Tammy Duckworth Archives

Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth to help MPA program mark 50 years

April 2, 2014 Thomas Parisi Alumni, Communiversity, Events, Faculty & Staff, Latest News, Liberal Arts and Sciences

The nationally ranked Department of Public Administration is expecting a crowd of about 200 people for its 50th Anniversary Spring Gala Dinner in Chicago, where Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth will give the keynote address. The event, which will also include an address from

Vohra to address White House-sponsored event

August 23, 2013 Mark McGowan Alumni, Community, Communiversity, Events, NIU Hoffman Estates

Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, will participate today in an event hosted by Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth. The White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders is kicking off its first regional working group meeting

Political science professor emeritus Ladd Thomas, left, one of the founders of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in 1963, with art historian and professor emeritus Richard Cooler, founder of NIU’s Center for Burma Studies.

Ambassador visit, keynote lecture, gala dinner, cultural performances cap CSEAS anniversary

March 4, 2013 Mark McGowan Arts, Communiversity, Engagement, Faculty & Staff, Global, Humanities, Latest News, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Music, On Campus, Research, Visual, Visual and Performing Arts

The new Thai ambassador to the United States, who happened to be in Chicago on Saturday, March 2, honored NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), by being among the center’s distinguished guests at its 50th anniversary gala dinner in Altgeld Hall

Tammy Duckworth, 2010 recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from NIU

Tammy Duckworth receives honorary doctoral degree from NIU

June 2, 2010 Bradley Hoey Alumni, Campus Highlights, Graduate School, On Campus

Northern Illinois University presented an honorary doctoral degree to L. Tammy Duckworth, a decorated Black Hawk helicopter pilot whose severe combat wounds in Iraq cost her both of her legs and who now serves as a top ranking official in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.