The human circulatory system is a marvel of nature, comprised of 60,000 miles of veins, arteries and capillaries that carry food, oxygen, hormones and other important chemicals throughout our bodies every minute of every day of our lives. Yet, we know relatively little about how that system operates. To help bridge those knowledge gaps, the...
To celebrate Advisor Appreciation Day and honor academic advisors at NIU, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost will be hosting a luncheon for advisors. The event will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, April 22 in Room 315 of Altgeld hall. Mission III will be in attendance. “Providing effective academic...
U.S. News & World Report has named NIU’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program fourth in the nation in the specialty field of local government management. NIU’s perennially ranked MPA program—which produces about one-third of city managers in Illinois—is the top-ranked local government program among public and private university programs in Illinois. Additionally, NIU’s MPA program ranked 11th...
NIU alumna Melissa Blake is many things – freelance writer, activist, influencer, pop culture maven, and child of the 80s and 90s. She can add author to that list, after channeling her passions into a three-year odyssey that culminated in the release of her first book. In Beautiful People: My Thirteen Truths About Disability, the...
This spring, NIU’s Course Materials Affordability Task Force (CMAT) presented the second annual Affordable Course Materials (ACM) Department Awards. These awards are part of the task force’s Leading Impact Program, which supports and recognizes academic departments and individual faculty for their adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and other free or low-cost materials in courses. CMAT used the affordable course...
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) congratulates Therese Clarke Arado and Susan Bowers, the 2024 winners of the Excellence in Online Teaching Award. Arado is deputy director of the Law Library and professor in the College of Law. Bowers is associate professor of Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Health and...
Congratulations to Holly Jones, professor in NIU’s Department of Biological Sciences, on winning the 2024 Exemplary Faculty Mentoring Award. “Holly’s mentorship has played a huge role in my success in achieving tenure, conducting research, obtaining funding, engaging with my department, and meaningfully mentoring my own students,” said Jennifer Koop, associate professor in Biological Sciences, who...
From citing his keen interest in connecting with his students, to his love for, and talent with, music to his ability to turn even the most mundane tasks into a fun and interesting learning opportunity, those who voiced their support for Ben Wahlund, this year’s winner of the Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction Award, demonstrated how...
As the son of Double Huskies who went on to be public-school teachers, Eric Michel didn’t always know he wanted to be a teacher. However, after 15 years into his own higher education teaching career began, management assistant professor Michel has reached a milestone reserved for only the best instructors—receiving the 2024 NIU Excellence in...
NIU educational technologist Pi-Sui Hsu named 2024 Presidential Engagement and Partnership Professor
Pi-Sui Hsu knows her mission. “Scientific argumentation is one of the eight essential practices in the Next Generation Science Standards,” says Hsu, a professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment. “I firmly believe that this practice can produce young adults who can think critically and argue effectively about the important issues in...
The impact Professor Liping Guo has made in her time at NIU stretches far beyond campus. It’s reflected in the many students she has inspired and mentored both in the classroom and through hands-on, real-world research and projects, as well as the countless collaborations she has forged. A professor in the Department of Engineering Technology...
To say Professor Holly Jones’ research is interdisciplinary and collaborative is a bit of an understatement. A National Geographic Explorer, Jones travels near and far to conduct her research, in places ranging from the Illinois prairie to the New Zealand archipelago. To tackle research questions that matter to on-the-ground environmental restoration and conservation experts, she...
