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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed to the board. The appointments to six-year terms are effective immediately and will require Illinois...
Logo of the NIU Alumni Association
Every spring, the NIU Alumni Association recognizes the achievements of exemplary alumni through a series of prestigious awards. Winners of the Outstanding Alumni Awards for each of NIU’s academic colleges join recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the F. R. Geigle Service Award and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Recipients are selected based on professional and personal...
NIU Jazz Lab Band
The NIU Jazz Lab Band, directed by Rodrigo Villanueva, will perform two shows Tuesday, May 3, at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. Admission is $5 for students, NIU faculty and staff and musicians, and $10 for the general public. NIU School of Music faculty Art Davis (trumpet), Kelly Sill (bass), Ron...
Promod Vohra and Gregg Hassler
Join NIU alumni and friends Thursday, April 28, to learn about renewable fuels and the viability of alternative energy sources. NIU alum Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, and Gregg Hassler, vice president-finance for Waste Management, Inc., will share their views on ethanol, biodiesel, and other fuels for the future....
The Division of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University has long played a major role in advancing statewide and national good-government movements. Now it’s becoming a player on the global stage, with the latest development getting a boost from alumnus Obuya Bagaka. In 2009, Bagaka earned his Ph.D. in political science at NIU, specializing in...
Dance Shoes
Professional dancers have numerous and diverse styles of dance at their disposal, but often do not get to showcase more than one at a time. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present such a variety of dance in the final mainstage show of the season, Spring Dance Concert 2011, from Thursday, April 28, through Sunday,...
The NIU Rockford Club, in partnership with NIU Huskie Coaches Caravan, will host its annual golf outing Thursday, May 19, at the Rockford Country Club. A shotgun start is scheduled for 1 p.m. Dinner begins at 6:15 p.m. Coaches from all NIU sports, along with new Huskies head football coach Dave Doeren, will address the group at 7 p.m. Golfers will...
1970s publicity photo of Kansas
The NIU Philharmonic will help celebrate Homecoming 2011 by performing Saturday, Oct. 15, with multi-platinum, award-winning rockers Kansas at the NIU Convocation Center. “A Night with Kansas and the NIU Orchestra” will take place shortly after the conclusion of the NIU vs. Western Michigan Homecoming football game. Kansas, who began performing with university orchestras in...
When NIU’s James Brunson, assistant vice president for Diversity & Equity in Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, received a letter from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, he thought to himself, “How does he even know about me?” But it should come as no surprise as Brunson, after more than 25 years of tireless research,...
Ralph de la Vega
NIU alumnus Ralph de La Vega (M.B.A. 1989) recently negotiated one of the largest telecom mergers in industry history. As the CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, de la vega engineered a merger of his company and T-Mobile — with a $39 billion price tag. The deal, which will create one of the largest wireless telecommunications companies...
Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, will be honored Friday, May 6, as the NIU College of Business Distinguished Alumnus at the College of Business Annual Alumni Luncheon. The luncheon will take place at Harry Caray’s Italian Steak House, 70 Yorktown Center in Lombard, Ill. Corporate tables and individual reservations are...
A photo of Turkey
Join the NIU Alumni Association for an exploration of Turkey with two trips this summer. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, this dynamic and historic country combines the history and culture of an ancient land with the development and progress of the modern world. The trips will take place from May 20 to May 29 and from June...
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