What’s up with NIU Alumni
When Third Coast Percussion’s latest album “Third Coast Percussion – Steve Reich” was nominated for a Grammy award, NIU had reason to celebrate. NIU School of Music alumnus and faculty member Dan Nichols (B.A. ’05, M.M. ’08) is the recording engineer and
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Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of NIU alumni, donors, friends, parents, faculty and staff, #GivingTuesdayNIU was an unprecedented success! Our community rallied around NIU, the colleges, and athletics – and with the final results in – we are proud to report we
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College of Law alumni Karoline Carstens (‘06), Elizabeth Shine Hermes (‘03) and Adam R. Vaught (’05), have been honored as “40 under 40” attorneys by The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The Law Bulletin publishing company conducts the “40 under 40” survey annually to
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After you’ve packed away the Thanksgiving leftovers and gleefully counted the money you saved on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, join your Huskie family for another joyous celebration: #GivingTuesdayNIU. #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving and the ideal time to support
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Thanks to the generous donations from two couples, the students at NIU’s School of Nursing can decompress in a comfortable on-site lounge. The lounge has always been an oft-used respite for nursing students who attend nursing classes further away from NIU’s main
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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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