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Mary Holland, a 2007 BFA acting graduate of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will join the cast of CBS’ Ghosts for the show’s upcoming fourth season. During Ghosts’ panel at this yea...

https://niutoday.info/2024/09/10/mary-holland-07-to-join-cast-of-cbs-ghosts/

A discussion with award-winning author Clint Smith on the topic of “Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” is the subject of the NIU Department of History’s annual Lincoln L...

https://niutoday.info/2024/09/03/niu-history-department-presents-the-2024-lincoln-lecture-sept-12/

John Groh works to make his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, a thriving city to visit, live, and work in. Simply put, Groh grows Rockford. As president and CEO of the Rockford Area Convention & Vi...

https://niutoday.info/2024/07/30/john-groh-m-b-a-10-grows-rockford-through-destination-management-and-marketing/

In 2016, when he graduated from the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Department of Engineering Technology, Alex Dawson received the Outstanding Student Award for Energy a...

https://niutoday.info/2024/07/23/2016-ceet-grad-alex-dawson-engineering-versatility-and-leadership/

In 2006, when he received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Department of Engineering Technology (TECH) in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Techn...

https://niutoday.info/2024/07/09/dan-carlock-double-ceet-tech-grad-learned-how-to-be-better-to-people/

Marty Johnstone, ’09, M.B.A. ’21, is a compassionate leader in the NIU alumni community—he’s all heart and ALL Huskie. “My friends will tell you that I breathe and bleed NIU,” Johnsto...

https://niutoday.info/2024/07/09/niu-alumni-association-board-of-directors-welcomes-marty-johnstone-as-president/

Our NIU College of Business Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) program ended its semester with words of wisdom from a special guest, NIU alumna Jocelyn Moore, ’99, MBA ’09. St...

https://niutoday.info/2024/06/18/jocelyn-moore-99-mba-09-shares-benefits-of-embracing-diversity-and-a-growth-mindset/

Johnny Cash once sang about how he’d “been everywhere, man,” and Paul Mansour, ’94, is about to say he’s “run everywhere, man.” At least in the United States. When Mansour crosses t...

https://niutoday.info/2024/06/18/paul-mansour-94-to-mark-50-marathons-ion-50-states-with-latest-race/

NIU alumna Melissa Blake is many things – freelance writer, activist, influencer, pop culture maven, and child of the 80s and 90s. She can add author to that list, after channeling her passions...

https://niutoday.info/2024/04/16/april-18-book-event-features-2005-coms-alumna-melissa-blake/

Ethics are a huge part of the curriculum and hands-on experiences for business students at NIU. This is also the focus for younger students when they visit campus during our annual NIU College of...

https://niutoday.info/2024/04/09/alumni-faculty-and-staff-judges-needed-for-cob-high-school-ethics-case-competition/

As we approach our Huskies United Day of Giving, there are so many ways you can advocate for and support NIU students and programs, whether you volunteer your time or resources. Your generosity f...

https://niutoday.info/2024/03/12/so-many-ways-to-give-during-upcoming-huskies-united-day-of-giving/

NIU’s campus and the DeKalb community will be full of #HuskiePride the week of October 13-20, 2024 as we celebrate our 117th Homecoming celebration. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and communi...

https://niutoday.info/2024/03/06/niu-prepares-to-celebrate-117th-homecoming/