What’s up with NIU Alumni
The NIU Alumni Association is proud to announce that Reggie Bustinza will take the helm as its new executive director, effective Nov. 28. “We’ve found an ideal leader to continue the momentum of alumni pride and engagement that has been set in
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Healing to Action, co-founded by NIU Law alum Karla Altmayer (J.D. ’12), is a public service organization whose mission is to end gender-based violence by cultivating worker leadership to improve community response, to unite labor and anti-violence movements, and to increase access
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Join the NIU Alumni Association for a festive celebration and meet its new executive director at the 16th Annual Holiday Party on Thursday, Dec. 8. The party will be held from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the University Club, 76 E. Monroe
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The National Latina/o Law Student Association (NLLSA) alumni group recognized NIU College of Law Professor Robert L. Jones with the Outstanding Coach and Mentor award at its annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, in October. The 2016 NLLSA meeting focused on the role
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If there were Academy Awards for museum professionals in Illinois, Northern Illinois University would have earned plenty of Oscars. During the 2016 Illinois Association of Museum (IAM) conference held last month in Oak Park, NIU museum studies students, alumni, faculty and staff
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Crystal Lake native Sarah Chung represented the U.S. and NIU during the 2016 Paralympics held in Brazil. For the 27-year-old judo athlete, taking part in the Rio de Janeiro summer games was an “indescribable” event that she will always remember. “The atmosphere
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History Professor Trude Jacobsen has a new book out that sheds light on sex trafficking, family, debt and labor in Southeast Asia Jacobsen will deliver a talk on the book, Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia: A History of Desire, Duty, and Debt
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Audrey Southard, who earlier this year received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the NIU College of Business, will deliver the next Jobs PLUS professional development event, titled “What’s My Style? Learning to Communicate with Others.” The event will be held at 1:30
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NIU students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are encouraged to don the red and black Wednesday, Nov. 9, and join in the celebration of NIU Day in Chicago. Special ticket deals are still available for the Huskie Chi-Town Showdown, as NIU takes
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Northern Illinois University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selected 11 recipients for the 2016 Distinguished Alumni, Faculty and Staff Awards. To date, the college has honored 126 alumni, faculty and staff. Dean Christopher McCord presented the 2016 awards on Friday, Oct.
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Next May, NIU faculty, staff, students and alumni — along with fans and visitors from across the country — will experience the excitement and pageantry of a national championship tournament up close and in person when NIU and Rich Harvest Farms host
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Northern Illinois University alumnus and medicinal chemist Michael L. Vazquez will discuss his latest work with Janus Kinase 1, a tyrosine kinase protein, during a noon presentation as part of the Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies seminar series on Friday, Oct.
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