Orientation and Family Connections will soon begin a campus-wide orientation and enrollment program for incoming first-year and transfer students and their families. During orientation, incoming students gain an increased understanding of resources, identify opportunities for engagement and involvement, and begin to learn
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She might tell you otherwise, but recognition for Dana Hughes was long overdue. Hughes, administrative assistant in the Graduate School, recently received the 2018 Patricia S. Siebrasse Administrative Professionals Award for Excellence. The award goes to someone who demonstrates continued commitment and
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NIU’s Jill Zambito has become the first collegiate representative on the Illinois Commission to End Hunger as the Huskie Food Pantry she oversees for NIU students gains recognition. Zambito, director of Student Involvement and Leadership Development in the Division of Student Affairs,
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Students participating in the Trans Action Task Force (TATF)—comprised of transgender, non-conforming and non-binary students—are responsible for advising NIU administrators on policies and practices that can be more inclusive for these students. Coming to the table with administrators since its 2016 inception,
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Discover Financial Services and Northern Illinois University are announcing the launch of an exciting program that will allow a select number of students to explore new ideas, help solve real-world business challenges and collaborate with working professionals without ever leaving the university’s
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Recreation and Wellness invites you to join in two long-standing lunchtime activities. Move your lunch to the Student Recreation Center to get active and meet new people! But don’t take Recreation and Wellness’ word for it; recently, the RecWell interviewed Cooky Ikeler
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A major gift from four alumni has established the Jones Diedrich Mennie Endowed Professorship in Finance. Paul Jones (B.S., finance, ’76), William J. Jones (B.S., finance, ’79), John C. Diedrich (B.S., accountancy, ’76) and Douglas U. Mennie (B.S., industry and technology, ’78) created
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Looking to challenge her students, NIU Accountancy Professor Chih-Chen Lee took two teams to a new Audit Analytic Case Competition hosted by DePaul University. Her students were up for the test. Out of four participating teams from three different schools, NIU’s two
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On Thursday, May 3, the best and brightest history students in Illinois competed in the Illinois History Day contest in Springfield. Among the students were top participants in the northern Illinois regional competition, held on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Northern Illinois University.
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Motivated by her experiences with social injustice and discrimination, recent graduate Nehal Hindi came to NIU to study law and become an advocate for herself and others. As a recipient of the Embracing Diversity Scholarship from the College of Law, she was
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Crime scene investigators might someday get help from technology being developed by a Northern Illinois University professor and initially tested on campus by his student researchers. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a grant of more than $628,000 over two
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Teacher. Manager. Soldier. Leader. Mentor. Athlete. Scholar. Of the many hats La Vonne I. Neal has worn over her 40-year career in national defense, corporate America and higher education, the one she values most is “collaborator.” “My professional brand is, in one
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