Faculty Expertise
Drawing upon the rich resources of NIU and the diverse expertise of its faculty, ITO is uniquely capable of delivering programs that are professionally and academically rewarding.
A significant number of NIU faculty and staff are fluent in critical languages, including Arabic, Bahasa-Indonesia, Bahasa-Melayu, Burmese, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Latin/Classics, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
ITO offers training programs in the following areas:
- Accounting
- Advocacy and Networking
- Biotechnology
- Civil Society and Citizen Participation
- Community Development
- Community Health/Education
- Conflict Management/Resolution
- Democracy and Governance
- Distance Learning/Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Environmental Management/Conservation
- Financial Management
- Foreign Policy
- Genetic Engineering
- HIV/AIDS Mitigation and Prevention
- Human Resource Management
- Hydrogeology
- International Business and Marketing
- Journalism and Media
- Law and Justice
- Nanotechnology
- Non-formal/Adult Education
- Nursing
- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
- Public Administration/Local Government
- Robotics
- Teacher Education and Training
- Teaching English as a Second Language
- Water/Waste Management
- Women's Empowerment
