State of the University Address scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 27
Lincoln Laureate nominees sought
University Women’s Club
hosts annual fall open house
Rotunda Gallery to host
‘Some Enchanted Evening’
‘Dafatir’ exhibition comes
to museum’s Hall Case Gallery
Jon Carnahan elected president of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
Xuwei Chen honored by Association of American Geographers
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Campus crews clean upBetween Thursday afternoon, when torrential downpours interrupted the university’s annual Opening Day, and Monday morning, when fall semester classes began, more than 150 NIU employees labored in shifts around the clock.
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After 27 years at the helm,Stop the presses. Mary Lincoln, the woman who put Northern Illinois University Press on the map as a university publishing house that produces nationally significant works, is retiring at the end of this week.
Schwartz named director of NIU Press J. Alex Schwartz, an editor with an impressive record of success at top university publishing houses, including Yale and the University of Chicago, has been named director of the NIU Press.
In his first official address to the NIU College of Education since becoming dean earlier this summer, Lemuel Watson frequently urged his colleagues to “step up to the plate” and congratulated those who already had done so.
RVC-NIU students enter classroomsFourteen students from the Rock River Valley who are earning bachelor’s degrees in education through NIU’s partnership with Rock Valley College are about to enter the classroom.
Ilona Meagher, NIU’s ‘citizen journalist,’NIU's Ilona Meagher has published a new book, embarked on a cross-country speaking tour and cemented her reputation as a leading voice for combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
FCNS student creates guideNIU graduate student Sandra Meister, who says fast food lovers can avoid obesity if they just choose wisely, has created a guide to healthy eating in the drive-through lane.
Community School of the ArtsNIU’s Community School of the Arts offers a wide variety of art, music and theater classes and lessons for adults and children.
Campus enjoys busy summer NIU's campus was a busy place for news (and road construction) this summer, including retirements and new hires, old maps and exciting discoveries and the migration of ITS to the Monsanto building. We provide links to all of the summer stories you might have missed.