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The Northern Illinois University College of Business is among the top 30 percent of business schools in the nation, according to rankings released last week by U.S. News and World Report magazine. The college ranked number 119 on the list of Best Undergraduate Business Programs, climbing 47 spots from last year. The college now sits...
U.S. News and World report has once again named the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology as one of the top 50 engineering programs in America, where the highest available degree is a bachelor’s or master’s degree. The college ranks 45th on a list of 203 programs. The rankings were published last week. “We...
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NIU has placed 57th on a newly created Washington Monthly list: “America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges.” The honor is “pretty exclusive,” the magazine editors write. “Out of the 1,572 colleges and universities in our broader rankings, only 349 made the cut as best-bang-for-the-buck schools.” Colleges ranked must meet four criteria: At least 20 percent of their students...
Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch added his name to a seventh award list as he was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. The only player from the Mid-American Conference on the list, Lynch is also one seven quarterbacks to be a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for...
Gaylen Kapperman and Jodi Sticken
Jodi Sticken and Gaylen Kapperman, both of the NIU College of Education’s Vision Program, were awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train teachers and orientation and mobility instructors to work with children who are blind. Kapperman said the grant – which will be dispersed over the next five years – enables...
U.S. Veterans Magazine Best of the Best 2013 badge
NIU has earned more accolades for the services it provides to military veterans, this time coming from U.S. Veterans Magazine. Published by DiversityComm, the magazine this month released the results of its 2013 evaluation of the nation’s Top Veteran-Friendly Schools in addition to lists of Top Veteran-Friendly Companies, Top Supplier Diversity Programs, Top Government and Law...
As a new school year begins, the NIU Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Huskie Battalion welcomed back one of its own. Col. (Promotable) Brian E. Alvin, a graduate of the NIU Class of 1984, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserve. The ceremony took place Saturday, Sept. 7, at...
Masih Shokrani
Masih Shokrani, associate professor in the NIU Department of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, has been named a National Academies Education Fellow for 2013-2014. The National Academies includes the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, and advises the Nation on Science, Engineering and...
Lawrence Schlam
NIU College of Law professor Lawrence Schlam was recently appointed a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Child Law Section Council. The Child Law Section Council is intended: to keep attorneys apprised of relevant issues in juvenile justice, child and family law, adoption and guardianship; to study as well as create child-related legislation; to...
Nabal Jefferson
Northern Illinois football’s Nabal Jefferson added another prestigious honor and postgraduate scholarship to his trophy case today when was named the male winner of the 2013 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference. The award, named for the second commissioner in MAC history (1964-71), is selected by the league’s faculty athletics representatives and goes...
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The best bang for your business-degree buck in Illinois is found inside NIU’s Barsema Hall. According to the Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Top Undergraduate B-Schools for ROI” list, released this spring, no business school in the state can top the NIU College of Business when it comes to return on investment. NIU ranks at No. 45 on...
NIU Huskie volleyball players
The Northern Illinois volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Award for the fifth consecutive season, the organization announced Thursday. “It’s wonderful for our volleyball student-athletes to be recognized for their efforts in the classroom,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. “It helps us stay true our mission of being champions...
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