James Cohen, Michael Manderino, Joseph Flynn and David Stovall Participants in last summer’s debut of NIU’s Social Justice Summer Campgave James Cohen, Joseph Flynnand Michael Manderino a clear directive as they departed for home. Please, please do this again. And so they did, even if they had
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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Pillow? Check. Laundry hamper? Check. Move-in app? Check. Move-in Day went digital this fall as NIU Housing and Residential Services became one of the first housing programs nationally to fully implement an online mobile check-in app. The app allowed students to quickly
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Mary Beth Henning and Sadie Filipski When Sadie Filipski heard an offer to assist in research that she knew would impact her eventual career as an elementary school teacher, she volunteered immediately. “Going into something so relatable to what I’m going to
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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For the second year in a row, NIU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been recognized by the national professional organization CSHEMA (Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association). The 2017 award recognized the department and the Office of Research Compliance, Integrity
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NIU School of Music Professor and Director of Percussion Studies Greg Beyer and retired School of Music faculty member Robert Fleisher are featured on “Long Roll: A Tribute to Composer-Percussionist Michael Manion” by Albany Records. The release features a solo malletKAT composition of
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New and returning NIU students are encouraged to educate themselves about the new city of DeKalb parking regulations for neighborhoods surrounding the university. Under the city’s Safe Streets program, street parking that many students have utilized in the past will no longer
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Days after the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Sri Lankan visitors left the NIU campus in late April, their hosts already were planning to book flights to Asia for August. That trip began Sunday – and now includes four students who
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Mark Pietrowski Jr., DeKalb County board chair and director of NIU Continuing and Professional Education recently was selected as one of 40 emerging leaders in the state of Illinois to take part in the seventh class of the University of Illinois Edgar
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“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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More than 1,000 faculty, staff and students had their professional portraits taken by NIU’s Institutional Communications photography staff at Career Services’ fairs last year. These portraits offer a professional first impression on LinkedIn, whether you are just starting your career or looking
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