Image of Alecia Martin smiling, wearing a gray shirt and blue rimmed glasses

No fear, no limits

Alecia Martin has an entrepreneurial spirit and has her sights set high.

P.J. Randhawa smiles at the camera while standing in front of two trees and a building.

An Emmy Award-winning alumna

For her investigative work with a St. Louis TV news program, Northeastern alumna P.J. Randhawa earned a Health and Science Mid-America Emmy Award.

Kathleen Kelly smiles into the camera while wearing her park ranger uniform.

Return of the park ranger

If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the first step of Kathleen Kelly’s journey of 56,932 miles took place at Northeastern.

Christy Theodore Behnam walks across a bridge while holding a notebook.

A passion to serve through medicine

The human body has always fascinated Christy Theodore Behnam.

Margo Odiko-Pim smiles with tree leaves in the background.

A leader in the study of leadership

Margo Odiko-Pim graduated in December 2017, but her work with Northeastern did not end there.

President Gloria J. Gibson poses in front of the Northeastern logo.

Finding a home at Northeastern

Northeastern Illinois University’s new president may have grown up downstate, but

Steve Deeloo smiles on a sunny day in Chicago.

Business for the people

Money is important to Steve Deeloo. Really important. It’s a value the Northeastern Illinois University senior developed growing up with his family in Iraq with little to get by.

Victoria Valentine portrait.

A special education for a special educator

Victoria Valentine always knew she wanted to be a teacher, but it wasn’t until she volunteered at a summer camp during sixth grade that she realized she wanted to pursue special education.

Mateo Farzaneh poses in Mossadegh Servant Leaders Hall.

Taking the Initiative

Associate Professor of History Mateo Farzaneh is principal of the NEIU Foundation’s Mossadegh Initiative.