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The Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (PCSOGI) and Prism seek nominations every spring for the Eychaner Award, which is presented to recognize individuals affiliated with NIU who have made outstanding contributions that enhance the lives of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer spectrum (LGBTQ+). The award is presented in...
History Professor Emma Kuby has a new book out that sheds light on the history of efforts by political survivors after 1945 to end concentration camps during the Cold War. Kuby will deliver a talk on the book, entitled Political Survivors: The Resistance, the Cold War, and the Fight against Concentration Camps after 1945 (Cornell...
The Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities (PCPD) makes recommendations to President Lisa C. Freeman regarding the needs of people with disabilities. The commission meets each month during the academic year to discuss current events and plan activities that elevate the awareness of important issues affecting students, staff and faculty members with disabilities. “Our mission is...
Nearly 25 years ago a campus culture survey indicated that there was work to be done relative to the acceptance and inclusion of members of the LGBT+ community. NIU responded, and the Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity was born. Today, the commission acts as the primary advisor to President Lisa Freeman on...
NIU President Lisa Freeman has five Presidential Commissions in place to advise her on the issues that relate to many diverse groups on campus. Each spring, the Office of the President invites nominations and self-nominations of faculty, staff and students for appointment to the presidential commissions. Commission appointments are made during the summer with terms...
Educate Global travelers return with eyes open to classroom diversity After 14 hours in the air, there was obviously no need to tell Marcus Lewis that he wasn’t in DeKalb anymore. Yet his first steps off the plane into a nearly empty airport in China, with none of the crowded hustle and bustle of O’Hare...
Longtime DeKalb residents Dorothy G. O’Brien and Genevieve A. O’Brien grew up on a farm south of DeKalb. The sisters were very grateful for their educational opportunities and life experiences and have left a legacy which reflects that. Genevieve O’Brien went on to marry Ed Vrba, and through a testamentary trust they established the O’Brien-Vrba Scholarship...
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, has named 62 new Fellows, including NIU physics professor Swapan Chattopadhyay. Chattopadhyay was one of only four newly named Corresponding Fellows, a title reserved for those “who have attained high international standing in any subject within the Society’s disciplinary domains and are not normally resident in the U.K.”...
The third annual NIU Arts Convocation showcased student talent in three schools and two locations all in one night.  The event, designed as a way to expose students and community members to the great work and talent of students in the Schools of Art and Design, Music and Theatre and Dance, started in the Music...
NIU’s Jui-Ching Wang, ’97, and the value of children’s singing games. A series of coincidences led NIU Associate Professor of Music Jui-Ching Wang to Indonesia to witness firsthand the value of traditional children’s singing games. At the beginning of her tenure in NIU’s School of Music, Wang found herself directing the school’s Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble....
More than 250 students got their groove on Feb. 23 during the fifth-annual NIU Dance Marathon held at the Student Recreation Center. Armed with enthusiasm and their best dance moves, Huskies raised more than $30,500 for kids who receive treatment at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. “It doesn’t matter what major...
How can you stay safe? As winter comes to an end, spring will soon be upon us. This means that severe weather is right around the corner. March is National Severe Weather Preparedness Month, and now is the time to start planning for unpredictable weather. Don’t wait until the forecast to get ready, because it...
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