As coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt life around the world, the University Archives is asking students, faculty, staff and alumni to share stories of how it’s altering them. Sarah Cain, curator for Rare Books and Special Collections in the NIU Libraries, expects
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As the COVID-19 emergency unfolded this spring, universities across the globe had to act quickly to salvage a semester’s worth of classes and activities. As NIU prepared to close campus March 21, the NIU Southeast Asia Club (SEA Club) and Center for
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Two WNIJ news reporters have earned top awards in the Illinois Associated Press Broadcast News Contest for stories aired in 2019. Susan Stephens earned First Place as “Best Newswriter” while Sarah Jesmer earned Second Place in the “Best Reporter” category. The awards were
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Leadership and mentorship are always important topics for students looking to enter the workforce or anyone looking to move up, and more than 100 students, staff and alumni were in virtual attendance at a 90-minute joint NIU JobsPLUS/NIU Alumni Association online conversation
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NIU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) is recognizing an elite group of graduate students for their outstanding teaching abilities. Established in 2004, the center’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards acknowledge and recognize outstanding graduate teaching assistants for their contributions to
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NIU Sociology Associate Professor Diane Rodgers has a new book out on the timely topic of children’s participation in social movements. The book, “Children in Social Movements: Rethinking Agency, Mobilization and Rights,” is published in the Routledge Advances in Sociology series. “The
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During a recent NIU Operating Staff Council (OSC) Workplace Issues committee meeting, Housing and Residential Services Associate Director Lauren Teso-Warner expressed a need for personal protective equipment for Housing staff. Teso-Warner indicated that there are approximately 500 students still living on campus,
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The public is invited to a virtual engineering fair hosted by the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) on Friday, May 8 from 1-4 p.m. Visitors can explore the innovative projects that have been worked on this year by 87 teams
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An equity statement already in the works at NIU has taken on added meaning during these challenging times. A reflection of strategic efforts the past several years to cultivate equity, student success and prioritize inclusion at NIU, the recently released statement reads:
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Congratulations to Purushothaman (Purush) Damodaran, Ph.D., professor and chair of the industrial and systems engineering department of the CEET who won the 2020 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Operational Excellence (OpEx) Division Teaching Award. This award recognizes the “contribution of individuals to
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NIU’s School of Nursing put plans in motion to elevate the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rates. It worked: In 2019, NIU nursing school graduates have increased their pass rate one of the top in Illinois, 96.3%. NIU’s
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Transitioning to an online format this summer, Orientation and First Year Programs will offer new students the same high-quality preview of student life at NIU. In addition to an overview of the Huskie experience, new students will meet virtually with their academic
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