Contingent on approval from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the University of Tetovo(UT) anticipates welcoming NIU Business faculty in spring 2019 when they travel to the Balkan Peninsula to provide MBA instruction to students from Macedonia. This academic proposal – created through
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Northern Illinois University is extending the contract of Sean T. Frazier, NIU associate vice president and director of Athletics. The move, which keeps Frazier at the helm of NIU Athletics until 2023, comes amid a prosperous period of continued and unparalleled success
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Alex Frenz Alex Frenz grew up in Oakville, Mo., playing softball – and loving hockey. More specifically, the senior Kinesiology major has rooted loudly and proudly for her hometown St. Louis Blues. “I’ve been a Blues fan my entire life,” says Frenz, who pitches for
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On a cold Thursday afternoon, a group gathers around a table in room 338 of Founders Memorial Library. They’re in the NIU Digital Convergence Lab, but they’re not here today to explore new media technology. Instead, their hands filled with colorful yarn,
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Jesse “Woody” Johnson and Jessica Reyman have been selected as the recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award. Established in 2015, the award recognizes outstanding graduate faculty members for their scholarly achievements and exceptional contributions to graduate education at NIU. “Both
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One of the most popular parts of the NIU gameday experience will see a shift designed to better align it with its key audiences. Starting next fall, as part of a coordinated effort between university administration, the College of Visual and Performing
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Bernadette Heitschmidt Bernadette Heitschmidt didn’t start her college journey with an eye on staying there. Raised in Garfield Ridge, near Midway Airport, she attended Marquette University to study advertising with a minor in graphic design. “I had a rough first year. I
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Northern Illinois University has released the results of the Sexual Harassment, Assault and Relationship Experience (SHARE) Survey, a comprehensive survey gauging the experiences and perceptions concerning issues of sexual assault and misconduct at the university. The SHARE survey was provided to all
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When Spring Piatek was treated for Kawasaki disease at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago at age 4, she remembers a nurse staying with her in the middle of the night to tend to her fever. The nurse gave her a grape Popsicle
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While most people are sleeping, Cora Dyslin, ’17, is working in the dark in the middle of the night with mice at San Diego Zoo Global. This isn’t your average mouse, but rather the Pacific pocket mouse, an endangered species native to
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On Thursday, Oct. 18, more than 100 K-12, community college, and university faculty and administrators came together on the campus of Northern Illinois University as part of a collaboration designed to increase certification and degree attainment, as well as to promote seamless
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Students will have a new provider of health care services when classes resume next semester. The NIU Board of Trustees approved an agreement Nov. 15 to have Northwestern Medicine assume management of Health Services, effective Jan. 15. Such a change was among
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