA’s Alumni Achievement in the Sciences Award. As senior vice president, head of chemistry and a co-founder of Lynk Pharmaceuticals, the work he is doing has a
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Over 10 days this June, Northern Illinois University Athletics fans, friends and alumni are invited to show their support for the Huskies’ 17 sports programs and 400 student-athletes by tuning in, bidding and donating during the 2020 Victor E. Bash. Already
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Members of the Black Law Students Association Northern Illinois University College of Law was named as one of the top 30 law schools in the nation for African American students by preLaw magazine. As part of its Winter 2020 issue on Best Law Schools
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Kymberly Messersmith, ’88, was always interested in government. One might even say it was in her blood. “My father (Frank Messersmith) was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in my final years of high school, and I would spend time in
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When it comes to music, Marquis Hill is the best of the proverbial best. An experienced trumpeter and music teacher, he has performed alongside today’s top artists in jazz festivals and competitions. He has been honored with many prestigious awards and scholarships, including the 2014 Thelonious Monk Trumpet Competition,
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Growing up, near Rockford, Morgan Kolkmeyer loved to watch the Midwest weather rolling on the horizon. Years later, Kolkmeyer was on vacation and in the eye of Hurricane Charley in 2004. Her family made a trip to the beach to see the
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While most people began preparing in mid-March to shelter-in-place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NIU Alumnus Ryan Dowd (JD and MPA ’03) made a different decision. He left his home and moved into Hesed House, the second largest homeless shelter in Illinois, located
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