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Thirty six companies attended the Northern Illinois University College of Engineering & Engineering Technology job fair on October 23, seeking skilled labor to fill positions in this high-demand field. NIU graduates from across the university find themselves in demand, and it is not going unnoticed, yielding national recognition for NIU in terms of social mobility....
Northern Illinois University and its partner, Universidad de La Sabana, were among eight winners of 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grants announced at the Partners of the Americas’ 50th Anniversary Convention. U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde announced the winners to more than 400 leaders and volunteers from the Association of Bi-National Centers...
Northern Illinois University College of Law announced it is offering a new certificate program in public interest law to complement its four other certificate programs in business law, international law, criminal practice and civil advocacy. “NIU Law is nationally recognized for its public interest opportunities and curriculum, including clinics, externships and pro bono opportunities. This...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn joined Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees Chair John Butler and other officials Monday for a ceremonial groundbreaking on the expansion and renovation of the Stevens Building. The $27.4 million project is managed by the Illinois Capital Development Board. “Northern Illinois University is a gem of our state’s higher education system...
Ask Shorr Packaging Chief Operating Officer and Northern Illinois University Accountancy alumnus Craig Funkhouser about his role in the economic development group Choose DuPage selecting NIU-Naperville as the home for the organization’s Rev3 Innovation Center, and he quickly cites the vision and work of president and CEO Greg Bedalov and the staff at NIU. According...
Jennifer Rosato Perea shared her thoughts on the importance of diversity and inclusion in her role as dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law with Hispanic Executive Magazine in the publication’s most recent edition. One of just four Latina deans in the nation, Rosato Perea says she considers herself in a powerful position...
Northern Illinois University’s Division of Information Technology Services is breaking ground on a new project to make the Microsoft suite of collaboration and communications tools, known as Office 365 for Education, available to the NIU community. “Microsoft has put together a really compelling ecosystem that no other vendor comes close to matching,” said NIU Vice President...
Northern Illinois University Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier received the Distinguished Service Award from the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA) earlier this month at the 2014 MOAA Symposium, which was held in concert with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Convention in Orlando, Fla. The MOAA Distinguished Service...
In the wake of recent data breaches at Target, Michael’s, Neimann Marcus and eBay, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan visited the Northern Illinois University campus for a May 29 forum with community leaders to address fraud and identity theft. “This past year, we probably had about 20,000 consumer fraud reports, but that number represents only...
Northern Illinois University alumni, students, supporters, faculty and staff are invited to U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday, July 19, for NIU White Sox Night. The Chicago White Sox will host the Houston Astros, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:10 p.m. Help cheer on the White Sox to victory over the Astros and stick around...
If you walk into the archives of the Sycamore History Museum, you will see shelves and shelves of neatly organized and indexed files and boxes. Finding the materials you are looking for takes only seconds thanks to volunteer archivist and NIU graduate Robert Glover, who overhauled and modernized the museum’s archives while he was still...
NIU junior Linnea Scherer hopes to change the way women are portrayed in video games, and she already has developed an impressive game concept thanks to the McKearn Summer Fellows program she participated in last year. “The McKearn Fellows Program was amazing. It was what got me to this point,” says Scherer of Elburn, a...
