WNIJ has added a full-time reporter to cover education issues in the northern Illinois area. Peter Medlin joined the station as a part-time reporter in 2018 and has already produced a number of feature reports on topics like teacher shortages, vocational training
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Improving processes that increase productivity, reduce costs, increase profits and so much more. That’s what professionals in all types of organizations can learn by earning a Lean Six Sigma Certificate. The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology trains professionals in Lean Six
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The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) held its inaugural Senior Design Demonstration Day on May 3 at the NIU Convocation Center. More than 200 seniors representing nearly 80 teams showcased the capstone projects they’ve been working on all year that
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Making life less challenging… that’s what the seniors of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) have been working on all year. From devices that alert drivers to approaching emergency vehicles to ensuring allergy patients always have their life-saving epinephrine injection
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Join your colleagues in congratulating the newly named Board of Trustees Professor; Presidential Teaching Professor; Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professors; Presidential Engagement Professor; and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Instruction Award recipients at an event held in their honor on
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If Mike Chihoski, ‘96, M.S. ‘08, could go back in time and tell his student-self what the future had in store, past-Mike would never believe him. Chihoski, a double graduate of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, has traveled a long
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Kourtnay Borman Major: Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Hometown: Loves Park High school: Harlem High School, Class of 2013 Tell us about your education background. I went to Rock Valley College (RVC) for my first two years of college from 2013-2015, and later transferred to Northern Illinois
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Karen González Major: Mechanical Engineering (NIU graduation anticipated May 2020) NIU Engineering at RVC program Hometown: Poplar Grove, IL High school: North Boone High School, Class of 2018 How has education influenced your life and future plans? I grew up in Mexico. I
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Graduating seniors in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) showcased how their creations can help improve lives as they presented their final projects at the college’s fall 2018 Senior Design Day. Each semester, seniors within CEET form teams and compete
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Based upon its steadfast approach to both recruiting and supporting international students, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering recently won the 2018 Award for Outstanding Department Contribution to International Education at NIU. Murali Krishnamurthi, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, as
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Nearly 150 Rockford-area high school students visited NIU-Rockford for a school field trip to learn about careers in engineering, and the educational pathway to obtain one. The Gearing Up for Engineering school field trip provided prospective students with information on NIU’s six
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NIU students, faculty and staff recently worked together to ensure NIU students with visual disabilities would be able to independently do laundry in the residence hall laundry rooms. It was a campus-wide effort to be proud of, say all involved. To do
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