Pat Gostele may just have the coolest job you never knew you wanted. As an editor and videographer for the Chicago Cubs video team, Cubs Productions, Gostele is an official documentarian for the famed ball club. He produces videos for the Cubs
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Megha Rajguru, senior lecturer, History of Art and Design, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, and Daniel Huppatz, associate professor, Architectural and Industrial Design Swinburne University, Australia will present on the topic, Thursday, February 13 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in room 100
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Seven of this year’s 20 Golden Apple of Rockford finalists are graduates of the NIU College of Education. They teach in Rockford, Belvidere, Durand, Machesney Park, Rockton and South Beloit. They teach preschool, kindergarten, third-grade, fourth-grade and fifth-grade. They came to teaching immediately – or after other careers. But they all
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Deb Brucker (B.S. management) is vice president of Design & Value Generation Learning for American Express. Brucker was appointed to this role when she joined the company in November 2019. As part of the Global Services Learning Network (GSLN) organization, Brucker is
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by Sue Warrick Doederlein, emeritus professor of English Rose Marie Burwell NIU Professor Emeritus Rose Marie Burwell of Rockford, IL, and previously Oak Park, IL, died Sunday, Jan. 26, after a five-year illness of frontotemporal dementia. An internationally recognized scholar, her last
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Jennifer Groce, Northern Illinois University’s Director of Community Promotions in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development, was inducted into the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame in a ceremony held on January 23, 2020. Groce, who is also an
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Did you know that last academic year NIU students made over 414,000 calls and connected with nearly 18,000 alumni and friends of the university? For over 20 years, Grant Towers North has been home to the NIU Foundation’s student call center, the
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Northern Illinois University continues to move the needle forward on building partnerships with businesses owned by women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities. The university increased its spend with vendors certified through the state’s Business Enterprise Program (BEP) by more than $6
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The CHANCE program will continue to provide students a home away from home, just from a different spot. As part of an ongoing effort to ensure students have easy access to services, the more than 50-year-old program has moved from Williston Hall
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When it comes to the 2020 Census, NIU is counting on Huskies to respond. Literally. “If a student is living in a residence hall at NIU or in off-campus housing, that is where a student should be counted during the census,” said
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When WBEZ-Chicago Morning Edition host Mary Dixon was growing up, she was like a lot of kids. She liked reading, music, and going to movies. She enjoyed riding her bike on the back roads of her hometown, Dixon, Illinois, which was named
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The American Meteorological Society is recognizing the high level of expertise and outreach efforts of Victor Gensini, an NIU professor of meteorology. The AMS recently designated Gensini as a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM), a distinction given to highly qualified meteorologists who provide
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