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by Randiss Hopkins The Save Chicago Campaign’s first Save Chicago Day was a huge success, with over 120 Northern Illinois University students impacting the city of Chicago through their volunteer efforts. On March 7 at 10 a.m., Save Chicago Day volunteers filled the New Hall Community Center for a mandatory briefing before departure. During that...
By Ludwig Gerdes By now, you’ve probably heard at least a little about a certain buzzword related to social media: “Engagement.” However, if you’re like me and you have social media in your job description, then you’ve probably gotten a little tired of how vague the term engagement can be. Nonetheless, we keep using the term,...
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Like the weather, things in enrollment management are global, can change quickly and can be unexpected, especially in the state of Illinois. When asked about snow totals for December 2013’s Winter Storm Electra, a meteorologist replied, “There remains some uncertainty as it relates to the exact track of this storm, including critical details on the...
Eric Appiah
When were you in the best shape of your life? Think about it for a minute before you keep reading. What were you doing? How did you feel? Hello, NIU! As the assistant director of Fitness and Wellness at Campus Recreation, I wanted to talk to those of you who are serious about your fitness goals for 2014. Did...
A look back at bowl week as the Northern Illinois Huskies traveled to San Diego for the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 26.   [View the story “NIU in San Diego” on Storify]
Rey Ty
by Rey Ty I was born and raised in Manila. My dad is from Fujian, China. My mom is from Leyte. All of my maternal relatives are from Leyte. Our hometown is Babatngon, Leyte, a 30-minute drive from Tacloban, the capital of Leyte, hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines), the...
We wanted to share our son’s experience at NIU. In fall of 2010, our son graduated from high school and was invited to join one of the top ten universities in the U.S. to study engineering. It was an exciting time for him as well as for us as the parents. We wanted the best of...
Pettee Guerrero
College is a defining moment in a person’s life, and many students feel scared about transferring to a four-year university after graduating from community college. The thoughts of not being able to to fit in or afford a college education cross our minds very often. I was one of those students. After I graduated from...
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Today is an important one in the history of the United States, because it is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, which was the culmination of decades of struggle for human dignity and civil rights in this country.
Douglas D. Baker
Greetings from our nation’s capital.  Yesterday I was busy hosting NIU’s first-ever research roundtable, which highlighted the strength and quality of faculty and student research to our nation’s leaders. Thank you to our entire delegation of researchers, students, and administrators for making the day a success. It is our goal to become the most student-centered...
Douglas D. Baker
NIU President Douglas D. Baker included the following message within today’s NIU Today news headlines to students, employees and annuitants. A similar message is being distributed to the university’s alumni base. As I walked across campus to and from meetings the past two weeks, I met many of our incoming students and their families as...
Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield. Photo courtesy Illinois Board of Tourism.
Governor Pat Quinn called for a special session of the General Assembly in Springfield on June 19, 2013 for the intended purpose of addressing Illinois’ growing unfunded pension liability, an issue that was left unresolved when the Spring Session adjourned on May 31.  Since that time, several national credit ratings agencies have further downgraded Illinois’...
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