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Karen González Major: Mechanical Engineering (NIU graduation anticipated May 2020) NIU Engineering at RVC program Hometown: Poplar Grove, IL 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 to a bilingual school where I learned English. At 13, I moved...
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 online book club, delving into the New York Time bestseller “The Power of...
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 made and deepened friendships that would follow him through his long and successful...
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 a historical look at how students have been engaged at NIU from the...
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 and retirees of the university – all at no cost. “We encourage employees...
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 at NIU-Naperville and Loyola University Chicago. Breakout sessions at NIU-Naperville include presentations featuring NIU...
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 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. NIU is encouraging those students to apply...
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 Tadd works in Abu Dhabi as a civil engineer. He was the first...
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 in the college-wide competition. The students draw upon years of instruction in NIU’s engineering...
NIU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is “Turning Fellows into Faculty,” with a third annual conference drawing at least 56 doctoral students of color to campus this weekend. The Preparing Future Faculty Conference will offer the recipients of the state’s Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowship (DFI) information about the professoriate as a...
Five Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education students will spend their Spring Break in Belize this March as part of a new Engage Global initiative called Alternative Spring BAE. Two master’s students and three undergraduates will train about 50 Belizean coaches, teachers and sport administrators in topics including teaching new sports in schools, first aid, facilities and equipment management, and...
There is so much more than football that could explain the love and regard new NIU head football coach Thomas Hammock, ’02, has for his alma mater. “[NIU] has always been a special place for me in my development as a man,” Hammock said. “Coach (Joe) Novak took me in, nurtured me, and made sure...
