Engagement Toolkit for Students
These resources provide students with the opportunity to explore engaged learning practices at NIU.
Engaged Learning at NIU
- NIU Community Engaged Courses (Academic Affairs)
- Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning
2025-26 Undergraduate community-engaged courses
- ANTH 302 Asian American Cultures
- ENVS 210 Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems
- ENVS 303 Nature in Society: Environmental Social Sciences and Humanities
- GERO 442 Gerontology: Community Services
- NNGO 351 Nonprofit Boards and Governance
- NNGO 492 Grant Proposal Seminar
- CRIM 487 Gender and Crime
- UBUS 485 Business Consulting Project
- UBUS 490 Topics in Business
- SOCI 587 Gender and Crime
- GERO 542 Gerontology: Community Services
- NNGO 592 Grant Proposal Seminar
- PSPA 699 Public Service Capstone Project
- UBUS 585 Business Consulting Project
- UBUS 590 Topics in Business
Civic-engaged Student Learning Goals
- Civically Engaged Learning Goals Rubric (PDF) | Illinois State University
- Civically Engaged Learning Goals (PDF) | Illinois State University
- Engaged Learning at the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Research Rookies
- Rising Scholars - National Fellowship Advising
- The Student Companion to Community Engaged Learning
- NNGO Community Research Projects
- Human Speech Kinematics Experimental Studies (HUSKIES) Lab
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Hands-On Research Opportunities with Faculty