2011 Presidential Engagement Professors

NIU has named Cliff Mirman, Susan Russell and Kendall Thu as its first-ever Presidential Engagement Professors.

The honor is based on President John Peters’ call for “engagement with the community through research, economic development, service and instruction. Establishment of these professorships places NIU in the company of the growing number of institutions which now recognize and reward this increasingly critical function.”

Each Presidential Engagement Professorship is accompanied by a $5,000 stipend, renewable annually during each year of a four-year award period. Presidential Engagement Professors also receive a specially minted medallion to be worn with their academic regalia.