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Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. NEIU serves approximately 9,000 students in the region and is both a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution.
Northeastern Illinois Golden Eagles men's basketball formerly represented Northeastern Illinois University in intercollegiate men's basketball. The team participated in NCAA Division I beginning with the 1990–91 season.
Decades of prairie restoration work, begun by Northeastern Illinois University's Robert Betz, have cleared away some of the brush and allowed much of the original prairie's tallgrass flora to re-establish itself. Controlled burns have played a key role in this work. The prairie was listed as an Illinois Nature Preserve in September 1980. [1] [2]
Joseph J. Seymour – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (1974–1978) Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (2010–2014) Peter Franchot – Comptroller of Maryland; Maggie Hassan – Governor of New Hampshire (20132017) and the current junior United States senator from ...
Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States.It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld, initially to provide the state with college-educated teachers.
As a guard, Crawford played hoops for NEIU, averaging 18 points as a sophomore. He majored in physical education, with hopes of becoming a gym teacher. Officiating was something he did on the side, for rec games and intramurals, to make a little extra cash while he was a student-teacher.
Nothern Illinois first football team of 1899. NIU's football program was established in the late 19th century, playing its first ever game against DeKalb High School in 1899 and was led by coach John L. Keith to the team's first ever victory.
The latter experience enabled him to obtain a faculty position in the Computer Science Department of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in 1980. [3] He served the majority of his academic career at NEIU, including becoming Chair of Computer Science in 2002. [4] He passed away on January 29, 2020, due to cancer. [5]