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Welcome Days 2013 is packed full of events to help you learn all about being an NIU Huskie. A tentative schedule of events is listed below. Contact the sponsoring department to confirm locations and times. Students who anticipate barriers to their participation in Welcome Days should contact the Disability Resource Center to arrange accommodations. Accommodations...
Huskie Marching Band drumline
Members of the Academic Convocation volunteer coordination committee are looking for volunteers for this year’s Academic Convocation and Band Run, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23. Several volunteer opportunities are available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. The convocation itself begins at 11 a.m. Volunteer opportunities are currently being solidified and are subject to...
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The deadline to order regalia for the 2013 Academic Convocation has been extended until 4 p.m. Monday, July 8. Around 2,500 students will participate in the formal academic welcome for new members of the Huskie family, which this year begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the NIU Convocation Center. Faculty and staff can...
The Northern Illinois University campus community is invited to attend Academic Convocation, a formal ceremony to officially welcome and celebrate incoming students. Join incoming president Douglas D. Baker for the 2013 Academic Convocation at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the NIU Convocation Center. In this important Welcome Days event, students will learn about the many...
Opening weekend at NIU turned out to be a great success, according to NIU Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. As thousands of students were welcomed to campus, there was no shortage in Welcome Days activities to kick start their campus engagement from Thursday through Sunday. One of the biggest events on day one...
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Students who are new to NIU have a date Friday morning inside the NIU Convocation Center. Beginning at 11 a.m., Academic Convocation is a formal ceremony where NIU President John G. Peters and members of the faculty and staff officially welcome and celebrate incoming students. Those in attendance learn about the many academic opportunities and campus...
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The sudden taste of autumn weather means that new academic year is only a fortnight away! Welcome Days 2012 begins Thursday, Aug. 23, providing new Huskies and their families with a four-day greeting. New this fall is Bark ’til Dark, a series of weekend events for the entire campus that includes programming on the first...
USOAR Award Winner and Public Health major Jeff Lamble conducted a research project on city landfills in Guatemala.
One year ago, NIU student Jeffrey Lamble found himself exploring the lives of open landfill scavengers in Central America. An estimated 4,000 “waste pickers” in Guatemala City turn small profits by rifling through the 40 acres of trash for reusable items that they can pocket and sometimes sell. This includes food. Unfortunately, their labors expose...
Academic Convocation 2011
Academic Convocation is seeking participants – research or academic project presenters or in the formal procession of faculty – for its 2012 academic welcoming event at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the NIU Convocation Center. Since 2004, Academic Convocation has become the official academic welcome for all incoming students and an important transitional step...
Academic Convocation 2011
Inspirational, energetic and appropriate are three words NIU faculty and administrators used to describe the message new students heard at Friday’s Academic Convocation. In essence, they heard from speakers such as NIU President John G. Peters to Provost Ray Alden to study hard and get involved with their new learning and living community. In other...
Academic Convocation 2010
Academic Convocation 2011 begins at 11 a.m. today inside the Convocation Center. New freshmen and transfer students will enjoy their formal welcome to academic life as they are exposed to NIU traditions, core values and Huskie pride. The one-hour event will include two presentations that spotlight faculty-student collaboration: “Accounting CSI” and Huskie Research Rookies.  ...
Huskie Bash 2010
Welcome Days 2011 — “Open the Door to New Beginnings” — starts Thursday. Thursday, Aug. 18 Residence Halls Opening Day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: All residence halls Commuter Connections Day Noon to 3 p.m. Hosted by Off Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services Location: Holmes Student Center Sky Room Huskie Bash 3 to 6...
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