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After more than two years of preparation, examination and evaluation, the NIU campus community received status reports on Program Prioritization that begin to map out changes resulting from the process. The reports were posted on the university’s Program Prioritization website Monday. A report from President Doug Baker covers recommendations from the Program Prioritization Administrative Task...
Eight NIU students presented their research on Oct. 28, at the Louis Stokes Midwest Center for Excellence Conference (LSMCE) in Lisle. The LSMCE represents a prestigious alliance of 25 universities in the Midwest, including NIU. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the alliance provides resources for both faculty and underrepresented students interested in science, technology,...
The Office of the Provost and the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning are pleased to announce their first cohort of Service-learning Faculty Fellows for the 2016-18 academic years. The aim of the program is to accelerate the work of faculty members eager to learn how to successfully integrate academic service-learning into their curricula...
Beginning Nov. 10, 2016, NIU will host three candidates for the position of director, community college partnerships. You are invited to attend an open forum for each candidate to learn more about their qualifications for the position and to provide feedback to the search committee on their candidacies. This position is responsible for leading, initiating...
A team of NIU students put their classroom knowledge to the test during the inaugural AMITA Health Design Challenge held last month at Arlington International Racecourse. “Everyone learns when they can apply classroom knowledge to a real-world situation,” said Renique Kersh, associate vice provost for Engaged Learning and Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning...
Beginning Thursday, Nov. 10, NIU will host three candidates for the position of director of Community College Partnerships. The campus community is invited to attend an open forum for each candidate to learn more about their qualifications for the position and to provide feedback to the search committee on their candidacies. This position is responsible...
This semester, NIU launched a unique program open to all students called NIU PLUS, short for Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies. It is designed to help students explore their interests, focus their studies, highlight their accomplishments and maybe even “earn and learn.” Best of all, it could help students get hired after graduation. Through NIU PLUS, students...
If you missed Bryan Stevenson’s visit to NIU on Oct. 24, it’s not too late to find out what he had to say and continue the conversation around injustice, humanity and mercy. As an NIU faculty, staff or student, you have exclusive access to Bryan Stevenson’s remarks during his NIU visit using your NIU username...
As part of efforts to create a campus climate that better supports and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, the university’s cultural resource centers, as well as the Office of Diversity and Equity will begin reporting to the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the Division of Academic Affairs. The changes were made in...
Students, staff, family, friends and community members are invited to attend Bryan Stevenson’s open presentation, “American Injustice, Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference,” on Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, will visit NIU for an evening designed to...
  Provost Lisa Freeman explains NIU PLUS during town hall No matter how well a university is marketed to prospective students, NIU Executive Vice President and Provost Lisa Freeman said, it must back up its claims with “a quality product.” “NIU PLUS is a quality product,” Freeman proudly told the in-person and online audiences Thursday...
Provost candidate, Chukuka Enwemeka, who was scheduled to visit campus this Thursday, April 10, and Friday, April 11, for interviews, has withdrawn from NIU’s search. All forums and meetings for this candidate have been cancelled.
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