Mary Schlagel, with NIU’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety, was recently awarded the Associate Safety Professional certification. It is a highly respected honor which recognizes her ability to think quickly and critically in a wide range of safety issues and emergency
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Danielle Harris, ’13, has always had a penchant for overachieving, but even she is surprised by the strides she has made in the world of employment law in the last few years. Now in her third year as a law associate at
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Melanie Koss Melanie Koss donned a headpiece that gave her deer ears, reclined motionless on a couch in the Gabel Hall Learning Center, closed her eyes and played the role of a deceased doe. And that wasn’t even the strangest sight at July’s NIU
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When Conner Vagle arrived at NIU as a transfer student in 2018, he had already reached out to the then-president of the student-run NIU Esports Club to ask how he could get involved. With several years of experience as an esports player,
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Michael Kushnick has been named associate dean for academic affairs for the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS). Kushnick comes to NIU from Sioux City, Iowa, where he was the chair for the Department of Applied Health and Exercise Sciences
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When Christina Hunger earned her Master of Arts in speech-language pathology from NIU in 2017, she knew she wanted to help young children with speech challenges, which she now does as a Pediatric Speech Pathologist for Early Intervention in San Diego. It
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It took nearly a decade, but she made it: Ginny Egizio is a graduate of Northern Illinois University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program (HTM) She earned her B.S. degree in May 2018 and today, she is working her dream job in events management.
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James Gridley, ’87, says he isn’t ashamed to admit he’s a failure, and he hopes you are one, too. His colleagues in seismology and geophysics may have a difficult time agreeing with that statement, based on Gridley’s 35-plus-year esteemed career and
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NIU Alumni Association and Balfour to sell and distribute NIUAA branded leather goods. Alumni of Northern Illinois University are instilled with a sense of Huskie Pride that they will carry with them for the rest of their life. They can now carry
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Huskies will notice significant architectural and aesthetic improvements to NIU Health Services campus clinic this fall. “Providing an excellent patient experience from the moment students walk in our door is our number one priority,” says Sarah Real, practice administrator, Northwestern Medicine Regional
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The Division of Administration and Finance successfully rolled out the university’s new commercial card program earlier this month. Many current cardholders have already completed the electronic application and the required in-person training, which must be done before the new card can be
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Campus dining just took on a bit of Southwestern flair. Qdoba, one of the top Mexican food franchises in America, has signed a contract to become the fourth new food vendor that will serve the campus community when renovation of the Holmes
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