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#FridayFeeling! We know that Madison Mathews is an amazing student – bit.ly/3Fwr9bG – and now the NIU Softball athlete is wrapping a triple-dinger week by being named one of NIU Athletics’ two recipients of the 2025 MACtion Medal of Excellence! bit.ly/43zR36j

PROGRAMMING ALERT! Suzanne Degges-White will appear live TODAY at 10 a.m. Central Time on “Psychology Show with Dr. Thea Gallagher” to discuss the topic of “Family Estrangement: What Do You Want Your Last Words to Be?” as well as different family transitions: siriusxm.com/doctorradio.

Grand slam! Congratulations to NIU Baseball athletes and Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education students Ty Brachbill, Logan Gregorio, Mason Ruh and Andrew Smart, all named to College Sports Communicators’s Academic All-District Team! bit.ly/4dIhU4M

Get in the hole! Congratulations to Patrick Bruminhent, NIU Men's Golf athlete and May graduate of our B.S. in Sport Management program, who was named to the Academic All-MACtion team! bit.ly/3T8t7SF

#MondayMotivation! Kudos to our faculty who earned promotions (Zachary Wahl-Alexander, Ximena Burgin, Nicholas Grahovec, Dana Isawi, Mariana Ricklefs, Tyler Wood and Peitao Zhu) and to our new dean, Mary Earick, hired at the rank of Professor with Tenure. bit.ly/407rWGW

Going, going, gone! Congratulations to NIU Baseball athletes Ty Brachbill (Kinesiology), Mason Ruh and Andrew Smart (both Sport Management), all named to the Academic All-MACtion team! bit.ly/3Zv5jMz

Graduate greatness! High-fives to master’s students Jacob Christensen (Athletic Training) and Emma Thorman (Sport Management), members of the NIU Wrestling and NIU Women’s Golf programs – and named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Teams! bit.ly/4kVzdSL

#WednesdayWisdom! Rachael Mahmood, a 2016 alumna of our Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction program, talks to Chalkbeat about what she learned during her travels and conversations as the 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year. bit.ly/4eguZCQ

NIU is closed today in observance of Juneteenth, marking the events of 160 years ago in Galveston Bay, Texas, and the news that brought of “freedom by executive decree” and “an absolute equality of rights.” Learn more: s.si.edu/44KLUL1.

Joseph Flynn finds resistance to Juneteenth “perplexing” – “Why wouldn’t we want to celebrate the fall of the nation’s original sin and the expansion of freedom?” – but hears its underlying call: “Freedom is not a given; it is a struggle we must sustain.” bit.ly/3HOEo8m

#MondayMotivation: The Spring 2025 graduation and dean’s lists are out! Is your name there? bit.ly/448YpOj 🙌

“Think about the game-changers.” NIU’s bright future will be sustained and advanced by research, innovation and artistry — fueled by the support of its alumni, friends and generous donors. That continues through “Forward: The Campaign for NIU.” bit.ly/3T6YHAp

New dog, new tricks: Suzanne Degges-White is discovering unrealized patience amid an aggravating flurry of barking, hopping, twisting, turning, leaping and nipping. “We didn’t expect to adopt 14 pounds of canine terror,” she says, “but here we are.” bit.ly/3HY7Usq

#FridayFeeling! Congratulations to NIU XC/TF athletes Carly Leonard (graduate student, Sport and Exercise Psychology) and Olivia Southby (senior, Sport Management), both of whom earned Academic All-MACtion honors for the outdoor season! bit.ly/4l2D68q

Pin high and pure! Congratulations to NIU Women’s Golf athletes and Sport Management students Mia Raines and Emma Thorman, named All-American Scholars by Women's Golf Coaches. bit.ly/44EZBuh

#FridayFeeling: Happy Independence Day, Huskies!

Hey, we know Jessalyn! niu.edu/spotlight/stud…

Meet Golden Apple winner and our M.S.Ed. alum James Rowe, who teaches physics, biology and earth science at Clare Woods Academy: “Clare Woods’ students – well, all students – are our children. They’re our future. I hope I can help our children succeed.” bit.ly/3Tqlebw

Hey, we know Casey! niu.edu/spotlight/stud…

Happy Birthday, NIU!🥳