NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a full slate of fall public programs, conducted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Speaker Series The research speaker series is an opportunity for scholars and nonprofit leaders to
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A new virtual course aims to prepare faculty, staff and graduate students to engage in and facilitate Conversations on Diversity and Equity (CODE). Previously a two-day intensive program, NIU’s CODE Institute has shifted to a six-week online experience for participants to build
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Jonamac Orchard is giving Northern Illinois University its own field of dreams this year. A corn maze honoring NIU’s 125th anniversary debuted over the weekend on Saturday, Aug. 29. The massive maze, a local tradition each fall, makes up one of many
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To mark the end of its 50th anniversary year, the NIU Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) released three policy profiles that will help civic leaders better understand and shape the future of localities in Illinois. The three profiles address shifting demographics and
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NIU students are encouraged to jump on Zoom Sept. 1 from noon to 1 p.m. to experience the opportunities available by pursuing cultural and ethnic studies. Five of NIU’s academic diversity centers – Black Studies, Burma Studies, Latino and Latin American Studies,
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The NIU College of Business has launched an online speaker series, Wednesday Night Wisdom, to keep students, alumni and friends learning and connected in this unprecedented time. When the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) sent NIU students home in the middle of
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NIU Communications Professor Janice Hamlet can add musical theater to her list of experiences. Hamlet, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Communication and senior faculty mentor in the Office of the Provost, spent part of her summer bringing to life
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As NIU welcomes its newest Huskies to their first semester, the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Education (AAEOE) is seeking the assistance of the campus community to help make sure all new first-year and transfer students complete Student Sexual Misconduct
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Jamaal Hines Jamaal Hines grew up hooked on police procedurals on TV, imagining that he someday would solve crimes like the detectives on “CSI” and “NCIS” on behalf of innocent victims. Enrolling at Old Dominion University in his native Virginia, he earned a
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Leaders from Northern Illinois University and its College of Business and Chung-Ang University (CAU) in South Korea are pleased to announce a newly formed collaboration designed to provide a variety of academic program offerings in the near future at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Much like NIU,
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Northern Illinois University STEM Read and the NIU Libraries are partnering to offer a series of fun, fast-paced webinars to explore bleeding-edge science and mind-bending views of the future. The next webinar, on Aug. 19, brings together neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri, who is
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When Lisa Katzenberger transferred to NIU in 1993, she already knew she was going to be a writer. Her major was easy—journalism, with a minor in English—because she wanted to learn writing in all its forms. It was all she had ever
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