Tag: scholarships
Northern Illinois Volleyball standout setter Kristin Hoffman (2008-11) has added another prestigious award to her impressive list of career honors as she was named the Mid-American Conference’s female 2012 Bob James Memorial Award winner, the league announced Tuesday. “When I received a phone call from Korinth Patterson from the MAC office last week, I was...
Eighty golfers scrambled to raise more than $18,000 for merit-based scholarships in the NIU College of Engineering andEngineering Technology during the second annual Tee Up Fore Scholarships event. Held June 19, the event is a result of collaboration between CEET and Caterpillar, Inc. One hundred percent of the profits go to scholarships. “As Aristotle said,...
An initiative designed to provide additional opportunity for local students to attend Northern Illinois University is paying dividends. Based on incoming freshman confirmations for the fall 2012 semester, the number of students from DeKalb County public schools is up 37 percent from a year ago. “The DeKalb County Scholarship, along with a number of other...
Gerould W. Kern, senior vice president and editor of the Chicago Tribune, was named Illinois Journalist of the Year at the NIU Journalism Banquet, held April 27. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ journalism program in the Department of Communication also named Eileen Norris as the recipient of the 2012 Donald R. Grubb Distinguished...
Five third-year students from the NIU College of Law have been selected as the first-ever recipients of the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Bridge to the Bar Scholarship. The students are Nareman Abdallah of Rochelle, Jeffrey Brown of Morris, Alia Choudhury of Carol Stream, Sania Merchant of DeKalb and Corey Sealy of Oak Park. Each will...
NIU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host its annual benefit concert, “Rock Forward, Together,” at 8 p.m. Friday, May 4 The event, previously known as “Rock 4 Life,” takes place at Fatty’s Pub & Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Hwy. in DeKalb. Funds raised go to NIU’s “Forward, Together, Forward” scholarship....
Attention NIU students: If you are participating in the MAP-Works student academic achievement program, you might qualify for a $1,500 scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. The MAP-Works Scholarship is a national essay contest for first- and second-year college students who already have participated in at least one MAP-Works survey during the current academic year....
The NIU Music Building will resound with music and excitement Saturday, March 10, as the NIU Community School of the Arts presents its 10th Performathon. All funds raised are used for arts scholarships for young people in the community. Featuring around 75 musicians of all ages, the Performathon is the community school’s major fundraising event....
Board members of the University Women’s Club of NIU, as part of their philanthropy program, have given $1,000 to the NIU women’s track and field program and Head Coach Connie Teaberry. These funds will be used to purchase additional pairs of running shoes for the outdoor season. Standard equipment issue for the women participating in...
NIU’s Women’s Studies Program is now accepting applications for the Mothers Memorial Scholarship and the Austin Sawicki Memorial Scholarship. Application deadline for both scholarships is Friday, Feb. 17. The Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund honors those who are or act as mothers to members of the NIU community. The scholarship is available to upper division undergraduate and...
Attendance soared 25 percent at NIU’s open house in October. The rise in turnout suggests there is increased interest in the school and its vision to be the most student-centered public research university in the Midwest and to grow enrollment to 30,000 by 2020. President John Peters this fall announced his ambitious plan to boost...
In Springfield … The first week of the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session begins Tuesday, Oct. 25, and will run through Thursday, Oct. 27. It promises to be an interesting week, with many issues on the table. The House of Representatives Personnel and Pensions Committee has posted five pension reform bills for hearing –...
