Success, says Dan Migala, is about the baseballs you choose to pick up. Considered literally, it’s what launched the career of legendary Major League Baseball skipper Sparky Anderson. In the figurative sense, it’s a mantra that encourages finding and grabbing the opportunities
Read moreB.S. degree in Sport Management ready to enroll undergraduates for Fall 2019
NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) will launch a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management next fall. The new program capitalizes on the department’s rich heritage of preparing graduate students for careers in the thriving sport industry, which includes all of
Read moreCommunity Learning Series to highlight rewarding careers in sport management
Dan Migala is always thinking. The co-founder and chief innovation officer of 4Front Sports and Innovation Consulting Firm is the guy behind the Chicago White Sox’s 7:11 starting time – brought to you by 7-Eleven, of course. He’s also the marketing whiz
Read moreKNPE professors, grad student launch Project FLEX inside Illinois Youth Center
Opened in December 1904, the 120-acre Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles can hold 348 juvenile males in its Level 2 medium-security facility. The average daily population of 138 represents about 40 percent of that capacity. The average age is 17. Those
Read moreEngage Global contingent relates empowering lessons from Sri Lanka
How it began is worth a smile. “They arrived in Sri Lanka on 13th August,” writes Sri Lanka’s YMCA of Pamunugama, telling of its visitors from NIU and elsewhere in the United States, “and in the evening … went on a boat
Read moreEdLEAD fellows begin projects
Steve Howell is thinking big. Working with mentor Chad McEvoy, Howell plans to bolster the international alliance between NIU and the University of Tetova in Macedonia by brokering a second dual-degree program between the two schools. ”Tetova recently partnered and collaborated with
Read moreMeet the Dean’s Achievement Scholars!
Congratulations to the newest group of NIU College of Education Dean’s Achievement Scholars! Chosen for stellar academic performance in high school, each receives a $2,000 scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year with the possibility of renewal for the next year based on
Read moreAll-College spotlights innovation
Tuesday’s All-College meeting focused on department-level innovations and intentional growth strategies that support the Strategic Action Planning Framework. Dean Laurie Elish-Piper asked each department chair or faculty representative to present on one project or initiative that fuels the college’s values and priorities.
Read moreCOE students dive into summer research
When Sadie Filipski heard an offer to assist in research that she knew would impact her eventual career as an elementary school teacher, she volunteered immediately. “Going into something so relatable to what I’m going to be doing was so exciting,” says
Read moreEngage Global debuts in Sri Lanka
Days after the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s Sri Lankan visitors left the NIU campus in late April, their hosts already were planning to book flights to Asia for August. That trip began Aug. 12 – and included four students who
Read moreEngage U.S. travelers return energized from U.S. Olympic Training Center visit
“Being in the presence of Olympic coaches and athletes was incredible. I even got to the see one of my favorite male gymnasts who has been to the past two Olympic Games! That was definitely a highlight for me. Training in the
Read moreKNPE quartet visits University of Tetova for global conference on sport sciences
More than 80 years after NIU first opened as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1899, faculty in Physical Education began to embrace a new way of thinking. “Our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and our peers across the country,
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