Faculty Excellence
Faculty Excellence
Investing in faculty to drive innovation, scholarship and student success.
Empowering Academic Leadership
Faculty Excellence Funds provide flexible, high-impact support that enables NIU faculty to pursue cutting-edge research, enhance teaching and collaborate across disciplines. These investments help NIU remain a dynamic center of intellectual discovery where students benefit from faculty who are leaders in their fields.
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
With donor support, NIU can recruit and retain outstanding scholars, fund groundbreaking ideas and offer meaningful professional development. From endowed professorships to student-centered initiatives, Faculty Excellence Funds ensure our academic community continues to grow, evolve and lead with purpose.
Stories
Making a lasting difference
FORWARD Voices
Mary Chiappetta, ’77, and her late husband John, ’77
“Since NIU gave us both so much, it was time to give back. I know my husband John is smiling down as we pay our blessings forward.”