Becca Shields first started working at NIU STEM summer camps when she was an undergraduate elementary education major at NIU. “I started working at camp the summer before my student teaching, so I didn’t have any classroom teaching experience yet,” Shields says.
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For 50 years, NIU’s Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) has provided applied research, technical assistance and public sector capacity-building services to our region, state and beyond. On Thursday, Nov. 7, a one-day conference will be held in DeKalb to celebrate CGS’s five
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $410,500 over three years to NIU physics professor Zhili Xiao to further his research into the creation of nano-scale superconducting materials. Xiao previously led a team of scientists working at the U.S. Department
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The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s exhibition Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts tackles the complex relationship of art in the depiction of war. The exhibition opens today, Aug. 27 and continues on view through Oct. 18, 2019. Visitors
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Shirley Ann Williams, 73, of DeKalb, Illinois passed away, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, surrounded by family at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital. She was born on Feb. 16, 1946, the daughter of Arthur and Ruby King. In May 1969 she married Eddie R.
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Parking Ticket? No problem! Individuals who are issued a parking ticket on campus between Aug. 26 and Sept. 6 can have the fee waived by taking five or more non-perishable food items to the Campus Parking Services office. All food items will
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The success of the University Honors Program rests in no small part on the support of alumni and friends. To this end, Honors is excited to announce the creation of the Donald and Linda Shearer Honors STEM Scholarship, generously endowed by Donald
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All members of the NIU community are invited to submit matching fund applications up to $2,500 for events and projects that relate to NIU’s 125th Anniversary celebration. Applications will be accepted until Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Visit the anniversary website and fill out
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Back to school means back to the book store and Huskie Books and Gear is ready. While construction is currently underway on the completely renovated store located in the Holmes Student Center, NIU students still have access to a full lineup of
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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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