Tag: Abby Dean
This week, the university will kick off new brand and advertising campaigns for specific audiences that aim to build on our efforts to elevate the reputation and awareness of our university brand. The Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications division is executing advertising strategies to encourage specific audiences – like transfer students, freshman and adult students...
Abby Dean might have just started as NIU’s director of University Marketing, but she begins with more than a decade of Huskie experience. “I am really excited to take this position and have the team that I have,” said Dean, who has worked for NIU since 2003 and took over the newly created director position...
Recruitment and retention took center stage Friday morning when nearly 150 NIU leaders gathered for President Doug Baker’s strategic plan implementation retreat. Participants, who ranged from department chairs and directors to deans and vice presidents, received a bird’s-eye view of NIU’s work to reverse declining enrollment and deal with diminished state funding. The first 60...
Nine panels of old photographs depicting NIU’s rich history greeted visitors to the Carl Sandburg Auditorium for the inauguration of President Doug Baker. Called “Made by History,” the photo exhibition covers topics such as the physical campus, colleges, student life, athletics, prominent visitors, “communiversity” and, of course, NIU presidents. Wade Duerkes, a photographer for NIU...
