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A pair of new agreements between Sauk Valley Community College and Northern Illinois University will make it easier for SVCC students to earn college degrees that will set them on the path to career success. In a ceremony Tuesday, the two institutions signed a new degree completion program that will allow some SVCC students to...

Two students in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology have earned scholarships by proving that safety matters. Scholarships from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) went to Brian Peterson, an undergraduate student in the Department of Technology’s industrial management and technology emphasis, with an area of study in environmental health and safety, and Martha...

Northern Illinois University’s College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET) has entered the third phase of its partnership with the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). The two universities are working together to prepare UMP to begin the ABET accreditation process as well as create dual degree opportunities for Malaysian students. In February, Omar Ghrayeb, associate dean of...

Gary Andrews, a longtime instructor with the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Traffic Safety Education program, was honored this spring by his employer: Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202. Andrews, the lead driver education instructor at Plainfield Central High School, received an Award of Excellence in recognition of his significant impact on students,...

Over the past two years, the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology and the Universiti Malaysia Pahang have laid the foundation for the creation of an Engineering Technology Program for Malaysian students. The second phase of the partnership, concluded in spring of 2013, included the development of an engineering technology curriculum that included 400-level...

Northern Illinois University is seeking non-NIU college students who are interested in environmental issues to work on research projects this summer with university scientists. As many as eight undergraduates will be chosen. Selected students will receive free housing on NIU’s campus – and each will be paid a stipend of $4,478. The students also will...

Two groups of NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology students partnered with Rich Harvest Farms as part of their senior design project. The task at hand: come up with a solution for the elite Sugar Grove golf course’s underground bunker rake system. Rich Harvest Farms is one of the few golf courses that utilize...

NIU faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to nominate NIU professors with outstanding records of community engagement for the 2013 Presidential Engagement Professorships. Nominations will be accepted now through the end of September. The honor is based on President John Peters’ call for engagement with the community through research, economic development, service and...

The Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is assisting Universiti Malaysia Pahang in the creation of an engineering technology program. The program will help Malaysia meet a tremendous need for engineering technologists. The government there recently indicated that their proposed plan for the future entails having 60 percent of their technical workforce...

Safety industry professional and blogger Joanell Powers recently wrote about her encounter with the NIU chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. In the blog post titled “Carrying the Torch for the Safety Profession,” Powers mentions how most young professionals feel as though the “over-forty” work force is outdated and stands in the way...

OK, here’s a cool summer gig for bright college kids. Northern Illinois University is looking for as many as eight non-NIU undergraduate students who are interested in environmental issues to work closely on research projects with university scientists. Selected students will rub elbows with researchers at federal laboratories, participate in a number of regional workshops...

For the second consecutive year, the NIU College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET) celebrated National Engineers Week with events for all ages. The theme for the 2012 Engineers Week was based on the projected world population of 7 billion people. With that many citizens, the many challenges facing our world requires immediate engineering solutions....