Category: Students
The Transfer Center at Northern Illinois University’s Office of Admissions is starting a Facebook group for admitted transfer students. As an extension of their fan page, Transfer2NIU, the group provides a platform that will give admitted students the opportunity to connect with each other prior to coming to campus, ask questions of the Admissions Transfer...
Five NCAA Tournament teams, including three that finished in the top-10 last season, highlight the 2012 Northern Illinois men’s soccer schedule released on Monday. The Huskies will host six regular season matches at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex as well as exhibition games against Notre Dame (Aug. 12) and DePaul (Aug. 18)....
NIU’s Mini Baja team, which designs and builds off-road vehicles for competition, recently participated in a Society of Automotive Engineers event at the MGA research facility in Burlington, Wis. Competitions encourage intuitive design to win. Students must use a stock Briggs and Stratton 10-horsepower engine and follow the Mini Baja 71-page rule book. “From start...
The future of learning at Northern Illinois University is becoming increasingly paperless as NIU’s Information Technology Services embarks on a journey to “green up NIU.” The effort has its roots in NIU’s Vision 2020 Initiative, which places an emphasis on enhancing technology-related instruction and investment in that technology. The NIU Board of Trustees authorized an...
Northern Illinois University President John G. Peters was among the 12 university presidents that gathered Tuesday to announce approval of a plan for a four-team college football playoff put forward by commissioners of the top athletic conferences. Peters and the others comprise the Presidential Oversight Committee of the Bowl Championship Series. “It was a historic...
Eighty golfers scrambled to raise more than $18,000 for merit-based scholarships in the NIU College of Engineering andEngineering Technology during the second annual Tee Up Fore Scholarships event. Held June 19, the event is a result of collaboration between CEET and Caterpillar, Inc. One hundred percent of the profits go to scholarships. “As Aristotle said,...
NIU’s College of Law has announced the creation of two new certificate programs: the Certificate in Criminal Practice and Certificate in Civil Advocacy programs. These specialized programs will give NIU Law students the opportunity to focus their legal education toward one of two distinct concentrations that build on existing strengths at NIU Law. The certificates...
Beginning July 1, access to the bus turnaround adjacent to Northern Illinois University’s Holmes Student Center will be limited to bus traffic, loading dock deliveries, services vehicles, hotel guest check-in/drop-off, handicap parking and those with ‘special circumstance’ permits, which can be secured from the Campus Parking Office on a very limited basis. Perhaps the biggest...
Chances are good that passersby who walked near Davis Hall or the NIU Transportation Center during the week of June 11 did a double take. After all, it’s not every day that 21 NIU students in Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Tyvek® suits, practicing the proper handling of hazardous materials and simulating work on...
Angela Grippo, an assistant professor of psychology at NIU, has won a major national award for her research into the association between depression and cardiovascular disease in animal models. The American Psychological Association (APA) will present Grippo with one of its prestigious 2012 APA Distinguished Scientific Awards during the organization’s convention, scheduled from Aug. 2...
Brian Hemphill, who has guided NIU’s Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management since 2004, is leaving DeKalb at the end of the month to become the 10th president of West Virginia State University. A farewell reception for Hemphill is planned from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in the auditorium of Altgeld Hall....
Northern Illinois volleyball player Kristin Hoffman has been selected by the Mid-American Conference as the MAC’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. As team captain, Hoffman helped lead the Huskies to the claim the MAC regular season title this past season. She became the first Huskie to be named MAC Setter of...
