Do you have a talent for storytelling? Put that talent to good use to get published and earn money for educational expenses. The Department of English is accepting literary fiction submissions through Feb. 1 as part of the Mike and Anne Malone
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Professors Walker Ashley in geography and Mark Frank in geology have been named the inaugural winners of the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award. Established this year, the award recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to graduate education at NIU. Each award recipient will
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“Fundraiser A: My Fight for Freedom and Justice” (NIU Press, 2015) by Robert Blagojevich has been named the winner of the 2016 Best Book Award in the law category. The Best Book Awards are sponsored by the i310 Media Group. Jeffrey Keen,
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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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For a half-century, Jerry Johns has been a teacher of teachers. A renowned reading professor, Johns taught 6,000 students over 30 years on the faculty at Northern Illinois University. They, in turn, have touched the lives of thousands of students globally. Every
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CollegeChoice.net has named Northern Illinois University to its list of the 50 Safest Large Colleges and Universities in America. “With self-defense classes, late night transportation services, 24/7 patrol and a police department that staffs over 50 officers who are medically trained and
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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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The NIU Graduate Council has named Francois Lemery, for his work in accelerator physics, and Catherine Ausland, for her research in plant biology, as winners of the annual most outstanding dissertation and thesis awards, respectively. The awards are for dissertations and theses
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The Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences’ Child Development Lab has been awarded the Family and Community Engagement Award of Excellence through ExceleRate Illinois. This award of excellence is one of five awards ExceleRate Illinois invites early childhood programs to apply for. To be eligible
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The Supportive Professional Staff (SPS) Council is requesting nominations for the Presidential Supportive Professional Staff Award for Excellence. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the university. All supportive professional staff are eligible. To be eligible to receive this award,
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On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s Assistant Director and Curator Peter Olson accepted a competitive Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) Award of Excellence that recognizes museums in the state that exemplify professional best practices and standards in the
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