Teaching takes a village! Our Illinois Tutoring Initiative tutors are positively impacting children in third- through eighth-grades whose learning has been impeded by COVID-19. go.niu.edu/nz2t36 #TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher

Why do we honor Cindie Lou during #TeacherAppreciationWeek ? Because we agree that SHAPE America made the perfect choice for its 2024 National Elementary P.E. Teacher of the Year award! First, read how she got here - go.niu.edu/8ork46 - and then #ThankATeacher !

Good luck on finals, Huskies! You’ve got this! niu.edu/registration-r…

#MondayMotivation : As #TeacherAppreciationWeek begins, we salute alumna and Golden Apple winner Molly Kettelhut and her fellow Huskies who joined her as 2024 finalists! go.niu.edu/cctljh #ThankATeacher

#FridayFeeling , Part 2! Congratulations to alumna Dr. Rachael Mahmood (myniu.com/article.html?a…), Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, ’17, named 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year by Illinois State Board of Education! isbe.net/Lists/News/New… NIUAlumniAssociation

#FridayFeeling ! Special visitors from our Project FLEX initiative jammed April 25 with NIU percussion students, saturating a Music Building hallway with the sounds of Afro-Brazilian salsa rhythms – and joy. niuarts.com/2024/05/niu-pe…

“Positive outcomes for their students”: Our Pi-Sui Hsu was featured in NIU Today coverage of a celebration for NIU CITL’s 2023-24 Curricular Innovation Projects. Grant recipients also included our Natalie Andzik, Farah Ishaq and Zach Wahl-Alexander. niutoday.info/2024/05/02/cur…

#HuskiePride ! NIU’s Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement (niu.edu/engaged-learni…) is starting now! First, meet some of our students who presented their work to us earlier this month at our annual Student Research Symposium. go.niu.edu/fzehpr

#MondayMotivation : “This feels like my calling.” Meet Kassandra Kavanaugh, a Ph.D. student in Counselor Education and Supervision who’s among the 2024 winners of NIU CITL’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards. go.niu.edu/sin4q7

#FlashbackFriday : Our Christopher Lowe read from his new publication, “Make Some Wretched Fool to Pay: Stories,” and interacted with the audience April 20 at Yellow Bird Books in Aurora. Learn more about his latest collection of short fiction: go.niu.edu/2t3f3h.

WATCH: Molly Pasley spoke to FOX 32 News this morning about our grant-funded Project J.E.D.I. beginning this fall to deliver 80 master’s degrees in Visual Disabilities with tuition and fees covered along with health insurance and generous living stipends. fox32chicago.com/video/1446519

We know FAFSA delays are frustrating, but we don’t want you to miss out on the financial aid you deserve to attend NIU. If you haven’t already, complete your FAFSA. ✅ If you’re in, find updates on the anticipated timeline for financial aid offers at go.niu.edu/tz2jhr.

Tomorrow! The 19th annual Roger and Cathy Kalisiak Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25, either in person or via Zoom, with speakers Christopher Murphy and Scott Lawrance. More information and registration: go.niu.edu/KalisiakLectur….

Do you consider yourself an introvert or an extrovert? Or are you a little of both? Suzanne Degges-White looks inside and outside to discover an aspiration toward “ambiversion.” northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024…

Congratulations to Jenn Jacobs, the first recipient of the new Dr. M. Nadine Zimmerman Endowed Professorship: “I teach college because it makes the world your playground.” go.niu.edu/q33pcu

#MondayMotivation : Double-alumna Michelle Rothmeyer, VP of Student Services at Kishwaukee College, is grateful for our Xiaodan Hu and Carrie Kortegast: “They both taught me that anything is possible if you work hard for it, and working hard is what I did.” myniu.com/article.html?a…

#FridayFeeling : Congratulations to NIU Wrestling athletes and Kinesiology majors Tommy Bennett, Michael Kaminski, Ricardo Salinas and Tulga Zuunbayan, named to the Academic All-#MACtion team! niuhuskies.com/news/2024/4/17…

One week away! The 19th annual Roger and Cathy Kalisiak Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25, either in person or via Zoom, with speakers Christopher Murphy and Scott Lawrance. More information and registration: go.niu.edu/KalisiakLectur….

Look! Up in the sky! Is it the eclipse? No, it’s a fresh batch of stories posted to the Ed News! cedu.news.niu.edu

#FridayFeeling ! Congratulations to NIU Women's Basketball athletes Grace Hunter (senior, Exercise Physiology) and Tara Stauffacher (senior, Kinesiology) on their Academic All-#MACtion honors! niuhuskies.com/news/2024/4/11…