“I expected it to be us giving to them, based on what I know about the poverty that they live in and seeing the poverty that they live in, but oftentimes it felt very different than that.” Those are the sentiments of
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Passages
Daniel Wit of Rancho Mirage, California, died on June 11, 2018 at the age of 95 years. Dan was the founding director and dean of International Programs in 1969 and provided it with leadership for 22 years until his retirement on January 1,
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A first-generation college student: Ralph Wheeler
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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ETRA summer course enables students to explore, tap research power of UX lab
As word spread around the NIU campus about the new and rare User Experience Lab in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA), interest in its possibilities grew immediately. Brainwave monitors! Remote eye trackers! Mobile eye trackers! “Students were contacting
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Justice, ethics, collaboration: New minor launching in Social Change Leadership
NIU’s Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education (CAHE) will begin this fall to offer an undergraduate minor in Social Change Leadership. No matter a student’s professional aspirations, the development of leadership skills is essential for career success and important in an
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Communiversity Gardens first paid internship plants seeds for success
Hannah Jenkins would have spent her summer gardening at NIU for free. But, as the first paid intern for the college’s Communiversity Gardens, she was happy to earn a paycheck. Jenkins, a 21-year-old environmental studies major at NIU, earned the position as
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Sally Blake excited for new role leading Curriculum and Instruction Department
Sally Blake’s plans for the NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction are bold. “I want NIU to be the best teacher-training program in the country,” says Blake, who began work on Monday, July 16 as chair of the department in the College
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STEM Read Summer Institute to teach educators to transfer books ‘off the page’
Bringing books to life – transporting an author’s words and worlds from typewritten pages into physical spaces – marvelously rouses the passion for reading within young readers. Just imagine your excitement if you learned that Tad Lincoln had lost his famous father’s
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Library hosts an exhibit on world-famous cellist, and former NIU faculty member, Raya Garbousova
NIU and DeKalb were the home to one of the most influential artists of her time, and an exhibit in the Founders Memorial Library explores the music collection and impact of cellist Raya Garbousova. The exhibit, which runs through July 31, and
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A first-generation college student: Laura Lundelius
“I’m a First-Gen College Student” will bring together first-generation students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with Welcome Events from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 5 at Founders Memorial Library. To help launch the
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Jason Rhode takes the helm as the university’s chief online learning officer
When it comes to leadership and strategy for NIU’s online and off-campus program development, Jason Rhode is on a mission. As the newly appointed executive director of extended learning, Rhode will serve as NIU’s chief online learning officer and continue to build
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Explore the night sky and the universe at the next NIU STEM Café
When was the last time you stopped and looked at the night sky just to marvel at the wonders of space? When have you taken a moment to dig into mysterious subjects like dark matter or learn about the latest space explorations
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