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NIU Professor Emeritus Dwight King, left, chats with Indonesian Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, who presented King with a special award from the Indonesian government.
Dwight King, NIU political science professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, was honored last month by Indonesian Ambassador to the United States Dr. Dino Patti Djalal. Djalal traveled to DeKalb from Washington, D.C., to present King with an “Award of Distinction for Lifetime Contribution to the Understanding of Indonesia.”...
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NIU’s Zeta Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for international scholars, is raising funds for scholarships through the sale of 2012 “International Cuisine in Culture” calendars and cozy coffee mugs. The calendars feature photographs taken by NIU students, faculty and staff members of the Zeta Gamma chapter. Both items make great holiday...
Deborah Pierce, associate provost for International Programs at NIU, has been elected as an officer of NAFSA, the world’s largest nonprofit professional association dedicated to international education. Pierce will begin serving a three-year term, beginning Jan. 1, as the association’s vice president for education and professional development. The post is charged with overseeing all of...
Nora Lindvall
Early this semester, Michael Clark, a political scientist at Northern Illinois University, struggled to write a letter of recommendation for senior Nora Lindvall—not because he didn’t know what to say, but rather, he didn’t know where to stop. So numerous are Lindvall’s accomplishments. “Nora is, without a doubt, the most talented and best all-around student...
Sara Clayton
Sara Clayton, administrative assistant in the Division of International Programs since 1996, is retiring. Clayton has spent almost 40 years as an NIU employee, including 19 in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. She was among the four winners of the 2002 Outstanding Service Awards from NIU’s Operating Staff Council. A farewell reception in Clayton’s honor,...
Fifteen Indonesian doctoral students from three universities in Sulawesi, who came to NIU in fall 2010 as part of an exchange program funded by the Indonesia Department of Education, visited Chicago and several other U.S. cities before returning to Indonesia. (CSEAS file photo)
NIU is front and center in the current push by the U.S. and Indonesian governments, announced in 2010 by President Barack Obama, to strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Division of International Programs have been taking the lead in leveraging NIU’s...
Fifth-grade students from DeKalb schools will march Friday, Sept. 16, with flags from more than 200 countries. The annual Parade of Flags begins at Huskie Stadium, continues east on Lucinda Avenue and ends at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commons. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. and will complete with a program in the...
The Institute of International Education has selected Northern Illinois University to participate in a program that aims to increase higher education connections between U.S. and Indian institutions. NIU was one of only 11 U.S. colleges and universities selected for the 2012 India initiative of the International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP). The university has long had...
NIU’s Division of International Programs is seeking nominations for two awards that will be presented this fall during the annual International Recognition Reception. The “Outstanding International Educator Award” honors an NIU faculty or staff member who has contributed significantly toward international education at the university. The Division of International Programs will recognize the award recipient...
In celebration of the sesquicentennial of Jose P. Rizal’s birth, Consul General Leo M. Herrera-Lim of the Consulate General of the Philippines Chicago will donate copies of the original manuscripts of two of Rizal’s famous novels to NIU. The novels “Noli Me Tangere” (Touch Me Not) and “El Filibusterismo” (The Reign of Greed), published by the National Historical...
Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for international scholars, recently presented its 2011 Edward S. Blankenship Outstanding Staff Award to Pamela K. Rosenberg, business manager for the Division of International Programs and treasurer of the Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta. The Blankenship Award recognizes outstanding leadership and support of the development and activities...
Promod Vohra
Three NIU officials headed for warmer climes in Malaysia during the university’s recent spring break, but the trip wasn’t about rest and relaxation. The trio instead visited the campuses of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), one of NIU’s partner universities in Malaysia, to discuss development of three undergraduate programs in engineering technology. The NIU delegation included Deborah Pierce,...
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