Scott Metlicka, a 1993 graduate of NIU, has returned to his alma mater to join the faculty of the School of Music to teach flute. Metlicka is an accomplished performer and educator with prior teaching experience at NIU. In 2010 he served
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CEET alum on front lines of NIH’s COVID response
Alum Brian Czarnecki ’98, ’00 was featured this month in the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) NIH Record newsletter about his work on the front lines in the midst of the biggest headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Czarnecki is a lieutenant commander for
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Alum Ra’Mon Jones published in Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal
Class of 2020 graduate Ra’Mon Jones was published in the July 2020 issue of the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal. His article, “What The Hair: Employment Discrimination Against Black People Based on Hairstyles”, asserts that employment discrimination against Black people based on natural hairstyles
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Guitarist An Tran joins School of Music faculty
An Tran, an international soloist with roots in world music has joined the NIU School of Music’s faculty to teach classical guitar. Tran is an internationally acclaimed Vietnamese classical guitarist who has won more than 13 international competitions and awards. Based in
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IISE wins Most Innovative Chapter Event award
Huskies never quit and neither do engineering students. That’s why it’s no surprise that the NIU student chapter of the Institute of Industrial Systems Engineers (IISE) earned the national IISE award for Most Innovative Chapter Event in 2019. The chapter hosted by NIU’s College of Engineering and
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NIU alumnus to moderate ‘The Black C-Suite: Challenges and Opportunities’ webcast
Produced by the Controllers Council, “The Black C-Suite: Challenges and Opportunities” is a complimentary webcast that will address the gap in representation of African Americans and minorities in the top executive ranks of U.S. corporations. The webcast will feature black executives who will
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Participants given tools to fight for social justice in virtual townhall
Covering everything from the history of protest and racism in America to how to get involved and sustain a cause, a Social Justice Workshop & Townhall Virtual Series aims to create change agents. And that’s exactly what it’s doing, organizers say. “We’re
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O Canada: Alissa Droog finds perfect mix in job duties for NIU education librarian
Alissa Droog Alissa Droog is eager to run workshops that teach NIU Huskies how to read peer-reviewed articles and how to practice academic integrity in citations. She’s counting the days until she can welcome College of Education majors to Founders Memorial Library to teach them
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Anne Edwards named Director of NIU Center for Black Studies
A familiar face has agreed to lead NIU’s Center for Black Studies. After two years in an interim role, Anne Edwards has been named director of the center on a permanent basis. As interim director, Edwards increased the number of Black alumni
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CLLAS joins ‘Voces of a Pandemic,’ a Latinx oral history project
Looking for individuals and families to share their experiences and struggles related to the pandemic NIU’S Center for Latino and Latin American Studies has partnered with the University of Texas at Austin on an oral history project that preserves the experiences and
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NIU graduate a driving force behind DeKalb’s Black Lives Matter movement
Following the death of George Floyd and the unrest in the country, Vivian Meade woke up one morning in late May and thought, “I need to do something.” A recent graduate of NIU, the 26-year-old quickly became an organizer for the Black
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NIU tapped for Chronicle of Higher Education expert panel
Northern Illinois University’s director of Admissions took part in a panel of national experts this week for a webinar hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Quinton Clay joined enrollment representatives from three other regions for “College Enrollment and Access in the
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