NIU public administration faculty will be among the featured presenters during an upcoming webinar that will focus on providing leadership during financial crisis. The webinar will be held at noon Friday, June 5, and will feature Professor Kurt Thurmaier, chair of the NIU
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The Huskie community is remembering retired dean, esteemed educator, and scholar, Margaret Ann “Peggy” Sullivan, a woman described by her family and friends as someone who encouraged everyone to pursue higher education, read another book, see another play, and sing another song.
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This semester the University Honors Program (UHP) has instituted an award to recognize faculty mentors who provided outstanding support and guidance to Honors students completing their capstones. This is an especially meaningful award as nominations come from student mentees who are moved
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How are businesses meeting the challenges of the current economy? How are consumers interacting with businesses, and what permanent changes should we expect? Learn about the creative ways in which businesses large and small, rural and urban, are responding to current challenges
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In the front entrance of the Impact Lab (a suite located in Barsema Hall), stands a large sign that reads: “Welcome to No Classrooms.” It’s a clear declaration of the type of engaged learning that happens in the Experiential Learning Center (ELC), a program created by the NIU College of Business in 1998. ELC classes bring together students’ open-mindedness and faculty thought-leadership to solve firm-specific problems. It
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Kymberly Messersmith, ’88, was always interested in government. One might even say it was in her blood. “My father (Frank Messersmith) was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in my final years of high school, and I would spend time in
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NIU President Lisa C. Freeman and the student organization, Dream Action NIU are the recipients of this year’s Eychaner Award, the longest standing LGBTQ+ advocacy award given at the university. Established in 1995 to honor its namesakes, Milly Eychaner a 1941 graduate
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The Missionary Innovative Robust (M.I.R.) Lunar Team poses for a group photo prior to submitting their proposal to the NASA 2020 BIG Idea Challenge in fall 2019. Four team members won scholarships this month from the Illinois Space Grant Consortium: mechatronics majors
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When it comes to music, Marquis Hill is the best of the proverbial best. An experienced trumpeter and music teacher, he has performed alongside today’s top artists in jazz festivals and competitions. He has been honored with many prestigious awards and scholarships, including the 2014 Thelonious Monk Trumpet Competition,
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Celine Taylor wanted to distribute more surveys investigating the distracted driving habits and traffic-related injuries of motorcycle riders in Myanmar. Isabella Guizzetti hoped to return to an NIU lab after Spring Break to repeat some of her experiments on hepatocellular carcinoma cell
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In a normal May, NIU calendars fill with ceremonies in honor of soon-to-be Huskie graduates. COVID-19 canceled those events this year, of course, but the virus could not stop the power of technology and social media to continue the springtime traditions in
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Leaders of the NIU Graduate School’s Career and Professional Development Office regarded the arrival of COVID-19 as a call to action. Several workshops planned for April would indeed go on as scheduled, albeit virtually – and, to the great delight of Dean
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