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����Թ�’s El Centro location is hosting an Open House next week. Prospective students are invited to attend and learn about all the opportunities an NEIU education can provide. The 20th Annual Black Heritage Awards were awarded last week, and the University community mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry Durward Hofler, who helped start our International Business Conference. Read about these stories, the latest COVID-19 updates and more in this week’s Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Henry Durward Hofler, who taught at ����Թ� for more than 30 years and helped create the College of Business and Technology’s (CBT) annual student-run International Business Conference, died on Feb. 19, 2022. He was 83 years old.

Eleven members of the ����Թ� community were honored during the 20th Annual Black Heritage Awards ceremony on Feb. 25 in Alumni Hall on the Main Campus.

����Թ�’s Genocide and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora (GHRAD) Center will host their 8th annual conference next week, featuring presenters from all around the world. Two professors recently published books, in-person campus tours are back and there’s a new alumni referral program to help students waive their application fee. There are lots of other events happening on campus next week and other news to catch up on in this week’s Noteworthy at Northeastern!

����Թ�’s Genocide and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora (GHRAD) Center will host their 8th annual conference on March 3 and 4.

����Թ�'s Black History/Heritage Month celebration continues as Shermann “Dilla” Thomas takes the stage at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies next week. Read about his visit, alumni making big news and more in Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Urban historian and TikTok sensation Shermann “Dilla” Thomas will give a talk titled “Everything Dope about America Comes from Chicago” on Feb. 22 in honor of Black History/Heritage Month.

This year, Northeastern’s Black History/Heritage Month celebration offers both in-person and virtual events. Dr. Sharon L. Bethea discusses Black History Month's Chicago roots and the impact of the George Floyd Social Justice Scholarship at NEIU.

����Թ� continues to celebrate Black History/Heritage Month. Read about the roots of this celebration and more in the latest edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

����Թ� has announced this year’s George Floyd Social Justice Scholarship recipients and continues its Black Heritage/History Month celebration with a presentation by entrepreneur, travel historian and Black history education speaker Tammy Gibson. Read about this and more in the latest edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.