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One Japanese class at NIU and John Pindel discovered a passion and a new place to call home. A 2016 alumnus, Pindel of Winfield, Illinois, used some free credits to take Japanese 101 and 102 his ...

https://niutoday.info/2018/08/15/niu-degree-takes-alumnus-to-his-land-of-love-japan/

Destiny McDonald, ’10, M.S.Ed. ’12, and other Huskies helped changed the life of an elderly man in Joplin, Missouri, in one week after he had been struggling to rebuild his home for two years...

https://niutoday.info/2018/06/18/the-power-of-the-niu-spirit-niu-employees-are-changing-lives-in-their-free-time/

A new tourist attraction in Woodstock, Illinois, is a tribute both to the town and the talents of some Northern Illinois University alumni. A 1971 graduate, Michael Stanard designed a mural, whil...

https://niutoday.info/2018/06/18/niu-alumni-create-public-art-in-woodstock-il/

Michael Roper (’86), will be the featured boss on an episode of CBS’s hit series Undercover Boss! The episode will air on Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. EST.  Recipient of a degree in business ...

https://niutoday.info/2017/04/25/huskie-alum-to-appear-in-undercover-boss-episode/

Healing to Action, co-founded by NIU Law alum Karla Altmayer (J.D. ’12), is a public service organization whose mission is to end gender-based violence by cultivating worker leadership to impro...

https://niutoday.info/2016/11/22/law-alumna-starts-group-to-end-gender-based-violence/

NIU students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are encouraged to don the red and black Wednesday, Nov. 9, and join in the celebration of NIU Day in Chicago. Special ticket deals are still avail...

https://niutoday.info/2016/11/07/chicago-huskies/

Northern Illinois University alumnus and medicinal chemist Michael L. Vazquez will discuss his latest work with Janus Kinase 1, a tyrosine kinase protein, during a noon presentation as part of th...

https://niutoday.info/2016/10/14/pfizer-research-fellow-to-discuss-his-recent-work-oct-21/

NIU College of Law alumna Karoline Carstens stands out from her peers thanks to a lifelong desire to help others, a commitment to know each of her clients on a personal level and a drive to be in...

https://niutoday.info/2016/06/30/niu-law-alumna-named-illinois-young-lawyer-of-the-year-for-2016/

NIU Law alumnus Vincent Cornelius (’89), the incoming president of the Illinois State Bar Association, will deliver the commencement address during the Northern Illinois University College of L...

https://niutoday.info/2016/05/27/vincent-cornelius-to-speak-at-may-28-niu-law-commencement/

Barton (“Bart”) Sharp, associate professor of management in the NIU College of Business, will serve as the first Mike and Kristina McGrath Professor in Entrepreneurship. Alumnus Michael (“M...

https://niutoday.info/2016/05/20/bart-sharp-named-mcgrath-professor-in-college-of-business/

Jim Wong, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based Brilliant, an award-winning accounting, finance and IT staffing firm, and Carmen Rossi, a Chicago restaurateur and lawyer, have been chosen to serve...

https://niutoday.info/2016/04/22/new-state-entity-taps-niu-alums-to-help-shape-economy/

After decades of film work, actress and NIU alumna Joan Allen is relishing the experience of her “kind of, sort of” first television series. Allen, theatre arts ’89, starred for one season ...

https://niutoday.info/2016/04/06/niu-alumna-three-time-oscar-nominee-joan-allen-relishing-tv-role/