Category: Campus Highlights
Jim Wong, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based Brilliant, an award-winning accounting, finance and IT staffing firm, and Carmen Rossi, a Chicago restaurateur and lawyer, have been chosen to serve on the board of directors for the newly formed Illinois Business and Economic Development Corp. (ILBEDC) The NIU alumni are among the nine Illinois business...
According to the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace, sport can be used as powerful tool in the advancement of developmental and peace objectives around the world. Since 2003, the U.N. General Assembly has adopted annual resolutions on sport for the purpose of promoting education, health, development and peace. Because of this...
In compliance with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, NIU is releasing its yearly report on drinking water quality. Known as the 2016 Consumer Confidence Report, it is intended to provide consumers with important information about their drinking water and the efforts made by the water system to provide safe drinking water. The report contains information...
The Cook County Board has approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Cook County and the NIU Board of Trustees which provides the county with assistance in technology-related initiatives involving regional public partners. The agreement allows the County Bureau of Technology to leverage NIU expertise to explore network asset monetization under the county’s Asset Marketing Program...
NIU President Doug Baker sent the following message Monday to currently enrolled students. Dear NIU students, We are committed to ensuring a safe, healthy, and nondiscriminatory environment for all NIU students. To this end, over the next few weeks, we will implement the College Experiences Survey (CES). This is a web-based survey designed to help...
Northern Illinois University is a community of diverse people, ideas, services and programs. The university is committed to providing students, faculty, staff and guests a safe, equitable and supportive environment in which to work, learn and live. To help NIU fulfill its mission, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance (AAEC) works to ensure that that the...
Daphne Voorhis grew up in DeKalb. Her parents, Phil and Jana, both work in NIU Intercollegiate Athletics. The athletic training room in the Convocation Center even became “a magical playroom” where she and her sisters would dress the skeleton, help to fill ice packs and learn the best way to wrap sore or injured ankles....
Four students competing for the first time were the winners in the 2016 Northern Illinois University Mathematics Contest, held March 2. Rebecca Dziubla, a junior mathematical sciences major from Roselle, took the $100 first prize. Heidi Zipoy, a junior mathematical sciences major from Elgin, won the second-place $75 prize. Jordan Rucinski, a junior mathematical sciences...
Meet Earle Isibue, the final student spotlighted in advance of Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day (URAD). Isibue is a junior geography major who is involved with Research Rookies and the NIU Soil Judging Team. Along with Robin Grooms, Jenée Carlson, Jessica Fliginger and many others, he will present his work Tuesday, April 19, at URAD....
Carolyn Pluim (formerly Vander Schee) has been named acting chair of the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF) in the College of Education, effective July 1. Pluim brings years of expertise and experience to the position. “LEPF is a great department that consists of incredibly talented faculty and staff who are committed to...
Spring has arrived! It’s time to pick up a new book to enjoy outside on a balmy afternoon and stock up for summer reading. Northern Illinois University Press is holding a “carry-out” book sale featuring nearly 200 titles at drastically reduced prices. The sale is open to the public, and the majority of books, both...
According to a 2013 report released by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, the reported number of individuals aged 19 and younger treated in U.S. emergency departments for concussions and other non-fatal, sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries increased from 150,000 in 2001 to 250,000 in 2009. The report also revealed sports associated...
