Many students dream of traveling to another country and studying abroad, but options might seem limited if they do not have financial means to pay for a trip. NIU’s Foreign Language Residence Program (FLRP) is a language-immersion special interest community for students
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Bernadette Chatman During the fall semester of 2015, Bernadette Chatman served as a Northern Lights Ambassador for the NIU College of Education. What, she was asked for a web profile, were her ambitions? The sophomore Special Education major in the Department of Special and Early
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The 125th Anniversary Oral History Project is a celebration of the many people and events that make up NIU’s rich history. Led by Amanda Littauer, NIU associate professor, Department of History and Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and JoAnn Losavio, a
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When inclement weather strikes, students and university employees have a number of resources available to stay informed regarding whether classes are cancelled or campuses are closed. The decision to declare an emergency weather suspension of campus operations, including class cancellations, is a data-informed, consultative process involving
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Settled into their new space on the fourth floor of the Health Services Building, the staff in Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ADEI) invite you to their open house on Friday, March 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ADEI moved into
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The community is invited to the ninth annual benefit concert, Transformation Through Rhythm, on Friday, March 20, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the DeKalb High School Auditorium. The concert will feature the Harambee African Percussion Ensemble, the DeKalb High School Percussion Ensemble,
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Hammock’s Second Season Features Six Home Games, Big Ten Match-Ups A pair of Big Ten Conference opponents, a Chicagoland game versus one of the most storied independent programs in the nation and five games at Huskie Stadium highlight Northern Illinois University’s 2020
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Institutional Communications is excited to launch a new Image Library with more robust features. After researching available options and getting feedback from campus collaborators, the new system from Canto is now available to the NIU community. This digital asset management system uses
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Two U.S. Army combat tours of Iraq. Expertise in Arabic linguistics. Six years of civilian intelligence work with the U.S. Department of Defense. Official travel spanning Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. A leadership role in an applied research organization. Suffice
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Angie Redmond, a second year MFA student in painting and museum studies at the NIU School of Art and Design from Maywood, Ill. won first place at the prestigious national juried art exhibition “Black Creativity” at the Museum of Science and Industry
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Eric Johnson, director of choral activities at the NIU School of Music and founding artistic director of Cor Cantiamo, will be honored as the recipient the 2020 Harold Decker Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The award is given annually
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When James Wu became the new principal of Taipei Fuhsing Private School last year, he had ambitious dreams to expand the 3,500-student K-12 school by building a second campus. This second campus, to be dubbed the “Innovation Academy” would focus on a
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