The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) is inviting the university community to participate in its monthly At the Table discussion with Suzanne Degges-White, chair and professor of the Department of Counseling and Counselor Education. This discussion will focus on helping participants improve their ability to distinguish between healthy and toxic relationships
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Successful entrepreneurs and tourism experts will headline a day-long conference at Northern Illinois University on rebuilding and strengthening local economies. Illinois Tourism Director Cory Jobe, Humboldt Park furniture shop owners Lynne and Ty McDaniel, and Ottawa agri-business partners Scott Struchen, Peter Limberger
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The DeKalb County Community Gardens invites the NIU and DeKalb communities to its annual Growing Season Kick-Off dinner and organizing meeting on Monday, March 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Outreach Building, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Rd. The event will
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The NIU Outstanding Service Award is presented each year to recognize individual civil service employees who demonstrate outstanding service and who make significant contributions to the university and to their community. Up to four awards are presented at the annual Operating Staff
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Latino parents in the DeKalb and Sycamore school districts are preparing for the spring session of Universidad para Padres (Parent University), a free program that empowers mothers, fathers and grandparents to take active roles in their personal growth along with their
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Do you have a talent for storytelling? Put that talent to good use to get published and earn money for educational expenses. The Department of English is accepting literary fiction submissions through Feb. 1 as part of the Mike and Anne Malone
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Kick off a new semester with a week of service! First- and Second-Year Experience and Academic Advising Center are partnering in the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which will run through Jan. 20, by raising money to donate to a local organization. The
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Due to a necessary repair on NIU’s steam distribution system, there will be a 24-hour steam outage for most of the campus west of Annie Glidden Rd, beginning at 11 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, and ending at 11 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8.
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The DeKalb County Health Department, NIU Health Services, NIU School of Nursing, and NIU Employee Assistance Program will host flu shot clinics from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21 in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center (HSC) and
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Alumni Scott Prestin and Rich Lenkov and legendary Bears linebacker Otis Wilson are part of a documentary team that has produced a documentary on the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears, and WTTW-TV (PBS) will air a preview screening at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.
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Jessica Witte, M.F.A.’04, is a nationally exhibited and award-winning artist. She also describes herself as a recovering control freak. Witte is far from controlling these days as she makes a name for herself in the St. Louis art scene. In early June, she headed
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The Great Recession of 2008 lingers on, with daily reminders that our economy is a fragile entity which we ignore at our own peril. Yet the study of economics and the basic principles of financial literacy remain on the periphery of public
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