The NIU Supermileage team is on a roll again. The team of engineering students at NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) won third place in the international SAE Supermileage competition in June. SAE Supermileage is a competition for teams of engineering undergraduate and
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The Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University has launched an online exhibition, “Looking At Women in Contemporary Burma.” It focuses on the evolving portrayal of Burmese women as depicted today by Myanmar artists reflects a politico-cultural milieu in transition between tradition and modernity. After some
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Anthony Preston enjoys a rich history with NIU, the college and the NIU Business graduate business programs. Immediately after earning his Fast-Trak MBA (formerly a dual-degree international MBA format which has since evolved and expanded) from NIU Business, Anthony served as Assistant to the Dean and was charged with
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Northern Illinois University has joined more than 160 colleges committed to full student voter registration and participation in all elections through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. A nonpartisan, national initiative, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge aims to substantially increase the number
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What are the things you wish you knew as an inexperienced and overwhelmed student? The Orientation and First Year Programs team is seeking volunteer staff and faculty mentors to welcome our newest Huskies into the pack and help them create a positive
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Where would the world be in pandemic times without video and online chat services like Zoom? In just a few short months, we have learned to depend on this particular software platform to stay close with coworkers, friends and family, and in
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Kate McCabe, a junior majoring in Nutrition, Health and Wellness, is the third student to be selected as a paid intern with the Communiversity Gardens through a partnership between Campus Compact and Tyson Foods. “We are fortunate to have received this grant award
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Jon Briscoe has accepted the role as the new Chair of the Department of Management, taking on Sarah Marsh’s substantial achievements as she steps down from the role and opts to return to her first love of teaching. Jon began his tenure as chair
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Plan developed by department’s Diversity Integration Group (DIG) engages student-athletes, staff With issues of race relations and social justice rising to the forefront of national and international consciousness, Northern Illinois University Athletics has enacted an aggressive social justice education plan for student-athletes,
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When COVID sent us to a virtual environment in the spring, did your laptop require a gazillion updates? Did you struggle to access the internet at home? Did you write an entire class assignment on your phone? Tell us about it. Really.
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With economists speculating a recession looming due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resourceful companies are looking for ways to do more with less now more than ever before. Whether it’s trying to produce more with fewer staff, managing profit in the midst of
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For the past five years, Vernese Edghill-Walden has led the strategic efforts to make the NIU campus and community a more diverse and inclusive place for all to live, learn and work. In recognition of her success, the NIU Board of Trustees
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