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Table of Contents Introduction President's Message ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Board of Visitors ................................................................................................................................................ 4 University Mission ............................................................................................................................................ 6

Learning and the Student Experience

University Enrollment ...................................................................................................................................11The College of Strategic Intelligence ....................................................................................................21The School of Science and Technology Intelligence ......................................................................25University Programs and Services ..........................................................................................................28

Year in Review

Year in Review ...................................................................................................................................................39End of Program Student Feedback .........................................................................................................462016 Commencement Honorees and Awards ...................................................................................49NIU Alumni and Events .................................................................................................................................56
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President's Message

2016 has been another remarkable year of milestones and achievement at NIU

2016 has been another remarkable year of milestones and 

achievement at National Intelligence University (NIU). Acting on the 2015 strategic guidance memo from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), we completed NIU Strategic Plan 2017–21 and its accompanying Implementation Plan. The plans describe how NIU will continue to support the mission of the Intelligence Community (IC), embrace civilian-military intelligence integration and information sharing, and embed institution-wide performance assessments and improvement practices to meet intelligence requirements. Both plans have been endorsed by NIU’s Board of Visitors (BOV) and have been signed by the DNI.This year we restructured our graduate degree program curriculum and offerings. Buildincurriculum review conducted in 2015, the College of Strategic Intelligence piloted three Maof Strategic Intelligence (MSSI) degree Programs of Study. With the success of these prograplans to offer six programs in the next academic year (AY). The School of Science and Technolocontinued to focus on DNI priorities within its concentrations. Cyber Intelligence and Data combined into a single concentration, creating a coordinated information-based progranew Information and Influence Intelligence concentration was added, reinforcing stratecommunications intelligence analysis. The curriculum design has proven to successfully impbetween disciplinary experience and learning outcomes.Construction is nearly complete on our new campus facility, and in 2017 NIU will make thfrom Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling to our remodeled building in Bethesda, Maryland. Since its has been advancing and expanding to meet the mission and needs of the national security acommunities. I sincerely believe this milestone will better position the University to fulfill iCenter of Academic Life for the IC, and I look forward to the new opportunities ahead.This year I announced that 2017 will be my final year as NIU’s president. In my last year I pestablishing NIU at Bethesda, graduating the Class of 2017, and reaffirming our accreditation 

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States Commission on Higher Education. I am grateful to our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and supportcommunity for their dedication and achievement during my tenure at NIU. If our past is any indication of oforward to seeing NIU continue to rise to the challenges and opportunities of educating intelligence profethe worlds of academia and national security, and collaborating with the DoD and IC to keep our nation safWe had a rich year of distinguished guests and topics delivered through our lecture series programs. Facstudents alike have been recognized for instruction, research work, community support, and competitivalso had the honor and privilege to recognize the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. BushDoctor of Strategic Intelligence degree. Our alumni support has strengthened, and this year we achieved a by establishing a formally chartered alumni organization. These are just a few of the many accomplishments read about in this issue of our annual report.Future Intelligence Challenges is the theme for the 2016 Annual Report.

Education • Research • Outreach

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NOTE: The National Intelligence University Annual Report for AY 2016 has been prepared in accordance with the accrerequirements of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The facts and figures presented are in compliance with rand are verified by NIU’s Institutional Effectiveness Department.
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Board of VisitorsThe NIU BOV consists of 12 members, plus 3 ex 

officio members representing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security. Board members are appointed by the Secretary of Defense and operate within the guidelines of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The BOV is charged with ensuring that the mission of the University is implemented, providing guidance to its chief executive officer, and reporting its findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence through the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The BOV, in partnership with University administration and faculty, ensures that the institution demonstrates integrity through the manner in which goals, selects and retains faculty, admits students, establishes curricula, guides research programs, pursues r

demonstrates attention to equity and diversity issues, allocates its resources, serves intelligence and national seand provides for the success of its students.

ChairpersonMaureen A. BaginskiFormer Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of InvestigationMembersThad W. Allen, ADM, USCG (Ret.)Former Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Executive Vice President, Booz Allen HamiltonArden L. Bement, Jr., PhDFormer Director, National Science Foundation, and Former Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIU Board of Visitors, January 2016
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Kevin J. Cosgriff, VADM, USN (Ret.)Former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet Joan A. Dempsey Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Joann P. DiGennaro, JD President, Center for Excellence in Education John C. Gannon, CAPT, USN (Ret.), PhD Former Chairman, National Intelligence Council and Former Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Adjunct Professor, Georgetown UniversityJohn MacGaffin IIISenior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Senior Director, CENJoanne O’Rourke IshamFormer Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;Founding Partner, Isham Associates, LLCHarvey Rishikof, JDTeaching Professor and Director of Cybersecurity and the Law at the iSchool and Earle Mack School of Law, DrexeNominated as Ex Officio MembersDeborah KircherAssistant Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital and Chief Human Capital Officer for the IntelligencOffice of the Director of National IntelligenceGlenn A. GaffneyAssociate Director of Central Intelligence Agency for TalentFrancis X. Taylor, Brig Gen, USAF (Ret.)Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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University Mission

MissionThe National Intelligence University (NIU) advances the intelligence profession through a hointegrative, contextual approach to education that promotes dynamic teaching, englearning, original research, academic outreach, analytical problem solving, rigorous resmethods, collaborative processes, and lifelong learning.

NIU —the Center of Academic Life for the Intelligence Community—preparing today’s lefor tomorrow’s challenges.Vision

Goals1. Develop strategic leadership in the profession of intelligence.2. Contribute to the body of knowledge of the intelligence profession and the IC and inf

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3. Fully integrate NIU into the IC.
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Values Academic Freedom: NIU embraces the principle that students, faculty, and staff have the academic freedom to explore significant and controversial questions as an essential precondition to fulfilling the mission of educating students and advancing knowledge. Learning: Students, faculty, and staff embrace a culture of continuous learning. Every new challenge presents the opportunity for growth; every interaction presents the opportunity for the acquisition of new knowledge.Collaboration: NIU embraces the spirit of collegiality; the mission is only accomplisha team. Students, faculty, and staff must have the character and conviction to lead and follow.Diversity: NIU embraces the fact that differing backgrounds and experiences maWe promote inclusion in our workforce and encourage diversity in our thinking.Integrity: NIU holds a special public trust. We practice careful stewardship of our financial and human. We will not just say the right thing—we will do the right thaccountable to ourselves, and ultimately to the American people.
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AccreditationNational Intelligence University is a federal degree-granting institution, authorized by Congress to offer accreand undergraduate degrees, as well as graduate certificates. NIU is accredited by the Middle States CommisEducation (MSCHE), 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (267-284-5000).MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for HAccreditation.NIU’s Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program is approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs oselected, qualified military officers to receive JPME I credit after completing a designated program of study concUniversity’s graduate degree program.Financial ResourcesNIU’s financial planning is based on the Intelligence, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution system, which operates on a 6-year cycle. DIA, in conjunction with the DNI, provides financial resources to the University. The requirements are submitted through the General Defense Intelligence Program, which exclusively funds the University.In accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 3305.01, NIU continues to expand its educational, research, and outreach mission and responsibilities while both evolving as a service of common concern to the IC and also meeting the demand of its customers. Acting on DoDI 3305.01 and the University’s Strategic Plan, the University has secured funding for fiscal years (FYs) 2017 and 2018 in order to maintain IC academic offerings with current levels of faculty, staff, and administrative support. In FY 2016, NIU was able to sustain all of the educational research and outreach goals and achievements implemented with the FY 2016 budget. 

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The resource outlook for the next 5 years is expected to remain flat, at best, with the potential for reduction dand other fiscal challenges within DoD and the IC. The investment of available resources will require careful and so that NIU can accomplish its assigned core mission. Detailed review and analysis may be required in ordappropriate mix of available resources that delivers a fundamentally sound and unique educational experegardless of program, location, or certificate. Learning Outcomes and Assessment NIU is dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous improvement. NIU’s assessment plan is based on the recognition that in order to best meet our mission, goals, and objectives, we must strive to: (1) clarify our goals and link them to the overall mission, (2) measure our progress, and (3) act on what we have learned to better meet our ultimate objective—providing students with an excellent learning experience.Assessment of programs and student performance is critical in determining the effectiveness and success of NIU. Evaluations of classes and curricula are carefully constructed to ensure clear linkage among desired learning outcomes, course syllabi, joint educational goals, and NIU’s mission.NIU’s assessment plan activities are primarily led by the Institutional Effectiveness Department. Assessment facets of the University, and the department works to ensure documentation and consideration of results and improvement actions. 

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Learning and the Student Experience

2016 Annual Rep

University EnrollmentThe Department of Enrollment Services plays a vital role in the success of NIU students, faculty, anadministration. Housing the admissions, registration, and advising support functions of NIU, this departmenfollows students from initial contact through admittance, registration, graduation, and beyond. Working witfaculty and leadership, the Registrar provides professional advice in the area of enrollment managemendevelops the academic calendar and manages classroom availability, responds to data and reportinrequests from the faculty and Institutional Effectiveness Department, and provides support for the variouconferences and symposia occurring each year.The Admissions staff works with agencies throughout the intelligence and military communities to recruhighly qualified and diverse candidates for NIU full- and part-time programs. NIU's diverse student bod

represents a rich mixture of experience across federal agencies, the IC, and all branches of the U.S. militarThis diversity is reflected in the policy of the Federal Government as an equal employment opportunitinstitution committed to the principle that access to education or employment opportunities, including abenefits and privileges, be accorded each person—student, faculty, and staff—on the basis of individuamerit and without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex, or age.

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Fall enrollment for AY 2016 totaled 714 students, including 55 percent military and 45 percent civilian. Fulrepresented 25 percent of enrollment. Of the full-time students, 65 percent were military, and 35 percent were part-time students, 52 percent were military, and 48 percent were civilian.1AY 2016 enrollment represented a 2.9 percent decrease from the previous academic year. Changes in NIU enrmostly attributed to fiscal policy in the current economic environment affecting the Military Services and federawith this recent decline in enrollment, the University has trended an average increase of 2.4 percent over the pa1Part-time enrollment includes thesis-only status students. 2Data Sources: AY 2011–12 through AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Reports.
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Undergraduate Enrollment: Student Characteristics 3 Student academic background/entrance averages are based on student academic files completed as of October 1, 2015. Students with academic documents outstanding as of October 1, 2015, are not represented. Undergraduate Age and Student Academic Background Undergraduate Age and Student Academic Background Average Age 38 Average Entrance Grade Point Average (GPA)3 3.25 Undergraduate Student Gender Male 59% Female 41% Undergraduate Student Race/Ethnicity African Amer

Asian/Pacific Caucasian Hispanic Native AmerTwo or More Other/Unkno
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Undergraduate Enrollment4

Undergraduate Age and Student Academic Background 

Undergraduate Student Enrollment—BSI

18 Full-Time Students | 11 Military • 7 Civilian

4Data Source: AY 2015-16 NIU Fall Census Report.

Defense Intelligence Agency 3Department of State 2National Security Agency 2U.S. Air Force 4U.S. Army 4U.S. Coast Guard 1U.S. Navy 2
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Graduate Enrollment: Student Characteristics Undergraduate Age and Student Academic Background Graduate Age and Student Academic Background5 Average Age 37 Average Baccalaureate GPA 3.27 Average Graduate GPA 3.63 Average Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Verbal Score 150 Average GRE Quantitative Reasoning Score 156 Average GRE Analytical Writing Score 4.28 5Student academic background averages are based on student academic files completed as of October 1, 2015. 

Students with academic documents outstanding as of October 1, 2015, are not represented.

 Graduate Student Gender

Male 70Female 30

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African American 4%Asian/Pacific Islander 1%Caucasian 30%Hispanic 2%Native American/ Alaskan 0%Two or More Races 1%Other/Unknown 62%
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Graduate Full-Time Enrollment66Data Source: AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Report.

Full-Time MSSI Enrollment

129 Full-Time Students | 88 Military • 41 Civilian

Full-Time MSTI Enrollment

41 Full-Time Students | 23 Military • 18 

Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands 3Air Force Office of Special Investigations 2Defense Intelligence Agency 7Department of Homeland Security 1Department of State 10Federal Bureau of Investigation 1National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 8National Security Agency 5Office of the Director of National Intelligence 2Office of Naval Intelligence 1Office of the Secretary of Defense 1U.S. Air Force 31U.S. Air Force Reserve 3U.S. Air National Guard 2U.S. Army 32U.S. Army Reserve 1U.S. Coast Guard 10U.S. Marine Corps 2U.S. Navy 7

Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Central Intelligence Agency Defense Intelligence Agency Department of Homeland Security Department of State National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Security Agency Office of Naval Intelligence U.S. Air Force U.S. Air National Guard U.S. Army U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Marine Corps 
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Graduate Part-Time Enrollment7 Part-Time MSSI Enrollment 294 Students | 162 Military • 132 Civilian7Data Source: AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Report.

Central Intelligence Agency 3Defense Intelligence Agency 2Department of the Army 1Department of Defense (other) 3Department of Health and 1Human ServicesDepartment of Homeland 1Security Department of the Navy 1Department of Treasury 1Federal Bureau of Investigation 1National Reconnaissance Office 1National Security Agency 3Naval Criminal Investigative 1Service 

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Air Force Office of 1Special Investigations Defense Intelligence Agency 32Department of the Army 4Department of Defense 14(other) Department of Homeland 4Security Department of Justice 1(other) Department of the Navy 5Department of State 11Department of Treasury 2Drug Enforcement 1Administration Federal Bureau of 17Investigation Marine Corps Intelligence 3Agency National Geospatitial-Intelligence 15Agency

National Security Agency 18National Reconnaissance 1Office Office of Naval Intelligence 1U.S. Agency for International 1Development U.S. Air Force 41U.S. Air Force Reserve 1U.S. Air National Guard 2U.S. Army 19U.S. Army National Guard 17U.S. Army Reserve 11U.S. Coast Guard 7U.S. Coast Guard Reserve 3U.S. Congress 1U.S. Marine Corps 16U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 3U.S. Navy 23U.S. Navy Reserve 19

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57 Students | 38 Military • 19 Civilia
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Graduate Thesis-Only Enrollment88Data Source: AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Report.

Graduate Thesis-Only Enrollment

83 Students | 45 Military • 38 Civilian

Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands 2Air Force Office of Special Investigations 1Central Intelligence Agency 2Defense Intelligence Agency 10Department of the Air Force 1Department of Defense (other) 2Department of Homeland Security 4Department of State 2Federal Bureau of Investigation 3National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 7National Security Agency 2

Office of Naval Intelligence 1U.S. Air Force 11U.S. Air Force Reserve 1U.S. Army 11U.S. Army National Guard 1U.S. Army Reserve 2U.S. Capitol Police 1U.S. Marine Corps 3U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 2U.S. Navy 8U.S. Navy Reserve 6
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Certificate Enrollment99Data Source: AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Report.

Fall Certificate Enrollment

92 Students | 28 Military • 64 Civilian

Alliance of Intelligence 6Operations Air Force Office of Special 2Investigations Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 1Firearms and Explosives Central Intelligence Agency 4Defense Intelligence Agency 6Department of the Army 1Department of Defense 4(other) Department of Energy 4Department of Homeland 9Security Department of the Navy 3

Department of the Treasury 4Drug Enforcement 2Administration Marine Corps Intelligence 5ActivityNational Geospatial-Intelligence 6Agency National Reconnaissance Office 2National Security Agency 2Naval Criminal Investigative 1Service Office of the Director of 1National IntelligenceOffice of the Secretary of 1Defense 

U.S. Air Force 4U.S. Army 9U.S. Army Reserve 4U.S. Coast Guard 4U.S. Marine Corps 3U.S. Navy 3U.S. Navy Reserve 1
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NIU Academic Center Enrollment1010 Data Source: AY 2015–16 NIU Fall Census Report. Academic Center enrollment is included in the graduate part-time enrollment data s

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Academic Center Enrollment

138 Students | 74 Military • 64 Civilian

Academic Center at National Security Agency 7 7 3 7 24Academic Center at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 6 10 6 12 34

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Quantico Academic Center 6 1 5 10 22

Southern Academic Center 15 14 9 4 42

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The College of Strategic Intelligence (CSI) is where students earn the Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI) and the Bachelor of Science in Intelligence (BSI) degrees and graduate certificates. Students in the MSSI program study the global environment, frameworks of analysis, intelligence collection, national strategy, and logical reasoning. CSI endeavors to improve the global and cultural awareness of military and civilian intelligence professionals, provide them frameworks and tools for critical analysis, instill in-depth knowledge of the IC and its support of the national security policy process, and enhance their ability to consider the role and desired impact of intelligence on the strategic level in addition to the role played by their particular agency. CSI continues to evolve and improve, despite a flat budget and static resources. The 54 assigned full-time faculty taught 293 course offerings to a total of 714 students during the academic year; 208 students completed certificate programs. The College of Strategic Intelligence College of Strategic Intell

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CSI Programs of Study CSI piloted three concentration Programs of Study (PoS). A PoS is a series of at least four tailored courses plus a thesis pertaining to a subject taught within the MSSl curriculum and of interest to the IC.Initial after-action review indicates this approach is highly successful because it aligns student and faculty research to an area of IC interest, and greatly assists students by providing intensive study of a subject matter of importance to their career development.CSI Faculty

NIU congratulates:CSI faculty who have earned doctoral degrees in 2016.

• Dr. D. Shin• Dr. C. Speranza• Dr. D. Westbrooks

This year, CSI faculty:

• Published 13 articles 

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• Presented 29 public 

papers/lectures to academic panels

CSI JournalThe inaugural issue of the CSI Journal of Strategic Intelligence, edited by Dr. David Belt and Mr. Steve Park, was published with articles written by:

• Mr. Y. Aboul-Enein• Mr. J. Dillard• Mr. W. Hugar• Dr. M. Metcalf• Mr. S. Park• Dr. A. Pierce• Dr. W. Spracher

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CSI Faculty “Operations-Driven Intelligence: Is the Shirt on Backwards?” a journal article written by Ms. Julie Mendin the July issue of International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, describes what value organizations bring to the IC and national security. ABSTRACT The United States Intelligence Community (IC) has an important role in protecting our national interesdomestic threats. The participants in the “community” are numerous agencies, each with specific missioSome of the participants have primary roles providing intelligence to U.S. government leadership, others havfulfilling non-intelligence missions but have important roles in sharing information for national securnon-intelligence agencies have intelligence processes which are somewhat backwards of the intelligence held up as a standard. This paper explores the ways the differences are helpful in contributing to national secalso misunderstood. A greater understanding of differences will be valuable for the continued integration anMr. Wayne Hugar, an NIU faculty member in CSI, facilitated the 2016 East Asia Symposium in United States Pacific Command. The 2-week education event marked the fourth annual iteration of this classified trilateral working group, which focuses on current and emerging priority intelligence and security topics for East Asia. This year, 18 U.S. and allied civilian and military intelligence professionals subdivided into three smaller trilateral working groups and produced three future scenarios focusing on specific key questions about the East Asia security environment of interest to the IC.

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There is a compelling strategic need for the IC to have the technical depth, skills, and tools to understand the potential of science and technology (S&T) to affect the United States’ role in the world. The Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence complements the academic programs of the College of Strategic Intelligence by providing students with opportunities for effective research, intelligence education, and interagency outreach within a science-based educational paradigm. Graduate Concentrations As the result of extensive curriculum review, the Oettinger School initiated a reorganization of its major cThe former Cyber and Information Operations and Denial and Deception concentrations have been reorganalign disciplinary expertise and learning outcomes. The new Cyber Intelligence and Data Analytics concentration now reflects information in the digital womanipulated, and understood. Information in large databases, complex structures, and massively obscure flintelligence opportunities for detection and understanding of threats. The Cyber Intelligence and Data Anaeducates students on the rapidly changing foundations and dynamics of the global information environmeThe new Information and Influence Intelligence concentration integrates information and influences in

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and Deception component of the concentration addresses foreign programs that are coherently coordinated technological superiority or significantly affect U.S. national security interests.Cooperative Graduate Research ProgramThe Oettinger School’s research program generated numerous successful and classified results through engagbroad spectrum of national level organizations addressing subjects ranging from signals intelligence mathematicharacterization to systems engineering analysis.The school's collaborative outreach program enables students to conduct experimental and analytical rDepartment of Energy National Laboratories and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). NIU has devrelationships with the FBI Laboratory Division, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National LabNorthwest National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The programs enable students to conduct at the laboratories and provide direct access to world-class scientists for interaction, research, and perspectives intelligence issues.Latency, Emerging And Disruptive TechnologyIn partnership with the National Intelligence Council and the Department of Energy Office of Intelligence, the Oettinger School continued its work addressing emerging and disruptive technology. This year’s program included a highly successful and focused workshop on “strategic latency” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Workshop participants assessed contributions from commercial and non-governmental decisionmaking processes to anticipatory analysis of emerging technologies. The resulting publication was widely circulated and is leading to follow-on research and workshops across the academic and intelligence communities.

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Our Students For the first time, two student teams participated in the annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge sponsored by the Atlantic Council and American University’s School of International Service. Now entering its fourth year, the Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition designed to provide students across academic disciplines with a deeper understanding of the policy challenges associated with cyber crisis and conflict. One team won the award for the best decision paper, and the other team placed second overall in the competition against 39 teams from other universities. Our Faculty Faculty at the Oettinger School serve in a wide variety of external roles ranging from service on dissertaacademic institutions, on panels for ODNI and senior leadership of intelligence agencies, and on panels at the of Sciences. Faculty have published papers and articles addressing science and technology. In particular, faculty contribRocks, a web-based platform for analysis, commentary, debate, and multimedia content on foreign policy aissues. These articles are highly visible at the Pentagon and numerous other locations.
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UniversityPrograms and ServicesThe President's Lecture Series

This year’s President’s Lecture Series (PLS) recefrom students and faculty alike; the deans indiyear’s series was the best ever. That is no small prathat a weekly lecture series has been a regular comfull-time student experience for more than 25 known as the Distinguished Speaker Prograunderwent a significant change in AY 2015 when ioverhauled, and moved from the Dean’s Office tOffice at the request of NIU’s president. The goal oseries was to ensure the lectures were more closcurriculum and relevant to students and faculty.The keys to success included early plannincollaboration with the deans and faculty on the prioritization of topics to be presented during the then working together to find the best speakers for Additionally, feedback from previous years’ stude

helped improve the series, including environmental adjustments such as better temperature control and soquality. The series planners also took into account student desires not to have a PLS session during final exam wThe roster of experienced PLS speakers included agency directors and deputy directors, the Under Secretary Intelligence, National Security Advisors, and National Intelligence Managers/Officers, along with other expleaders of national intelligence agencies and foreign embassies. Their insights delivered a valuable compcurriculum, and the sessions provided an opportunity for students to engage IC leaders and subject matter expethe-record question and answer exchanges.

Dr. Mark Lowenthal delivers a PLS lecture

The President’s Lecture Series Receives High Marks
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AY 2016 President’s Lecture Series Schedule 31 AUG 2015 Leadership and Intelligence Integration 07 DEC 2015 The Challenges of Using Intelligence in a Criminal Trial 29 FEB 2016 Russ

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28 SEP 2015 ISIL Intelligence: A Capitol Hill Perspective 04 JAN 2016 Interdiction of A Nuclear Proliferation Network 14 MAR 2016 The B

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The Center for Strategic Intelligence Research

NIU’s Center for Strategic Intelligence Research (CSIR) houses several research initiatives, each of which is led by research faculty member. CSIR research faculty consult with senior analytic leadership and other University faca strategic research agenda that focuses on issues of mutual interest. Research faculty then either conduthemselves or collaborate with scholars from academia to provide lectures and written products that broadanalytic knowledge in their given subject matter areas. This year, CSIR hired new researchers to lead initiatives on Advanced Analysis, and Global Futures.AY 2016 initiatives focused on Africa and the Western Hemisphere. The Western Hemisphere Research Initiative studied Haiti and included outreach and research activities. A seminar at the State Department brought together academic experts and IC analysts to discuss Haiti’s troubled presidential election, and the Initiative’s senior fellow provided expert advice to the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations on the status of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. The Africa Research Initiative (ARI) focused on political succession, democratization, and terrorism. Two academic newsletters were published on the Great Lakes Region and democratization. ARI also produced CSIR Research Reports on Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and terrorism. A day-long symposium on Africa was held in partnership with ODNI and NIU’s Office of 
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Research Outreach This year, CSIR also collaborated with NIU’s Office of Outreach to develop a seminar on the presidential eleday-long symposium on Africa. NIU Research Fellows Since the launch of the Research Fellows program in 2003, CSIR has hosted up to nine fellows per year from agencies and the Military Services. During the 12-month tenure of the fellowship, participants are released from routine duties and based awoffices, working on their own or collaboratively on research projects. Successful candidates demonstrate an athink critically, and work independently. CSIR provides fellows with full access to CSIR research staff and NIU faculty to help craft their research desigto National Intelligence (NI) Press editorial staff to assist with research publication. CSIR also provides resecomputers, and workspace. The program is open to mid-career or senior intelligence professionals and Fellows are encouraged to publish their research in classified and unclassified intelligence periodicals, joand magazines. This academic year, four NIU Research Fellows conducted research on biometrics; additive manufacturinamong allies; and the National Reconnaissance Office.
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Fellows Research Products Highlighted This YearRead the full products on NIU’s website at http://ni-u.edu/wp/csir/research-fellows-program/2016
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National Intelligence Press The NI Press publishes the work of faculty, research fellows, students, and IC professional

authors to introduce new perspectives on topics of critical interest to the IC and, more broadly, the U.S. gofounding in 1996 (originally as the NDIC Press), the Press has established itself as a major resource for the IC. Itbecome mainstays in IC classrooms and serve as indispensable tools for analysts, collectors, and others seeand paths to professional development. The NI Press Editorial Board includes members from NIU’s Board of Visitors, faculty, and the Office of ResBoard reviews submissions and votes on which manuscripts the Press should publish. The Press has an online catalog with more than 40 titles available for free download that are accessed over 4The Press continues to convert its titles to eBook format. As a U.S. government publisher, the NI Press partners with the Government Printing Office (GPO) to showconline via the GPO Bookstore, which in turn partners with commercial booksellers including Amazon. Govemay request complimentary books through the NI Press; on average, the Press receives 40 book requestrong presence at gatherings such as the International Studies Association and the International Associat

Education helps the NI Press to engage with leading academics and calls attention to key research by NIU faNew publications from the Press highlight incisive research conducted at NIU. These titles include: • In Intelligence Management in the Americas, co-editors Russell Swenson and Carolina Sancho Hirane bring together 22 authors from across the Americas to address the present and future contexts for managing intelligence in the Western Hemisphere. They examine intelligence management options that could be adopted by the governments in the region. • Gestión de Inteligencia is the Spanish-language version of Intelligence Management in the Americas. This translation makes the ideas in the book accessible to a broader range of academics and others throughout the hemisphere.
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Library ServicesThe John T. Hughes Library plays a key role in enhancing the work of students and intelligence professiona

all-source research assistance, instruction, and comprehensive collections and tools. Guided by the standardhigher education set by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the John T. Hughes Library is committed to the principles set forth, including increased accountability to the students and administration of NIU.

Research Services and Library InstructionDuring AY 2016, research librarians continued to improve core research methods instruction for NIU and DIA. In response to student feedback, instruction was streamlined to eliminate repetitiveness and to improve language and guidance for citations and the curriculum. In addition, the research librarians taught several workshops:

• Citations and RefWorks• Classified Information Resources• Google Like a Librarian• Introduction to Data Resources• JTH Library Databases in Depth• Literature Review• Locating International Resources• Locating Primary Sources• Research Strategies

Workshops, taught on a rotating schedule every week, reinforced the research methods curriculum, but at Additionally, the library tested an evening research services program for NIU’s part-time students.
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Access Services The library circulation/technical services staff enhanced customer service by ensuring clear communicaprocedures for University faculty, staff, and students. The library circulation staff also provided studenexcellent resources, including textbook distribution and access to unclassified academic research. Library Resources The library budget stayed firm with 70 percent allocated for research content (65 percent of which was e-contallocated for textbook purchases. The library added over 5,000 new items to the general collection (e.g., audio CDs). In an effort to increase student research productivity, the library continued to maintain subscri360 Link Resolver, and Serials Solutions A-Z list, and it added Sage Research Methods Online. The librarsubscriptions to Ebrary, OneClickDigital, Films on Demand Digital Service, and Foreign Policy Journal On26 research databases, students have access to DNI’s Open Source Center commercial content and other through contract agreements.
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NIU's Website and Social Media: Effective Tools For Strategic CommunicationNIU’s websites provide important, accurate, and up-to-date information to current and prospective studenstakeholders, and increasingly, to researchers and communities of interest for specialized research topicsbranched out with expanded use of social media. NIU’s presence on YouTube was driven by the impetus to highwith NI Press authors, promoting their latest publications. LinkedIn will be utilized more often by the newly estaAssociation to provide an opportunity to keep alumni engaged and connected to the University. NIU’s introduction to Twitter was kicked off at one of the largest outreach events that NIU has participated in—The Africa Symposium. The symposium provided NIU an opportunity to engage with many subject matter experts, as well as government and industry partners, think tanks, and academic institutions that were in attendance. The social media strategy is predicated on developing an opportunity to provide new target audiences with many key messages that NIU is promoting, including showcasing our role as a think tank for the IC. It is anticipated that the increased social media presence will direct more visitors to the public-facing website.The University’s public-facing website (www.ni-u.edu) experienced the 

highest volume of traffic since it was launched in 2011, averaging more than 8,000 visitors per month throughou

catalog continues to be the most downloaded publication, but new content pages continue to attract new visproviding greater visibility to the breadth of the NIU mission.
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The new web page for NIU’s Africa Research Initiative (ARI) was viewed more than 400 times in the first moIn December, the Upcoming Outreach Engagements tool launched on the Joint Worldwide IntelligencSystem (JWICS) providing a consolidated listing of analytic outreach events of interest to members of thwhich is updated regularly, immediately became one of the top visited pages on the classified website. A trapage dedicated to the main campus move to Bethesda was launched, which includes a relocation fact-sheetand “Frequently Asked Questions.” The web article titled “Former President George H. W. Bush Awarded was the top story for many weeks. The same article was posted to the DIA Facebook page and had more tone week.
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2016 Annual Rep

NIU Remembers Key Leader in University’s Early HistoryFormer Congressman Louis Stokes (1925–2015) was a key congressional ally during one of the most important turning points in the early history of NIU.As an influential member of the House of Representatives in the late 1970s, Stokes helped garner congressional support for the initial legislation authorizing the school to award a master’s degree in intelligence. The law passed in 1980, and the degree it authorized—the Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence—is today a valued credential held by thousands of career intelligence professionals.Representative Stokes continued to be a friend and ardent supporter for decades. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Strategic Intelligence in 1987 during the school’s 25th anniversary year, and he later served on the school’s Board of Visitors for more than a decade, from 1988 to 2001. NIU President Dr. David Ellison noted that “the unwavering support and legislative savvy of former Representative Stokes during those early years set the stage for the (then) Defense Intelligence School to evolve into what is today a robust, rigorous university that is truly the center of academic life for the Intelligence Community.”For NIU, former Representative Stokes’ legacy carries on with each succeeding class of graduates who earn the MSSI degree that he played such a central role in establishing.

Representative Louis Stokes (D-OH) (center) receives an honorary Doctor of Strategic Intelligence degree at the Defense Intelligence College graduation ceremony in 1987 from the College Commandant Colonel John McCartney, USAF (left) and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Leonard Perroots, USAF
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NIU Celebrates the Life of Storied Code Breaker, NSA Leader, and AdvisorAnn Caracristi (1921–2016) was an iconic member of America’s greatest generation with close ties to NIUMs. Caracristi began her career as a code breaker in World War II and rose through the ranks to become one of the highest ranking members of the IC by serving as Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.Ms. Caracristi served on NIU’s Board of Visitors for 7 years, from 1994 to 2001, working with her board colleagues to provide independent advice on matters related to the mission, policy, accreditation, faculty, students, facilities, curricula, educational methods, research, and administration of the (then) Joint Military Intelligence College.In recognition of her remarkable career achievements, NIU presented Ms. Caracristi an honorary degree in 2003 and named an academic award after her. The Ann Caracristi Naval Intelligence Foundation Award for Academic Excellence is now presented each year at graduation for highest scholastic achievement in the graduate program by a student in one of the maritime services—Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.

Ms. Ann Caracristi (right) presents the inaugural graduation award in her name to Captain Jeff Takle, USMC in Tighe Auditorium in July 2002
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President Bush's Houston, Texas, officeFormer President George H. W. Bush Awarded Honorary DegreeOn March 8, NIU presented the Honorable George H. W. Bush with an honorary Doctor of Strategic Irecognizing the 41st President of the United States as “an exemplar of the highest ideals of service to the secuof the nation.” The honorary degree was presented by NIU President Dr. David Ellison during a small cerBush’s Houston office. Also in attendance were former First Lady Barbara Bush and Ambassador Ryan CGeorge Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. 

President Bush has a long record of disto his country. As the 41st President of he was the ultimate user of U.S. intellservice as the Commander in Chief, he win World War II, Congressman from Tto the United Nations, Chief of the U.SBeijing, Director of Central Intelligence at President of the United States under PresideThroughout this distinguished career, Presi

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NIU Students Recognized for Work on Ebola CrisisOn February 22, two NIU students, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Robert Jones and Lieutenant Eliezer Gonzalezthe National Intelligence Meritorious Unit citation. The students’ efforts resulted in the identification of sepassengers and vessels connected to Ebola-affected regions, which led to additional port screenings. The tework combating the Ebola virus will serve as a valuable model for battling future communicable disease outbre
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Mr. Wayne Hugar Wins the 2016 NIU Faculty Research Award Mr. Wayne Hugar’s research identified causal factors for China’s initiation of large-scale land reclamation and infrastructure construction on its occupied Spratly Island features in the South China Sea in 2014. The purpose of this research was to identify likely causes and to determine whether there was evidence from official Chinese government sources that were publically available before China commenced the projects. Mr. Hugar’s research resulted in 14 contributions of unique and significant value to NIU and the IC, including articles, briefings, and other products.Mr. Hugar teaches courses on the key strategic drivers and characteristics of the global security environment, as well as China and East Asia intelligence issues, such as internal stability, politics and governance, national strategies and foreign policy, economy and trade, military and security, maritime and land border disputes, and potential crisis issues throughout East Asia. He is the program manager for NIU’s first regional intelligence education Program of Study for China and East Asia and manager of NIU’s Introduction to China in Intelligence Studies certificate.Mr. Hugar’s work was assisted greatly by a faculty research quarter granted by the College of Strategic Intelliallowed Mr. Hugar the time needed to pursue an in-depth study of China’s land reclamation efforts in the So

Mr. Wayne Hugar (CDR, USN, Ret.) reResearch Award from Vice President of Terry Markin
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The Quantico Academic Center Graduates First CohortQuantico Academic Center (QAC), located on the campus of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, completed academic year, graduating its first cohort of part-time MSSI students and its second cohort of part-time students i

of Intelligence Studies (CIS) in Counterintelligence program. In total, 37 students, representing 18 differenand agencies, took classes at the QAC during the academic year with 5 earning the MSSI and another 14 eaCounterintelligence. QAC was established in 2014 and is a collaborative effort among NIU, FBI, and Marine CoActivity (MCIA).QAC primarily serves students who live or work in the vicinity of Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCBQ). Feactivities located in the immediate vicinity of MCBQ include the FBI, MCIA, Marine Corps Combat DevelopmMarine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Command, Marine Corps Network Operations and Security CenteInformation Operations Center, Marine Corps Systems Command, Defense Intelligence Agency Office of CounDrug Enforcement Administration, Defense Security Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Air Force OInvestigations, Army Intelligence and Security Command, and the Army Criminal Investigation Command. These vand activities support a large and diverse student population, and enrollment at QAC continues to exceed expeQAC students can earn either an MSSI over 2 years or a CIS in Counterintelligence over a single year. The FBI provdirector and staff officer to operate the center; MCIA supplements this with a part-time liaison officer. QAC facboth full-time faculty members from the main campus and adjunct faculty members. Adjunct faculty deliver appercent of the instruction.
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Dr. David Ellison addresses the student boTighe Auditorium

NIU President Dr. Ellison Announces RetirementNIU President Dr. David Ellison announced his intention to retire from the presidency of NIU at the fall convocatio2017–18 academic year. The early announcement allows the University time to conduct a national search for the neDr. Ellison manages completion of the major portion of the university’s decennial reaffirmation of accreditation procesfirst class of students from the new campus.

Appointed in 2009, Dr. Ellison institution’s transformation from cothe establishment of the Anthony Gof Science and Technology Inteexpansion of the University’s resemissions. In making his announcassured IC leaders and the UnVisitors that he will dedicate himseadvancement of NIU through his fiinsisting “the future of NIU is too anything less!”
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End of Program Student Feedback11Data Source: 2016 End-of-Program Survey results as of August 2, 2016.

“You get out of the  program what you  put into it.”

“C

“The program o opportunity to  environment.”

“As a remote student,  it was an interesting  experience.”

“NIU’s BSI program is tr and comprehensive pr anyone in the intellige and civilian alike.”

“What a great experience!”

“There was a good mix of student backgrounand course offerings.”

“The program of 

 challenging an

“I really enjoyed the graduate cer

“Wealth of knowledge among  the faculty was exceptional.”

Measuring What MattersAt the end of the academic year, students are asked to reflect on their educational experience and the expected long-term effect of their NIU education on their careers. NIU takes full advantage of this feedback to enhance institutional planning and administration, academic programs, and student support services.Provided is a sampling of the feedback from the 2016 End-of-Program Survey.11Recommended Focus Areas

• The part-time student connection.• Non-traditional student (Reserve/JPME) 

support.

• Consistent and timely information 

to the whole student body.

• Unfailing quality among the faculty cadre— 

full-time and adjunct alike.

• Dependable classroom technology 

for distance students.
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Key Findings

97% 98%95%

Satisfied with their student experience at NIU.Satisfied with their education at NIU.Would recommend their degree program to a friend or colleague.

Key Findings

Quality of Instruction

Satisfied 88%Neutral 10%Dissatisfied 2%
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Strength Rating by Learning Competency

82%

4%

78%

4% 4% 2%

84% 82% 91%

2%

Strength Rating by Learning Competency

Critical

Thinking

Analysis Communication Engagement Mission

Awareness

Professionalism

Strong Moderate Weak

14% 18%

76%

6%

18%

14% 14% 7%
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2016 Commencement Honorees and Awards
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2016 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Doctorate RecipientSir Richard Dearlove, KCMG, OBE served as Chief (known as “C”) of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from August 1999 until his retirement in July 2004. For the preceding 5 years he was Director of Operations and from 1998, Assistant Chief. As Director of Finance, Administration, and Personnel, he also oversaw the move of SIS into its headquarters building at Vauxhall Cross in 1994. He is a career intelligence officer of 38 years standing and has served in Nairobi, Prague, Paris, Geneva, and Washington, as well as in a number of key London-based posts.Sir Richard was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 2004–15. Pembroke College, founded in 1347, is the University’s third oldest college. He is Chair of Trustees of the University of London; a trustee of the Kent School, Connecticut; Honorary Fellow of Queens’ College Cambridge; senior adviser to several international companies, including the revamped AIG; Chairman of Ascot Underwriting; and a Director of Kosmos Energy.

2016 Commencement Speaker Sir Richard Dearlove

President David Ellisowith an honorary doc
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Honorary Doctorate The Honorable George H. W. Bush

Former President George H. W. Bush presented with an honorary doctorate (left to right): Dr. Susan Studds, Provost; Dean Don Dr. David Ellison
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2016 Honorees and Awards

The A. Denis Clift Award

Ms. Sara Sorensen,

U.S. Department of State

The Ann Caracristi Naval Intelligence Foundation Award for 

Academic Excellence

Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Konon, 

U.S. Coast Guard

The Barton Whaley Denial and Deception Research Award

Major Matthew Butler,

U.S. Air Force

The Elizebeth S. Friedman Award 

Ms. Maria-Kristina Hayden, 

Defense Intelligence Agency

The Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Archival Research Award

Mr. Eugene Lepley III,

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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The Foreign Area Officer Association Lieutenant General 

Vernon A. Walters Award for International Affairs Major David Sawyer, U.S. Air Force Reserve The Judge Allan Nathaniel Kornblum Award Awarded to Student, Defense Intelligence Agency The Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Jr., Award

Captain John Cook II,

U.S. Army

The Michael D. Kuszewski, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corp

Awarded to Student, 

U.S. Air Force

The Military Order of the World Wars Award

Ms. Kim Robbins-Segers,

U.S. Department of Justice
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The NIU Faculty Research Award

Mr. Wayne Hugar,

National Intelligence University

The National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Intelligence Research Award

Ms. Tracey Leak,

Office of Naval Intelligence

The National Intelligence Officer for S&T Award

Ms. Kirsten Lalli, 

National Security Agency

The National Intelligence University Intelligence Research Award

Ms. Mary Catherine Holloway,

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Military Intelligence Association Award

Undergraduate Award:

Sergeant First Class Timothy Davey, 

U.S. Army

Graduate Award:

Ms. Kirsten Lalli,

National Security Agency
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The Noncommissioned Officers Association

Military Excellence Award Undergraduate Award: Awarded to Student, U.S. Coast Guard Graduate Award: Master Sergeant Curtis Zeiders III, U.S. Air Force The Reserve Officers Association Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Milita

Colonel Daryl Brach,

U.S. Army National Guard

The Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee Award

Ms. Mary Catherine Holloway,

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The Robert D. Beland Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Shelly Bumphus,

National Intelligence University
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NIU Alumni and EventsNIU Class of 2015 Graduate Joins the USAF ThunderbirdsNIU Class of 2015 graduate Major Kevin “Löwen” Walsh was selected as the next Director 

of Operations for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. Walsh amassed nearly 2,000 hours in the F-16 and has flown over 100 combat sorties in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.A U.S. Air Force Weapons School graduate, Walsh completed an assignment teaching at its European equivalent prior to attending NIU. He graduated from the University in impressive fashion, complementing his Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence degree with a concentration in Eurasian Studies.Speaking of his experience at the University, Walsh stated, “NIU provided a varied and rigorous academic curriculum that challenged my ability to think both critically and strategically. The extremely diverse student body gives new meaning to the term ‘joint,’ which allowed access to a variety of experiences, knowledge, and concerns, regarding national security.Moreover, the school provided access to a multitude of think tanks and conferences that can only be found in the DC area. Attendance at these activities was not only facilitated and encouraged, but incorporated into some of the elective courses. This extended the educational experience beyond the walls of the school and into the real world of strategic policymaking.”Walsh concluded, “I have no doubt that the unique experience at NIU will add value to my eassignment with the Thunderbird team.”

Maj Kevin Walsh

Maj Walsh in Thunderbird No. 7

(Photos: https://afthunderbirds.com)
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The Alumni Survey Says...12

Better prepared me to seek out, evaluate, and integrate a variety of perspectives. Better prepared me to understand the interrelationships among IC components.

Better prepared me to identify and use principles, rules, and relationships to construct sound, valid, and clear arguments.

Better prepared me to apply knowledge of concepts and terminology with respect to intelligence capabilities across all IC disciplines.Better prepared me to apply knowledge of policies and directives with respect to intelligence capabilities across all IC disciplines.

My Education at NIU:

96%97%92%95%89%

12Data Source: 2016 NIU External Stakeholder Alumni Survey Report.
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The Alumni Survey Says...13

With my NIU degree,

I feel better qualified for:

Senior officer responsibility.

Joint assignments.

Combined assignments.

Interagency assignments.

Immediate, usable knowreturning to my home oImproved research skills

Noticeable improvemen

after earning my degree at 

85%88%

79%

90%

90%94%

13Data Source: 2016 NIU External Stakeholder Alumni Survey Report.
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NIU Alumni and EventsIn a first for the University, 2015–16 saw the creation of a formally chartered alumni organization, which has President Dr. David Ellison since his arrival in 2009. On September 29, 2015, the National Intelligence Un(NIUF) established the NIU Alumni Association as a program of the foundation. The first slate of alumni officthe “charter group” which had worked for the previous year and a half to lay the groundwork for the organimmediately began taking the next steps to build the organization, including developing the membernetworking opportunities and social and professional events. The NIU Alumni Association website (httpwelcome/) was launched in May, a LinkedIn page established in June, and the first-ever association-sponsocial event was held at the City Club of Washington, DC, in early July.

Alumni Association President James-Christian Blockwood '07 (center) is flanked by the incoming NIU Foundation chair, Michael Hayden '80 (left) and the outgoing chair, Michael McConnell '71
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Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen (Ret.) (front row center) was the guest of honor at a "From Generation-to-Generation" dinner in January 2016

Events And ActivitiesThroughout the year, the NIU Office of Alumni Relations continued to deliver a full program of alumni eventdesigned to nurture the continued development of a robust campus community, while also providing the newAlumni Association with an operational model to emulate as it moves forward. In 2015–16, the NIU Office of Aincorporated more alumni into the planning and execution of events than in any prior year, including the “Froto-Generation” dinner series, the fourth annual homecoming brunch, and a fourth annual reunion at the main this year, the number of attendees continued to grow over previous years’ totals: more than 250 alumni particievents this year. The 2016 Reunion was the largest to date and received high praise from the alumni who attend
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The 2016 Alumni Reunion attracted a record number of attendees for a full day of learning, networking, and reconnecting in J
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Outreach and NetworkingThe alumni distribution list now boasts nearly 5,000 contacts. NIU keeps alumni in-the-know and ready to se“ambassadors” for the University. Speaking of ambassadors, the first alumnus to be appointed a U.S. Ambassador, ’00, was named U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador in January 2016.U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, the Honorable Todd Chapman, NIU Class of 2000

U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, the Honorable Todd Chapman, presents his credEcuador's Vice President, Jorge Glas (Photos: https://ec.usembassy.gov)
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Alumni gathered for a first-ever networking event in Boston in early October

UK-based alumni and studenat a historic pub near the NIU Academic Center in Septemb

Alumni outreach and networking contribute to the success of the University’s strategic communicatiothat the sustained alumni relations efforts are beginning to pay off is the growing number of alumni expestablish alumni networks in their own areas. This year individual alumni in the greater Boston area, St. LouFayetteville have taken steps to connect and network with nearby NIU alumni. The Office of Alumni Relationwith the NIU Alumni Association leadership to support the development of these micro-networks as steps toward having a worldwide NIU alumni network “second to none.”
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