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From citing his keen interest in connecting with his students, to his love for, and talent with, music to his ability to turn even the most mundane tasks into a fun and interesting learning oppor...

https://niutoday.info/2024/04/10/ben-wahlund-named-recipient-of-2024-excellence-in-undergraduate-instruction-award/

In nominating Prof. Sinclair Bell for the Presidential Teaching Professorship, Judith Testa, professor emerita of the NIU School of Art and Design, described Bell as “that rare individual among...

https://niutoday.info/2021/04/14/sinclair-bell-named-2021-presidential-teaching-professor/

Thirty-four years ago, John Siblik was an NIU art student drawing up a concept for an environmental sculpture to be placed in the Kishwaukee River where it flows past the lagoon and the Music Bu...

https://niutoday.info/2020/09/09/niu-history-woven-throughout-environmental-art-installation/

Michael Barnes, Northern Illinois University Professor in the School of Art and Design , has been selected as a Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor. The award was created ...

https://niutoday.info/2020/04/22/world-renowned-printmaker-michael-barnes-selected-as-presidential-research-scholarship-and-artistry-professor/

Kerry Freedman, professor and past division head of art and design education in NIU’s School of Art and Design is the 2019 recipient of the United States Society for Education Through Art’s (...

https://niutoday.info/2019/07/08/kerry-freedman-professor-of-art-education-wins-national-ziegfeld-award/

Renowned jazz guitarist Bobby Broom has been appointed assistant professor of music in the Northern Illinois University School of Music.  He will teach jazz guitar and improvisation in the schoo...

https://niutoday.info/2019/05/20/renowned-jazz-guitarist-bobby-broom-joins-school-of-music-faculty/

For School of Music professor David Maki, it’s all about NIU students. “My favorite memories at NIU continue to be centered on watching students succeed on multiple levels,” shares Maki. �...

https://niutoday.info/2019/04/29/artistry-unleashed-david-maki-shares-his-appreciation-for-the-niu-experience/

The final lecture of this year’s Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Speakers in Art History Lecture Series features Freida High Wsikhongo Tesfagiorgis’ talk: A Sankofa Moment in 2019: The Impac...

https://niutoday.info/2019/04/22/alumni-speakers-in-art-history-series-presents-talk-on-the-impact-of-the-black-arts-movement-on-diversity-in-art-history/

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s spring DATA Exhibition Suite delves into the array of the manner in which data surrounds us, impacts us and is interpreted. Four exhibitions open o...

https://niutoday.info/2019/03/25/art-museum-presents-data-exhibition-suite/

The third annual NIU Arts Convocation showcased student talent in three schools and two locations all in one night.  The event, designed as a way to expose students and community members to the ...

https://niutoday.info/2019/03/04/wide-ranging-student-talent-highlights-third-arts-convocation/

NIU’s Jui-Ching Wang, ’97, and the value of children’s singing games. A series of coincidences led NIU Associate Professor of Music Jui-Ching Wang to Indonesia to witness firsthand the valu...

https://niutoday.info/2019/03/04/found-in-translation/

The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents, The Revolutionists, with performances nightly through Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. and with matinees at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9 a...

https://niutoday.info/2019/02/06/school-of-theatre-and-dance-presents-the-revolutionists/