“What advice would you give to students just starting your major?” Answers to that simple, straightforward question form the foundation of a video series created by Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Iman Salehinia. A member of the CEET faculty since 2015, Salehinia distilled the top responses from over 130 students as they neared graduation in Spring...
Ahead of the annual fall STEM Fest that brings thousands of community members to Northern Illinois University, dozens of high school students visited campus for immersive film and speech NIU Steam summer camps within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The programs are among a lineup of topic-based camps spanning June to August, each...
The Rockford Promise Program at NIU is thriving, welcoming the largest group of new students in its five-year history and achieving strong retention and academic outcomes. This fall, 145 new Rockford Promise scholars joined NIU – 140 first-year students and five transfer students from the new Rock Valley College to NIU Rockford Promise program. They...
It had been years since Mitutoyo America Corporation (MAC) offered a formalized summer internship program – until this past summer, when MAC partnered with NIU Career Services to design a new internship program to give students valuable experience and support the company’s recruitment efforts. The 13-week program included two paths – a Focused path and...
When the ICECHIP crew crisscrossed the Great Plains chasing storms this summer, they didn’t go it alone. A team back at NIU worked quietly to help make the nation’s largest hail study possible. “A project of this scope absolutely takes a team, and frankly, it would not have been possible without the unsung heroes who...
Nearly 73% of last fall’s new freshmen and more than 66% of last fall’s undergraduates have reenrolled this fall, marking five- and 25-year respective highs in those measures. Those numbers continue the strong rebound of student persistence over the last three years, an area of greater emphasis in NIU’s 2022-25 Strategic Enrollment Management Plan. So...
Self’s impact as a teacher, scholar and advocate can still be felt on campus. Advocate. Ally. Donor. Educator. Friend. Trailblazer. Lois Self made her mark on NIU and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences over the course of four decades. Self, who moved to the state of Washington with her husband Bob, passed away...
Exhibitions in NIU’s Founders Memorial Library introduce visitors to communication technology ranging from the earliest printing press to the latest virtual reality simulations. STEM Fest 2025 is Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free family festival takes place in the heart of NIU’s campus, in MLK Commons, the Holmes Student...
On-campus living hits 10-year high as NIU welcomes strong new class Arriving with record-setting academic credentials, new Huskies are taking advantage of everything campus life has to offer this fall. With overall enrollment jumping to 16,078 students this fall, a 4.3 percent increase over fall 2024, more students are living on campus than at any...
For Donna Gillespie and Christopher Billen, the road to a bachelor’s degree didn’t begin at NIU. It is where their paths became clearer and where they both found the support, skills and confidence to step boldly into their next chapters and get strong starts in their respective careers. ...
NIU joins campuses across the country in celebrating Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Week, Sept. 8-14. Held in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, the national week highlights the essential role HSIs plays in serving students and communities. A full schedule of HSI Week events is available on NIU’s Inclusive Excellence at NIU calendar. For NIU, the week...
The Newman Civic Fellowship program recognizes and supports student public problem solvers at member institutions of Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education. NIU is proud to announce Cindy Carbajal as a member of the 2025-2026 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Carbajal is a...
