The Outstanding Department Contribution to International Education Award recognizes a department that has made significant enhancements to international education at NIU or the internationalization of campus.
The award will be presented to the selected NIU unit on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. during the International Recognition Presentation in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room.
Please contact Sarah Lindell at 815-753-9526 or slindell@niu.edu with questions.
All NIU units, including academic departments, administrative units and support units, are eligible for the award. Previous award recipients, as well as individuals and units within the Division of International Affairs, are not eligible.
Not every nominee will have done something in every category. The nominated unit should have made outstanding contributions to international education or the internationalization of campus in one or more of the following ways:
The nomination deadline is 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2025.
Nominations will be reviewed on the above-mentioned criteria by the selection committee. Specific attention will be given to outstanding contributions where a department has developed a new special project or a new particular initiative focused on internationalization. A Selection committee established by the Division of International Affairs will review the nominations and select award recipients.
Year | Recipient |
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2024 | University Libraries |
2023 | Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy |
2022 | not awarded |
2021 | not awarded |
2020 | Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment |
2019 | Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education |
2018 | Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering |
2017 | College of Education Office of External and Global Programs |
2016 | not awarded |
2015 | Department of English |
2014 | University Honors Program |
2013 | Division of Public Administration |
2012 | Department of Literacy Education |
2011 | School of Music |
2010 | Special Award: Office of the Ombudsman |
2010 | Department of Chemistry |
2009 | Department of Marketing |
2008 | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
2008 | School of Art |
2007 | Department of Political Science |
2006 | Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center |