Category: Students
Huskies will have the opportunity to take a night off meal planning with Campus Dining’s new Huskie Fresh meal kit service. The meal kit concept has been around since 2012 with several companies now dominating the market including Hello Fresh, Blue Apron and Home Chef. “Now more than ever, our Huskie family’s time is stretched...
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly welcomes Marcia McNutt, geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences, as the next guest in their Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series at 4 p.m. CST Feb. 17. The event, conducted on Zoom, will feature a discussion between Dr. McNutt and Dean Robert Brinkmann on how disciplines...
Three NIU student organizations of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) including the National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers have joined forces with sponsor Collins Aerospace to host a series of informative and engaging talks by CEET alumni who are emerging leaders in...
The Huskie Food Pantry, which last fall observed the five-year anniversary of its current campus location, is entering 2022 with fresh ideas. This month, the pantry received $5,000 in gift cards from Meijer grocery, chosen by employees at the Sycamore branch for the franchise’s “Meijer Team Give” program. While also supported by donations, drives and...
Iris Espinoza was recently awarded the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) John Consalvi Service Scholarship award. The NIU student is one of two students from across the state of Illinois to earn the annual award. “This award makes me feel very honored and humbled,” said Espinoza. “I would not have been able to receive this award...
Eighteen prominent business leaders, all with ties to NIU and many of them alumni of the university, will provide their expertise and vision to the university as the first members of the NIU Presidential Advisory Council. As NIU focuses efforts on the ongoing growth, development and enhancement of the university, the council will be instrumental...
When NIU STEM Café coordinator Judith Dymond met filmmaker Michael Lahey, a seed of an idea took root, one that’s culminating in this month’s STEM Café on the art and science of candy making. Lahey, who earned his Master of Arts in English from NIU, is the maker of the documentary Shelf Life: The Story...
Huskies will have the opportunity to showcase their efforts in undergraduate research and other engagement projects during the Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE), which takes place April 25-29, 2022. The five-day event, formerly known as Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) and the Community Engagement Showcase (CES), will take place online and in-person...
The Board of Trustees approved the merger of the departments of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences and Geology and Environmental Geosciences during their Dec. 7 meeting. The new unit, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, brings together 19 faculty, 50 graduate students, nearly 115 undergraduate students and numerous researchers and technical staff between the two departments....
After completing his master’s degree, Orlando Bowen felt like he had arrived. Bowen earned his B.S. in marketing in 1998 and his M.S. in management information systems in 2000, both from the NIU College of Business. He was working as a consultant for a boutique technology firm in downtown Chicago. He felt blessed to have a successful career in a...
Save the date of May 6 and plan to be amazed as the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology invites the public to attend its annual Senior Design Demonstration Day at the NIU Convocation Center from noon to 4 p.m. This year, more than 55 teams of senior engineering students will showcase their innovative capstone projects. Some...
The Indiana Music Education Association Professional Development Conference in Ft. Wayne had a distinct northern Illinois feel to it this past weekend. Not only had Reggie Thomas, professor and head of Jazz Studies at NIU, been asked to direct the Indiana All-State Jazz Band, but the NIU Wind Ensemble performed twice, a rare honor for...
