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NIU is embarking on a new phase of accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), and university leaders are asking the NIU community to participate. Accreditation by the HLC is a key way that NIU publicly demonstrates its commitment to quality and accountability to those the university serves. As part of that process, the university...

The Student Success Collaborative Campus (SSC Campus) is a web-based tool that provides enhanced campus-wide case management; targeted outreach and interventions; and impact reporting and evaluation. SSC Campus provides online appointment scheduling, shared note-taking capabilities, multi-modal communication with students (including texts), and individual and aggregate predictive analytics. Earmark your calendars for two days of training...

When representatives from State Farm’s corporate offices visited NIU recently to talk internships, the delegation did not include job recruiters. It was two of the insurance giant’s IT specialists who made the drive up I-39 from Bloomington. The group met not only with Cathy Doederlein, director of Internships and External Relations in NIU Career Services,...

Students, faculty and staff are invited Monday, May 5, to meet the candidate for associate vice provost for Educator Licensure and Preparation. Jenny Parker, who is acting in that position while also serving an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, will talk and take questions from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in...

Vice Provost Anne Birberick is seeking nominations for the 2014 Presidential Teaching Professorships. Nominations are due Monday, Oct. 21, to Anne Birberick in the Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 220B. Following receipt of a letter of nomination, the selection committee will invite each nominated faculty member to prepare materials in accordance with the published...

NIU has named Jenny Parker, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, acting associate vice provost for Educator Licensure and Preparation. Parker begins her new role Thursday, Aug. 1. “Jenny has a long standing commitment to teacher preparation,” says Vice Provost Anne L. Birberick. “She will be a strong advocate for NIU teacher...

Vice Provost Anne Birberick is seeking nominations for the 2013 Presidential Teaching Professorships. Nominations are due Monday, Sept. 24, to Anne Birberick in the Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 220B. Following receipt of a letter of nomination, the selection committee will invite each nominated faculty member to prepare materials in accordance with the published...

Vice Provost Anne Birberick is seeking nominations for the 2012 Presidential Teaching Professorships. Nominations are due Monday, Sept. 26, to Anne Birberick in the Office of the Provost, Altgeld Hall 220B. Following receipt of a letter of nomination, the selection committee will invite each nominated faculty member to prepare materials in accordance with the published...

Vice Provost Earl “Gip” Seaver today announced the following appointments: Elizabeth Tovar has been selected to serve as director of the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS). Tovar comes to NIU from Ohio State University, where she served as an athletic academic counselor. Michelle Pickett has been selected to serve as the director of the Academic Advising Center (AAC). Pickett...

Provost Ray Alden will complement his top staff with two longtime NIU leaders who bring considerable administrative and university-level governance experience to the table. Anne Birberick, former chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, is the new vice provost. Birberick succeeds Earl “Gip” Seaver, who will become deputy provost July 1. NIU alumna...

Open forums begin Wednesday, April 20, for the position of vice provost. The vice provost is responsible for the undergraduate curriculum, retention, teacher certification associated with five colleges, and other areas related to the undergraduate academic mission. The vice provost reports to the executive vice president and provost, who has responsibility for the Division of Academic...