So much has changed in recent months. From shelter-in-place orders to students going to school online, more and more people are working from home and the larger community is practicing social distancing. But for frontline and essential workers like Aldi Store Manager
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The NIU Supermileage team is on a roll again. The team of engineering students at NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) won third place in the international SAE Supermileage competition in June. SAE Supermileage is a competition for teams of engineering undergraduate and
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The Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University has launched an online exhibition, “Looking At Women in Contemporary Burma.” It focuses on the evolving portrayal of Burmese women as depicted today by Myanmar artists reflects a politico-cultural milieu in transition between tradition and modernity. After some
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The Music Library at Northern Illinois University has curated an exhibit titled, “Just Give Me My Equality: A Look At Protest Music Through History.” The exhibit is available online and select items will be featured in the display cases in the lobby of
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Allan Vest and Mission During his 1970-71 senior year at Thornridge High School in suburban Dolton, Ill., Allan Vest played on a now-legendary basketball team crowned as state champions in the first of its back-to-back titles. Membership in a club like that offers bragging
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Anthony Preston enjoys a rich history with NIU, the college and the NIU Business graduate business programs. Immediately after earning his Fast-Trak MBA (formerly a dual-degree international MBA format which has since evolved and expanded) from NIU Business, Anthony served as Assistant to the Dean and was charged with
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We don’t usually think of the central United States as earthquake territory. However, at least 26 minor earthquakes have rattled northern Illinois in the past 100 years, and in recent years Oklahoma has experienced more “felt” earthquakes (magnitude 3 or higher) than
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What are the things you wish you knew as an inexperienced and overwhelmed student? The Orientation and First Year Programs team is seeking volunteer staff and faculty mentors to welcome our newest Huskies into the pack and help them create a positive
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Where would the world be in pandemic times without video and online chat services like Zoom? In just a few short months, we have learned to depend on this particular software platform to stay close with coworkers, friends and family, and in
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Kate McCabe, a junior majoring in Nutrition, Health and Wellness, is the third student to be selected as a paid intern with the Communiversity Gardens through a partnership between Campus Compact and Tyson Foods. “We are fortunate to have received this grant award
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Jon Briscoe has accepted the role as the new Chair of the Department of Management, taking on Sarah Marsh’s substantial achievements as she steps down from the role and opts to return to her first love of teaching. Jon began his tenure as chair
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When Cymone King, ’15, was on campus, earning her industrial management and technology degree, she seized the day, taking advantage of opportunities in her area of study wherever she could. Making contacts and learning industry best practices allowed King to eventually land
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