The following local students received graduate degrees from Northern Illinois University at the end of the summer semester.

From Cortland: Sonia Adams, Ashley Devlin, Katherine Oddi

From DeKalb: Christopher Wongpaisarnkit, Paige Bothwell, Rhiannon Catherwood, Rebecca Conn, Megan Fry, Maya Hudak, Quiana Jones, Matthew Larson, Benjamin Lothson, Karen Lubbers, Justin Ness, Erum Raja, Kelle Sills, Nicole Smith, Caitriona Terry, Christine Valdez, Kacy Abeln, Tabitha Aldridge, Akshata Ankam, Srikanth Avula, Jun Baek, Christopher Blankenship, Shreya Chakraborty, Arpita Chatterjee, John Duerk, Amanda Fawcett-Lothson, Michaela Friedrichova, Suman Gautam, Ashley Held, James Jacobsen, Peter Jones, Julien Ludwig, Qiong Luo, Amar Makana, Amanda McCarthy, Nagamurari Meesala, Megan Murtaugh, Arjun Kumar Perla, Keerthi Reddyreddy, Michael Saxton, Vishnu Prakash Veeragoni, Adam Wallis, Richard Washington, Wei Wei