Not everyone can claim to be a Noogler (a new hire at Google), but recent NIU College of Business grad Priyanka Gollamudi (MIS 2018) can. She reached out to the chair of the Department of OM&IS to share news of her professional
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Huskies Give Back pays employees for volunteering
If your New Year’s Resolution is to spend a little more time giving back to your community, don’t forget that the Huskies Give Back program now allows NIU employees to spend one paid day off per fiscal year volunteering at approved schools,
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Actress Joan Allen reflects on her Huskie work ethic
In case you cannot tell by looking at her pages-long resume of Broadway stage productions, television programs and award-winning films, actress Joan Allen has a thing about work ethic. After four decades of stage and screen acting, she has not forgotten what
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NIU remembers former dean Paul S. Burtness
Professor emeritus and former dean Paul S. Burtness, Ph.D. passed away at his home in Sycamore on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Burtness joined the Northern Illinois University English Department in 1953, teaching courses in the history of the language, Chaucer and Milton.
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From NIU to HBO, Matt Walsh, ’87, makes it up as he goes along
When comedic actor Matt Walsh, ’87, and his six brothers and sisters were growing up in Chicago in the late 1960s and ’70s, there were not a lot of scheduled playdates, movie outings or grand vacations. “In our neighborhood, there were a
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Student Government Association takes on new name, new location
An important NIU organization has a new name and a new location. Effective immediately, NIU Student Association is now NIU Student Government Association (SGA), a name change that more accurately reflects the organization’s role on campus. “I am proud of the Student
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Audiology alumna advocates on Capitol Hill for audiology patients
A lot of people want to change the world for the better, but few challenge the system straight out of school. Rachel Stuehm, who earned her doctorate in audiology from NIU in 2019, did just that. Along with dozens of other audiologists,
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Website honors M.S.Ed. in Special Ed among nation’s best for new teachers
NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Special Education has earned high kudos from Teacher.org, a national website “for teachers by teachers.” Following a review of “every single accredited ITP master’s program available,” the site’s editors “hand-selected the ones we could confidently recommend as the very best” in their 2019/2020
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For automation expert James Mortell, ’15, the future is now
James Mortell, ’15, works amongst robots, but it does not faze him. As a product engineer for Omron, an electronics company based in Kyoto, Japan, it is all in a day’s work. After three years of experience with Omron’s Vision Inspection
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Dean Peterson re-elected to lead international exoskeleton standards committee
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., NIU’s dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology and mechanical engineering professor, was re-elected to a two-year term as chair of ASTM International’s exoskeletons and exosuits committee (F48). The committee’s task is to develop industry standards
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Ashley receives AMS honor; will present at annual meeting
NIU meteorology professor Walker Ashley has been selected to present the Walter Orr Robert Lecture at the 100th Annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting in Boston Jan. 12-16, 2020. The Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Sciences is selected in recognition of
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With the help of a federal grant, NIU is revolutionizing the way braille is taught
More than 5,000 teachers of students with visual impairments from across the country have completed an online course developed and hosted at NIU with support from a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The course, known as UEBOT-1 (Unified English Braille
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