On April 14, Presidential Engagement and Partnerships Professor Melani Duffrin (NIU College of Health and Human Sciences) led a Brown Bag Lecture for faculty focused...
The Workforce Wellness Adventure An Interview with Tameika Chandler-Jones, MHRM, MBA, CLRP, SHRM-PMQ, President and Owner, Transcendent Consultative Solutions, LLC Tameika is teaching a brand-new...
WNIJ 89.5 is the broadcast arm of NIU and part of the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development. This past week, WNIJ News Director...
OERD’s Director of Community-engaged Partnerships Jennifer Groce is collaborating with the Division of Academic Affairs to help NIU faculty build mutually beneficial relationships with community...
An interview with Alexios Rosario-Moore, Ph.D., OERD Community Engagement Research Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in the NIU College of Education Alexios is studying the...
What does community engagement look like? For NIU Philosophy Professor Mylan Engel, the community is the classroom. His students learn philosophy by doing. They plant,...
What does community engagement look like? For NIU Professor of Biology Barrie Bode, it means using the knowledge gained from laboratory research to fight cancer...
By Kendall Hampton, OERD Graduate Research Assistant At NIU, community engagement isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a fundamental ethos baked into nearly every aspect of...
By Kendall Hampton, OERD Graduate Research Assistant Ah, spring break. A quiet time in the middle of the busy semester to relax, recharge, and… reengage....
By Kendall J. Hampton, OERD Graduate Research Assistant At Northern Illinois University, the heartbeat of engagement pulses through initiatives like Project FLEX, embodying the university’s...