Tag: Top 25 of 2012
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 11 In October, NIU broke ground on a new Outdoor Recreation Sports Complex. The facility, being built to the north of the Convocation Center, is a key component of the “New Northern Lifestyle”...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 12 Businessweek magazine ranked the NIU College of Business second in the nation for its ability to weave the teaching of ethics into a solid business school education. The college, and its acclaimed BELIEF Initiative,...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 13 It was a great year for Huskie athletes on the field and in the classroom. Three Huskie football players were named to the Capital One Academic All-America© Division I Football Team...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 14 A grant totaling $2.4 million was awarded to a collaborative made up of Northern Illinois University, Rock Valley College, the Rockford Area Economic Development Council and EIGERlab to accelerate job creation...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 15 For two years running, students in the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology have been the top American team at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) Supermileage competition in Marshall, Mich....
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 16 Printmakers in the NIU School of Art celebrated a U.S. News & World Report ranking in 2012, one that places their program in the nation’s top 20. NIU, tied with Syracuse University at...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 17 For someone who isn’t fond of cold weather, sure seems excited about the prospect of working in one of the coldest, driest and most remote environments on the planet. Senior geology major...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 18 NIU reached a new high-water mark in graduating its student-athletes in 2012, according to the Graduation Success Rate report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. At 83 percent, Northern Illinois’ latest overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR)...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 19 Part of the Vision 2020 Initiative is a new emphasis on growing and improving the University Honors Program. Those efforts are already starting to pay off: In May of 2012 a record...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 20 When NIU was founded in 1895 it was the “Castle on the Hill” drawing students from across the region to DeKalb to learn how to become teachers. Today, the NIU College of...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 21 In February, the NIU College of Business played host to the second annual World Collegiate Sales Open. The contest was coordinated by the faculty of NIU’s Professional Sales Program, which has been...
As 2012 draws to a close, NIU Today is offering a look back at 25 of the top stories from the year. No. 22 NIU professor Tao Xu, in February received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant of $400,000 to support his research and teaching efforts. Xu, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has...
