As part of the Foundations of Excellence (FoE) Dimension’s assessment process, first-year students and faculty/staff who interact with first-year students were asked to take surveys about their perceptions of the first-year experience.
Twenty $50 prizes were awarded to selected respondents from each survey and a $1,000 prize was awarded to one first-year student and one faculty/staff member.
Members of the FoE Dimensions Task Force have announced the winners of the $1000 drawings.
Amanda Page, a first-year English major, is the student recipient of the $1,000 scholarship. Page says she selected NIU because she wanted to attend a big campus with a diverse community. She is pleased with her choice because she says she has had numerous opportunities to become part of the diverse community and to open herself to different ways of thinking. She is also happy that the faculty and staff get to know the students as individuals.
The faculty/staff winner of the $1,000 is Betty Corn, an instructor in the Department of Mathematics. Corn has been at NIU for 24 years and primarily teaches introductory level algebra to first-year students. She loves being part of the NIU community because she loves working with the students and providing extra help to enhance their experience.