NIU Today

A gathering of NIU students, administrators, staff and dignitaries braved “Huskie weather” to attend this afternoon’s ceremonial groundbreaking for the university’s new 27-acre outdoor intramural sports complex. Completion is expected in time for the Fall 2013 semester. “The complex will create opportunities for our students to forge new friendships, help them connect to campus and...

The 27-year-old roof at Reavis Hall will undergo a complete replacement as construction begins Friday, Sept. 28. The roof, originally installed in 1985 with an expected life span of around 20 years, is approximately 18,400 square feet and consists of a single-ply, EPDM-ballasted rubber membrane. According to the university’s Division of Finance and Facilities, roof...

NIU President John G. Peters this morning updated the Board of Trustees on the university’s Vision 2020 Initiative. Intended to secure NIU as the most student-centered public research university in the Midwest by 2020 and beyond, the blueprint represents an extensive benchmarking effort with input from across campus on academic excellence, campus improvements and fiscal...

Northern Illinois University announced its fall 2012 new freshman enrollment is up 2.9 percent to 2,664 following the first 10 days of classes, according to NIU’s Office of Institutional Research. The strength of the university’s incoming freshman class is reflected not only in its numbers, but also grade point average and class rank. The percentage...

The start of every academic year brings new changes. This year was no different with the implementation of student printing quotas in campus computer labs maintained by Information Technology Services (ITS) as part of its Green Up Initiative. This academic year, each student receives 300 free prints (one side of one sheet of paper). Any...

NIU’s College of Engineering & Engineering Technology (CEET) and the University Honors Program teamed up to implement a new, customized honors program for engineering students. CEET faculty member Nick Pohlman set the idea in motion by securing a University Honors Summer Improvement Grant. “I originally applied for the grant because I was an honors student as...

The NIU Foundation recently partnered with Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of the Provost to restructure the NIU Foundation Venture Grants program. A team of NIU students from the College of Law helped to create a concept and plan for this unique program. The move to update the...

For the first time in nearly a half-century, NIU students, university leaders and their partners in the construction industry gathered to cut the ribbon on a new residence hall. NIU President John Peters led the afternoon ceremony to dedicate the new buildings, which will welcome 1,000 students next week. “This is truly a momentous occasion....

As part of  Information Technology Services’ Green Up NIU effort, in conjunction with the university’s Vision 2020 Initiative, NIU students started the fall semester with a new email system and access to several of Google’s popular applications thanks to a partnership with Google Apps for Education. The new email service increases students’ capacity to 25...

Chances are good that passersby who walked near Davis Hall or the NIU Transportation Center during the week of June 11 did a double take. After all, it’s not every day that 21 NIU students in Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and Tyvek® suits, practicing the proper handling of hazardous materials and simulating work on...

Northern Illinois University has announced the appointment of Kelly Wesener Michael as acting vice president of the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, effective July 1. Wesener Michael will oversee the division during the national search for a permanent replacement for Brian O. Hemphill, who has accepted the position of president of West Virginia...

Derryl Block is the new dean of the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences, approved this morning by a vote of the university’s Board of Trustees. Since 2009, Block has been chair of the Professional Program in Nursing and director of BSN-LINC, an online RN-to-BSN program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She joined...