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The Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is leading the coordination of a campus-wide workforce professional development series to support positive and effective working relationships and knowledge-sharing across the university. This new series will feature workshops hosted by colleagues from across the university who have specialized interests and knowledge in a variety of topics...
The Huskie Food Pantry, which last fall observed the five-year anniversary of its current campus location, is entering 2022 with fresh ideas. This month, the pantry received $5,000 in gift cards from Meijer grocery, chosen by employees at the Sycamore branch for the franchise’s “Meijer Team Give” program. While also supported by donations, drives and...
Iris Espinoza was recently awarded the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) John Consalvi Service Scholarship award. The NIU student is one of two students from across the state of Illinois to earn the annual award. “This award makes me feel very honored and humbled,” said Espinoza. “I would not have been able to receive this award...
Rhiannon Gurley, ’02, chooses to live by the motto, “Do what you can with what you’ve got where you are.” During the last 20 years since graduating from NIU, that has meant many different things for her, as she accepted various roles across the United States and abroad, spanning from corporate design work for ad...
Xiaodan Hu Do merit-based financial aid programs narrow or widen equity gaps and social mobility in higher education? Xiaodan Hu, assistant professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, has received $50,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation to explore that question. Collaborating with Frank Fernandez, assistant professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy at the University of Florida, Hu...
When NIU STEM Café coordinator Judith Dymond met filmmaker Michael Lahey, a seed of an idea took root, one that’s culminating in this month’s STEM Café on the art and science of candy making. Lahey, who earned his Master of Arts in English from NIU, is the maker of the documentary Shelf Life: The Story...
For centuries, important cultural materials—from books, historical documents and letters to photographs, carvings and paintings—could be stored away, only to be rediscovered at some point in the future. However, as Northern Illinois University Libraries’ Jaime Schumacher points out, many contemporary materials that might be used by future generations to understand us are now only digital...
Huskies will have the opportunity to showcase their efforts in undergraduate research and other engagement projects during the Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE), which takes place April 25-29, 2022. The five-day event, formerly known as Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) and the Community Engagement Showcase (CES), will take place online and in-person...
The Board of Trustees approved the merger of the departments of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences and Geology and Environmental Geosciences during their Dec. 7 meeting. The new unit, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, brings together 19 faculty, 50 graduate students, nearly 115 undergraduate students and numerous researchers and technical staff between the two departments....
After completing his master’s degree, Orlando Bowen felt like he had arrived. Bowen earned his B.S. in marketing in 1998 and his M.S. in management information systems in 2000, both from the NIU College of Business. He was working as a consultant for a boutique technology firm in downtown Chicago. He felt blessed to have a successful career in a...
Save the date of May 6 and plan to be amazed as the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology invites the public to attend its annual Senior Design Demonstration Day at the NIU Convocation Center from noon to 4 p.m. This year, more than 55 teams of senior engineering students will showcase their innovative capstone projects. Some...
The Indiana Music Education Association Professional Development Conference in Ft. Wayne had a distinct northern Illinois feel to it this past weekend. Not only had Reggie Thomas, professor and head of Jazz Studies at NIU, been asked to direct the Indiana All-State Jazz Band, but the NIU Wind Ensemble performed twice, a rare honor for...
