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Holmes Student Center in winter
All NIU students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a newly launched survey about the future of Holmes Student Center. This survey is available until the close of business Friday, March 6. As part of Northern Illinois University’s Campus RE:ENVISIONED study aimed at revitalizing the central core campus, in conjunction with the university’s...
Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day
As the NIU campus gears up for the sixth annual Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day (URAD), the Office of Student Engagement & Experiential Learning (OSEEL) is offering 10 poster design workshops to assist student presenters with designing their poster for the event. The workshops, which will guide students through the design process, will be held...
URAD poster
NIU’s Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning will host the sixth annual Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Any undergraduate student who has participated in a faculty-mentored research or artistry project is eligible to showcase...
2014 SROP students visit FermiLab with Julia Spears and Stephanie Zobac.
Calling all highly motivated sophomores, juniors and seniors who are not graduating this spring or summer: Applications for Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) are now open. The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 27. Applications are available online near the top right of the screen (under “Program Info”). SROP gives NIU students the chance to conduct...
Ashley Sands
The 2014-15 cohort of Research Rookies has been named. NIU’s Research Rookies Program links undergraduate freshmen, sophomore, and first-semester transfer students with faculty mentors in their major or area of interest to conduct a small-scale research project. A total of 49 NIU undergraduate students have been named as Research Rookies for the program’s fifth year...
Bold Futures banner: College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
The Northern Illinois University community is invited to join a lively discussion of new and innovative programs that have been, and are being, implemented to foster student retention and academic success. Be Bold Now: Putting Students First takes place at the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22....
McKearn Summer Fellow Patrick Price presents his artwork at the 2013 Summer Research Symposium.
Participants from summer research programs will present their work from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in Altgeld Hall. Both NIU and non-NIU students have participated in three formal research programs on campus this summer, including Research Experience for Undergraduates, McKearn Summer Fellows and the Summer Research Opportunities Program. Each eight-week provides students...
Summer researchers
NIU’s campus is buzzing with undergraduate research participants this summer. Students from both NIU and colleges and universities across the country have gathered to participate in eight weeks of formal programming. The students are focused into three programs: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), McKearn Summer Fellows and the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). Each program...
Biological Sciences major Zachary Howard works in Barrie Bode’s lab as a Research Rookie.
New this year: NIU’s Research Rookies program is accepting first-semester transfer students. The Research Rookies program links students with faculty mentors in their majors or areas of interest to conduct a small-scale research projects. Students applying must be  incoming freshmen, sophomores or first-semester transfer students. Students must also be committed to participate in the program...
Construction at the Visual Arts Building
Maybe it was the fence around the Stevens Building, where the long-awaited renovation project is finally beginning. Maybe it was the window washers. Maybe it was the workers pouring cement on the north side of Grant Towers. Yes, the unmistakable signs of summer are here: annual campus improvements have begun. NIU’s “Huskie Pride At Work!”...
TLC peer leaders
The Office of Student Engagement & Experiential Learning is now accepting applications for peer leaders for the Fall 2014 Themed Learning Communities. A Themed Learning Community (TLC) includes two to three courses taken together to examine a common theme, such as the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. Students enrolled in TLCs are able to...
Julia Spears and Maria Senf
Congratulations to the 2013-14 Huskie Research Rookies! To recap the work of the 39 undergraduate students, here are a few facts to showcase these hard-working students: This year’s Research Rookies represented 20 majors and five colleges. One hundred percent of the 2013-14 class of Research Rookies would recommend the program to a friend. Students from...
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