High school students and community college students have the opportunity to go for the gold during the NIU Business Olympics set for April 6 at Barsema Hall, 740 Garden Road in DeKalb. Sponsored by the College of Business, the one-day event allows
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When Mar Louie Mayubay, ’17, earned his master’s degree at Northern Illinois University, it wasn’t just for him. It was for his family, and in many ways, for his country. Before he jumped on a bus in the Philippines in 2016—the first
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NIU Law professor, Lisa Jensen, was recently selected as the new magistrate judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Jensen will fill the newly-added magistrate judge position in the Western Division in Rockford. She is the first woman to serve as a
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Kourtnay Borman Major: Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Hometown: Loves Park High school: Harlem High School, Class of 2013 Tell us about your education background. I went to Rock Valley College (RVC) for my first two years of college from 2013-2015, and later transferred to Northern Illinois
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The students and faculty behind Ellington’s at the Holmes Student Center want you to know they are open for lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Feb. 26. “The ongoing Holmes Student Center remodeling project doesn’t affect us. Our dining room will be open
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Karen González Major: Mechanical Engineering (NIU graduation anticipated May 2020) NIU Engineering at RVC program Hometown: Poplar Grove, IL High school: North Boone High School, Class of 2018 How has education influenced your life and future plans? I grew up in Mexico. I
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Those looking to enjoy the benefits of a book club can do so with a click thanks to a new program launched this month by NIU College of Business Alumni Relations. Nearly 200 former Huskies have already joined the College of Business
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Whoever said nothing in life is free isn’t familiar with an NIU perk that’s available right here on campus. For nearly three decades, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Training Center has been a source of support to NIU employees, their families
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Major: Mechanical Engineering (graduation anticipated from RVC Spring 2019; NIU Spring 2021) NIU Engineering at RVC program Internship: Accuride, September 2017 – December 2018; Woodward, December 2018 – present Hometown: Rockford, IL High School: Boylan What drew you to engineering? My cousin
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Five Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education students will spend their Spring Break in Belize this March as part of a new Engage Global initiative called Alternative Spring BAE. Two master’s students and three undergraduates will train about 50 Belizean coaches, teachers and sport administrators in topics
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Lorena Flores glimpsed how just one NIU Department of Curriculum and Instruction class in multiculturalism could influence the beliefs of the students who had come before her in Gabel Hall. Gisela Lopez-Lauderdale learned how P-12 schools can best engage Latino families of children with
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The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents, The Revolutionists, with performances nightly through Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. and with matinees at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10 in the O’Connell Theatre. Tickets are available online or at the
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