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Graduate students are an important part of the Huskie family. NIU offers over 80 graduate programs including master’s, doctoral, certificate and dual degrees to almost 4,000 graduate students from around the world. As part of NIU’s university goals to support and enhance the academic and career aspirations of graduate students, NIU’s Graduate School is providing opportunities...
The NIU College of Business, via its Professional Sales Center, embarked on an innovative journey in business education. From Jan. 7 to 12, 2024, the “Sales on Wheels” program, which is part of the Marketing 412 course, transcended traditional academic frameworks, guiding 23 aspirant sales professionals from DeKalb to the bustling corporate landscapes of Indianapolis...
NIU’s campus and the DeKalb community will be full of #HuskiePride the week of October 13-20, 2024 as we celebrate our 117th Homecoming celebration. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members interested in contributing to the celebration are invited to submit a proposal for a Homecoming grant. These grants are offered to help fund new...
Fourteen NIU students competed in the intercollegiate Model Illinois Government legislative simulation from Feb. 29-March 3. The simulation takes place in the state Capitol building in Springfield, using the actual committee rooms and the House and Senate floors. Model Illinois Government is one of the preeminent intercollegiate government simulations in the United States, providing students...
About five years ago, NIU Psychology Professor Brad Sagarin’s passion for playing Pokémon Go sparked a research project that sought to answer this central question: What effect does the augmented reality game have on players’ sense of belonging? Along with his Pokémon Go-playing wife, Elmhurst University Chemistry Professor Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin, and then-NIU student Andrew Pederson,...
Orientation and First Year Programs is excited to share that Week of Welcome planning is underway. OFP is excited to plan and implement Week of Welcome through the utilization of the following groups: WOW Executive Committee – share out schedule updates to divisional and departmental leadership and listen to updates and recommendations made by workgroup...
You know you’re a Huskie when you think of Mission every time you see a dog of that breed. You know you’re a Huskie when you look for the Holmes Student Center towering over the cornfields when driving into, or passing by, DeKalb. You know you’re a Huskie when you smile widely thinking of McCabes,...
Molly Kettelhut spent her childhood dreaming of one thing. “I wanted to teach for my whole life. I went through a short period where I wanted to do something else, but then I quickly realized – like I always had known – that I wanted to work with kids,” says Kettelhut, a seventh-grade teacher at...
Jahrita McNeal gets it. As an honors student in the NIU School of Nursing, she has taken challenging courses and learned how to excel in them. Now, she’s taking what she’s learned and paying it forward thanks to the grant-funded initiative Supporting Black Nurses. “As an African American honors student in the nursing program, I wanted...
Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Todd Trexler, ’11, MAS ’12, was a very social and talkative kid who got great grades and followed the rules, but also played the class clown from time to time. While he had a gift of interacting with people, he loved the rush of...
With programming nearly daily on campus and beyond, the Latino Resource Center continues to build community for NIU’s growing population of Latinx and Hispanic students and engage the campus in cultural resources. Known as the LRC, the center serves as a central resource for students. Those behind the programming, as well as those who’ve taken...
Application deadline is March 1! At NIU, we are known for our hands-on experiential learning, which oftentimes take our students off campus and as far as classrooms across the globe. NIU students in all majors who have an interest in entrepreneurial business, can apply to be considered for the three-week European Innovation Academy (EIA) in...
