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. Allison Zaker Major in accountancy. Minor in business analytics. Certificate in finance. Model United Nations treasurer (since 2021)....
It’s a U.S. cultural demographic representing more than 30 countries and 100 different languages that by 2050 could make up more than 10 percent—about 40 million people—of the US population. Asian Americans earn bachelor’s and graduate degrees at a higher level than the general population and have lower levels of poverty and unemployment. Yet, this...
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. It’s hard to summarize the work of the NIU Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. An official description just doesn’t seem to do it justice. Members...
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. Alyssa Pincuspy Double major in marketing and communication studies. Certificate in professional selling. Honors Program member. College of...
When Professor Walker Ashley watches a storm, he is awed by the immense and urgent beauty of the storm’s fluid motion, even as he appreciates the hazards storms create. His images of the Fairdale Tornado, for example, are beautiful and compelling even to viewers who remember the immense destruction that storm left in its wake....
When NIU marketing junior Carson Olofson came across an IGNITE! internship opportunity with DeKalb’s own SunDog IT, he jumped at the chance to work with a local business. IGNITE! is an experiential learning partnership between the College of Business and the DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation that allows local businesses and organizations to hire top...
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. Naomy Ortiz Double major in accountancy and finance. WIBP general member during freshman year (2019). WIBP recruiter and...
A team from the College of Health and Human Sciences recently earned a $112,000 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sub-award as part of the Education and Training to Support the Northern Illinois Region Bringing Simulation to the Community application. This effort, led by Beverly Henry, Michael Kushnick and Kristen Selig, relies on great collaboration...
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. When Jeanne Isabel arrived on campus in 1969 from Kewanee, Illinois, she had a dream of working in healthcare. Three NIU degrees and five decades later, the...
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. Elizabeth Cruz Major in accountancy, double minor in psychology and data analytics. Certificate in business analytics using SAS...
When more than 10,000 physical therapy professionals from around the country gathered at the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in San Antonio, Texas, a professor and four students from NIU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program were among them. . NIU Clinical Assistant Professor Dawn Brown and DPT program students Giovanni Regalado, William Malysa, Ben...
Ray Earl-Jackson stands on the shoulders of mentors who supported him during his college days. So Earl-Jackson, the NIU Foundation’s executive director for college-based advancement, volunteered last year for NIU’s Student-Faculty Links program. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without mentors in my own life,” Earl-Jackson said. “These were relationships that began in college,...
