When it comes to music, Marquis Hill is the best of the proverbial best. An experienced trumpeter and music teacher, he has performed alongside today’s top artists in jazz festivals and competitions. He has been honored with many prestigious awards and scholarships, including the 2014 Thelonious Monk Trumpet Competition,
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Celine Taylor wanted to distribute more surveys investigating the distracted driving habits and traffic-related injuries of motorcycle riders in Myanmar. Isabella Guizzetti hoped to return to an NIU lab after Spring Break to repeat some of her experiments on hepatocellular carcinoma cell
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In a normal May, NIU calendars fill with ceremonies in honor of soon-to-be Huskie graduates. COVID-19 canceled those events this year, of course, but the virus could not stop the power of technology and social media to continue the springtime traditions in
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Leaders of the NIU Graduate School’s Career and Professional Development Office regarded the arrival of COVID-19 as a call to action. Several workshops planned for April would indeed go on as scheduled, albeit virtually – and, to the great delight of Dean
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‘An example of adaptability’ As campus basically shut down, digital marketing Instructor Jessica Gibbons-Rauch thought about everything students would miss out on. Like her fellow faculty and staff at NIU, she sought ways to keep students connected despite the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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Think back to your first days at a new job. How many times did you ask one of your new co-workers where to locate something, what form you needed to fill out or who you needed to ask? Now, picture yourself starting
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The Graduate School typically hosts an awards ceremony in April to recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of NIU’s graduate students. These students are nominated for recognition by their academic departments, are fellowship recipients, or are dissertation and thesis prize winners. “The annual
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A week at summer camp can be life-changing for a young person. Campers have the chance to build friendships, gain confidence, develop their academic or artistic skills, and explore career pathways. So when camp directors across the university learned that in-person summer
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Growing up, near Rockford, Morgan Kolkmeyer loved to watch the Midwest weather rolling on the horizon. Years later, Kolkmeyer was on vacation and in the eye of Hurricane Charley in 2004. Her family made a trip to the beach to see the
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While most people began preparing in mid-March to shelter-in-place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NIU Alumnus Ryan Dowd (JD and MPA ’03) made a different decision. He left his home and moved into Hesed House, the second largest homeless shelter in Illinois, located
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Northern Illinois University College of Law announce the addition of two new faculty members for its upcoming fall semester: Andrew Mamo and Jeffrey Omari. “Our two new professors bring a wealth of experience combined with impressive academic backgrounds,” said NIU Law Interim
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WNIJ is thrilled to announce the addition of two new reporters to their news team: Yvonne Boose and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco. Community reporter Yvonne Boose will cover artistic, cultural, and spiritual expressions in the COVID-19 era. Social justice reporter Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco will cover substandard housing
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