A cruise in the Galápagos Islands is an experience in itself. Throw in an appearance on Good Morning America, along with a scientific discovery. Put simply, “It was a really unique opportunity,” said Jennifer Koop, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Joined by graduate student Carly Crow, Dr. Koop spent two...
An interactive audio exhibit that builds on the work of last year’s “Faces of Belonging” collaboration, “Voices of Belonging” will run from March 31-April 14 in NIU’s Founders Memorial Library. Voices of Belonging is a collaboration among NIU’s Northern Public Radio (WNIU/WNIJ), the Divisions of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development and Academic Diversity, Equity and...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, NIU Today is publishing a series of articles highlighting faculty, staff, students, alumni and programs that make an impact at NIU and beyond. While the number of female engineers has increased over time, women engineers only represent 13% of the total (altogether.swe.org). The experience of being the only female in...
Ashley VanSickle Ashley VanSickle’s excellence as a teacher is without question. VanSickle, a 2013 alumna of the NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction alumna, received a 2017 Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award from the Illinois Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Now, she’s a 2022 Rockford-area Golden Applewinner. “I’m just really honored. It was humbling to...
For women, barriers in the business world have long been referred to as “the glass ceiling” — a phrase coined in the 1980s to represent the invisible hard-stops to success often faced by women and other traditionally underrepresented individuals. How women overcome invisible barriers during the best of times and the worst of times is...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, NIU Today is publishing a series of articles highlighting faculty, staff, students, alumni and programs that make an impact at NIU and beyond. DeAnna Harris-McKoy is a teacher, researcher, supervisor and therapist, all rolled into one. The associate professor in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences and director of...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, NIU Today is publishing a series of articles highlighting faculty, staff, students, alumni and programs that make an impact at NIU and beyond. What began 20 years ago as a program to support Northern Illinois University’s sizable population of Latinx students has grown into a student-led collective and institutional model...
NIU Physics Professor Zhili Xiao has accepted an invitation to serve as co-editor for the international physics journal, Europhysics Letters (EPL). Serving all areas of physics and its related fields, EPL publishes the highest quality research from around the world, and provides authors with fast, fair and constructive peer review thanks to an Editorial Board of...
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly welcomes journalist and author Ray Suarez as the next guest in their Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series at 7 p.m. CDT April 5. The event, conducted on Zoom, will feature a discussion between Suarez and Dean Robert Brinkmann on the role of media, freedom of the press, distortion...
When the University Honors Program invited proposals for Honors Seminars for Fall 2022, faculty responded. Many of this year’s chosen proposals center on the theme of justice and equity and fulfill the human diversity general education requirement for Honors students who will enroll. One such course is “Work, Meaning and Wellness” which will be taught...
To celebrate International Women’s History Month, we asked some of the student leaders in the Women in Business Professions (WIBP) student organization to share their thoughts on women helping women, bringing others along and their WIBP experiences. Kate James Major in accountancy; dual-enrolled in the Master of Accounting Science program. Certificate in nonprofit and NGO...
To celebrate Women’s History Month and honor the legacy of famed American author, professor, feminist, and social activist bell hooks, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC), in collaboration with the Center of the Study for Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS), is hosting as essay/artistry contest. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit an...
