An upcoming Unity Walk aims to bring people together to better understand one another and our own implicit bias. University students, faculty and staff are invited to walk together with members of the DeKalb community in the fifth annual event beginning at
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Leanne VandeCreek, University Libraries associate dean for Public Services, recently completed the inaugural Mid-American Conference (MAC) Academic Leadership Development Program and was part of a team that received a $10,000 research grant. “The MAC program offers NIU the opportunity to identify and
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) nearly $2.5 million over the next four years to continue promoting the study and research of Southeast Asian languages and countries. This is the sixth time CSEAS has
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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On Thursday, Aug. 30, Acting President Lisa C. Freeman will participate in an open forum from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Altgeld Auditorium, where she will share her vision for the future. Time will be set aside for questions and answers.
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Traveling across the country to shine a light on unconscious bias, the Check Your Blind Spots mobile bus tour will stop at NIU. A multimedia experience designed to help people recognize, acknowledge and minimize potential blind spots–unconscious biases that can narrow your
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James Cohen, Michael Manderino, Joseph Flynn and David Stovall Participants in last summer’s debut of NIU’s Social Justice Summer Campgave James Cohen, Joseph Flynnand Michael Manderino a clear directive as they departed for home. Please, please do this again. And so they did, even if they had
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How much work do members of the NIU Supermileage team put in? “An excessive amount,” joked team president Josh Helsper, of St. Charles. “It’s a part-time job for me.” The NIU Supermileage Team won second overall with its best-ever combined score, as
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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Pillow? Check. Laundry hamper? Check. Move-in app? Check. Move-in Day went digital this fall as NIU Housing and Residential Services became one of the first housing programs nationally to fully implement an online mobile check-in app. The app allowed students to quickly
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Mary Beth Henning and Sadie Filipski When Sadie Filipski heard an offer to assist in research that she knew would impact her eventual career as an elementary school teacher, she volunteered immediately. “Going into something so relatable to what I’m going to
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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