U.S. News & World Report has named NIU’s Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program among the top five in the nation in the specialty field of local government management. NIU’s perennially ranked program—which produces about one-third of city managers in Illinois—jumped up
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Join your colleagues in congratulating the newly named Board of Trustees Professors; Presidential Teaching Professors; Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professors; Presidential Engagement Professors; and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Instruction Award recipients at a reception held in their honor on
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Each day, the nine individuals who staff the phones for NIU Police and Public Safety answer hundreds of calls from the mundane requests for information to life-threatening situations. And they do it all in a calm and professional manner. That is why,
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Among the many decorations adorning Leslie A. Sassone’s office in Graham Hall is a small photograph she snapped years ago at a Grateful Dead Furthur Festival concert. The picture shows a woman reading a book, paying little or no attention to the
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On Wednesday, April 18, the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) will be hosting the ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD), along with the fifth annual Community Engagement Showcase (CES). One of the students presenting this year is
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On Friday, April 20, NIU students and staff members will join approximately 400 Latinx leaders from throughout the state for the 26th Professional and Student Development Conference of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE) at Illinois State University. The theme of the conference is
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On Friday, April 20, Northern Illinois University senior Laura Vivaldo Cholula will receive the 2018 Emerging Leader Award from the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE). The Emerging Leader award recognizes a student in Illinois who has made significant contributions to the Latinx higher education
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Change is in the air at the Holmes Student Center (HSC) as the building’s lower levels are being prepared for a major overhaul. When completed in the fall of 2019, the area will include a new glass entryway with a tiered plaza
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NIU’s Campus Child Care and the Child Development Lab are merging to become the Child Development and Family Center. The merger means more child care options for NIU students, faculty and staff beginning this summer. Expanded infant care options will be available
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During the first 21 years of their lives, individuals with autism are offered critical support services through their local public schools. By law, those services must include “transition” planning that begins when the students turn 14½, providing nearly seven years of preparation
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On Wednesday, April 18, the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning (OSEEL) will be hosting the ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD), along with the fifth annual Community Engagement Showcase (CES), from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holmes
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Four NIU Geomatics students traveled to Las Vegas recently to participate in a land surveying competition held in conjunction with the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) annual conference. Advisor Dr. Kory Allred, together with Skyler Cullen (senior, Geography/Geomatics), Ryan Trone (post
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