When it comes to leadership and strategy for NIU’s online and off-campus program development, Jason Rhode is on a mission. As the newly appointed executive director of extended learning, Rhode will serve as NIU’s chief online learning officer and continue to build
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When was the last time you stopped and looked at the night sky just to marvel at the wonders of space? When have you taken a moment to dig into mysterious subjects like dark matter or learn about the latest space explorations
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On Monday, July 9, Ariel Owens joined the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) staff as the assistant director for Women and Gender Programs. A 2016 graduate of NIU, Owens is excited to take on the position. The assistant director is responsible
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Mike Stang, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, received the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) prestigious Parthenon Award during the organization’s annual conference on July 7 in Denver. Stang was one of five recipients from around the
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More than 80 years after NIU first opened as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1899, faculty in Physical Education began to embrace a new way of thinking. “Our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE), and our peers across the
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Offices and hallways lined with filing cabinets are a distant memory for Crystal Garvey, NIU Senior Associate Director of Admissions Systems and Processing. “It really has revolutionized what we do; we were drowning in paper,” Garvey said. “We process over 100,000 documents
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“Being in the presence of Olympic coaches and athletes was incredible. I even got to the see one of my favorite male gymnasts who has been to the past two Olympic Games! That was definitely a highlight for me. Training in the
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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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When Kathryn Olson was a student at Northern Illinois University, she became part of Huskie Service Scholars to network with peers and get involved in campus and community service projects. Because the program contributed to her career path, she gives back as
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Caleb Pursell simply wanted a taste of teaching in a rural area. And that’s exactly what he got in the Mandaree School District, located within North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The senior Elementary Education major joined three other NIU College of Education students on
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Ashley Grazutis has been thinking about the edTPA since she arrived at NIU. “The first time I heard about the edTPA was [as a first-year student] at a Secondary Education Organization meeting,” says Grazutis, a senior from Palos Park, Illinois. “All the rubrics.
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Instead of kicking off the summer with a relaxing break, NIU researchers have been busy breaking new ground. In a two-week span during June, NIU scientists served as lead authors on three separate articles appearing in prestigious Nature Research journals, while other
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