Tagged: Student Lincoln Laureate

NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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Marching to her own beat

NIU Student Lincoln Laureate juggles demanding music, biochemistry majors

  • November 10, 2016
If Rebecca Rasmussen, NIU’s newly named Student Lincoln Laureate, marches to her own beat, she certainly keeps a breathless pace. Consider Rasmussen’s rapid accumulation of awards, leadership experiences and remarkable…

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American dream

Parents of NIU Student Lincoln Laureate Kiranjit Gill emigrated
from India to U.S. for opportunity—and their daughter found it

  • October 20, 2015
In 1998, when Kiranjit Gill was just 4 years old, her parents left their homeland of Punjab, India, and traveled to the United States, settling in Palatine, Illinois. They wanted…

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