The Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education will host Associate Professor Mirelsie Velázquez for the annual Jean Burke Carlson and Diane Berger Ehrlich Memorial Lecture on Nov. 12.

Northeastern Illinois University will launch a yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary during NEIU Weekend on Sept. 15 and 16.

With students like ours, Northeastern Illinois University always has reasons to be proud. In this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern, read about one of the highest-performing students in the College of Business and Management, five fellowships awarded with the help of the Career Development Center, and a high honor for a student in the Human Resource Development program.

Northeastern Illinois University has awarded emeritus status to three retiring faculty members. They will be honored during Commencement on Dec. 11.

Nationally recognized financial expert Terry Savage will participate in a discussion titled “The Savage Truth on Money, Markets and the Economy” as Northeastern Illinois University presents the second installment of the Daniel L. Goodwin Distinguished Lecture Series on Oct. 24.

November has arrived, and so has the 2017 President’s Report. Find out where to read the annual Northeastern Illinois University publication, which student earned a major scholarship with the help of a USDA grant and which faculty members lent their academic expertise to the week’s news coverage in this edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

STARTALK, an organization whose mission is to increase the number of United States citizens learning, speaking and teaching critical need foreign languages, has awarded Northeastern Illinois University a $57,328 grant for a new Multilingual Learning Center (MLC) program. The intensive teacher training summer program, STARTALK: Summer 2018 Language Teacher Training Institute, will train a group of 20 to 25 Arabic-language speakers and educators to teach elementary-age students by equipping them with curriculum development and foreign language instruction pedagogy.

Dust off your golf clubs—the NEIU Foundation’s biggest scholarship fundraiser of the year is coming up! Find out how to sign up for the Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event featuring former Chicago Bulls great Bob Love, check out the latest photos of The Nest residence hall and watch the first video in a new series featuring President Sharon Hahs and Provost Richard Helldobler.