NIU Today

A human resources department knows what to look for in an employee. So what better source is there than an HR representative to give tips on preparing for upcoming career fairs or interviews? “It takes time out of your day, but you have to know how to present yourself,” said Karen Baker, associate vice president...

The last time NIU Media Services turned over the live production reins to local high school students – four from Sycamore and two from DeKalb – the Castle Challenge ball was round. Now it’s a prolate spheroid made of pigskin. Media Services Director Jay Orbik and his crew will take local teens under their wings...

Flanked by students, Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker and College of Lake County President Girard W. Weber signed an innovative reverse transfer agreement during a Sept. 5 ceremony at NIU’s Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The agreement allows eligible NIU students who transferred from CLC without associate degrees to earn the two-year degree using credit from...

NIU’s fall career fairs begin Tuesday, Sept. 30. The annual “NIU Helps Huskies Get Hired” events offer students and job-seekers the chance to network and to impress potential employers. New this year is a Junior Practice Interview Week., exclusively for junior-level students to improve their interviewing skills. Fall 2014 also features NIU’s annual Graduate &...

Corn Fest offered more than food, music and carnival rides. Attentive eyes might have caught the first glimpses of the “Downtown Initiative.” Launched by a volunteer squad of undergraduate and graduate students from the NIU School of Art and Design, the project comes in response to NIU President Doug Baker‘s pillars. Talk about Student Career...

To assist students on the path to career success, Career Services has instituted a mandatory Junior Practice Interview Week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, to Thursday, Sept. 25. All juniors are expected to participate in a 30-minute practice interview. The interviews will be conducted by professional corporate recruiters and Career Services...

NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumna Charlotte Kate Fox (MFA ’13), who’s hit it big in Japan, is the cover star of the current issue of Backstage magazine. “When Fox submitted for the role of Ellie in the Japanese television drama ‘Massan,’ about the founder of Japan’s whiskey industry, Masataka Taketsuru, and his wife,...

ACCESS, which provides students with opportunities to build academic skills and make academic adjustments, is geared up for the fall semester. New this year is the reopening of a walk-in tutoring center at Grant South. Meanwhile, in a partnership with Housing and Dining, the Grant South Lobby will be open for quiet study during the...

Edible Education is a series of informational workshops geared toward creating events that are student-centered and encourage student success initiatives. Each workshop is based on a topic that is important to being a successful NIU student. NIU’s Office of Student Academic Success provides lunch to make this a comfortable environment for students to relax and...

Three years, nine months. That, said Alex Gelman, is the sum total of time between tonight and the next time that Monday’s new freshmen and their parents will return together to the NIU Convocation Center. “You’re going to wear funny gowns and ill-fitting hats, and you’re going to be nervous – not like now, when you’re...

Participants from summer research programs will present their work from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in Altgeld Hall. Both NIU and non-NIU students have participated in three formal research programs on campus this summer, including Research Experience for Undergraduates, McKearn Summer Fellows and the Summer Research Opportunities Program. Each eight-week provides students...

NIU’s campus is buzzing with undergraduate research participants this summer. Students from both NIU and colleges and universities across the country have gathered to participate in eight weeks of formal programming. The students are focused into three programs: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), McKearn Summer Fellows and the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). Each program...