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Honorable Mentions
This year has brought many changes that improve and revamp the University Honors experience at NIU. With such changes comes the Feb. 1 re-launching of Honorable Mentions. Honorable Mentions, a student-run online publication, will spotlight the multifaceted pursuits of NIU Honors students both in and out of the classroom. Honorable Mention seeks to acknowledge: all...
NIU Department of Technology professor David Schroeder works with students.
To meet the needs of a 21st century university education, Provost Raymond Alden has established a committee to begin the process of revising NIU’s General Education Program. Named the General Education Visioning Task Force, the group is comprised of faculty, staff and students who will provide the leadership necessary to critically re-evaluate current general education...
Wow, that’s a long way down: Reed Scherer shot a photo of his computer screen showing the live video feed down the borehole.
A team of scientists that includes Northern Illinois University researchers has successfully drilled through the overlying Antarctic ice sheet and sampled directly the waters and sediments of Subglacial Lake Whillans. The effort is making headlines today: It marks the first successful retrieval of clean whole samples from an Antarctic subglacial lake, according to a statement...
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz, an award-winning author and nationally recognized expert on gender, family and the media, will visit NIU Tuesday, Feb. 26, to deliver a set of lectures celebrating Women’s History Month. Hosted by the NIU Women’s Studies Program, both events are free and open to the public. Coontz’s seminar – “How to Talk to the...
Lindsey Diehl
Sycamore native Lindsey Diehl started her college years at another institution. “I just didn’t love it,” she says, reflecting on her time there. “And so, I thought to myself, where do I see myself being? I’d loved (NIU) for such a long time, so it was an obvious choice, and the best decision I ever...
Amy Gahala
Strangely enough, Michael Jackson was an influential force in leading Amy Gahala to her career path in hydrology. Gahala, a graduate of the Department of Geology and Environmental Studies, is currently a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey. “I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, and it all started with Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song.’...
Jordon Mitzelfelt
What does it mean to graduate with honors? Sure, you get a special sash to wear at commencement and an impressive line on your resume
2013 Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day Save the Date poster
The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning has announced the fourthannual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day. Next semester’s event will take place Tuesday, April 23, as part of NIU’s two-week long celebration of excellence on campus. Any undergraduate student currently enrolled at NIU who has participated in a faculty-mentored creative or research project is...
Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research (USOAR) has extended the deadline to submit proposals to Friday, Oct. 19.
Northern Illinois University has been named to the list of Best National Universities as a first tier institution, ranked No. 189 by U.S. News and World Report. Last year, NIU was ranked 194 in this same category. “This is very good news,” said Raymond Alden, executive vice president and provost. “It affirms the excellence in...
Imagining Cambodia: Cambodia Studies Conference 2012
Scholars and artists from around the world will convene Thursday through Sunday at NIU for Imagining Cambodia, the first international Cambodia Studies Conference to be held in the United States. The conference will: welcome eminent Cambodia historian David Chandler as keynote speaker Friday, Sept. 14; introduce Cambodian filmmaker Chhay Bora that same night at a...
HLC
The journey Northern Illinois University undertook during the past six months to revise its institutional mission and vision is over, as the Board of Trustees approved the university’s new vision and mission statements during its regular business meeting on May 10. “This is an extremely challenging task – putting a university as diverse and large...
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