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Short Video from President Freeman Previews Excitement of this Year’s Events While we continue to enjoy the summer, we’re just two short months away from NIU’s 115th Homecoming. Dozens of staff, faculty and alumni are hard at work on the week’s events, which will celebrate the Huskie Nation. Festivities begin on Monday, Oct. 3 and...
The State of Illinois has announced it will begin the design phase of the planned Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability (NICCS), essentially green-lighting the $23 million project. The state’s agency in charge of project construction, the Capital Development Board, is seeking formal bids from architectural and engineering firms for the planned sustainability research center....
Paul Wright Paul Wright is the new chair of the Research Council for SHAPE America. Wright, the EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, will lead the organization’s efforts during the next year to encourage and promote research activity. He also promises to find avenues for partnership...
When former NIU baseball player Tim Kuncis, ’96, was majoring in art in college, it was not clear how or if he would use his degree. In fact, for the first two decades of his career, he worked in the trading pits of the Chicago Board of Trade before realizing his dream of becoming an...
Eric Junco The NIU College of Education’s first director for Equity is ready to listen. Eric Junco, who is completing his dissertation in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, plans to inaugurate the new position with a “listening tour” that engages stakeholders who will include students, faculty, administrators and staff. His appointment is effective July...
Two students from the College of Health and Human Sciences(CHHS) have been named Interns of the Semester for the spring 2022 term by NIU Career Services. Danielle Havlik, a speech-language pathology major, and Caitlin Richmond, a human development and family sciences major, were selected for their outstanding contributions and are now eligible to compete for the...
For the first time, any NIU student gamer can apply for a scholarship in fall 2022, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Levi Harrison. Known as “the esports doctor,” Dr. Harrison is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of hand, arm and shoulder injuries. He’s also an avid video game player, mental health...
NIU continues to evolve as a leader in using an equity lens to champion the success of all students from all backgrounds. NIU’s vigorous, sustained university-wide efforts to address systemic inequities and foster a more inclusive campus recently gained recognition by the Illinois-based advocacy nonprofit Partnership for College Completion. The organization celebrated the inaugural graduates...
Throughout his 13 years leading Northern Illinois University, John Peters demonstrated an unwavering commitment to creating a vibrant student life and strong student engagement. In recognition of his service and dedication to the university and its students, the NIU board of trustees voted in June to rename the Campus Life Building, the Peters Campus Life...
NIU will rename New Residence Hall in honor of Fanny Ruth Patterson, the university’s first African American graduate. New Residence Hall will now be known as Fanny Ruth Patterson Complex, home to Patterson Hall East and Patterson Hall West. The renaming—proposed by NIU Housing and Residential Services and approved by the NIU Board of Trustees...
Once again, Huskies United to do the impossible! Together, our alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University brought in $1,104,426 during our annual Huskies United day of giving, on June 22-23. This total exceeded expectations and topped last year’s total giving, when just over $1 million was raised. It only took the Huskie Nation 1,895...
This story, originally published by Fermilab, is reprinted here with permission. PIP-II, the state-of-the-art linear accelerator project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, received some help this year from undergraduate engineering students at Northern Illinois University. Every year, NIU’s Senior Design Program provides an opportunity for engineering students to apply the...
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