For the past five years, Vernese Edghill-Walden has led the strategic efforts to make the NIU campus and community a more diverse and inclusive place for all to live, learn and work. In recognition of her success, the NIU Board of Trustees
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Kweli Kwaza, ’87, receives Geigle Service Award for inner-city youth Outreach
Kweli Kwaza’s goal is simple—to push Chicago’s inner-city youth beyond their imaginations. Kwaza, ’87, is the founder and executive director of the Talented 10th college prep and career mentoring organization in Chicago, and the NIU Alumni Association is honoring his work
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Engineers team up with artists in 2020 Senior Design
For the first time in the history of CEET, four of the Senior Design teams in this year’s program had students from the School of Art and Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts on their teams to help the engineering teams with
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NIU Sales, RNMKRS and something like BB8
Nearly 75 NIU sales students from the Department of Marketing found themselves competing in a RNMKRS Dell Technology Virtual Sales Competition in the spring 2020 semester, just as life turned itself upside down around the world. Bryant University hosted the event, drawing 1,600 students from more than 40
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NIU Center for Economic Education celebrates state economic poster contest winners
This past month, the NIU Center for Economic Education and Econ Illinois virtually honored the regional and state winners of their annual economics poster contest. “Although we missed seeing all the students, families and teachers in person, we were glad to be able to
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Moving NIU forward: Why Allison Gladfelter gives back
For Allison Gladfelter, working with NIU students is a privilege that continually leaves her impressed and amazed. “Our students are truly inspiring,” shares Gladfelter. “It is a joy to teach and advise them as they begin their journeys as future clinicians and
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Yolanda King named Associate Dean at NIU Law
Yolanda M. King has been named the new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the NIU College of Law. She replaces Professor Marc Falkoff, who served in the position for four years. “We are extremely fortunate to have Associate Dean King step
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Social Justice Summer Camp 4.0 turns to podcasts to continue vital momentum
Joseph Flynn Joe Flynn heard the news without any sense of surprise. “It came out in late April that there was a disproportionate representation of African Americans and Latinos who have been contracting and, most importantly, dying from the virus,” says Flynn, an
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June 24 NIU Online STEM Café explores backyard wildlife
There’s a lot more to urban wildlife than squirrels, geese and raccoons. American toads, blue-spotted salamanders, red foxes and coyotes all make their homes in urban or suburban areas, including DeKalb and the Chicago suburbs. Find out more about how scientists study
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Moving NIU forward: Why John Hulseberg gives back
“It just feels right!” For NIU staff member John Hulseberg, those four words capture perfectly the reason he donates to Northern through the NIU Foundation. There were other reasons, too, and after additional consideration, Hulseberg was glad to share: “Contributing financially to
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Stephanie Richter named to Blackboard Community Leadership Circle
It’s safe to say Stephanie Richter is an expert’s expert on Blackboard Learn, an important virtual learning environment for educators and the platform at the heart of NIU’s pivot to remote learning this spring in response to the pandemic. Richter, director of
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NIU STEAM Virtual Summer Institute helps educators incorporate hands-on learning, even in the online classroom
Now, more than ever, teachers are concerned about engaging students and making learning relevant to them, whether that learning happens in school or at home, in person or online. This July, NIU STEAM’s virtual summer institute will offer educators four weeks of
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