Huskies will notice significant architectural and aesthetic improvements to NIU Health Services campus clinic this fall. “Providing an excellent patient experience from the moment students walk in our door is our number one priority,” says Sarah Real, practice administrator, Northwestern Medicine Regional
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The Division of Administration and Finance successfully rolled out the university’s new commercial card program earlier this month. Many current cardholders have already completed the electronic application and the required in-person training, which must be done before the new card can be
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Campus dining just took on a bit of Southwestern flair. Qdoba, one of the top Mexican food franchises in America, has signed a contract to become the fourth new food vendor that will serve the campus community when renovation of the Holmes
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When it comes to establishing and maintaining relationships across borders and oceans, there’s no substitute for being there—shaking your partners’ hands, breaking bread and celebrating shared values among different cultures. An NIU delegation that included President Lisa Freeman did just that this
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Collecting and analyzing data is a function found in many facets of today’s world and the study of the Earth and environment is no exception. In order to maintain its strong commitment to teaching, research and preparing future professionals, NIU’s department of
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The Building Services team provides routine, intermittent and restorative cleaning for all academic, research, residence hall and athletic facilities on campus. On a daily basis they support the university’s mission to provide students, faculty and staff with top quality academic, research and
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The new NIU Safe app will allow members of the campus community to take personal safety into their own hands, literally. The app is now available for download in the Apple Store and Google Play. See go.niu.edu/niusafe for more details about the app.
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NIU alumna Helen Woods Milligan, ’41, still gives back to her alma mater as a donor nearly 80 years after leaving campus. Milligan, who recently turned 101 and now lives in Colorado near family, graduated from Northern Illinois State Teachers College with
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Laura Crisp For each of the previous 15 summers, NIU College of Education doctoral student Laura Crisp has spent six weeks teaching teens from China and South Korea. The students come to the United States for multiple-year stays, most arriving in time
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Joseph Flynn They were different women of different ages, sitting in different rooms, hearing different words on different subjects at different times. Yet their response – their natural, human reaction – was the same. The proverbial lumps in the throat, the moisture
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During DiAnne Schmitt’s many decades living in DeKalb, she has savored the “communiversity” culture afforded by living in a college town. Now that her address is an apartment in the Oak Crest Retirement Center, she continues to consume NIU’s culture of arts and Division
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The NIU Human Auditory Physiology Lab (HAPL) is looking for individuals to participate in a project designed to examine how changes in cognition following concussion affect a person’s ability to function in complex auditory environments, like a noisy classroom. Matt Wilson, associate
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