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“Being able to explore different avenues has really allowed me to find out who I want to be.” Alexandra Alcantar is a first-generation college student at Northern Illinois University, majoring in Political Science with minors in Latino and Latin American Studies and Computer Science. Alcantar currently is representing NIU as the university’s 2023-2024 Newman Civic Fellow....
Arthur D. Graffam, a 1941 alumnus of Northern Illinois University (NIU), has posthumously made a monumental contribution to his alma mater. His estate has generously donated over $2.4 million, split between the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) and the College of Education (COE). COE acting Dean Bill Pitney expressed deep gratitude for this...
A new partnership between Meta and Northern Illinois University engages local high school students from underrepresented groups in university programming that will develop their skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). “NIU is pleased to partner with Meta to ensure that students who have been historically underserved and overlooked will have exciting opportunities to...
Food Truck Wednesdays offered a fun opportunity for the NIU community to gather this fall, bringing back the lively campus vibe so central to the college experience – and allowing one NIU alum to give back. The MLK Commons has long been a central gathering spot for the NIU community, but the closing of Normal...
NIU has its first detailed sustainability playbook, with aims on making the university an innovator and model of sustainable behaviors in the years and decades to come. After a four-month period of public review, NIU President Lisa C. Freeman and other members of senior leadership signed off last month on the sweeping Sustainability and Climate...
NIU Doctor of Audiology students took part in the eighth annual Clinical Rounds Poster Presentations event on Nov. 21 held at the Wellness and Literacy Center. Each year during their final on-campus fall semester, members of the cohort of audiology students choose a clinical case, read relevant research and present their findings to peers and...
It’s never too early to learn about philanthropy. That was the case when NIU’s Child and Development and Family Center (CDFC) held a birthday cake kit drive this fall to benefit the Huskie Food Pantry. “At the CDFC we have three center-wide pyramid model expectations: we take care of ourselves, we take care of others...
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) hosted a Manufacturing Innovation Symposium in November to introduce companies from across the region to how CEET and the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) can partner with them to help their businesses thrive in a highly competitive marketplace. “We have a tremendous range of expertise in the...
Procurement Services and Contract Management is pleased to announce that Terrence (Terry) Michels joined the team as director on Dec. 4, 2023. Michels reports to Antoinette Bridges, executive director of PSCM. Michels brings broad experience in procurement, contract and vendor compliance, Illinois Higher Education procurement code and administrative rules, management of commercial card programs, product...
Northern Illinois University Libraries is pleased to announce the completion of the Street & Smith Project. First begun in 2020 with a grant of $338,630 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), this project involved partner libraries at NIU, Villanova University, Stanford University, Bowling Green State University, and Oberlin College and Conservatory, digitizing 113,342...
In 2022, Dr. Levi Harrison partnered with Northern Illinois University Esports to create the Fierce Gamer Scholarship. Dr. Harrison is an orthopedic surgeon known as “the gamers and esports doctor” who is dedicated to promoting mental, physical and emotional health among video gamers. The annual $1,000 Fierce Gamer Scholarships are awarded to NIU undergraduate students...
Northern Illinois University Libraries has acquired a subscription to a new service to help faculty, staff and students find grant funding to support their research, scholarship, artistry and engagement projects. The service, Funding Institutional, provides a searchable database of funding organizations, more than 37,000 active and recurring funding opportunities, and over 7 million awarded grants. Users...
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