What’s up with NIU Alumni
Joan Popp NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education will dedicate a new and renovated lab in October, thanks to the generosity of a late, longtime faculty member. The M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, located in Anderson Hall 213, hosts classes in areas
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If you’re ever wondering what happened to the 2019 MFA Acting class at Northern Illinois University, you can find many of them, and a host of other School of Theatre and Dance alumni in St. Charles, Ill. these days. A talented group
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John M. Dunn A university president. A provost. A dean. A department chair. A vice chancellor – and two terms as an interim chancellor. An internationally respected researcher. John M. Dunn, recently retired from a decade of successful leadership of Western Michigan University and now fulfilling that second
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“It’s always been acting,” Ray said. “Mom would do costumes and hair for the students. When I was probably 5 or 6 years old, they were doing “Annie Get Your Gun,” and I can remember it like it was yesterday. I
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When blogger and freelance writer Melissa Blake went about her evening on Saturday, Sept. 7, she was content to have 7,500 Twitter followers. By the time she woke up the next morning, Blake had caused quite the Twitter fuss, gaining 2,000 more
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James Monroe Števko, Chicago native and graduate of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance, is a featured principal on the upcoming original cast album of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. He originated the role of Mendl, under the direction of Tony, Oscar
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Anna Morrison Anna Morrison loves interactions with children. “Being around them brings a lot of joy into my life – just with certain things kids say, and the way they act, they’re a lot of fun,” says Morrison, a May 2019 graduate
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Nancy Petges, NIU nursing assistant professor, has been named a 2019 Nurse Educator Fellow by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). She is one of 19 nurse educators in the state who have awarded $10,000 each to promote excellence in nursing
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The success of the University Honors Program rests in no small part on the support of alumni and friends. To this end, Honors is excited to announce the creation of the Donald and Linda Shearer Honors STEM Scholarship, generously endowed by Donald
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Danielle Harris, ’13, has always had a penchant for overachieving, but even she is surprised by the strides she has made in the world of employment law in the last few years. Now in her third year as a law associate at
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When Christina Hunger earned her Master of Arts in speech-language pathology from NIU in 2017, she knew she wanted to help young children with speech challenges, which she now does as a Pediatric Speech Pathologist for Early Intervention in San Diego. It
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It took nearly a decade, but she made it: Ginny Egizio is a graduate of Northern Illinois University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program (HTM) She earned her B.S. degree in May 2018 and today, she is working her dream job in events management.
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