NIU enjoys busy summer months

If you were off campus this summer, here's what you missed in Northern Today:

May 23

USOAR program funds 20 projects
Partners sold on NIU sales program
Good Shepherd nurses nearly NIU graduates
Fire damages College of Engineering building

June 6

Mutuku, COE colleagues return to Kenya
Nursing partners with Kishwuakee College to help nurses complete bachelor's degrees
Top Vietnamese scholars to study at NIU
NIU to host high school sophomores interested in rural health careers
College of Education honors philanthropy, friends
DeKalb County Community Foundation boosts NIU community-outreach projects

June 20

Trustees approve raises for faculty, staff
NIU Board of Trustees approve 2005-06 tuition rates
Vohra named dean of College of Engineering
Rockford native to lead NIU governing board
Senior history major named student trustee
Steve Ralston takes reins of NIU Department of Communication
Hinckley Lions Club donates $5,400 to NIU's Programs in Vision for equipment
NIU scholar sees place among literary giants for 'Little Women' author Alcott
Field trip proves golden for student archaeologists
NIU to host Jazz at Lincoln Center's sixth annual Band Director Academy
NIU wrestling alum pins dream on movie

July 5

Grush, Tallon to lead colleges during searches in Business, LA&S
Northern Public Radio escapes threatened federal budget cuts
Rockford high school students visit NIU to imagine careers as engineers, scientists
Chinese educators visit NIU College of Education
Trustees approve faculty promotions, tenure
Transportation to raise rates
Verizon grant helps teens learn math, science at CEET

July 18

NIU expert says Congress should revisit 'life tenure' of Supreme Court justices
NIU, WSCR-AM radio officials sign four-year package for Huskie football, hoops
Townsend helps historical-genealogical society with book on county's one-room schoolhouses
School of Theatre and Dance announces productions for 2005-06 season

Aug. 1

New book touts ways to counteract 'what makes new teachers cry'
Engineering hosts students from South Korea university

Aug. 15

NIU will spearhead Antarctic drilling project
NIU receives $8.32 million in new federal transportation bill
New Huskie Band director ready to 'take the field'

8-29-05