Category: Students
On June 1, WNIJ 89.5 launched WNIJ.org/Hola, a new digital community with an events calendar, news and an opinion series geared toward Spanish speakers of all levels in DeKalb County. WNIJ.org/Hola features local and state news stories, recipes and opinion pieces in both Spanish and English, as well as a regularly updated playlist of Spanish-language...
Northern Illinois University is announcing a formal partnership with Hope Chicago, the innovative two-generation college scholarship program committed to investing $1 billion over the next decade in postsecondary scholarships to Chicago Public School (CPS) students and their parents. The partnership will support inaugural Hope Scholar cohort participants from five partner CPS high schools: Benito Juárez...
Beverly Henry has been named interim dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) effective June 1, 2022. She replaces Dean Lynda Ransdell who accepted a position at Boise State University. “I look forward to working with all the constituencies in the college,” Henry said. “We will continue to advance our work and build strong...
A consultant for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is joining NIU as vice president for Student Affairs. Clint-Michael Reneau, whose appointment is effective June 16, comes to DeKalb with two decades of work and innovation in higher education and secondary education at a diverse variety of institutional contexts. In his current...
Huskies, come on, you Huskies! We are counting on our community, once again, to come together to make a difference during this year’s Huskies United day of giving, which begins the afternoon of Wednesday, June 22, and run until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, June 23. Traditionally, this is a day when NIU alumni, staff, faculty,...
The recently completed Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Survey, which ran from April 4 through May 6, yielded a record number of respondents. A total of 1,551 students and 1,160 faculty and staff completed the survey, a 72 percent increase in participation over 2019, the first year the IDEA Survey was administered. In 2019,...
Northern Public Radio – the broadcast arm of NIU – is increasing coverage of agriculture, water and environmental issues with a new Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. The coverage will look at climate change and environmental issues through a local lens and will be aired on WNIJ 89.5, online at wnij.org and through...
As part of the national nonpartisan ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, NIU works to promote civic awareness among students and increase political participation. Among those passionate about the effort, Grant Goral is up for the challenge. And then some. The 21-year-old DeKalb native, double majoring in political science and history with plans to graduate in...
While the disciplines of art and engineering are not always thought to converge, they do quite often. In fact, art converges with many industries and careers that many might not realize. “Art applies to many fields, such as architecture, landscape architecture, science, psychology, medicine and of course, engineering as in this example,” said Todd Buck, professor...
6,400 students, 1,100 universities, 91 countries Few can claim the title Champions of the World. But Paula Veyhle, Nicholas Stone and Nolan O’Rear achieved that right while they were NIU College of Business Department of Finance students. And they did so, soaring to epic heights, all while keeping their feet firmly planted on the ground. ...
Gregory Beyer, Professor and Director of Percussion Studies in the NIU School of Music and percussion alumni Ethan Martin and Noel Streacker were recently featured on PBS’ “Now Hear This.” The three are part of Arcomusical, made up of Beyer and NIU Percussion graduate students and alumni, whose mission is “to spread the joy of...
Looking to add real-world program management experience to his résumé, accelerated MBA student Dylan Lonteen found an opportunity through the IGNITE program that piqued his interest. “I had started out looking for part-time jobs on Indeed and found a position with the DeKalb County Community Gardens. It turned out that they didn’t have a need...
