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Procurement Services and Contract Management is pleased to announce that Terrence (Terry) Michels joined the team as director on Dec. 4, 2023. Michels reports to Antoinette Bridges, executive director of PSCM. Michels brings broad experience in procurement, contract and vendor compliance, Illinois Higher Education procurement code and administrative rules, management of commercial card programs, product...
Northern Illinois University Libraries is pleased to announce the completion of the Street & Smith Project. First begun in 2020 with a grant of $338,630 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), this project involved partner libraries at NIU, Villanova University, Stanford University, Bowling Green State University, and Oberlin College and Conservatory, digitizing 113,342...
Growing up in rural Stillman Valley, Illinois, Nichole Harper, ’23, was a very adventurous and outgoing kid. “I loved to be outdoors as much as I could, and I still do to this day,” she said. “Growing up in a small town with a population of 1,000 people, I wanted to be a lawyer.” Over...
In 2022, Dr. Levi Harrison partnered with Northern Illinois University Esports to create the Fierce Gamer Scholarship. Dr. Harrison is an orthopedic surgeon known as “the gamers and esports doctor” who is dedicated to promoting mental, physical and emotional health among video gamers. The annual $1,000 Fierce Gamer Scholarships are awarded to NIU undergraduate students...
Northern Illinois University Libraries has acquired a subscription to a new service to help faculty, staff and students find grant funding to support their research, scholarship, artistry and engagement projects. The service, Funding Institutional, provides a searchable database of funding organizations, more than 37,000 active and recurring funding opportunities, and over 7 million awarded grants. Users...
Event draws at least 600 Huskies for powerful conversations Building upon the success of the inaugural Real Talk Conference: Bridging Race, Identity, and Community, NIU’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center continues to challenge Huskies to facilitate change. The work of the center is a collaboration between the divisions of Student Affairs and Academic Diversity,...
Dean Kelly Fiala welcomed members of the inaugural College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) Advisory Boardto campus on Oct. 13.  For Fiala, who has been leading the college since June, assembling a team to support the college was a critical priority and goal she set soon after arriving on campus. “Our board members are...
Blindness and visual disabilities do not discriminate. Anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or creed, can face a lifetime of limited vision or no sight at all. For some, it begins at birth. For others, it can come with age, disease or accident. No one is immune. Members of that population have for...
Three College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) students earned the opportunity to attend the Health in Entrepreneurship Research Forum held in Chicago on Oct. 13-14. Event organizers included Tim Michaelis, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at NIU College of Business, who along with Becca Husar, associate director for Innovation and Partnership Development, provided CHHS with...
Thanksgiving can be a special time of coming together and making memories. This year, two NIU students took this to a new level, organizing a Thanksgiving meal for more than 100 people at Ellington’s Restaurant in the Holmes Student Center – a gathering that included their families and multiple generations of Huskies. Gabby Bostwick and...
NIU’s Division of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ADEI) recently welcomed Jade Silva Tovar as the new assistant vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Officially joining the Huskie family on Oct. 23, Silva Tovar brings more than a decade’s worth of experience in higher education. Having worked in multiple capacities across several higher education...
As NIU recognizes its more than 1,000 international students and celebrates International Education Week with a variety of events , it’s important to note international students encounter challenges not often faced by U.S.-born students. From visa restrictions, travel logistics and cultural differences to time and distance away from family, it can be overwhelming. And, for...
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