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Category: Engineering and Engineering Technology
Every student who passes through the doors of the College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET) must complete a senior design capstone project. The Senior Design Sequence is the most important challenge of the senior year. This month’s graduating seniors presented their projects Friday, May 6, and competed for monetary awards given by each department within CEET and...
NIU Student athletes
For the sixth straight year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University’s intercollegiate athletic teams have “made the grade” by surpassing the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate (APR). The NCAA released its complete 2009-10 Division I APR report Tuesday, one week after the Huskie football team received an NCAA...
A new online library for NIU’s scholarly materials and products, the Huskie Commons Digital Repository, is being developed by the University Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS). Once completed, this repository will “provide a long-term secure digital space where faculty and staff can place their publications, data sets and other research materials,” said Patrick Dawson,...
Members of NIU's Engineers Without Borders chapter
For the first time ever, the College of Engineering & Engineering Technology houses the top student organization of the year at NIU: Engineers Without Borders (EWB). EWB was recognized for its outstanding service, leadership and performance throughout the 2010-2011 school year. NIU’s Student Involvement & Leadership Development presented EWB with this award May 1 at its annual...
Photo of a "New Home" sign
NIU Today, the official news and information website of Northern Illinois University, moved today to a new online home. The URL is now www.niutoday.info. Today’s move to a more reliable platform will enhance the performance of the site and facilitate future expansion of content. Launched last August by NIU’s Media Relations and Internal Communications team,...
NIU engineering student Alan Hurt is traveling in Africa this summer to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and conduct research.
For most people, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro would be the highlight of their summer, or maybe even their life. For NIU engineering student Alan Hurt, it is just a start. Just hours after completing his last final exam of the semester, Hurt boarded a plane bound for Africa, carrying only a single rucksack containing a few...
Carly Norton
Northern Illinois University infielder Carly Norton was recognized for her hard work in the classroom as she was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District® Softball Second Team for District 5 as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. “She’s really stepped up for us as a junior,” said NIU head coach...
Mike Matusky (left) and Joseph Vierthaler
Two College of Engineering and Engineering Technology students received monetary awards this month from the Chicago chapter of the American Society of Metals International (ASM).  Both students submitted posters representing their work in material sciences and were awarded prize money for their research and service. Mike Matusky, a graduate student pursuing an M.S. in mechanical...
Photo of pen and paper
President John Peters invites nominations of faculty, staff and students for appointment to the four presidential commissions for academic year 2011-2012. Self-nominations are welcome. Forward nominations, including name, address, e-mail and telephone number to Dori Hooker, Office of the President, at dorih@niu.edu. Nominations should be submitted by Friday, May 6. Presidential Commission on Persons with...
Book cover of "This I Believe II"
If you were asked to write a 500-word essay about a strongly held belief, what would you say?  New NIU students will have the opportunity to answer that question next fall when the book “This I Believe II,” edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, is part of the curriculum in some first-year course sections. The...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed to the board. The appointments to six-year terms are effective immediately and will require Illinois...
Logo of the NIU Alumni Association
Every spring, the NIU Alumni Association recognizes the achievements of exemplary alumni through a series of prestigious awards. Winners of the Outstanding Alumni Awards for each of NIU’s academic colleges join recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the F. R. Geigle Service Award and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Recipients are selected based on professional and personal...
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