Kourtnay Borman Major: Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Hometown: Loves Park High school: Harlem High School, Class of 2013 Tell us about your education background. I went to Rock Valley College (RVC) for my first two years of college from 2013-2015, and later transferred to Northern Illinois
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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. 23, at DuSable Hall and the Carl Sandburg Auditorium at the Holmes Student Center. Close to 400 students from 17 high schools
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The students and faculty behind Ellington’s at the Holmes Student Center want you to know they are open for lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Feb. 26. “The ongoing Holmes Student Center remodeling project doesn’t affect us. Our dining room will be open
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Karen González Major: Mechanical Engineering (NIU graduation anticipated May 2020) NIU Engineering at RVC program Hometown: Poplar Grove High school: North Boone High School, Class of 2018 How has education influenced your life and future plans? I grew up in Mexico. I went
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Those looking to enjoy the benefits of a book club can do so with a click thanks to a new program launched this month by NIU College of Business Alumni Relations. Nearly 200 former Huskies have already joined the College of Business
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When reflecting on his life, Gil Ankenbauer (B.S. ’73, M.S. ’75) identifies his time at NIU as transformational in more ways than one. NIU is where he studied under Dr. Samuel S. Goldich and developed his passion for geology. It’s where he
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Oriana Flores isn’t quite sure how to spend her downtime these days after spending hours upon hours sorting through old photos and article clippings to capture how NIU is “Creating Environments that Matter.” Praised by all who’ve seen it, Flores’ eye-catching exhibit offers
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Whoever said nothing in life is free isn’t familiar with an NIU perk that’s available right here on campus. For nearly three decades, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Training Center has been a source of support to NIU employees, their families
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NIU’s Division of Statistics is proud to be a host site for the upcoming Chicago Symposium Series Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Research and Practice. The event, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. has sessions scheduled
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It’s a scholarship opportunity that almost sounds too good to be true, but this is the real deal for high achieving, low-income NIU students who will be juniors this coming fall and are majoring in one of six STEM fields within the
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Major: Mechanical Engineering (graduation anticipated from RVC Spring 2019; NIU Spring 2021) NIU Engineering at RVC program Internship: Accuride, September 2017 – December 2018; Woodward, December 2018 – present Hometown: Rockford, IL High School: Boylan What drew you to engineering? My cousin
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Graduating seniors in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) showcased how their creations can help improve lives as they presented their final projects at the college’s fall 2018 Senior Design Day. Each semester, seniors within CEET form teams and compete
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