Two alumnae use 35 years of friendship and experience to help Northern students For Huskies, the sense of NIU community is very real and often lasts far beyond a person’s time on campus. Just ask best friends Kelli Mitchell and Julie Ann
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WNIJ remembers Carl Nelson
Northern Public Radio is remembering their friend and colleague, Carl Nelson. He died unexpectedly last week at the age of 35. Carl’s fingerprints are all over WNIJ, on-air and behind the scenes. He was a frequent and familiar voice for listeners, especially
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The heart to care and knowledge to help: DaQuan Russell-Watts, NIU Foundation Impact Scholar
DaQuan Russell-Watts was born with a natural curiosity and love of learning. When his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, he turned to learning to cope and discovered his passion for anthropology. “As a child, I found it fascinating to learn about
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Sixty years strong: COE 1959 alums return to College of Ed for a happy homecoming
Patricia (Banks) Aldred As NIU prepares to celebrate Homecoming 2019 from Oct. 19 through Oct. 27, one group of former Huskies already has notched its return to campus. Members of the Class of 1959 reunited Sept. 6 at the College of Education, touring Graham,
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NIU mourns the passing of Romualdas Kasuba, first dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Faculty and staff of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) at Northern Illinois University are mourning the loss of the first dean of CEET, Romualdas Kasuba, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. (Honorary), dean emeritus, who passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10. Dean
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Kostic named a thermodynamic topical collection editor of Entropy journal
Milivoje M. Kostic, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and editor-in-chief of the Thermodynamics Section of Entropy journal, has been recently named as a topical collection editor of Foundations and Ubiquity of Classical Thermodynamics, after serving as a guest editor for three
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Center for Governmental Studies hosts conference Nov. 7, celebrates 50 years
For 50 years, Northern Illinois University’s (NIU’s) Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) has provided applied research, technical assistance, and public sector capacity-building services to our region, state and beyond. Registration is still open for a one-day conference Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at
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Merritt speaker Lynda Stone to explore motivating youth past politics to action
Lynda Stone It happened in a heavily traveled minority neighborhood south of the center of San Francisco. Mary Lou Vanilla, a beloved art teacher at a nearby school, lived at a dangerous and unguarded intersection along Army Street. The number of deaths
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NIU Autism Caregiver Group hosts fall cookout at Welsh Park
The NIU Autism Caregiver Group will be kicking off the school year with a cookout designed to help families meet and connect with other families of children with autism. The picnic is 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Welsh
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College of Law 2019 award honorees share dedication to service
NIU College of Law Interim Dean Laurel Rigertas and the NIU Law Alumni Council celebrated alumni and friends who embody what is best about the College of Law during our 2019 Awards Reception on Sept. 24 at the Union League Club of
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Bill Cassidy authors new book on women athletes and sports journalism
NIU Journalism Professor William P. Cassidy’s latest book, “Sports Journalism and Women Athletes: Coverage of Coming Out Stories,” examines the sports journalism coverage of the coming out stories of three prominent women athletes: tennis legend and feminist icon Billie Jean King, Basketball
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New sculpture brings more “Huskie Pride” to campus
A new landmark debuted Thursday on the campus of Northern Illinois University, as President Lisa Freeman and benefactors Dennis and Stacey Barsema unveiled the sculpture “Huskie Pride.” The sculpture, comprised of the letters N-I-U in 6-foot-tall block type painted in the university’s
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