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When Casey Walters, ’19, M.S. ’20, was growing up in St. Charles, Illinois, she had no idea what technology developers did. But her time at NIU helped her to find her passion for information systems and coding. “I never had a great answer for the, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’...
Born in 1960 to parents from the so-called Greatest Generation, Hidetada Shimizu grew up surrounded by values that were shaped by both the before and the after of World War II. Shimizu lived in the countryside of Takasaki, Japan, where his father, Noboru, a school principal, took him hiking in the mountains to collect plants...
The process of completing your education involves a series of choices. At Northern Illinois University, we are working to make sure students do not have to choose whether to purchase course materials as part of that process. Cost of course materials is a direct factor in how students approach their collegiate experience. A recent study...
Spencer Kelham, an NIU physics graduate student, has received a prestigious graduate student research award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. The highly competitive award is given to students who have the potential to make important contributions to the mission of the DOE Office of Science. A 31-year-old native of Waterloo, Indiana, Kelham...
The NIU Esports Arena recently purchased two accessible controllers to make it easier for NIU students with disabilities to play video games. The new controllers are one more way for NIU Esports, in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development, to bring to life the program’s vision of an inclusive space for students and...
“Being able to explore different avenues has really allowed me to find out who I want to be.” Alexandra Alcantar is a first-generation college student at Northern Illinois University, majoring in Political Science with minors in Latino and Latin American Studies and Computer Science. Alcantar currently is representing NIU as the university’s 2023-2024 Newman Civic Fellow....
Arthur D. Graffam, a 1941 alumnus of Northern Illinois University (NIU), has posthumously made a monumental contribution to his alma mater. His estate has generously donated over $2.4 million, split between the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) and the College of Education (COE). COE acting Dean Bill Pitney expressed deep gratitude for this...
A new partnership between Meta and Northern Illinois University engages local high school students from underrepresented groups in university programming that will develop their skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). “NIU is pleased to partner with Meta to ensure that students who have been historically underserved and overlooked will have exciting opportunities to...
Food Truck Wednesdays offered a fun opportunity for the NIU community to gather this fall, bringing back the lively campus vibe so central to the college experience – and allowing one NIU alum to give back. The MLK Commons has long been a central gathering spot for the NIU community, but the closing of Normal...
NIU has its first detailed sustainability playbook, with aims on making the university an innovator and model of sustainable behaviors in the years and decades to come. After a four-month period of public review, NIU President Lisa C. Freeman and other members of senior leadership signed off last month on the sweeping Sustainability and Climate...
NIU Doctor of Audiology students took part in the eighth annual Clinical Rounds Poster Presentations event on Nov. 21 held at the Wellness and Literacy Center. Each year during their final on-campus fall semester, members of the cohort of audiology students choose a clinical case, read relevant research and present their findings to peers and...
It’s never too early to learn about philanthropy. That was the case when NIU’s Child and Development and Family Center (CDFC) held a birthday cake kit drive this fall to benefit the Huskie Food Pantry. “At the CDFC we have three center-wide pyramid model expectations: we take care of ourselves, we take care of others...
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