The NIU Student Branch of IEEE will host the largest electrical engineering student event in the Midwest in this month. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 4 Student Leadership Conference will be held March 16-18, at the Holmes Student
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Nearly a quarter of century after helping to create NIU’s first independent governing board, Bob Boey has decided to turn the page. Today’s Board of Trustees meeting was his last, as the successful engineer, businessman and community leader has decided to retire.
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Spending a week in Florida is an easy sell. Add in service projects such as building homes, helping seniors and receiving career advice, and it’s the perfect mix for a college spring break. For 25 years, NIU students have spent their break
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Angie Lobdell knows her way around schools. When her youngest child was born in 2001, she became a stay-at-home mom. And when that child began kindergarten, she maternally followed. “I decided to work at the school. I got a job as a
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Northern Illinois University Chief of Staff Dr. Matthew Streb and Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier have announced the “LEaD Huskies” class of 2017-18. Eight sophomore student-athletes have earned the prestigious honor of being selected to this program, after being
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Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance (AAEC), will be conducting several sessions on sexual harassment in an effort to reeducate the campus community about sexual harassment. Each session has been designed to be interactive and will explore the topic of sexual harassment – how
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James E. Thompson (pictured on left), a longtime supporter of NIU, has renewed the James E. Thompson Professorship in Marketing for three more academic years. Thompson, a 1967 marketing alumnus, who served as executive vice president and managing director of the Leo
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State Representative Bob Pritchard (R) returned to NIU for a meet-and-greet event with University Honors students. Pritchard, who visited NIU last March (2017) for a similar function, was invited back by the University Honors Program to host an Honors Engaged workshop session
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One day after Brett Coryell’s March 30 retirement from NIU, where he has led the Division of Information Technology for four years, he will embark on his next challenge. It doesn’t involve computers – or even an office. The university’s first-ever Chief
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NIU College of Education professor James Cohen will spend the summer of 2019 in Uruguay as a Fulbright Scholar. The associate professor of ESL/Bilingual Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction will work alongside Aldo Rodriguez, a Ph.D. degree candidate in
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Engaged learning is music to ears. Associate Professor Jamie Mayer knows first-hand that students and the broader community benefit from partnerships and that’s why her colleagues from the Department of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders nominated her to be recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for
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Like many students, Mary Carter questioned whether she chose the right major. Carter, a senior in the electrical engineering program, wanted to be part of a new externship program at Northern Illinois University to get a better idea of life after graduation.
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