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Gail Hayenga, conference and event coordinator in the NIU College of Education’s Office of External & Global Programs, greets two American Summer Education Camp students from the National University of Tainan Affiliated Elementary School.
NIU’s College of Education has welcomed 26 children and three teachers from Taiwan to its 2014 American Summer Education Camp. The children, from the National University of Tainan’s Affiliated Elementary School, arrived June 26 and will spend three weeks in DeKalb participating in a variety of experiences designed to immerse them in American culture. The...
“This isn’t goodbye,” student trustee Elliot Echols told those in attendance after the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University recognized him for his leadership and service to NIU. “I’m a legacy here at NIU. This is where I call home.” The board’s appreciation was spelled out in the resolution presented near the end its...
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The Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC), a not-for-profit organization focused on growing the state’s innovation economy, today announced that NIU President Doug Baker will serve as chairman of the ISTC Board of Directors. Baker replaces outgoing board chair Eric Isaacs, provost of the University of Chicago and former director of Argonne National Laboratory and...
Northern Illinois University alumnus Joshua Moon Johnson– director of LGBT Services and the Non-Traditional Resource Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara–has been named assistant dean of students and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Multicultural Student Center (MSC). Moon Johnson holds a doctorate in education as well as an LGBT Studies Certificate from...
Northern Illinois University alumnus Jeremy Bauer’s selection as Harry D. Jacobs High School’s new director of athletics was approved by the District 300 board of education Monday evening. Bauer said the timing was right to follow his dream of being an administrator. “I’ve got a lot of support from my family and from the administration...
Jordan Lynch
Former Huskie quarterback and south side native Jordan Lynch, now a member of the Chicago Bears, will throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Thursday evening’s baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and host Chicago White Sox at 7:10 p.m. Lynch signed with the Bears in May as a running back following the 2014 draft. At Northern Illinois...
Paul M. Wright
Paul M. Wright, the Lane/Zimmerman Endowed Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education at NIU, has been named recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Health Sciences (AHS). Wright accepted the award last month at the AHS Alumni and Faculty Awards Dinner. “Paul is deeply...
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The NIU College of Education’s Department of Literacy Education (LTCY) has been renamed the Department of Literacy and Elementary Education (LEED) effective immediately. Jennifer Berne, who has chaired the department since coming to the university two year ago, said the new name better reflects the department’s scope of activity, which was expanded in a 2011...
Marc VanOverbeke
Marc VanOverbeke has been named interim associate dean of the NIU College of Education. His appointment is effective July 1 and continues through June 30, 2015. He replaces Connie Fox, who will retire this September after 30 years of service to the college, the last five of which as associate dean. Currently an associate professor...
Robert J. Brigham, a World War II veteran whose association with Northern Illinois University began in 1946 as a football player and wrestler and continued for more than 50 years, including 19 as the Huskies’ director of athletics, passed away Sunday morning, May 25th in DeKalb. Brigham, 90, impacted the lives of thousands of NIU...
Penny Winterton
The Department of Special and Early Education invites the campus community to an open house honoring Penny Winterton from 2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, in Room 146 of Gabel Hall. After 25 years of dedicated service to NIU, Winterton is retiring. For more information, call (815) 753-8421 or email LHarris1@niu.edu.
Moses Mutuku
Members of the board of directors of the Northern Kane Educational Corp. acted May 19 to honor the late Moses Masesi Mutuku by naming a portion of Cambridge Lakes Learning Center in his memory. The Moses Mutuku Early Childhood Administrative Suite encompasses the administrative areas of the learning center’s preschool and kindergarten building. Mutuku joined...
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