Allana Rose knows how it feels when the odds are against you. What she doesn’t know, is how to give up. In November 2017, Rose’s quiet courage and perseverance were recognized when she became the first person in more than a decade
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Physical Ed majors provide ‘structured recess’ programming for Brooks Elementary children
Recess is fun and games for most elementary school students, but it’s not always without problems. For one, it’s often lightly supervised. And, says Zach Wahl-Alexander, assistant professor of Physical Education, it’s likely parent-volunteers and not teachers who are in charge. Meanwhile,
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NIU grad’s gift to grandma goes viral
Brian Robinson just wanted to give his grandmother a new stove but by tweeting the moment from his smartphone, he gave a gift to the world. Robinson, a May 2017 NIU graduate, who earned his degree in accountancy, inadvertently turned his grandmother
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CoE’s Altus partnership blooms with elementary-education major Jamal Murphy
Jamal Murphy is not a typical NIU College of Education teacher-licensure candidate. Raised on the West Side of Chicago, Murphy encountered an eighth-grade teacher who told him he would drop out by his sophomore year. What? Not finish high school? “Once
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KNPE students lead fun, games at Brooks Elementary field day
Cold winds blew across the Brooks Elementary School playground Halloween morning, but those chills couldn’t stop the fun of bowling soccer balls and poofy balls toward a 10-pin pumpkin or running relays around hay bales. Within the warmth of the building, an
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Engineering majors well represented in cohort of graduating honors students
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology was well represented at an event recognizing graduating university honors students, as 10 of the 34 students recognized are graduating this month with engineering degrees. The University Honors Program offers students of high academic promise
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Alumnus donates $1 million to benefit students
John Burns During NIU Foundation’s annual gala, Red and Black, this month, a $1 million gift from John Burns (’88) and his wife, Denise Burns, of River Forest, IL, was part of the celebration. The money is earmarked for the Angel Touch
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University Libraries to launch a textbook reserve pilot program
The University Libraries are seeking help in making costly textbooks more accessible to NIU students. The NIU Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Task Force is calling on faculty and instructors to place copies of their course texts on reserve at the library and to
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Undergraduates now have their own journal for political issues, and it’s based at NIU
NIU’s Tocqueville Forum has launched an online journal of essays by undergraduate students on current American political issues related to political philosophy, history, literature and culture. “Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas” will publish essays from undergraduates at colleges and
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RIPS staff members named to national, international panels
Three members of the NIU Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships—Dara Little, Anna Quider and Kellie Dyslin—have recently been named to key leadership positions in national and international organizations supporting research and higher education. “These are impressive achievements that speak to the
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Young alum helps shape measurement standards in manufacturing
NIU alumnus Justin Whiting is helping to shape the future of additive manufacturing, working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop and evaluate measurement science in this new and booming field. In August, Whiting presented at a national
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Summers in Haiti could sharpen aim of NGOs
Thanks to NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies, hundreds of humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may be able to deliver help to the impoverished people of Haiti that is more in tune with what Haitian people say they need. It has been
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