Orientation and Family Connections is excited to announce the selection of 19 orientation leaders and 10 orientation program interns who will be an important part of welcoming and transitioning new students and their families to NIU during this year’s summer orientation programs.
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NIU’s Mock Trial teams have once again had a successful season – and it’s not over yet! This past weekend, two NIU teams competed at the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) Regional Tournament in Joliet, IL – one of 27 sanctioned regional
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The NIU Department of Mathematical Sciences will host a regional mathematics competition from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at DuSable Hall and the Carl Sandburg Auditorium at the Holmes Student Center The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Regional
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Assistant Professor Allison Gladfelter provides her students with a healthy dose of engaged learning activities. That’s why her colleagues from the Department of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders nominated her to be recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for her outstanding commitment to engaged
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Caitlin Paxton’s journey to the foot of a snowy Lake Geneva mountain drew her into the heart of the Abominable Snow Race. But amid the frigid cold and friendly competition, the NIU College of Education senior from Plano, IL, found affirmation of
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NIU Cares Day is celebrating its 12th anniversary and needs alumni, staff, faculty and graduate assistants to help celebrate by making it the best NIU Cares Day to date! If you are looking to work alongside students who are doing great things
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One NIU track and field athlete is back from warmer weather in El Salvador. Huskie freshman Ashley Tutt (Channahon, IL/Minooka) helped the USA Track & Field Junior Cross Country Team finish in second-place at the 2018 North America, Central America and Caribbean
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When it comes to engaged learning, Associate Professor Linda Saborio doesn’t only talk the talk—she walks the walk. That’s why her colleagues from the Department of Foreign Language and Literatures nominated her to be recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for her outstanding commitment to
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All of the world’s eyes – Brandon Male’s included – are on South Korea. But the instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) is looking at the Winter Olympics through a different lens, one that understands that the games
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There is a great need to diversify faculty at Illinois’ universities to reflect the student body and society to address educational disparity. NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and College of Education will host a statewide conference on Saturday, Feb. 24,
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An increase in graduate students in the NIU M.S. Specialization in the Marriage and Family Therapy (SMFT) Program is not only good news for the program, it’s good news for those in need of counseling right now. Because second-year students in the
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Legendary oceanographer and TED Prize winner Sylvia Earle will visit DeKalb on Thursday, Feb. 22, for an Egyptian Theatre screening of “Mission Blue,” a film looking at her personal mission to save the world’s oceans. Earle will make brief remarks prior to
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