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Members of the Harmelodics a cappella group rehearse for the ICCA quarterfinals.
Chances are nearly pitch perfect that some NIU students will advance to the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinals after Saturday’s competition. After all, 35 Huskie singers will perform. NIU is home to three a cappella groups: The Huskie Hunks, NIU Northern Sound, and Harmelodics. All have been invited to compete...
Photo of hands typing on a computer
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the NIU College of Education’s online graduate program among the country’s best. The COE program was ranked No. 5 out of a field of 188 competing programs offered by institutions across the country, including 10 in Illinois. Only one of those – the University...
Cover of the National Jurist
The NIU College of Law has been recognized by National Jurist and Pre-Law magazines as one of the best schools in the nation for launching its graduates into small-firm practices. In its “Back to School” issue, in an article titled “Why Small Law is the New Big Law,” Pre-Law magazine ranked the NIU College of...
Beatrix Hoffman, an NIU history professor accustomed to presenting her research in articles, is now letting the pictures tell thousands of words for her. Hoffman is curator of a traveling exhibition, “For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform,” which describes how citizen action has helped shape the American health...
Nancy Hanlon Harrison (left) and Econ IL Governing Board Chair Pamela C. Piarowski
Nancy Hanlon Harrison, president and executive director of Econ Illinois, is this year’s recipient of the Terry Savage Financial Literacy Award. Harrison was honored for her contributions to the advancement of financial literacy by Illinois Jump$tart Coalition (ILJ$), an affiliate of the national Jump$tart Coalition, the country’s leading advocate for youth financial education. The award...
Franz Vagra and friends
Imagine tying for best in the world on a business aptitude test offered to students from more than 3,500 participating universities. Then ask NIU finance major Franz Varga exactly how he did just that. Varga arrived at the top spot by way of the Bloomberg Aptitude Test in business and finance (BAT). His journey included...
Pamela Waltz
NIU Department of Psychology doctoral candidate Pamela Waltz was selected as a recipient of a 2015 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award. “I was definitely excited,” Waltz said. “Winning a competitive national research award is truly a reflection of the exceptional training and mentoring I received as a graduate student at NIU’s Industrial-Organizational (I-O) program.”...
NIU students on campus
Leaders of the Illinois State Board of Education are celebrating NIU for awarding credit retroactively to AP students before the new law takes effect in 2016-17. As a result of House Bill 3428, signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner earlier this year, all public universities and public community colleges in Illinois must award college...
The Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) has recognized NIU’s Dara Little with its Distinguished Faculty designation. Little serves as NIU’s assistant vice president for research and sponsored programs. She was honored with the award earlier this month at the 2015 SRA International Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Little was the only U.S. research administrator...
Doug Boughton
NIU’s Doug Boughton, a world leader in the advocacy of “visual culture” curriculum for art education, has been named the 2015 Illinois Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. The award, given by the Illinois Art Education Association, recognizes the exemplary contributions, service and achievements of one outstanding IAEA member annually. Chosen for his outstanding...
Gary C. Pinter and Diana M. Law
Northern Illinois University College of Law alumni Diana M. Law (2004) and Gary C. Pinter (2007) are being 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 determine who they believe are the “up and coming” young attorneys in...
Gilbert Sebenste
NIU Weather, part of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, was named last week as a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS). “I am proud to announce our designation of Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador,” said NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. “What this means is that...
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