Northern Illinois University

2015 SPOY Recipient

The vision of Northern Illinois University is to be the premier student-centered, research-focused public university in the Midwest . Learn More..

Established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Kauffman Foundation is based in Kansas City, Missouri, and is among the largest private foundations in the United States with an asset base of approximately $2 billion. Learn More