Tag: Earl "Gip" Seaver
“This makes sense. All universities should do this!” Following those words from a member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the IBHE unanimously granted permanent status to NIU’s Center for P-20 Engagement in June. The Illinois Board of Higher Education’s staff grants temporary approval for new centers and institutes and then conducts a rigorous...
Members of the NIU Speech-Language Pathology faculty and staff are excited to be recognized for their diligent work in the form of a high ranking in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges and Universities listing. NIU’s graduate Speech-Language Pathology program is ranked first in the State of Illinois for master’s-only programs at...
NIU has completed the first three years of the implementation of the Great Journeys Strategic Plan. Provost Raymond W. Alden has issued a call for proposals to be considered for implementation in FY12 and beyond. Two types of proposals are being sought: Continuation of previously funded initiatives. New initiatives that will function as demonstration projects....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Northern Illinois University with a $2 million grant to ramp up efforts to encourage more students to choose career paths in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The funding, to be dispersed over five years through NSF’s Science Talent Expansion Program (STEP), is being used...
Vice Provost Earl “Gip” Seaver today announced the following appointments: Elizabeth Tovar has been selected to serve as director of the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS). Tovar comes to NIU from Ohio State University, where she served as an athletic academic counselor. Michelle Pickett has been selected to serve as the director of the Academic Advising Center (AAC). Pickett...
Provost Ray Alden will complement his top staff with two longtime NIU leaders who bring considerable administrative and university-level governance experience to the table. Anne Birberick, former chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, is the new vice provost. Birberick succeeds Earl “Gip” Seaver, who will become deputy provost July 1. NIU alumna...
Earl “Gip“ Seaver, vice provost at NIU and a member of the faculty in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders, was one of 11 alumni inducted this fall into the Outstanding Alumni Academy of the Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services. As part of Homecoming 2010, Seaver was honored in recognition...
