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Eddie R. Williams
A farewell reception is planned from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, for Eddie R. Williams. The event takes place in the Altgeld Auditorium. Remarks are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. All are welcome. Williams came to NIU as an assistant professor of mathematics in 1970. Forty-three years and a lifetime of personal and professional...
Eddie R. Williams
Hanging prominently on the wall in Eddie R. Williams’ office is his framed, signed original offering letter from Northern Illinois University when he was extended his first full-time teaching position as an assistant professor of mathematics in 1970. Forty-three years and a lifetime of personal and professional achievement and service later, Williams announced he will...
NIU Veterans Day ceremony 2011
Military service is in Scott Johnsen’s blood. His father served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam era. Both of his grandfathers served. One of his grandmothers served in the WAVES – Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service – for the U.S. Navy during World War II. His younger brother also joined the Navy....
NIU President John Peters leads the ribbon-cutting Monday at NIU’s new residence hall.
For the first time in nearly a half-century, NIU students, university leaders and their partners in the construction industry gathered to cut the ribbon on a new residence hall. NIU President John Peters led the afternoon ceremony to dedicate the new buildings, which will welcome 1,000 students next week. “This is truly a momentous occasion....
Clockwise from top left: Eddie Williams, Steve Cunningham, Bill Nicklas and Jeff Daurer.
Eddie R. Williams, NIU executive vice president for business and finance and chief of operations, today announced administrative changes as part of a reorganization designed to take advantage of the leadership strengths and knowledge base of members of the administration in order to maintain and improve the quality of service delivered to the NIU community...
An NIU police officer speaks with students next to an emergency call box.
NIU staff and faculty are committed to ensuring a safe and healthy campus and learning environment that challenges and inspires students to be academically and personally successful. The cooperation and involvement of students, faculty and staff in maintaining a safe and secure teaching and learning environment is absolutely necessary, and all members of the NIU...
Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield. Photo courtesy Illinois Board of Tourism.
In Springfield … Friday, March 9, was the deadline to get substantive bills reported out of committees in the chamber of origin, so it was a very busy week. On March 6, House Bill 5745, sponsored by Rep. Brandon Phelps, passed out of the House Agriculture & Conservation Committee. This bill would allow for concealed-carry in...
Eddie R. Williams
NIU’s Eddie R. Williams, executive vice president for business and finance and chief of operations, will speak Friday, Nov. 11, at Blackburn College’s annual Veterans Day Convocation. The Veterans Day Convocation has become an important event on Blackburn’s academic year calendar, serving as the commemorative occasion for recognizing the military service of alumni, current faculty,...
Vision 2020
NIU President John G. Peters announced today the membership on the Vision 2020 Steering Committee. Peters will chair the 38-member committee, comprised of faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni and donors. Executive Vice President and Provost Raymond Alden and Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations Eddie Williams will serve as vice-chairs of the committee. “The Steering...